Good report Dave and completely agree with your assessment. Only negative Noel Hunt, useless.
On 2 Aug 2014 21:08, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: This was a pre season game against Sottish opposition ( not sure what the equiavalent standard is) so everything has to be read with that in mind The result was mainly immaterial but we won 2 0 - so goals for Morison and Poleon and a clean sheet - something that would be very satisfying in a 'real game' watched by a crowd of just over 10k I was impressed for the most part, we could have scored more and we restricted them to a couple of shots that were going wide. We passed the ball well and kept possession. It was a different method of playing from that seen at ER in recent years, as we sat back when they had the ball and waited for them to make a mistake or took it off them whenever they threatened. Our starting line up, based on squad numbers was not far off the likely starting eleven next week (subject to new arrivals) with the injured White, Hunt and Smith the only ones numbered 1 to 11 who did not start. I have listened via LUTV to all the pre-season games but this was my first 'visual' of the teams, goals ' highlights excepted. We could not have got off to a better start as a 4 or 5 man passing move ended with a pinpoint cross into the box to the unmarked Morison who tapped it into an empty net - a well worked goal and Morison got himself into the perfect position, but he will not score an easier one all season. We seemed to have a plan and a style and we executed it pretty well - we passed the ball and kept it away from them. Pearce had a couple of headers that went close, Tonge had a decent long range shot and Austin an awful one. Bianchi also had a decent attempt The game seemed to be being played at three quarter pace but we looked pretty good. Silvestri in net only had two things to do, he got down well and turned a shot round (but it was a dead ball since it was going wide) and he came out and collected a cross - that was his involvement for the day as we restricted them to their own half. Bianchi looks a player, he always had time and space on the ball - the mark of a good player - and picked out a Leeds player with the vast majority of his passes, very early days but I like him Doukara - listening on the radio I did not expect much from him but on todays showing he will be a real handful, big, strong, quite quick and showed a couple of great bits of skill - one especially when he had his back to the defenders but chipped it over his own head and turned and beat 2 of them. An early goal to settle his nerves / build his confidence and he could be a real hero of the terraces - early doors fans were calling him Kandol and Enoch but by the end we were hoping he is Jimmy / Beckford. Berardi came on at half time and was mixed bag - made a couple of errors but won the ball back both times Morison worked hard ('put a shift in' lol) and gave cover for the defence as well as creating stuff up front For the last 20mins or so we had a very young team out with Taylor, Cook, Poleon and Dawson all joining the fray. Dawson is tiny but he got stuck in and does have skill etc, Cook tried too hard and like Berardi messed up a couple of times but then won the ball back. Poleon looked lively - he can still make it- and got his reward in the last few minutes when Smith and the defender collided and the ball come to Poleon who took it round the keeper and walked it into the net. So overall, I left the game a lot happier and more confident than when I walked into the ground- pre season, what looked like poor opposition but we showed flashes of excellent football and seem to have a plan- impressed with Doukara , although he may be hit and miss over the course of the season, and very impressed with Bianchi - a real footballer on todays showing Much too early to get excited BUT with Byram looking sharp we could surprise a few this season and may give the fans something to cheer about Forget hoofball and welcome to the Hock (ok this is tongue in cheek) Dave _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] John 'Grampa' Sykes Rest In Peace old lad 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] John 'Grampa' Sykes Rest In Peace old lad 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 MARCHING ON TOGETHER
