We were generally on top for most of this game and deserved the win, though there were occasions when we seemed determined to throw it away. Swindon were quite quick, passed the ball well and at times caused the back four quite a few problems. Having got the negatives out of the way, let's look at the positives. Our front two again played excellently and caused Swindon problems all afternoon and Johnny Howson was magnificent, easily the best performance I have seen from him, though some around us who were at the Bury game said he was pretty god then too. Add on the return of a not yet fully fit but still quite impressive Kishishev and things begin to look even better. Into the top four and it's still November. Somebody said top by Christmas and I thought "Yeah right" but it's begining to look as if it could happen.
Ankergen - did all he had to do well, no chance with the goal. Made one superb save late on and they then put the rebound in by hand only to find that everybody'd been offside in the first place. 7 Richardson - probably the pick of the back four yesterday, some shite crosses in attack though 7 Marques - has not looked as steady in these last few games 6 Heath - his poorest game for quite some time, especially n the second half, badly caught out for the goal 5 Clapham - OK but not the performance he would want us to remember him by when he's back at Wolves. Unlucky not to score with a great shot that was blocked on the line, the rebound popping up into the keeper's hands 6 Prutton - good steady game really settling in and becoming a power down the right 7 Howson - my man of the match, a great performance, the highlight being the pass that released Kandol who in turn fed Beckford fro the second goal 9 Hughes - not quite the all-action man yesterday but probably not back to peak fitness. I really like this guy. He makes mistakes but never hides or shirks and seems proud to wear the shirt and puts the tackles in and does the runs. My kind of player 7 Carole - bit of a mixture 6 Kandol - not the most elegant of players but really works hard, created several dangerous moments yesterday by putting defenders under pressure, instrumental in setting up the second goal 8 Beckford - quick and talented, great penalty, took second goal superbly 8 Kishishev - good to see him back, Constantine - looked lively, De Vries - great lump. A word about the ref. Swindon were evidently well pissed off with him and Eddie Gray said he was crap (weak was his exact word), but I thought he was better than a lot we've had. From our view point all their bookings looked well justified, though he did look like he didn't want to give the penalty but the linesman kept his flag firmly across his chest and justice was done. _______________________________________________ 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 DELETE THE FOOTERS WHEN REPLYING YOU LAZY SODS!!!! DELETE THE FOOTERS WHEN REPLYING YOU LAZY SODS!!!!
