I was furious when I left the game. It was not so much the result but the manner of the defeat.
2 0 up after 30 mins and we should have been home and dry. Unfortunately all our usual failings came to the fore. Defensive errors, inability to cope with pace and movement, lacklustre midfield and very little up front. I think redfearn has been excellent but he was out thought by the Watford manager. They looked to be offering nothing but he changed things slightly and every time they ran at us they looked like scoring. I found it frustrating that we didn't appear to respond and try and do anything different. Deeney looked class but you're left wondering whether we made him look good. There was no plan to deal with him when he dropped off into space. One time second half he dropped off and neither centre back followed. This isn't too bad because you don't want them being pulled out of position but someone in midfield has to pick him up but no one did. In the end he drifted over to our left and suddenly there's a 2 on 1 against Taylor. It's basic stuff - all he did was drop a few yards and run to his right but we nearly conceded as a result. I was surprised that redfearn thought Cook was outstanding, I thought he had his worst game for us. He looked neat and tidy in possession as usual but all over the place defensively. I though mowatt was largely anonymous and slowed a couple of promising moves by trying to get the ball back on his left foot or by crossing poorly with his right. Byram looked good in parts but there's very rarely an end product. Second half he made a good break into the box , it opened up for a shot on his left but he tried to get it back on his right and was tackled. We also seem to waste possession continually with hopeful 50 yard passes or with little flicks etc with a much easier option on. Austin tried to hit a 50+ yard pass across to sharp second half. Sharp was covered by two defenders and wouldn't have been able to do anything with it had it reached him. Predictably it didn't. I don't get why we're doing stuff like that when we're winning and are struggling every time Watford get the ball - we don't seem to understand how to keep the ball. Sharp scored a tap in but did little else, he's not big enough or quick enough to play up front on his own. He also missed a sitter just after austin's miss. If morison isn't fit I'd play antenucci as the lone striker - at least his pace would trouble defenders. All in all a disappointing day - gifted a two goal lead by an error and a fluke from Austin (he'll never hit a ball like that again) but threw it away. 2 0 and you fucked it up sang the Watford fans and they were right. Simon Sent from my iPhone > On 1 Mar 2015, at 10:28, "nat...@sky.com" <nat...@sky.com> wrote: > > or all 3 in this case !a.Watching the 3rd on TV what is Bamba doing once > Silvestri has saved itb. We missed a good chance (Rudy) to go 3 1 up and just > fell apartc See b - we looked out of it for the last 30mins or so when they > stepped it up and had us chasing shadows > Like many I have supported Morison in this recent run, trying to claim that > his lack of goals was made up for by his general good play, then I saw Deeney > - scores one, lays another on a plate - 2 things Morison has failed to do, > and generally bossed our centre backs and took all the weight off his fellow > strikers so the other one got 2 easy goals. I hope Morison was watching and > learning.A victory over Ipswich on Wednesday is now a necessity just to make > sure we do not get dragged back into a relegation scrap - we have 41 pts and > I reckon we need 45 to be safe > Dave > From: wayne callaghan <ws.callag...@live.co.uk> > To: Rob Heath <rhe...@hkis.edu.hk> > Cc: leedslist <leedslist@gn.apc.org> > Sent: Sunday, 1 March 2015, 7:51 > Subject: Re: [LU] 1 - 0 Sharp > > Rob, I never said we'd win , I just said we were bossing it, as a Leeds > fan , you should know that this clearly means, we are going to lose > this by : > A: a defensive fk up > B: complete meltdown > C: because non of our team can run after 60 minutes. > > Regards > Wayne > > On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 11:54 pm, Rob Heath <[1]rhe...@hkis.edu.hk> > wrote: > > I hate to point fingers, but whoever it was who added the 3 fatal > words > "we're bossing it" to their excited email telling us that we were > 2-0 up > was clearly responsible for this defeat. It was a clear violation of > anti-jinxing regulations, and my heart sank as soon as I read the > words. > On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 2:09 AM, Damian Walsh > <pussaydam...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Ahhhh yes - a sort of reverse John Lee's lucky toothbrush > > > > ;) > > > > On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 6:48 PM, Richard Naef < > > rich...@triumph-computers.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > No, I'm afraid it's my fault, I wasn't in time to stop my > daughter > > > putting > > > up her > > > > toy umbrella in the house just after half time..... > > > > > > Thanks for trying to take responsibility, but I've got the same > pants on > > as > > > I had on Tuesday..... > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > References > > 1. mailto:rhe...@hkis.edu.hk > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
