It is no suprise that players such as Kandol, Douglas and Michalik have dropped down the pecking order with Macca.
Kandol's touch is awful, Douglas cannot pass and Michalik is a bit of a hoofer. Macca obviously wants players who dont give the ball away cheaply. We still lack a little pace in the side in the midfield but everyone now looks pretty comfortable on the ball. Should be a great season! Stotty ----- Original Message ----- From: "DAVID NATTAN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "list leedslist" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 2:50 PM Subject: [LU] Oldham and season so far > Having got back from holiday just in time to catch the Chester game I am > not really in a position to say much about the games so far - missed > Dender and Scunthorpe- but that won't stop me :-) > > However I have seen the highlights on LUTV and have to say that at times > we do seem to be playing some good exciting passing and free flowing > football. Second half v Scunny it looked we could have had a hatful and > they could not cope with us. We seem to have some balance in midfield for > the first time in ages although I do find it a bit strange that we have > the right footed player on the left (Robbo) and the left footer on the > right (Snoddy) > Whilst it is very early days both these two look like great additions to > the squad. Becchio is getting the big build up from Macca and the backroom > staff and he does seem to have something about him - pity he could not get > off the mark goal wise v Chester - the sooner he scores the better. Enoch > will have his critics but he does seem to be better all round than Kandol > who he has replaced and if he can get near to Kandols goal tally of 10 > then he too is a good addition. > Sheehan will do OK at left back a position that caused us problems last > season after Clapham left. > Delph looks like he will be a brilliant player in seasons to come and I > note that in his latest interview Macca has indicated that Delph will be > involved a lot more this season than people think. > One of my mates is such a pessimist and takes against players and picks > out their faults in such a way that at times I think Rich Walker is his > nom de plume !! He took against McPhail, Harte, Viduka etc and in recent > years Douglas has been his big bugbear, telling us time after time that he > cannot believe that anyone who lacks the basic football skills can have > even made it as a professional footballer. > He sent me a couple of texts after Scunny match and was for him totally > cock a hoop - first that it seems that Douglas has dropped so far down the > pecking order but also that "at times we looked real quality" - and if he > says that then we must have been impressive !! > So on to Oldham - we owe them big time at ER after the way they > demolished us last year. It will be interesting to see how we fare against > Gregan - at Bounday Park with De Vreis and Andrews up front we ran at him > in the first minute getting him booked and then spent the rest of the game > hoofing the ball forward picking him out unerringly time after time making > him look like a defensive colossus, hopefully on Saturday our slick > passing will leave him isolated and left for dead. > We also seem to have more idea and penetration at corners and free > kicks - something we sadly lacked last year (Sheehan at Doncaster > excepted) when Thompson was not making one of his infrequent appearances. > So all in all a very promising start and personally I cannot wait for 3pm > tomorrow - last season was great, this one will be even better !!! > > Dave > _______________________________________________ > 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 > "the morphine patch and the handfuls of dihydrocodiene and paracetamol did > the business. I am GOING TO WEMBLEY !!!!" Dave Nattan May 16th 2008 > _______________________________________________ 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 "the morphine patch and the handfuls of dihydrocodiene and paracetamol did the business. I am GOING TO WEMBLEY !!!!" Dave Nattan May 16th 2008
