Me too! Well written Nick. :-) > Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2016 12:04:09 +0000 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LU] Bristol > > I loved this from Nick - as he says if things continue as they are this could > be any one of us very soon > Dave > > > From: Nick <[email protected]> > To: leeds list <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, 24 January 2016, 11:48 > Subject: Re: [LU] Bristol > > A few minutes after our goal I headed down to the gents in the Kop…and > approached the doors with some trepidation as there sounded to be proper old > barney going on in there…screaming and shouting and all the rest. Some things > being more important than others, I carried on in, pushed the door open and > peered round the corner to where all the troughs are…and inside there in one > fella all on his own…standing there pissing, facing the wall, jabbing his > finger at the bricks yelling (really yelling!) “…and who thought buying that > fucking Carayol was good idea eh…useless twat, Huddersfield must be laughing > their cocks off at us…at least fat bastard has subbed him off…and that's > another thing, that fat bastard…how can you be manager of a fucking football > team and that fucking fat…I fucking ask you we’re a fucking joke…what a > fucking joke this club is…” then he notices that I’ve come in and am going to > have a piss and he just says, “alright mate” and starts whistling a happy > tune. > > This was by far the most interesting thing about yesterday’s game. > > We have now had a run of 4 or 5 home games - unbeaten - in which we have had > fewer shots on goal than actual goals we have scored. It really takes some > doing. Yesterday, 1 shot on goal. 1 goal. And it was the winner, so yes, 3 > points and yes a clean sheet. But fucking hell this is unmitigated garbage we > are being forced to endure week after week. > > So what is wrong - some of it is confidence - see Silvestri for this one - he > is a good keeper, in the main, yes he needs to command his box a bit more…but > the one thing he does not need is barracking, because he just folds…show him > a bit of love and he will do well. There was a pretty hard core Anti-Kaspar > Schmeichel brigade…look where he is now. > > But most of it is the way the team is set up at home - 4-5-1 - especially > with someone who is not an out and out striker as your front man. It is an > appallingly defensive mindset and hands the initiative to the visitors. If > you then have visitors who want to defend and play on the break (because this > is Elland Road after all…) then you are set up for a turgid stalemate. We > need 4-4-2 at the very least. And one of those 2 being Antenucci - he has a > bit of guile and can hold the ball (yes, getting him to let go of the ball is > our major problem with him) - I have no great love for Wood but bloody hell > it shows where we have sunk to that people we relieved when he came on. Some > will point to him “making things happen” in the run up to the goal…and that > is certainly one interpretation; the other is that he is a big lump who > stumbled around in the box trying to get on the end of the cross, when the > ball bounced off him and fell kindly to Doukara, who slotted it home first > time…decent finish. > > I don’t know what it is about our midfield…we seem to be turning Bridcutt and > Cook from being useful tenacious little players with an eye for a good pass > into a couple of players who expend tons of energy achieving nothing, losing > the ball needlessly, playing dangerously bad passes to team mates, then > charging recklessly into challenges and getting booked. Adeyemi, I was never > particularly convinced by, but he seemed to be more at home supporting the > front guys and had a decent couple of games just off there, so we drop him. > Murphy flatters to deceive, but at least works hard when he’s trying to close > down their play. Dallas - has flashes of good play, mixed with long periods > of anonymity - which is pretty much the JD of a winger. Mowatt has finally > decelerated so much that he is overtaken by growing grass. Oh, and we sold > Byram…(photo of him in the WH game in our paper this morning, did nothing for > my mood). Carayol - only 2 games (that I’ve seen) so far and one moment of > brilliance…and what of Botaka? > > Then there is Scott Wootton…this is one of the longest running jokes in > recent history…other teams actively leave him alone so that we pass to him…it > is like putting the game on pause…as the “converted centre half” tries to > work why this round thing keeps coming back to him cos he’s sure he kicked it > away only a few minutes ago. > > The other problem is our inherent negativity…the passing goes along our back > four minute after minute until one of the witless fuckers gets bored and > thumps a punt out towards a corner flag. Even when we have made a sudden > break and turned play and are heading into the opposition half, the odds are > that one of ours when he gets the ball will turn around and play it back…and > further back…eventually ending up with the keeper. It is demoralising stuff. > There is value in keeping the ball, yes, but there is even more value in > scoring a goal or two. I can’t believe this is the “natural way” this group > of players play the game, this has to be a directive from the coach. Just > look at how we take all 11 men back into penalty area when the opposition get > a corner/free kick. just having numbers in there solves nothing - they have > to actively defend, mark a man, watch the runners etc - never mind that it > leaves us with no outlet. > > And yesterday, we win a corner 5 minutes from time and we are so scared that > we leave 7 men back around half way…just in case…the City defenders were > looking round to see what was going on. > > So, in summary, Evans is out of his depth, he has been reasonably lucky but > it won’t continue and we look to be a good bet for 15th again…and next time > it will probably be me yelling at the walls in the gents... > > Rarely have I “enjoyed” a victory so little. > > > > > > > > On 23 Jan 2016, at 20:38, [email protected] wrote: > > > > On my way to the bus stop one of my neighbours asked if I was off to the > > game and who were we playing. I said 'yes' but could not recall who our > > opponents were. That reply was about right in so much as I will have no > > recollection of this match come Monday.One the one hand we won, we kept a > > clean sheet and Doukara scored with his only shotOn the other, it was dire > > and the goal was the only shot we managed all game - they had 2 chances in > > the first half and missed a sitter (header) in the second. It really was > > awful stuff. If anyone was taking a friend / relative to this as their > > first ever football game they would never come back for another one. From > > first to last minute it was terrible, two bad teams playing poorly in front > > of 20 thousand uninterested bored supporters, who struggled to raise any > > enthusiasm.We won and the three points will help make sure we do not get > > dragged into a relegation fight (you can forget the play offs) but this was > > as bad as it gets (add this to MK dons and Preston) and it is 2 shots in 3 > > home games (MKD was an own goal)I would give Dallas half his wages and the > > rest 30% tops. None of them did anything to deserve the wage packet they > > will be picking up - Ok maybe give Doukara 50% too since he did score.In > > fairness he did put it away nicely when the ball fell to him in the area > > and it was the only chance that fell his, or any other Leeds players > > way.There was a total lack of desire, skill or cohesion in the first half > > and we went in to a chorus of deserved boos at 0 0 only because they were > > as bad as us. This was not the team that beat Hull and were unlucky not to > > beat Derby, two of the better teams in this league.To be fair Evans (again) > > realised this was not good enough and changed things early in the second > > half bringing on Wood and taking off the totally ineffectual Carayol. The > > fact that the under fire Wood was greeted with cheers and sighs of relief > > shows how bad things were.We offered nothing and did nothing. Then a ball > > in the area fell to Doukara and he hit it into the corner of the net - a > > good finish. Would we go on and win 3 or 4 nil or would we shut up shop and > > keep the points we had . > > Really we did neither - we did not put our foot on the gas and go for it > > but we did not settle for the point either, we just continued plodding on > > not sure what to do and got a lucky escape when they missed a free header. > > The players played as if the season was over and the crowd bought into the > > 'nothing to play for vibe' that surrounded the whole set up We really need > > an exciting signing or just something for the fans to buy into or this > > season really is over wiht a long way to go > > As bad as it gets for a win and 3 points > > Dave > > _______________________________________________ > > Leedslist mailing list > > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > > > > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected]
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