I haven't posted in years but today I have a few thoughts.
I'm not sure that I completely agree about Becchio. I accept that he has limitations. They all do or they would not be playing in the third division. Of course, they will be in the second soon. Anyway, I thought he had a lot of touches today. Countless times he received a short pass from the midfield and simply played it back to them. This may sound simple but it's important. If he does not do this we are probably just lumping the ball to the corner. It just comes back. One of the reasons we did not concede today was we held the ball for longer anyone could have expected. Becchio was a large part of this. Hughes did great. He was obviously tagerted by Fergie and they sent countless long balls his way.He did really well. Some of those little headers back to Casper were really tricky. Beckford did his job, if Berbatov is worth 30 million then surely Beckford is worth five. I wonder how much money he is lookng for. If we are financially sound then he is worth 15 per week. Write a clause in his contact that it goes to 25 if we make the premiership. I know Wes Brown is crap but he's an England international. I agree with Kisnorbo as MOM, what a player. Besides, Rooney everyone else was afraid of him. Surely Fergie has to spend now, or he won't win anything this year. If you can't give Owen more of a run than that then what is the point. Also, I think Johnson was excellent. He's also limited but he got involved and made people uncomfortable. > Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 20:33:48 +0100 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LU] Scum Nil Mighty Leeds 1 5Minutes ET > > Like most people I saw it from the sofa, but even so there were some > stricking chords with list reports over the past couple of years: > > - the first 10 minutes showed why "the crowd" love Becchio. He seemed to be > at the centre of everything, chasing, harrying and forcing Man U players > into error after error. The rest of the half proved Rich Walker right. It > started a couple of minutes before his unforgiveably off-target free header, > when his control went to hell and just got worse from then on. He was much > better again at the start of the 2nd half but then just disappeared. Makes > me wonder if he has a fitness problem? (however the cramp before he was > subbed may have been a bit cynical....) > > -Hughes - the whole world could see his limitations and if Valencia had come > on 10 minutes earlier then we probably wouldn't be going to White Hart Lane > as the last team left in this year's FA cup draw. However! the bloke played > out of his skin. He did nothing flashy after his early (failed) attempt to > come inside, he worked his bollocks off, he never lost touch with his centre > backs and he obviously followed his instructions to the letter. He deserved > his place. > > -Beckford, great goal, scored because of his extra acceleration when he > realised the keeper wasn't coming (watch it in slow motion), but my God, how > frustrating. If there was a defender in front of him you just knew he would > lose the ball. I don't think he's a true centre forward because I don't > think he knows how to hold the ball up. > > -I imagined that Casper would be our weakest link but not only did he make > the saves but he looked (and played like) a goalkeeper unlike the dithering > idiot at the other end. The commentators went on about Beckford's value > going up - I think Caspar's probably went up proportionally more. > > My man of the match was Kisboro (sp?) who made Man U stop believing as early > as 10 minutes in. Naylor was a magnificent catain and I like to think that > his booking was a calculated bit of aggression to get his message absolutely > across. > > Marching on together, Damian > > > > On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Ed Morrish <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ...with the obvious exception of Becchio. > > > > /richwalker > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > Volame vsechny Cechy _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live: Make it easier for your friends to see what you’re up to on Facebook. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9691816 _______________________________________________ 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 Volame vsechny Cechy
