Sigh.... I still think BMcD has his hands tied with that squad - my tuppence worth from the other day below - although I wonder what's happened to Paul Green and surely Norris is not as bad as Pugh or on current form Austin?
BMcD in still for me, and we'll be nowhere near relegation this year.... Alas that's the only progression we can expect this year. BMW -----Original Message----- From: "Brendan" <brendan_mcwilli...@hotmail.com> Sent: 1 January 2014 22:59 To: nat...@sky.com, "leeds list" <leedslist@gn.apc.org> Subject: RE: [LU] Blackburn Thanks for the reports Dave, I look forward to reading even those from defeats like today's. >From my armchair, I remain entirely behind BMcD and even if we just survive >relegation again I'd still back him - the squad upon his arrival is and >remains as weak as piss. During the summer all of us wanted to see the back of Brown, Pugh, Pearce, Norris, Varney, Tonge... yet ALL of them are still there as they had at least a season left on their contracts. Thanks Colin. Admittedly Pearce has redeemed himself, but the rest we literally can't even give them away. Then we have Drury, Peltier, EHD, White and Poleon: Old/Injured, unreliable, given up, and not good enough x 2. That's half a squad there that we're stuck with until the end of the season and it wouldn't matter if we had Mourinho managing that lot (not to mention half the others). BMcD IN. BMW --- Original Message --- From: nat...@sky.com Sent: 1 January 2014 21:21 To: "leeds list" <leedslist@gn.apc.org> Subject: [LU] Blackburn Well not the start to the New Year that we wanted , especially when you look at the League games we have coming up - Sheff Wed, Leicester and Brighton. This was a game I thought we could win and yet at half time I was thinking that 2 nil flattered us and that only 2 poor finishes / clearances off the line stopped it being 0 4. At the other end I could not recall a shot or chance worthy of the name. Not good New Years Day fare for another plus 30k crowd. At least Brian was as dissappointed as us and made changes - bringing on Aribiyi at half time and then Poleon with 20mins to go in an effort to change things. Everything about this game showed up our failings - a keeper who can hardly move and cannot even take his own goal kicks, a midfield that cannot keep or pass the ball and 2 strikers who, although both decent in their own right, have no understanding or communication between them. I can remember as a lad when Granada Reports (our equivalent to Yorkshire Calendar) actually had a test with Keegan and Toshack to see if they were actually telepathic rather than just good at reading each others game - not much chance of anyone thinking Ross and Smith have any telepathy - quite the opposite, if Smith flicked it on Ross was waiting for the knock down, when Smith knocked it down Ross had gone ahead looking for the flick on. Despite Marius showing why he had got a new contract and both Lees and Pearce doing Ok we were ripped apart for their goals, Rhodes being left in miles of space for their first and their second a straight forward header from a set piece. Only a combination of Kenny and Lees and then a great tackle from Murphy stopped it being 4 nil. As is the norm now, a home team, losing at half time (and at the end) was booed off. When did that become accepted behaviour ? The few Prem and other Champ games that I have seen over the last few seasons have shown that almost irrespective of performance etc, a home team who are not winning are met by a chorus of boos. I get that booing is the only way for fans to show their displeasure etc but surely not every team who are not winning at home do not deserve barracking ? Whatever , todays performance probably did deserve the reception they got. Second half we did a bit better and got back into the game,a mix up in their defence allowed Byram to rob the ball and put it on a plate for Smith to tap it into an empty net. Not long after Mowatt hit the woodwork - a chance that could have got us back on level terms but it was not to be (they also hit the bar later on) and we were on the end of some poor refereeing decisions but really we did not deserve anything from this game - Aribiyi looked light weight and could easily become the new De Costa / Joel Griffiths / Sebastian Sorsa / Ryan Hall ?? So all in all a very bad day at the office and with hard games to come we could find ourselves out of play off contention by the end of the month The only good thing was the crowd of over 30k which shows that the Bates era is dead and buried and that fans do buy into the GFH and McDermott vision for the future, though for how long is anyone's guess Roll on Rochdale on Saturday and here's hoping we have a good cup run, other than that lets hope Brian can somehow work miracles over the transfer window and bring in some genuine talent All the best for the New Year Dave _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org John 'Grampa' Sykes Rest In Peace old lad 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org John 'Grampa' Sykes Rest In Peace old lad 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 MARCHING ON TOGETHER
