Dreadful conditions and a slippy pitch is still no
excuse for Leedss first half performance. An 18 year
old keeper making his debut on a slippy pitch. Surely
it must have been shoot on sight ? but no we waited
until 25 minutes until Douglas tried one of his
skimmers and surprise , surprise it skids off the
pitch and in to the bottom corner. 1-0. Previous to
that the Town fans chanted Englands No 1 . We
laughed and agreed !
Huddersfield showed us how the game should be played
nice pass and move football by players who are
comfortable on the ball and have awareness of their
team mates. They even created some decent chances and
really should have been winning this game at
half-time. Our creative efforts were limited to the
painful square ball to Richardson who either plays it
up the line for Prutton or heaves it forward to
Kandol. Other than that its just the long punt which
in these conditions created nothing for us. Our
midfield were being run ragged. Were too one paced in
midfield. Kishishev doesnt look fit. With the ball at
his feet he can play intelligent passes (the passes
that Douglas just doesnt see !) but he just hasnt
got the legs to follow it up and just ends up chasing
balls and making ridiculous challenges. He was lucky
to be on the park at half-time. The front two had
nothing created for them and Beckford hardly had a
touch. Very poor first half.
But then they tired and we took control and this is
the strength of this side. We are like middle of the
road marathon runners we dont get too carried away
at the start, we plod along at our own pace but just
keep on putting in the effort. Huddersfield were like
the young lad running his first marathon who goes off
at 6 min mile pace and looks good leaving the plodders
behind only to hit the wall and and get caught and
beat by the experienced runners. I dont think good
football really comes in to it in this league its
fitness, competitiveness, stamina and a bit of pace up
front. Weve got all that and will probably win this
league with it. When Huddersfield hit the wall we
suddenly looked like a different team but in reality
all that changed was that we had loads of space and
loads of time to pick out the runners. Suddenly our
plodders Westlake, Douglas, Prutton looked fast and
full of energy we transformed into Arsenal playing
fast , attacking football that threatened a goal
everytime. Their keeper was all over the place for
most of the match and I think Andy Ritchie will
realise that bringing him in for this game was a big
mistake not sure what his options were ? The only
surprise to me was that we didnt win by more.
Ankergen 7. Thought he did well in the conditions.
Richardson 5. Disappointing. His distribution was
poor and he wasnt very effective going forward.
Hughes 6. Worked hard but was exposed first half by
a pacey Town winger. His distribution out of defence
throughout the match was really poor. I think he
should be in midfield although I worry about his
passing ability.
Heath 7. Conditions were made for him. Thought he
struggled a bit first half but to his credit he always
came back with a rescuing challenge. Won plenty of
balls today.
Marques 8. Man of the match for me. Good all round
game. Slipped once in the first half but apart from
that didnt put a foot wrong. Wed be stuffed without
him.
Douglas 6. Plenty of effort - got through loads of
work but showed that he cannot pass a ball time and
time again. Lucky with the goal but at least he had a
pop.
Westlake 7. Poor first half looked like the
Westlake we all know now but second half when they
tired it used it to get down the wing and make a
difference. Some good, strong running. I think he does
provide balance to the team but I just wish hed take
those lead weights out of his boots.
Kishishev 5. Off the pace.
Prutton 6. Poor first half along with the rest of
the team. Came into in the second and should have
scored ,actually Englands No1 did make a good save,
only for it to fall at the feet of Beckford two yards
out.
Kandol 4. Absolutely shite. He needs the ball to be
put on a plate for him to score. He makes good
positions look difficult and can turn a goal scoring
opportunity in to a defensive move. He got frustrated
with his own lack of ability second half and got
booked for throwing the ball down in frustration. I
believe thats a suspension for him now.
Beckford 8. What a prima donna Beckford is. When we
were under the cosh first half he really didnt want
to know. He missed the best chance and then pointed a
1-0 sign to the Town fans and got booked. Clever lad.
Second half though, with his pace he destroyed Town
with his running. Could have helped himself to a hat
full today.
Subs:
Howson 6. Did ok. One or two nice touches. He shows
promise this lad but you have to remember he came on
when Town were down and out.
Flo 7. Came on and scored with just about his first
touch. Hes done that 3 times this season. Surely no
Fluke.
Carole did he touch the ball ?
Crowd pretty good atmosphere for an early kick off.
Hit man Hatton outclassed, outfought, outbattled
what more can you say. Lucky for him he didnt get
seriously hurt cos he could have.
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