Dave, I agreed with you with regards to Bournemouth in that we weren't very impressive and were lucky to win but I totally disagree with your assessment of last night. You say that we dominated for large periods. Did we ? We kept possession and passed it along the back and as soon as we ventured forward we lost control due to lack of ability. I think Cheltenham controlled the game. They sat deep , played a 5 man midfield and let us have the ball knowing we had no width or invention to break them down. Then when we passed it arund the back for 10 mins only to lose possession at the first pass forward they broke effectively. In the second half after the got the goal they showed us how to play with excellent pass and move football. You suddenly realsied that actually they have better players than us. They then went on to hit thee bar, miss an open goal (got to be the miss of all time even worse than Ronnie Rosenthal's at Villa) and have several other close chances. We were lucky to come away losing only 2-1. Cheltenham were the best team. How many saves did their keeper make ? 2 , 3 ??
Other points: Mcallister's influence is beginning to show with all this passing but you've got to have players who can do that. We haven't. Prutton has been given praise recently but for me he's just a tryer and a runner - he can't pass a ball to save his life. There was one incident in the second half where he'd excellently won the ball in our half and was running towards the kop. It was 5 onto 4 and he had options all over the park yet he still managed to pick out the Cheltenham defender with his pass. Absolute garbage. Other points: Why are we playing a right back at left back ? It never , never works. Why did we 'pester' Dougie Freedman to come to Leeds and then stick him on the bench ? He looks like a player who can play pass and move football. He should play. Kandol - worse striker I've ever seen. Said it all when he was yellow carded for an offence second half and the kop sang "off off off" - ok it doesn't help anyone but it's just sheer frustration at his inability to the basics. Yes he'll score the odd goal in this league if you put it on his head from 3-5 yards out but he's just not bloody good enough. And he did have one of those chances last night and he failed to hit the target. Biggest cheer of the night was when he went off. Beckford - 2nd worse striker I've ever seen (on recent form). Spent all game moaning and trying to get penalties and fouls. He was put through by Freedman late on and all he had to do was roll it into the net , instead he ran it out for a goalkick. Rubbish. Bradely Johnson - this bloke has got a really bright future ...... playing for Garforth Town. He's a f'cking pub player and is certainly no left winger. A big lump with no pace. His only attribute is a strong shot. Get f'cking rid. Positives - not many. I thought Howson and Kilkenny did ok. They tried their best against a 5 man midfield but it was never going to happen. Mcallister took Howson off second half to boos from all areas of the ground. Worrying times for me. It was a dreadful evening last night at Elland Road - one of the worse for many years in my opinion when you consider the opposition and the bloody weather. There weren't many people in our stand from 75 mins on. The people that were left were just stood shaking their heads. This was an inept performance. --- DAVID NATTAN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > well one way of looking at it was we dominated for > huges chunks of the game, Becksford nearly scored in > the first minute, and had two or three more decent > chances, Kandol had a good header just over after a > nice neat flowing move, Johnson came close with a > long range shot, we had a goal disallowed for a foul > on the keeper when, to my mind it was his own player > who impeded him, Elding scored with a great leap and > header as our never say die attitude nearly got us a > point. > Or another way is the lowest crowd of the season > (putting to bed once and for all -the cheap tickets > will bring them in theory) hit their lowest point of > the season with the booing of Frazer and then the > booing of the substituion of Howson and the > disgraceful chants of "Off, off, off " when Kandol > was booked and the cheers that greeted his > substitution. > All this behaviour was caused by the ineptness of > a team that had a centre half at right back, a right > back at left back and 4 central midfielders > cluttering up midfield with no width agaisnt a > bottom of the table team who ended up with a goal > from a mistake by Frazer, a terrific strike (how > often does that happen agaisnt us !) the worst miss > I think I have ever seen and us being played off the > park at times. > > 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 > DELETE THE FOOTERS WHEN REPLYING YOU LAZY SODS!!!! > DELETE THE FOOTERS WHEN REPLYING YOU LAZY SODS!!!! > __________________________________________________________ Sent from Yahoo! Mail. The World's Favourite Email http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html _______________________________________________ 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!!!!
