this bit: "O'Dea is a big lump, too slow for my liking. He does remind me of a tall Ian Harte but as I said before he doesn't have a good left foot so I'm struggling to see what he adds to the team ?"
I saw that coming from you richard. I agree 100% with your assessment though. He not even as good as harte was cause he wont get us goals like Harte used to. Cheers, Eric On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 7:46 PM, Richard Walker <richleed...@yahoo.co.uk>wrote: > > Everyone around me was furious with the ref for ruining the game by sending > 3 > players off and being the main reason why we lost this game. Whilst I > accept the > ref and his linesman on the east stand side were the worse I've seen for > some > time I think we only have ourselves to blame. When you know the ref is > dodgy and > will book you for farting why, when on a yellow card, do you blatantly hack > down > a Boro player right in front of him. Max Gradel – you are as thick as f*ck. > > Then there's Johnny Howson – I'm a fan but is he captain material ?– I > think > not. Any captain would have seen the Gradel booking incident in the first 5 > mins > and would have made sure that his team kept it sensible , instead Johnny > led > from the front by deliberately hacking down a Boro player for a blatant > yellow > card then repeating the offence by obstructing a Boro player when he was > last > man. I've heard Grayson bleating that the ref was going to book the Boro > player > for diving but then was overruled by the 4th official. Strange if true but > it > was clear to me, Howson obstructed him and deserved to walk. Bad ref yes > but > really poor discipline from the Leeds players. > > > Having said all that I'm sat here with my glass of red wine not too > disappointed > with the showing today. I thought we started off fairly lively, when we > went > down to 10 men we were actually the better side and even with 9 men when > the > game was effectively over I was impressed how we never gave up and ran > ourselves > into the ground and actually had Boro on the ropes at times. > > > The plus points for me were the back four, who were pretty solid against a > fairly pedestrian Boro attack. Bromby did pretty well with some really good > last > ditch headers in the first half. He only made one big mistake all afternoon > and > he got away with that after giving away possession cheaply in his own half. > Kisnorbo was more like Kisnorbo, giving the opposition attackers no space > at all > but at the same time conceding cheap free kicks. I suppose you can't have > it > both ways. Lees is tall, strong, composed and confident. Yes he slipped > once and > got turned for the goal but I think he's going to be a regular this season. > Looking at him, the way he won his headers and the way he plays he looks > like a > centre back to me and I'd like to see him playing in his best position. I > would > hate to see a young talent have to emerge in the team in his second best > position. O'Dea is a big lump, too slow for my liking. He does remind me of > a > tall Ian Harte but as I said before he doesn't have a good left foot so I'm > struggling to see what he adds to the team ? The best I could say about him > was > that he didn't get exposed which is more to do with Boro than his > performance. > > > Our new keeper had a good afternoon, when down to 9 players he made save > after > save all to no avail but he kept us in the game and gave us a chance. Not > sure > about their goal, it might be harsh to suggest he could have got it cos it > was > struck well but I did think where was our keeper ? Also, I'm not sure about > his > command of the box, he hesitates but that might just be getting used to > things – > hopefully. > > > In midfield I thought we were lively with our 5 man midfield. With > Grayson's > mind numbing, pre-determined, programmed 4-5-1 formation we need to play > the > ball through the midfield as we have a midget up front on his own. We did > try > and definitely made some openings as Howson, Snodgrass, Brown, Gradel and > Clayton all passed and moved effectively. It was promising. Got to mention > Clayton's chip from the half way line, nearly worked and shows his > confidence at > the moment. He is head and shoulders above his team mates at the moment, a > real > inspiration. Down to 9 men and 85 minutes on the clock and having covered > more > ground than anyone on the pitch he chased a lost cause ball and managed to > out > pace and out muscle the Boro defender. Unfortunately the move petered out > but > his determination and fitness levels impressed me more than anything today. > He > got a standing ovation from the Kop and North East – he deserved it, he was > tremendous. > > > I am convinced that we would have won this game either 11 v 1 1 or even 10 > v 11. > But with 9 we had little chance. I see this game as a confidence booster > not > just another defeat and it's good that we've got Hull on Tuesday even > without > Max and Johnny. > > ; > Scores on the doors > > Lonergan – 8. Good saves 2nd half. > > Lees – 7. Confident. Would like to see him play centrally. > > O'Dea – 4 Big, useless lump. Don't rate him > > Kisnorbo – 7. Much better, some really good defending. > > Bromby – 7. Probably the best I've seen him play for Leeds but I'm still > not a > fan. He's just too average. > > > Howson – 7. Lively as always and when we went down to 10 men he really > covered > some ground and made a difference but I don't think he's a great captain. > > > Brown – 7. Much improved. Did simple things covered quite a lot of ground. > I'm > hoping he will get better and better with games. > > > Clayton – 9. High energy, good tackling, good fitness, good link up play > ….excellent. > > > Snodgrass – 7. Some good moments in the first half but doesn't look as fit > as he > could be. > > > Gradel – 2. Braindead. > > McCormack – 6. He needs support, he's not a lone player and he struggled > today. > Worked hard until subbed. > > Subs: > > Nunez – 6. Ran his socks off when he came on and wanted the ball. Didn't do > much > with it though. Was a bit greedy on one occasion when he shot from outside > the > box when a pass to Mcormack would have been the better option. > > Thompson – 5. Didn't make an impact and doesn't look like much of a player > to > me. > > > Sam – 6. Did ok. > > Grayson – going to have to consider playing someone alongside McCormack and > going 4-4-2 cos it's not working … and by the way Simon, shoving yound Lees > up > front late on was a really stupid decision. > > > Lots of anti-Bates chants – I don't join in cos I see them as negative and > we > needed positivity with only 9 men on the pitch. One bloke went on to the > pitch > to retrieve the ball in the absence of the ball boys – he nearly got > arrested > however the Kop turned on the security blokes and it threatened to get > ugly. I > hope this saved the bloke from a ban but I suspect not. > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: > http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER (There's it) > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org MARCHING ON TOGETHER (There's it)
