Agree with all that has been written about the match last night. I actually wasn't surprised by the perfomance and actually see this as a continuation of the Boro game. I think you all got a bit starry eyed due to Billy's late goal. Let's face facts , we were awful. The thing that surprises me about the various match reports on here and Waccoe is everyone is slating 3 midfielder - Murphy , Austin and Tonge. Ok, they were all awful, but we know that. They weren't good enough last season so they're not going to be good enough this. Hock isn't a miracle worker. What I would be more worried about is the new midfielder (Bianchi). If he's the sort of player that Cellino is lining up to improve us then we are really in the shit. He is poor and to be honest was the worst out of the 4 midfielders last night. I think because he doesn't actually do anything people don't slate him. His passing on occassions was dreadful and off the ball he hasn't a clue what to do. I bet he's on decent wages too.
On Wednesday, 20 August 2014, 11:28, "n...@6haroldplace.co.uk" <n...@6haroldplace.co.uk> wrote: This is also the problem with the diamond formation - with no width the onus is on the full backs to make lung busting 70-80 runs (and returns) many times during the 90 minutes - it is no surprise that when the ball is lost upfield and a counter attack quickly mounted that the FB is out position...and there won't be midfield cover. > On 20 August 2014 at 10:47 Ed Morrish <edmorr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > From watching the Boro match, this seems to be a problem exacerbated by the > unthinking desire to close down the opposition. I lost track of the number of > times Austin - and Murphy and Tongue - ran at an opponent in position - only > for a simple pass to leave them horrendously out of position and a massive > great gap in front of our defence. I mean, if you're doing that, so it to > players you're plausibly going to trouble, and fill in the gaps behind other > players doing it. > > Turns out, then, that there's such a thing as "putting in too much of a > shift". > > Ed. > > > On 20 Aug 2014, at 10:15, Simon McNally <simon_mcna...@sky.com> wrote: > > > > The player at the base of the diamond needs to be good positionally but > > Austin doesn't have a clue. > _______________________________________________ > 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
