Dave I agree mostly with both your reports and Sean's. It got a bit hairy last night but after the first 20 minutes and after we scored I thought we always looked like scoring and we played some decent stuff ourselves. I was delighted by the performance and the win. I thought it difficult to pick a MOTM from 9 of the 11 players but special mention to Huntington & Douglas who both started their first games for yonks and were outstanding. That takes me on to the other 2 who Sean highlighted. Their right back got their MOTM although I did not think he played last night as well as he did at ER. His control, positioning & distribution is excellent and IMHO the best right back I have seen in this league. Johnson singularly refused to track him last night at times leaving Sheehan outnumbered. Macca took him off because he said he had run himself into the ground but I'm sorry I never saw that. OK when we had the ball but his work rate last night was poor. That takes me nicely to our right back who frankly had a shocker. He cannot read a game (whether defending or attacking), his crossing is pathetic and the number of times he let the man he was supposed to be marking get goal side. Moan over, again pleased with the commitment and battling I saw. Beckford's work rate is immense and he got kicked all over the place last night with no protection. The ref booked 3/4 Leeds players and not one of theirs. 2nd half he gave us nothing. They had 2 shouts for pens which (rightly) were not given but he should have booked them for diving. Leeds fans (all over the ground) were superb as usual. The shit hole that is Doncaster should get itself a town planner - took ages getting away from the ground due to not that much traffic. MOT Phill
> Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 11:27:31 +0100> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > [email protected]> Subject: [LU] doncaster> > Well a thousand > apologies to Johnathan Douglas - after his abysmal showing on Saturday he put > in a man of the match performance yesterday !> Yes ,he suffers from a lack of > quality and ability and insists on trying to do things he is unable to do and > I am still not a fan of his, but credit where it is due, and he is due a lot > for his performance yesterday - he was here there and everywhere, breaking up > a lot of their attacks and really getting in their faces, and to cap it all > he made one match saving hooked clearance at the end that was brilliant ! > > He was pushed very close for man of the match by Paul Huntington who was > excellent and deserves to keep his place in the team (whether at the expense > of Michalik who despite not looking great has helped us to 3 clean sheets on > the bounce or Rui I am not sure)> Howson, Kilkenny and Freedman also all had > good games picking out players well and keeping possession of the ball.> Yes > we rode our luck at times - they had a few misses that looked quite bad from > the opposite end and Kilkenny headed one off the line and Casper made a few > good saves but we also had our chance with Howson just skimming one over, > Beckford wasting a couple and Kilkenny being pushed in the box for an obvious > penalty that was not given.> > The goal - as can be seen on youtube - was a > screamer - it is the 3rd long range one Sheehan has taken and the the other > two were decent enough , this one was brilliant hit with power pace and > precision - Sully had no chance. Sheehan also did well defensively - it is > amazing how much better we look with people in their right position - we will > miss him when he is banned for Hudds and Carlisle.> > Doncaster are a good > side and certainly put us under pressure and we did well not to concede - I > always felt whoever scored in the second half would go on to win it and we > were never comfortable at 1 -0 but we hung on for 3 precious points and > another clean sheet.> > That is 3 games on the trot where we have looked good > and it does seem that Mcallister is starting to get his message across. He > has some big decisions to make on Saturday with team selection (assuming > Prutts, Rui and Kenton are fit and no-one new is injured) let's hope he gets > it right and we can build on yesterdays success.> > After a couple of bad > months things are on the up again - roll on Orient on Saturday and the first > of two trips to the smoke !!> > 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!!!! _________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the next generation of Windows Live http://www.windowslive.co.uk/get-live _______________________________________________ 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!!!!
