Do you think our team can tell the difference between Hunt & Smith? It would appear not because the delivery to the front two did not change when either were on the pitch. Long, aimless punts. To be fair Hunt did his best but where is the coaching and tactics in this?
MOT blindly............. > From: simon_mcna...@sky.com > Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 11:18:27 +0000 > To: davidwool...@gmail.com; nat...@sky.com > CC: leedslist@gn.apc.org > Subject: Re: [LU] Room 101 > > I find it frustrating watching players hitting aimless long balls down field > when under no pressure - Peltier in particular. Quite often there is a short > easy pass on. You are asking a lot of our short forward line to do anything > with service like that. I think smith is limited as a footballer but if we > are going to insist on punting it long all the time he should start - at > least we'd have a chance of winning some headers. > I wonder if the players have been instructed to play this way or is it just > they lack basic ability? I find it hard to tell if Peltier and Austin do > anything deliberately! > > Simon > > On February 24, 2014 10:48:05 AM GMT, David W <davidwool...@gmail.com> wrote: > >The problem with throw ins is more symptomatic of our poor movement. > >Players make going-through-the-motions runs and moves for the thrower > >rather than really working to get into space or open up space for the > >teammates through their movement (with the exception of McCormack and > >to an > >extent Stewart). This results in the thrower either having to do the > >stock > >throw-down-the-line or throw a ball straight into a 60-40 situation. > > > >Another reason we need a forward player with pace and movement (Poleon > >but > >with a brain and composure). > > > > > >On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 11:34 AM, nat...@sky.com <nat...@sky.com> > >wrote: > > > >> That was exactly my thoughts - cannot remember precisely what I > >shouted at > >> the TV but with the expletives taken out it was something along the > >lines > >> of 'we have just brought on the big lad, why have you hit the first > >man - > >> what was the point of taking a near post corner like that' ? > >> > >> I agree it is one of the most annoying things we see week after week > >, it > >> is not as if the near post flick on leads to us scoring when we do > >get it > >> right > >> > >> All our throw-ins also get me tearing my hair out (metaphorically > >since I > >> am going a bit thin on top) time after time, in all areas of the > >pitch we > >> have a throw in and the ball ends up with them. Plus why can none of > >them > >> take a long throw - even Peltier and Warnock are rubbish at it and > >get > >> little distance -OK Challinor or Delap (maybe even Vinnie) are a bit > >> special but surely it cannot be hard to get an athletic young man to > >learn > >> how to throw a ball a long way !! > >> > >> Dave > >> > >> > >> ________________________________ > >> From: David Brennan <d.r.bren...@leeds.ac.uk> > >> To: "'leedslist@gn.apc.org'" <leedslist@gn.apc.org> > >> Sent: Monday, 24 February 2014, 10:24 > >> Subject: [LU] Room 101 > >> > >> > >> Been watching Room 101 recently and I thought of something I'd like > >to put > >> in there - not beating the first defender from a corner. > >> > >> On Saturday we got a corner, we bring Smith on as quickly as we can > >to try > >> and exploit the situation, and Warnock didn't even manage to loft the > >ball > >> past the first defender!! He's not the first to do this, Harte, with > >all > >> his dead ball skill, often managed to find the first defender from > >corners, > >> but is it really that hard? I'd rather see a wafted loopy ball that > >at > >> least finds its way in to the centre of the box that at least has the > >> potential to cause problems than a clipped or drilled cross that just > >hits > >> the first bloody defender. I'm not a footballer, only a spectator, > >is it > >> that tricky a skill? > >> > >> DRB > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > >> > >_______________________________________________ > >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 > > -- > Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. > _______________________________________________ > 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
