> It's quite hard to know what to take from this game...a first win in 9; > Redfearn's first win as proper manager; an entirely dominant first half > performance where more goals could have come from anywhere; a somnolent > second half performance; all against a dreadful opposition. > > Going forward we had options everywhere, thanks to the movement of teammates, > the swift accurate passing, the high tempo - whether it's Adryan linking with > Byram (who looked so much more involved yesterday), or Warnock and Mowatt > linking down the flanks; coming inside to Antenucci and Doukara, who hold the > ball and play it through little gaps in the defence where team mates are > running through...it's all fluid and fast and very well done. > > The goals: > > Cooper's was a thumping volley from 18 yards after he'd taken a touch to > control all following a poor clearance from a dead ball (corner?) around > their box > > Doukara's was the pick of the three: a six or seven pass move from the edge > of our box, straight through the middle of the park - possibly involving > Cook, Mowatt, Bianchi and onto Adryan who picked it up on half way, ran 30 > yards, before slipping the ball forward to the right channel where Doukara > was running on, he hit it first time from the edge of the penalty area, just > getting there before a pool defender, the ball slid inside the far post. What > made the goal was the first time passing, on the floor to feet...it took 10 > or 15 seconds from the edge of our box to the back of their net…an absolute > peach > > Antenucci's goal...came from a move down the left, that looked like it had > run into a dead end as the ball came into the box, the ball looked to be > spinning out before the front post, when Doukara stretched and hooked it back > into the middle of the box with the outside of his right foot - all of which > was the wrong way round - this stranded the keeper who had come to the front > post...there was a tackle, the ball ran loose on the edge to Antenucci whose > drive was deflected home with the defence and keeper nowhere.
The second half was different again…apparently Redfern has said that Adryan is only good for 65 minutes or so, so that needs working on…Austin coming on for him was the obvious change. Bringing more of a battle to the midfield, but one run and foul (on him) aside, he didn’t change things much. But in general we were off the pace. If this is a fitness problem in November then you really do wonder what has happened between the “never going to be fitter” days of Hockaday and now. Whatever the root cause, we gave enough of sniff to Pool that they gave it a bit of a go and got a goal - a free header from a big guy at a corner - the worrying thing about it was he had a carbon copy chance 10 minutes previously that he put wide…no one picked him up then and no one learned enough to pick him up second time round. That’s just poor defensive organisation probably down to Pearce or Cooper. Despite getting the goal they never looked seriously like pulling it all back, and we had a couple of very close scrambles where we could/should have extended our lead. We are a curate’s egg of a side at the moment. Silvestri - steady again, little chance with the goal Byram - vast improvement - is it down to someone having faith in him… Warnock - cementing his place as first choice left back, steady in defence and excellent going forward Pearce - quietly efficient - loves the battling side of being a centre half - will go toe to toe with those big guys all day Cooper - great goal - solid defending Cook - we all want him to be Batty mk2…and he does a good impression 75% of the time…the other 25%, he loses possession and makes daft choices with his passing…but he is young and that will change Bianchi - quietly goes about doing a steady job, breaks up the opposition play, passes it short, gets back in position Mowatt - fizzed around everywhere for 60 minutes, great stuff linking with Warnock and Adryan…anonymous after that Adryan - pretty much as Mowatt, but he makes himself much more the focus of attacking play for the team…also makes some good tackles tracking back Antenucci & Doukara - lively, handfuls for the first 45…each taking another goal…pulled Blackpool’s defence all over the shop…then second half, nothing. Austin - didn’t bring a great deal to the game, but was steady enough Tonge - on for the injured Bianchi (injured just about rescuing a bad situation)…pretty much anonymous Sharp - did nothing - people round us keep chuntering about replacing either of the forwards with this guy…I don’t know why, either is better than him that’s why he’s not starting. _______________________________________________ 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
