I hope you didnt try to put ANY blame on warner for this FANTASTIC goal.
I only got to watch second half only due to fucking F1 SHIT.
2nd half: we were the best team forcing two saves on the line.
but overall we didnt really look dangerous. kelly is shit, crainey no
better.
the two young lads looked reallly good, carole and beckford I think
their names are.
tactics: why did we pump the ball forward up in the air to our
midget forwards? its NOT the way to play. they can outrun defenders
but cant outjump them. I expect more intelligence in our playing..
oh well lets see what happens.. nothing more to say really.
Eric
On Sep 10, 2006, at 3:52 PM, Brian Hamilton wrote:
I have one word to describe the performance from both sides -
ponderous.
Unfortunately I have a lot more words to explain that description ...
I've seen games with a higher tempo than this in the Heavy Woollen
Gate
Sunday Alliance Football League (HWGSAFL=Batley/Dewsbury/
Cleckheaton for
overseas readers).
Well I managed to miss the first 17 minutes due to extended
drinking to the
Adwalton Cricket Club in Drighlington, after my game in the HWGSAFL
this
morning, but after calling at Jacksons supermarket in Ossett for a
few cans,
I settled in front of the TV to be entertained by Leeds United vs.
Wolverhampton Wanderers, a fixture which has had a special
resonance for me
since my teacher, (God bless you Sister Monica of St Josephs,
Hunslet) let
us listen to the game in '72 just 2 days after the FA Cup Final (we
lost to
lose the league to some Midlands team managed by the best Manager
England
never had).
So to today, and I decided I'd try to be professional about this
with a
pencil and sheet of paper to note down things as the game progressed.
Some great cross field balls from Crainey in the 1st half gave rise
to the
only real opportunities for either side and I understand that
Kilgallon had
a header saved early on but the outstanding chance fell to Carole who
virtually passed the ball into the hands of Wolves keeper. Crainey
seemed
more intent in underplaying passes throughout the game to invite extra
Wolves pressure but maybe this was a ploy to make the game more
entertaining? With reference to Kilgallon, he seemed too eager to
jump in
early and while some have compared him to Johnny Woodgate, I think
he does
tend to snatch at the chances to take the ball from the opposition,
whereas
Johnny seems to bide his time. The aforementioned jump in early saw
Kilgallon gift Wolves a couple of half chances in the first half
but nothing
too dangerous. As for the rest of the team, Moore looked far too
slow for
the pace of the game but I will admit, it was very hot this morning
and
probably worse this afternoon. He paid the price in the second half
with a
substitution for Beckford on 77 minutes.
Kelly had nothing to do all game, except pick himself up a few
times with
over eager tackles from Wolves leading to 3 bookings in 66 minutes
(not all
for fouls on Kelly I may add) with none for the league's bad boys,
LUFC. The
half progressed and I realised why the Spanish had such a tough
time with
Healy earlier in the week, the lad is a devil to play against. He
jinks,
turns, pulls, pushes and generally annoys the defenders into giving
away
free kicks or losing concentration against him. It's just a shame
that the
manager can't back him up with another player in the middle (or
right wing,
where he drifts to by choice it seems). On to the rest of the team,
I'm not
sure Warner has the authority to direct his defence and it was
noticeable
that he was exposed on a few occasions, particularly in the second
half by
poor positioning of the back four, but a fumbled dive in the first
half,
really gave Wolves their only chance.
And now to the rest, I noted Eddie Lewis name down as touching the
ball
twice in the 28 minutes I saw in the first half and this was
equalled by
Douglas. Westlake seemed to buzz around but with little impact. It was
interesting to see Roy Keane at the game, in advance of Wednesday,
and I
think he will feel his team, full of confidence and a fear of a red
hot
poker up the jacksie, will have little to fear from LUFC.
In the second half, more beer and more interesting things to do
distracted
me a little but I made these observations. More than once did
Kilgallon
appear lost in defence and at times Butler was no where to be seen
(actually
that's a lie, he was eclipsed by the pace and inventiveness shown
by Jay
Bothroyd). The pace of the game seemed to lift as both teams felt
the game
was there for the taking. Leeds made the Wolves defence work harder
and
sustained periods of pressure were looking like paying dividends.
Jamal
Johnson had been causing Butler problems all game, he lost him on a
number
of occasions and looks like a player in need of a rest (or another
few beers
the night before a game).
And so to the defeat. Jay Bothroyd had turned the Leeds defence
inside out,
albeit at a slower pace than the HWGSAFL is used to, but when he took
possession of the ball 35 yards out (after more than 91 minutes
played) only
one thought was on his mind and when the space opened up, he
cracked it.
Warner had a reasonable position but he hasn't got the agility of
Nigel
Martyn or David James and the ball rattled the stanchion.
Overall, a very slow performance against a nothing team. Little
action on
the touchline and another nail in Blackwell's coffin for me
Brian Hamilton
(List BitB)
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