> > There's little to say about the opening 75 minutes; we were comfortable > without being spectacular against inferior opposition. The interesting (and > depressing) bit was the last 15 minutes - we made some changes; AS upped their > game and began to chase us down, pressurise the man on the ball and attack > with some purpose - and under that we wobbled badly. > > We were hanging on for the last 10, when we were down to 10 men after > Berardi's kamikaze impersonation. > > Never a seen a team look less like a team. > > Doukara took both goals well - has the look, if not the presence, of a Lidl > priced Jimmy Floyd. > > Taylor - "big unit"? Seems competent but in truth had little to do > > Berardi - nice touch on the ball; never played in defence in his life - > positional sense, non-existent; tackling reckless > > C. Taylor - see above, without the recklessness - but with a severe lack of > pace - good crosser > > Wootton - dreadful, all at sea - criminally wrong side of his man a few times > - still, selling Lees was "good business" > > Pearce - the one defender that knows how to defend - not a good ratio - but a > steady game from captain Jason > > Tonge - best midfield player last night - involved in all the good stuff > > Bianchi - there's a thin line between Pirlo and Okon...with some stepping up > of effort and concentration he can land the right sight of that line > > Cook - bags of energy, bags of promise and bags of trying too hard...once he > settles down and finds his feet he'll be OK > > Smith - chuffing woeful lump - won next to nothing and didn't seem to care > > Doukara - 2 v nice goals - good touch and control - needs to impose himself > more, to dominate defenders > > Ajose - liked the look of him - pacey, involved - our energy definitely dipped > when he came off with 20 minutes to go - seemed to play somewhere between > attack and midfield > > Subs > > Hunt - pure shite - mis-controlled every pass into him; mis-directed every > pass he made - sack him; sell him; drop him in the Leeds Liverpool > canal...don't care...just stop picking him > > Benedicic - big guy from AC Milan - should be good then - I didn't see > anything last night that showed it - but he did only have 15 minutes and he > probably is not match fit...so we'll see. > > Poleon - we got what we know we will get - lots of energy, occasionally also > involving the ball. > > > A win is a win is a win...but it was not an auspicious start at home for the > Hock. > > > _______________________________________________ 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
