I was screaming out last night for Howson to be brought on - but apparently he wasn't even in the squad.
Anyone know why not? Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -----Original Message----- From: "David Holden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 18:30:10 To:"'Richard Young'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LU] Bournemouth We need a midfield general. I've seen Prutton play well, and I know Carole can pass. But without some solidity and calmness in the middle, we crumple like a Lada in a shunt with a Transit van... Not pleased with that analogy as I get Rusty Lada Taxi's a lot and there are a lot of mad Transit Drivers here -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Young Sent: 07 November 2007 12:48 To: [email protected] Subject: [LU] Bournemouth Last night was a bit like the Forest game - we played pretty badly, but the result looks good on paper. Kandol's early goal gave us a lot of hope - even though their keeper probably should have held onto the initial shot - but for the next hour, we were woeful. The bloke in front of me must have said "SECOND BALL!" about 150 times during the match. And he had a point. We were knocking a lot of balls down for... Bournemouth. Our passing was poor, and even though Tres and Becks were winning most of the "'Arry Bassett" balls punted forward, they never came to a white shirt. The equaliser was well deserved - their left winger had tormented Fraser (who had a poor game, but not as bad as Prutton - he just looked lost for most of the match) and their strike when it came was pretty good. There seemed to be little communication on the pitch. We defended way too deep and midfield just went missing far too often. Worse, if you defend deep, you at least expect to be winning balls and denying the opposition space around your own box, but too often last night it was "after you", "no, after you" - or, as the terrific commentator behind me put it, "What the f*** are you looking at Heath for, he's not looking at you!" So we started to edge back in near the hour mark, with Seb's cracker coming against the run of play. They had a man sent off about ten minutes after that (retaliation - which is understandable: they're outplaying the favourites in the league after their own terrible run, yet they're still getting beaten), but until Tres's late goal you'd have thought it was us down to ten men. How many more times are we going to get a let-off? Crowd was good - someone said 1,500, but since at least half of us were in the uncovered South stand (made of scaffolding a la Priestfield) sometimes it was hard to hear our own songs. I'd say the front two did as much as they could with no support from midfield; Rui Marques is worth about £3m to a Premier League side so we'll probably have to sell him (although last night wasn't his best of the season); Douglas and Prutton looked drugged; Richardson was confused (which is sad: at my last game - Portsmouth - he and Prutton seemed to work so well together); Carole was outstanding on the run and shooting, but barely found a pass all night. Hughes and Heath were laboured at best and shite at worst; Clapham - dunno, really, which says a lot. Da Costa came on, fell over, did that Iberian thing of spreading your arms out wide while you're still on the ground. So he can pout like Ronaldo... but can he play like him? Three problems: we defended way too deep. Our midfield disappeared into the defence without apparently making it any more effective. And we played a Gandalf ("You shall not pass!"). We need a midfield general. I've seen Prutton play well, and I know Carole can pass. But without some solidity and calmness in the middle, we crumple like a Lada in a shunt with a Transit van... -- Richard Young Freelance writer and editor _______________________________________________ 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 6 in a bloody row! _______________________________________________ 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 6 in a bloody row! _______________________________________________ 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 6 in a bloody row!
