Great synopsys. Cheers Rich!
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On Saturday, March 3, 2018, 4:44 PM, Richard Walker <richleed...@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
Cheers Nick. I've spent over 40 years watching Leeds week in week out so I like
to think I've got the measure of most players I watch. Most players can be
gauged within 4-5 games but I'd say the exception to this is the centre back
position and strikers. I've seen players arrive at Leeds who look like a fish
out of water. Chris Fairclough, Peter Haddock and Rio were all awful on their
debuts and first few appearances but all turned out to be good signings ( not
sure Rio lived up to his fee?).In terms of strikers they tend to be rated until
they come to Leeds - Keith Edwards, Jim Melrose, Derek Parlane, George
McCluskey, Noel Hunt, Barn door Billy Painter, Darren Huckerby, Ian Rush to
name a few.
But midfielders just stand out. They just need to make themselves available,
take the ball, and give it to someone. Easy ? No. David Batty was the best I've
ever seen at this. He is everything I've ever loved about football. Such
simplicity but brilliantly effective in making a team tick. Olivier Dacourt was
also good at this but he added a driving ability which allowed him to be more
attacking. Both truly great midfielders.
O'Kane has no awareness. Watch him when he gets the ball. He's head down , one
dimensional. It's either a pass backward or he just motors forward with no real
intention. Batty was ultra aware of his team mates. He got the ball, looked up
and passed but then looked how he can help. He was the cog at the heart of the
machine. It's a shame that O'Kane will never be able to perform at even 25%
effectiveness of David Batty , but that's why Bournemouth let him go !
We are Leeds!
Rich
On 3 Mar 2018, at 20:36, Nicholas Armit <arm...@yahoo.com> wrote:
I may have to give in to the greatness of Rich Walker. I have always thought
O’Kane is a neat tidy thinking man’s player. But the last two games have shown
he is shite.
The Viera comment made me laugh out loud in the pub (well Faux Midwest Mexican
Cantina really) where assorted Ameicans wondered what is wrong with me.
Nick
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On Saturday, March 3, 2018, 1:25 PM, {broken-address} Richard Walker
<richleed...@yahoo.co.uk.is-broken.gn.apc.org> wrote:
I'm not sure he has many options as Lonergan sis currently injured however I'd
put Farrel Bayley Peacock in (or someone with a name like that). He cannot be
any worse.
Poor performance last night and and it completely ruined a decent night in the
pub.Even though that starting XI is massively lacking I don't think they have
any chance when they're playing with a keeper who is worth 1-2 goals for the
opposition. Right from the start Wieldwald is dithering and putting us on the
back foot. We actually came out of the trap pretty lively but as soon as Boro
came forward and put in a cross the hapless Kraut tries to punch and actually
misses leaving it on a plate for Downing. Luckily the fact that he missed it
totally surprised him and he missed. Following that you could just see any
little confidence Wieldwald had just disappear and he was reduced, not for the
first time, to a dithering keeper rooted to his line. The second goal for me
showed that he's even lost his confidence to shot stop which to be fair to him
he hasn't been that bad it since he arrived. However, there was general
agreement in the pub that
1) He should never play again2) He is the worst keeper ever to play for Leeds
(ok most of the pub have forgotten about Rabuchka)3) The decision to remove
Green and bring in Wieldwald goes down as one of the worst pieces of football
management ever witnessed. Up there with selling Cantona.
Having said that, Hecky for me is displaying all the qualities of bringing
mediocrity to the club. His team selection last night was a case of don't
change a winning team but Brentford played us off the park for large periods of
the game and 9 times out of 10 we would have lost that game and 9 times out of
10 a midfield of Philips, O'Kane, Dallas and Allioski will not get you any
points in this division. Hecky seems to be making the same mistakes as TC but
then adding his own unique cock-ups i.e. giving Dallas a start for the last few
games. One decent cross in all those games and a bit of hard work do not
constitute a player justifying his positioning and last night Stuart Dallas
showed his limitations in spades. In truth, he's a very average player who is
definitely not a left winger. He can't bloody cross a ball with his left foot
as he demonstrated last night.
He wasn't the only one though, I thought every player was lacking.
Wieldwald - 0. Bye, byeAnita - 2. Torrid time. Beradi - 5. Jansson - 5.
