Thanks, Nick. I agree with all of that…though I’d say that for “a big, rough arced team” Boro passed the ball quite nicely, particularly in the first half. Hard to ignore a goal called out that very well might not have been. First 20 minutes was utterly dismal. We could not string together two passes and didn’t seem likely to learn to do so any time in the near future. But Billy certainly DID put a shift in…and, no doubt, its that sort of thing that DOES make luck.
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On Aug 17, 2014, at 4:00 AM, <leedslist-requ...@gn.apc.org<mailto:leedslist-requ...@gn.apc.org>> <leedslist-requ...@gn.apc.org<mailto:leedslist-requ...@gn.apc.org>> wrote: Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 17:45:47 +0100 From: Nick <n...@6haroldplace.co.uk<mailto:n...@6haroldplace.co.uk>> To: leeds list <leedslist@gn.apc.org<mailto:leedslist@gn.apc.org>> Subject: Message-ID: <0f256e30-04c9-4529-9ff3-d218778bf...@6haroldplace.co.uk<mailto:0f256e30-04c9-4529-9ff3-d218778bf...@6haroldplace.co.uk>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 I?ll take this for a win. Boro are a big, rough arsed team. Quite happy to stick it in, and mix it up. But with our two newest men, Cooper and Sharp, making steady debuts we looked solid if uninspiring. At least Hunt wasn?t lining up. I notice that someone thought before the match that Austin should be dropped - that would have been a bad call, he was man of the match for us?putting in the shifts of two men. We almost scored in the first two minutes following a shot and a parry by the keeper quite a way out of his goal which was followed up - and should have been finished but Boro had 3 men covering and the ball was cleared off the line. This raised the tempo and for 10 minutes we huffed and puffed around their box without really getting anywhere. The crowd was 24,500, the sun was shining and Dowden turned up with the pies?my dad?s face lit up like it was his birthday; don?t think he could remember the last time he had a pork pie. He was well happy at half time. All was well with the world. Slowly though Boro took the sting out of it and began passing through our midfield. They had more pressure without really threatening. Our two Chalfs looked comfortable, as did Silvestri in goal - the problem was the FBacks - Byram didn?t look interested while Warnock was all or nothing?frequently making good challenges, but they were often desperate or last ditch, while at other times he simply wasn?t there. To be fair to both, neither was getting much cover for their respective midfielders. On 30 minutes Boro got the ball across the box?our defenders static watching the ball bounce and one their forwards hooked the ball over his shoulder and in the far corner?now for some reason (possibly high feet by the goalscorer) it was disallowed?which was extremely lucky for us. There was a certain irony given that for the previous few minutes we?d been singing the one about ?only getting shit refs?? Moving forward, we tried to pass our way through and sometimes there looked to be the promise of something developing with interplay between Austin, Doukara, Ajose and Sharp - Doukara, takes the ball well and lays it off nicely; he might have more pace that he appears to, because he gets by the opposition, or gets to the ball first when you don?t expect it. He?d took quite a lot of punishment in the first half, including a nasty scything chop just on half time - so he ?gave it a go for 10 minutes? in the second before coming off for Tonge. Bringing Tonge on was a good call as he beefed up the midfield - and had been in good form in the pre-season. Our next change needed to involve brining Smith on to get about the defence, but instead it was Poleon, which really didn?t work. in the second half we were pushed back and Silvestri did have to make a couple of sharp stops?he also dealt comfortably with the crosses slung in. On 75 minutes it looked like Sharp, who?d been busy without being special up to that point, had fluffed his lines, popping a free header 6 feet out just wide of the near post. Then with 2 minutes to go (of the 90) a ball is cut back to the edge of the box and Tonge belts it low and hard to the far corner, the keeper at full stretch palms it back into the midfield of the box, rather than out and Sharp, showing good poacher?s skills stabbed it over his outstretched leg and into the bottom corner in front of the Kop?and I bet he?ll take that for a debut. He went mental ran around with his shirt off and got a booking for his trouble. Something like 6 minutes of tense injury time was played, but we hung on? SILVESTRI - calm, solid, quietly efficient BYRAM - he is a class act, but whether he?s out of position or not, he needs to get more involved?often peripheral WARNOCK - blood and thunder - sometimes it works and sometimes it is dreadful foul?worked in the main today COOPER - big, strong, decent in the air, read most of what he needed to do?not sure about the speed yet, but we?ll see. A tendency to wander upfield with the ball and lose it, but all-in-all a huge improvement on Wootton. PEARCE - a good battling, all heart performance AUSTIN - all around nuisance for Boro, tackle after tackle after tackle?decent distribution when played short and simply but still not up to much with the longer more adventurous stuff MURPHY - also peripheral, the passing didn?t work, nevertheless he put in a shift BIANCHI - always seems to have more time than his team mates; quality touch; needs to be on the ball more - guess he?s adjusting to the pace of the game AJOSE - busy, nippy and lightweight SHARP - the winning goal on the debut makes all the difference. Looks like he could make a go of a partnership with Doukara?needs good service and that might be the problem. DOUKARA - I have hopes for this guy - strong, good control - a couple of goals in the league and he?ll be away. subs: Tonge - had more or less 35 minutes and certainly brought more shape and resilience to the midfield Poleon - not much new to say about this guy?got 20 minutes and didn?t achieve much Cook - had about 10 minutes and got stuck in, I suppose. Hock - team didn?t seem to have much shape for a while, looks like a diamond 4 in midfield with Austin in front of the back 4 and Ajose behind the strikers?left a lot on Murphy and Bianchi?and Smith was the obvious sub with 20 minutes to go?but hey he has his first home win and clean sheet, so who is the tactical genius..? _______________________________________________ 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
