I think Howson is not doing himself justice at the moment and Kilkenny's
general
fitness is a worry. I still think they can do a job in this league together.
Don't know owt about Faye.
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From: "seanscr...@aol.com" <seanscr...@aol.com>
To: richleed...@yahoo.co.uk; leedslist@gn.apc.org
Sent: Sat, 18 September, 2010 17:55:04
Subject: Re: [LU] Donny from the sofa
Team for Sheff Utd Higgs Connelly Bruce Naylor White Snodgrass Kilkenny
Howson Gradel McCormack Somma Starting to look like a real ream !
Rich,
Do you not think that Faye needs to be brought in at some point to firm up the
midfield? Or do you think that midfield will be good and strong enough in this
division?
Cheers!
Sean
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Walker <richleed...@yahoo.co.uk>
To: leedslist@gn.apc.org
Sent: Sat, Sep 18, 2010 4:07 am
Subject: [LU] Donny from the sofa
Given the last result, given the five changes , given the opposition who are a
good team who recently destroyed a really good Norwich team I'd say this was
the
performance of the season to date. You can imagine my joy to find Becchio
relegated to the bench and a forward two in Somma and McCormack who are lively,
skilful, direct and a real handful. Ok, no doubt Becchio fans will point to the
fact that they drew a blank but I think their positive impact on our team in
the
way the team passed the ball around and linked up from midfield to attack to me
was a revelation. We looked like a team on a different level to what I've seen
so far this season and I really enjoyed watching us and if we carry on playing
like that I might have to start going to a few more away games. The reason
was Somma, he's such an intelligent player. He comes deep to get the ball,
plays intelligent lays offs and then he looks to break. He plays on the edge
and does get caught offside a few times but that's his way and he'll always
get chances. His best chance from a brilliant ball through from Bradley Johnson
(don't often say that) , unfortunately his finishing did resemble Becchio as he
scuffed his shot and made it easy for Sullivan who I thought was dodgy on the
night. McCormack on the other hand seemed to be working twice as hard as
Somma for not as good results. I don't mind that. There was bits of good link
up play and I think they are suited together. Both have a bit of pace and both
are always looking to be direct. Compare this to Becchio who spends most of
his
time just falling over, miscontrolling or playing a 5 yard ball back. It's a
different level of play. Not much came off for McCormack, he had a decent
effort second half but I think his movement caused Donny all sorts of
problems,
in fact I thought the movement of all the team was just too much for Donny,
They're used to passing the ball around and dominating teams a bit like
Swansea
but we just didn't ley them. All over the park we were snapping at their
heels,
Gradel was like an attacking Billy Bremner at times, he really put a loao of
work. Howson and Kilkenny were snapping at heels and played some lovely
football moving forward at pace. I thought this was Kilkenny's best game so
far
, his fitness levels were good and he really got stuck in at times. It was
interesting to hear their manager say that everytime Kilkenny gets dropped
from the Leeds team he puts a call in to Leeds to ask if he's available. At
the back I thought we did really well. Alex Bruce looks the part, he's got
good
pace, good in the air and really strong in the tackle. I thought he helped
Collins who I don't rate but probably gets the nod for his height. I'd be
looking at Naylor and Bruce together. We played them off the park at times
and towards the end they looked like a broken side just lumping balls forward
with no aim. I thought we were brilliant and I hope this is the start of a new
up tempo football that takes this division by storm. I think we can, I kept
looking at Donny and thinking. FFS this is Doncaster, we are Leeds , we should
be streets ahead .... and we were ! Best 0-0 I've seen for years. Scores:
Higgs - 7. Had nothing to do other than collect a dodgy header back from
Hughes.
Hughes - 7. I thought he did well, he has his moments but I'll take the why is
he still on the payroll comment back because it's obvious he can do a job at
right back (not left back). White - 7. I thought he did really well and I
think what surprised me is that defensively he did ok as well. Still not sure
he's a left back because he's got so much to offer going forward, much more
than Mr Johnson. Collins - 6. Steady and not as expeosed mainly due to
Bruce.
Bruce - 9. Excellent. Kilkenny - 8. Energy levels good, link up play good,
tackling good. Heart of the team. Howson - 6. He was bright and lively and
did some good things however he gives the ball away too easily at times and
really needs to address this. Johnson - 7. I'd say this was probably his
best
game for Leeds that I've seen. I thought some of his passing was excellent,
he
was supplementing the attack well and is always a threat in the box with his
arial ability. Of course there were times when we treated to aimless, careless
balls but that's Johnson for you. Would he be in my next team ? No. I'd go get
Liam Dickinson from Barnsley on loan and move White into midfield.
McCormack
- 6. Lively and direct but not a lot came off. His movement was good and I
think he did a lot of work off the ball. I think he can form a good
partnership
together. People will say that neither of them are that great in the air.
Fair
point but that encourages us to play football like we did last night. I hope
he's not injured. Somma - 8. If he'd got his goal it would have been the
perfect performance but he had 2 one on ones and scuffed them both. He's going
to score goals though but I think he's much more that a goalscorer. He looks
classy, he makes time on the ball and links up play brilliantly. I haven't
been
as excited about a Leeds player like this since Cantona - I kid you not. I
think Somma will play and do well in the premier league. Gradel - 8. High
energy performance. He showed me tonight that he's much more than a super sub
or a luxury winger, he can really get stuck in a be an influential midfielder.
Subs: Snodgrass - 7. Came on and was effective. Going to be interesting to see
how he fits in to the plans. Watt - 7. After a stinker against Swansea he
came on and reminded us just what he can do with two brilliant short balls
that
created good chances. He also looked sharp and quick , was he fit for Swansea
or is this just the affect of the extra pressures on a player when being asked
to play up front from the start. Grayson - top marks. He made the changes
,
changed the formation, dropped so called key players and got a great
performance. He doesn't always get it right but my God he's m not stuck in a
rut and is always looking to learn from change. We are lucky to have Simon
Grayson. Team for Sheff Utd Higgs Connelly Bruce Naylor White Snodgrass
Kilkenny Howson Gradel McCormack Somma Starting to look like a real ream !
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