I generally don't wish ill on anybody (Except Gary Neville of course!) and have some sympathy for Blackwell. Anyway, Crewe ... I don't think we need any instant judgements on the strength of one game Phil (And Rich W). Let's put it in perspective: 1). 5 of the players involved on Monday were either making their debuts or second 1st team league starts of the season for us. A team doesn't just click, it needs time. 2). It was VERY windy. Ask any footballer whats their one pet hate when it comes to weather and I bet most of them say the wind. I hate it! I'll happily play in snow, rain, sleet, anything but a gale! 3). We had a blatant penalty (What exactly ARE linesmen for these days??? The ref's view was obscured, but the linesman MUST have had a clear view he was up at that end, on the right side to see the offense!) turned down which would have (hopefully) made it 2-0, game over. Yes they hit the bar, so did we, yes Angerken made 2 great saves, their guy made a couple of decent ones himself.
We started very promisingly and did try and knock it around, Rich W's knee jerk dismissal of Sweeney is a bit OTT, if he's a 'luxury player' who can get crosses of the quality he put in on Monday then whats the issue? We've been crying out for a decent crosser of the ball for ages, probably since Zico infact! ;-) The only other thing I noticed was that Kenton looks about 5' 9" !!! He's tiny for a CH! > Dave > > first on a separate thread I fully agree with you about having sympathy > with Kevin Blackwell. I despair that some Leeds fans appear to be enjoying > his current situation. He is basically a decent bloke and stuck with us > when he had better offers elsewhere. > Re Crewe I have to say I don't share that I don't share your optimism > about our performance. The bottom line is that from a game that we totally > dominated in possession terms we could have ended up with nothing because > of our basic inability to defend corners & free kicks in our area. In > fact, anything Crewe won more of their fair share of headers ion our last > third. It dednt help that we were playing about 10 yards too high up the > pitch either in the 1st half. The number of goals we have conceded > (Hartlepool, Swansea, Oldham) from corners/free kicks is alarming and we > weren't much better on Monday. This is bread & butter stuff and needs to > be sorted. > > Regards > > Phill > MOT _______________________________________________ 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!!!!
