Dave I have to say that I am not as optimistic as most of you appear to be after saturday's defeat. I was a little concerned with the tactics employed by DFW. After a stinging defeat at PNE the last thing we wanted at Oakwell was to have an open game. We needed at least a point and a dour 0-0 draw would have done me. In fact, if we had packed the midfield and played 1 up front I think this lot were there for the taking.
Barnsley's defence is so bad they have shipped as many goals as us. They play with 2 wingers and yet DFW goes and plays a 4-3-3? I think we edged the 1st half and that was down to Blake who was superb. At 2-1 we had them on the ropes and then the whistle went - perhaps too early for us. Second half we never troubled their keeper. When DFW decided to change it up front he left on Healy who, again, did not have a good game and took off Horsefield who I thought was doing ok. I think Cresser and Horsefield were worth a try given we had totally lost the midfield by this stage. I dont want to hear about Healy being N Ireland's finest. He is a passenger and for the most part does not look interested. His agent is clearly hawking his services across the UK & Europe and he wants to go. I say cash in and, regretfully, let Killa go too. As for Butler, why does DFW persist with this bloke? He cost us the 2nd & 3rd goal Saturday. Barnsley got in lots if crosses on Saturday and they got lots of change from it. Whilst I'm at it Kelly was f*cking shite as well. Finally, I was very disappointed with the Leeds fans. Up to half-time they were superb but as the game went on they became very disgrunteld and as has already been pointed out there were some morons having a go at the team at the end which is counter productive. In summary, it was same old story for me. Barnsley wanted to win more than us and deserved their victory. Our manager better wise up and not take teams for granted. We cant attempt to take teams on playing football until we get the basics right. He may not be happy with the players we have, he wouldnt be here if they were producing would he, but he has got to get them producing. We are now 2 victories away from getting out of the bottom three. It needs sorting now. Phill :-( >From: DAVID NATTAN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: list leedslist <[email protected]> >Subject: [LU] Barnsley >Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2006 14:55:39 +0000 (GMT) > >As others have said, in many ways this was as good a performance from us as >we have managed in 2 seasons. Blake ran the show with his extra class in >the first half and Douglas showed that he is a genuine box to box player >even if he is lacking in some areas. Lewis looks a totally different >prospect as a left back than the waste of space left winger we have been >used to , and Derry seems to be getting back to the player he can be. So >nearly full marks to D & G so far. Unfortunately they are stuck with Butler >(until we can get someone in on loan) and with a team who lack both pace >and fitness and in the end that is what cost us this game. > Bulter has really lost the fans with chants of "Fuck Off Butler" being >sung by a (so far, small) number of Leeds fans - these same fans seem to >have turned on Healy to an extent, even though he had a better game >yesterday. A number of 'fans' even went down to the tunnel, at the front of >our stand to abuse the players as they left the pitch - totally ridiculous >and totally counter productive but there you go. > > All we can hope is that we do get a CH in quickly and that the fitness >angle can be worked on as the season progresses. D& G now have a full week >to try and sort out some of our problems before the next match - the >longest period they will have had. > > I do have some optimism in them and believe that given time they will >turn the club round, so despite a defeat that puts us back to next to >bottom and other results meaning that a small group is starting to be cut >adrift at the bottom I am happier than I have been for some time > Dave >_______________________________________________ >the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators >accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. >Leedslist mailing list >[email protected] >http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist >oh alright then :-) _________________________________________________________________ Be the first to hear what's new at MSN - sign up to our free newsletters! http://www.msn.co.uk/newsletters _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist oh alright then :-)
