John, That was Beckford's worse performance of the season. His control was appalling and he just looked like an amateur at times, falling over and trying things that just didn't come off BUT he scored and he also worked very hard. That'll do for me at this level.
I too armchaired it and overall I was pleased with the result cos I've been to Crewe on the last 2 night matches and seen us get beat with better teams so as Dave says any sort of result will do. I can understand why you thought the passing was poor at times but I think we're trying to play football and we are getting a team of players who maybe given time can play their way into the championship. In that first half we had something like 70% posession which was good but then again their keeper never made a save. I don't think we can grumble to omuch .... but I'm going to. I thought we were poor second half. First half I thought Flo linked up the play between midfield and attack and very rarely gave the ball away (he should have scored though !) I thought it was good of Wise to use Flo as an example to Beckford in terms of control and lay off. Simple things that some footballers find hard. Second half we just kept losing the ball and started playing on the break. Easy passes suddenly became difficult and it's the same offenders - Prutton and Richardson. I thought the defence looked dodgy as fuck all night, especially Huntington who looked very shaky. I don't really read too much into this given it's their first game together - I always htink back to Gary Pallister at ssum and our own Chris Fairclough who looked like they couldn't defend at first. I think Huntington needs appearances and with it will come confidence. As for Kenton , yes he was more impressive but he didn't get his defensive headers in for set pieces. Good on the groudn though. Parker is another Harte for me - good at doing all the things a defender shouldn't be good at but when it comes to defending questions have to be asked. Wait till he gets a decent test. The midfield did ok but Kilkenny wasn't as instrumental and looked a bit leg heavy at times and Hughes is always limited if not committed. Sweeney looks like a bit of a luxury player to me - nice left foot, nice crossing but not going to exert himself too much. Prutton again has some good moments and then disappoints you. As for Johnson - just looked like a big lump to me. Got to be happy at the end of the day. Bring on Donny. They've got the SOuth stand apparently - that's not good news historically. - John Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As an armchairee, it never ceases to amaze me just > how poor the standard of football is in this > division. Beckford looks to be in Carlton Palmer > territory re ball control, and there was some truly > abysmal passing. That said, we never looked like > losing, should have scored at least 2 and they > should have had a man off for blatant handball. What > the f*** the ref thought was sticking out of that > side of his body I've no idea - most of us may have > just guessed an arm, but basic human anatomy seems > to be lost on them! > > Thought Sweeney and Johnson looked OK, Kilkenny > slotted in OK too. Flo was pants, as was that dollop > Kandol when he came on. Bit of a controversial bit > coming up, but if Derby think Beckford is worth £4m > then I'm worth about £500,000!! Hopefully he'll > develop his skills - he's brave and quite quick, but > christ he's basic. Lost count of how many times he > struggled with basic control. His dribbling was > quite funny though - made Lee Chapman look like > Eddie Gray! > > Anyway, it's 3 points. Now must beat Donnie and > hope that Swans/Scabs f*** up soon! > > John > > Nick Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For those of us who didn't see last night's game - > how did the new guys > do? > > _______________________________________________ > 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!!!! > > > > --------------------------------- > Sent from Yahoo! - a smarter inbox. > _______________________________________________ > 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!!!! > __________________________________________________________ Sent from Yahoo! Mail - a smarter inbox http://uk.mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ 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!!!!
