Good point and I am not having a go at the 'foreign players' cos they are foreign more that they lack Championship experience as Redfearn himself has said. Like you said the Derby win was with a number of new players. Whilst the jury is still out on a number of them, I think this squad (and team) is far better quality, in theory, than we have had for many years. This was the team that played Leicester this time last year but we had more points than this year:
Championship Jan 18 Elland Road Leicester City (H) 0-1 (L) 22,678 12 Team: Kenny, Byram, Pearce, Lees, Warnock, Brown, Austin, Kebe, Stewart, McCormack, Varney. Subs: Peltier/Kebe, Diouf/Varney. I know which team I would prefer. That subs bench is desperate! Mike On 21 Jan 2015, at 15:05, Nicholas Armit <arm...@yahoo.com> wrote: The resurgence first time around under Redfearn was with the "foreign" players. The two/three best games I saw earlier in October/November was with the "foreign" players. All the following played in the victory against Derby which everyone said was an excellent performance: Silvestri, Bellusci, Bianchi Adryan , Antenucci, Doukara. I think the players that came in the Summer are as good if not better (maybe Doukara excepted) than some of the dross we have had in the last few years. Nick From: Mike Houston <l...@talktalk.net> To: Leeds List <leedslist@gn.apc.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 4:28 AM Subject: Re: [LU] Bournemouth report Interesting to note that last night's team and ones in recent games have been with mostly with players who were here last season/come through the ranks and the large amount of Summer (foreign) signings largely discarded or on the bench (all bench payers were summer signings and only 3 summer recruits playing, one of whom is an english based player). Coincidence that we have picked up points in recent matches and seem to be paying better or just wishful thinking? Mike On 21 Jan 2015, at 07:48, Ted <tedhea...@gmail.com> wrote: Top report Dave, and spot on! For me it was nothing we don't deserve this season - I keep thinking we have better players and play better football (sometimes) than we did under Warnock (and McDonut) but the results just haven't gone for us. Last night most things went right and we had that little bit of luck that has been missing. The Silvestri save on the line didn't go in (we are practically in line) and according to Popey on radio Leeds, their "penalty" foul was outside the box. A top, gritty performance. I also liked how we pressed them back all the time, and when we did get the ball, we pushed forward with purpose as opposed to passing it sideways and back. Reborn Murphy in for Bianchi? Hell yes! Morison in for Doukara (or Antenucci)? Definitely! A 5-man midfield yesterday really worked - I'd maybe like to see that team/formation away from home more often but at home I'd like to give Morison and Sharp a better go together - we need someone of Billy's experience to be on the end of all the knock-downs that Morison wins. Overall, well worth the trip out in the cold, only 17,600 made the trip tho - let's hope a win and some confidence brings 'em back! Bring on the dog botherers! Ted H On 21 January 2015 at 00:18, nat...@sky.com <nat...@sky.com> wrote: > Well what a cracker ! It was one of those midweek games where I didn't > really fancy it. My mates were either not drinking or missing altogether, > the weather was poor and worse was forecast , the crowd was going to be > small and we would most likely lose. Three times during the day when I > pointed all or some of the above to my wife she said 'well don't go then / > why bother going" and 3 times I replied that it is what I do.Anyway off to > ER I went with more trepidation than hope in my heart and the team news did > not fill me with confidence as far as excitement went but did give me hope > of a point. Morison up front on his own, or the centre forward who has > never scored , as I described him, with Mowatt coming in to bolster > midfield in place of the other attacker (Antenucci)We took the kick off and > the ball was passed to Cook who went back towards our goal before giving it > the one outfield player we have who does not like having the ball, Wooton > and he kicked it into touch. A really auspicious start I thought, but from > that moment on we played really well, 100% commitment and effort coupled > with some lovely fluent passing. We really got stuck into them disrupting > their rhythm and not giving them time to play. When we had the ball we had > some lovely triangles and played lots of balls up to Morison who won most > of them , holding the ball up well and bringing others into play. Twice > Austin had shots from good positions that flew past the post (and into the > Sky sports adverts two away from the goal as my mate pointed out) Murphy > had a tremendous right foot shot that the keeper did well to save, and one > ball across the box to Mowatt somehow did not go in. We were looking good > against the league leaders. Then we got the goal our play deserved when > Austin played it into Murphy who took it on and unleashed a left footed > thunderbolt into the corner - unstoppable. A great goal and well deserved. > Could we hold on or even build on it ? Well from that moment on we rode our > luck to a certain extent, firstly they scored what seemed like the > equaliser but the offside flag went up , then a couple of shots went right > across between our posts before Silverstri dived on it - hard to tell if > the ball crossed the line but the lino said no. So we ended the half one up > and good value for it but clinging on a bit. Second half was more of the > same, we started ok with Morison our man of the match and Murphy starting > to show why we paid £1m for him in the thick of it. Austin revelled in his > forward roll ably assisted by Byram, Mowatt and the talent that is Lewis > Cook - on one occasion he just glided past 3 defenders and played a sublime > ball into Bryam whose cross we just failed to convert. Another lovely move > ended with Austin blasting wide a shot from a daft tight angle when a cross > into the six yard box would have reaped rewards. Morison even had a chance > to get on the scoresheet as he ran onto a through ball but before he could > get to it (and hammer it home) he was cynically brought down - defender > lucky to get only a yellow. It was by no means one way traffic though and > at times we were chasing shadows as Bournemouth kept the ball for long > periods and even cut us open on a few occasions - on another day they could > have had 3 or 4. Things got tougher for us when Morison started limping and > had to be subbed - Billy Sharp tried hard but did not have the same > prescence- I really think that once Morison gets his first goal he will be > a real favourite- thats how good he had started to play. Could we hold on > as legs began to tire and the snow began to fall. Roared on by the hardy > 17k the team stuck manfully to their task but the worry was there , that if > Bournemouth got one they could go on and win it. Then near disaster their > man ran at our defence chased forlornly by Bellusci and a couple of > defenders - down he went, out came the red card, inside or outside the box > we wondered - in said the ref and pointed to the spot. I heard later that > this was wrong, so when the penalty was blasted over the bar justice was > done. After 4 mins of injury time the whistle went and we had hung on to > win 1 0.Overall a deserved win but I will understand it if their lot claim > they should have taken at least a point with the chances they had, but we > deserved our bit of good fortune and some of our play was really good and > worthy of 3 pointsSo a great game of football and a great result - am I > glad I went - you betcha > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
