F*ck me this is depressing. A mate overheard Michael Brown signing stuff after the game talking about the amount of possession that we had, and that we had them penned in for most of the game. There is a difference between being penned in and and camping in Michael, Forest just sat back and picked us off. Their two centre halves have never had an easier game, I can't remember us winning a header from our only form of attack. Long balls from the back regardless of whether we had Hunt or Smith up front.
You would think now we are mathematically safe McDermott would have given White and Stewart a game to get down the side of them and give us another option. No, Austin, Tonge & Brown. Not an ounce of creativeness between them. I think we need a massive clearout, including the manager, and don't get me going about our defence. Lees has dragged Pearce down to his level. Wotton is not a right back and Warnock has the heart of a pea. It shows how bad Blackpool and Barnsley are if we can beat them because, trust me, Forest are not a great side. MOT but hopefully without McDermott. > Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 22:24:08 +0100 > From: nat...@sky.com > To: leedslist@gn.apc.org > Subject: [LU] Forest report > > Spineless, gutless, clueless pretty much sums up the game today as we plumbed > new depths. > Make no mistake this was awful - it took us 96 minutes to have a genuine > attempt at goal, a close range header from Smith that the keeper scrambled > away. > I will keep it short, partly because most of you will have seen it on TV and > partly because there is so little to say. > We made a couple of changes and went 4 4 2 with Hunt up top alongside Ross. > Nothing much happened early on and then Forest just cut us apart down the > middle the ball falling eventually to a centre forward in acres of space who > fired home, We thought that he must have been yards offside to have that much > room but, of course, he wasn't - our defence had just parted like the Red > Sea. "That is game over" I said to my mate, all they need to do now is defend > deep, keep the ball away from Ross and take the ball off us as our lack of > skill, movement, class and penetration caused us to mess up, then they can > get us on the break. And so it proved. mot long afterwards Forest hit us and > scored the second goal. Before the half was finished they created two more > chances but Butland saved one and the other went wide/ > Second half was a total non event, we passed the ball across the back and > kept the ball without doing anything with it. > The referee gave the players some respite from the crowd by attracting our > ire - firstly by blowing when he shouldn't have when 2 of them collided and > then compounded it by letting them both come back on the pitch after > treatment before the game commenced.Later when their injured keeper who had > been struggling for a bit threw the ball out, he re-started with a non > contested bounce up instead of our throw. This attracted the anger of the > team, anger that should have been directed at the team and manager. > > This was an abject performance - bring on Derby so we can end this season ! > > Cellino has a massive job on his hands and his first move must be to remove > McDermott, he cannot recover from this > > 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
