A bit harsh Rob! We were easily the better team and did show some signs of decent footy. My biggest gripe was, we're 1-0 up, they are down to 10 and Sturrock (How fat is he BTW) has just gone 3-4-2. IMHO it's at this point where KB made changes that I think are making him unpopular. We had Beckford on the bench who, despite numerous weaknesses, has blinding pace. Moore had worked very hard but, I'm afraid, was hardly a threat on their goal (Lets face it, that is KEY to a forwards job!) Carole was giving them plenty to think of down the right (I thought their young left back looked quite good actually) So to me the change was obvious, swap Moore for Beckford and get the ball down the channels for Carole and Beckford, with 3 at the back this surely would have lead to more goal opportunities. Instead he takes off Carole, pulls Healy out of position and gives the impetus to 10 man Wednesday, resulting in a few worrying moments and potentially the loss of 2 or even 3 points that we should have comfortably have got.
P.s. Has Blake shagged KB's wife or something? > My view: > A pretty atrocious performance, Leeds barely deserving a win in a match > of depressingly low skill level. > > Seemed to me that Blackwell was trying to ape (geddit?) Watford's > gameplan [I feared this would happen..........I caught a shot of Blackie > looking pensive towards the end of the playoff final debacle, and > thought to myself "Oh-oh..........he's thinking about something."] > Anyway, the plan, in case you didn't know, was; > 1. Launch the ball into the oppo third as soon as you get it, or > 2. Pass it around a little triangle then ditto, then > 3. Win a corner or freekick > 4. Execute meticulously and exhaustively rehearsed deadball routine. > > Parts 1,2 & 3 all went like clockwork, but Part 4 was woeful. > > Even with 2 midget strikers, we somehow managed to get about 99 corners > and almost as many freekicks, but then when we threw the big lads up > from the back.............nada. > > Lewis alone must have taken at least 10 corners from the left. A couple > of them were struck a bit thinly, but otherwise, his delivery was good, > honing in to a spot about 10 yards in front of the near post.......and > Wednesday won EVERY header. [Note to chief scout: that Boulaouane guy at > the back for them looks like a diamond.....let's snap him up at xmas > when Wensday are in the relegation zone.] > > Hopefully, these tactics were a response to the absence of key players > Stone & Crestfallen, and when they return in about 2010 we might hope > for a bit more football to be played. > > On the reasons to be cheerful front, I notice that we have already > played all of the teams who are currently in the top 3. > > V. impressive penalty from Healy. A Tottenham fan in the pub's analysis > of the incident was............offside, outside, dive, but apart from > that, the ref got it spot on. I beg to differ. He wasn't offside > (although he would have been if Lewis (?) had got a touch on his > attempted header.) Jones missed him with his hand, but somehow got his > feet round and caught Healey's ankles (just at the point where he had > tattoed OPPO KEEPER PLEASE CONTACT ME HERE IF I'M THROUGH ONE-ON-ONE), > and it was just inside the box. After all that delay of changing the > keeper, a very cool spotkick. > > OK...........gotta "work." > > Rob Heath > Bangkok Khow > > _______________________________________________ > the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators > accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. > Leedslist mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > oh alright then :-) > _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist oh alright then :-)