Possibly his worst game for Leeds in terms of mistakes but still got through
lots of good defending. Cooper - 4. Come on Hecky , fuck this idiot off to some
League One club where he belongs.Philips - 3. The master Sunday stroller. What
a limited player this lad is. Will surely end up at Bradford and the sooner the
better. O'Kane - 2. It seems that every man and his dog now sees O'Kane has a
poor player. Rewind 12 months and he was the messiah, however not in the eys of
those in the know :). I think Plymouth are looking for a new midfielder. Dallas
- 1. Shite. He can't keep kidding us that he's going to come good. Crewe
Alexander would benefit from his efforts. Allioski - 4. Lots of running and
effort but has forgotten how to cross a ball and his general contol and passing
ability is lacking. FK Teniks (Macedonian 2nd division team) are looking for a
left back. Lasogga - 1. He's not nearly quick enough or fit enough to play
in a team chasing the game. Yes I believe he knows where the goal is and given
Chapman like service he will score a shed load in this division but at the
moment we don't have the luxury so the very least we need is someone to make
some runs and at least occupy the opposition central defenders. Pistol Pete
played like a striker who had shit his shorts last night. Siaz - 5. Tried his
one man team routine but a combination of a slippy pitch and some resolute Boro
defenders prevented that. Lucky not to get sent off again. He's a horrible
little runt.
Subs:
Vierra - fuck me, he's turned into O'Kane and Phillips. Forshaw - limited
player Ekuban - headless chicken
Hecky - I feel this guy is going to turn us into Barnsley , his even installed
a red badge onto his clothes. What is that all about.
Thoroughly , thoroughly depressing times.
From: Scott1cairns1 <scott1cair...@gmail.com>
To: {broken-address} Nicholas Armit <arm...@yahoo.com-is-broken.gn.apc.org>
Cc: Leeds List <leedslist@gn.apc.org>
Sent: Saturday, 3 March 2018, 11:51
Subject: Re: [LU] 3 nil defeat
What I don’t understand is our nw manager seems to be the only person that
can’t see how woefully out of his depth our keeper is. Surely,surely to god
there is another option. If I get enough notice I could do till the end of the
season. Let me know
Best regards,Scott.
> On 2 Mar 2018, at 23:13, {broken-address} Nicholas Armit
> <arm...@yahoo.com-is-broken.gn.apc.org> wrote:
>
> There have been some bad performances this season but that was the worst. So
> bad my son and I ended up laughing at our play instead of getting angry.
> Season over.
> Nick
>
>
> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
>
>
> On Friday, March 2, 2018, 5:52 PM, Simon McNally <simon_mcna...@sky.com>
> wrote:
>
> That was awful.
> You’re right Felix should never play for us again. Not convinced lonergan is
> any better and BPF wasn’t that great on loan at York by all accounts but
> Felix looks shot to pieces. He’s worth at least a goal start for the other
> team.
> Beginning to lose faith in Phillips, he was anonymous first half and not
> surprised he was off at half time. Only surprise was the equally useless
> O’Kane stayed on.
> This season is over , time to give some of the younger lads a go and sack off
> the dross that aren’t up to it.
> Only Saiz , Jansson and Forshaw look remotely good enough
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On 2 Mar 2018, at 21:58, "nat...@sky.com" <nat...@sky.com> wrote:
>>
>> Well when you are not playing well all your luck disappearsAt 0 0 Pontus
>> gets fouled not once, not twice but 3 times in the box at a corner and no
>> penalty givenTheir second goal was so marginal it could easily have been
>> given offside
>> Then Lassogga has the shirt ripped off his back and still no penThen the
>> third goal is a real fluke of a deflection and the lad is yards off when the
>> ball was passed
>> So we were robbed again and got nowt
>> #######Only joking - whilst the above is true , we were totally and utterly
>> outclassed and given a football lesson
>> We were dreadful from 1 to 11 (or whatever numbers we wore) and had no clue
>> - we were so lucky that they did not get 5 or more. We on the other hand did
>> not manage a clear cut chance or shot worthy of the name all matchEven
>> second half when we were a bit better (the game was already over) they
>> scored one and missed two or three
>> Felix is back to his worst and should never play againAnita is not a full
>> back and should never be picked as one again - he got skinned by Traori time
>> and again, and second half when we switched full backs and Troari did not
>> touch it he also moved so he could take the piss out of Anita again
>> O'Kane and Philips were outclassed and overrun in midfield and as a result
>> Lassogga and Saiz never got any service
>> IF Wolves team were watching they must be licking their lips and relishing
>> coming to ER on Wednesday
>> It really was men v boys and Heck really has his work cut out to give us any
>> chance of getting any points in the next few weeks and gettting it sorted
>> for next season
>> A terrible day at the office and a game when we were totally and utterly
>> beaten .......if only the first pen had been given ,or the second and the
>> last two goals had been given offside , well , then we would only have lost
>> one nil !
>> Dave
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