I'm not bothering with a match report as most of you seem to have seen it, whether by being a glory hunter or a TV watcher...so just a few thoughts:
- this is a game that could easily have finished 5-5 - so many chances at either end - so all is not lost by any means - Beckford was limping after 25 minutes but still looked furious at being subbed - good attitude? Desire & passion? Or just a bit daft? - whatever he had 3 pretty good efforts on goal and set up at least one more for Freedman...hope he's (properly) fit by Thursday - Beckford and Freedman combine well - their keeper played a blinder - we counted 6 good or very good saves - I can't believe that we won't score at least one goal at their place - for the first half Richardson and Huntington were dreadful - out of position, too slow, getting wrong side, getting caught in possession - in his defence, Frazer was getting no cover from midfield (hello Kilkenny, that means you...) - Johnson made a pretty decent fist of being a LBack - the problem with that is that his forward thrusting from midfield is lost to the team - the crux of the problem last night was the midfield - Kilkenny didn't stay where he was supposed to be - Howson was losing the battle in the middle - Prutton was on the wrong side (so the team was unbalanced from the off, surely Prutton right side and Kilkenny left side would have made more sense last night) - and then there's Douglas - the man who will never take two touches when he can float, bend, blast the ball off somewhere aimless in one - truly dreadful distribution and control - he attempts to be a percentage ball player and he can't even do that very well... For my money the midfield on Thursday should be (R-L) Prutton - Howson - Kilkenny - Johnson with either Hughes or preferably Kenton at LBack. With of course the option of Carole coming on for the last 30 minutes if needed. - I would also be tempted to bring Marques in at the back...probably for Huntington, but the idea of going 3-5-2 has its merits as well... - looked to me like Hughes kicked at that guy's face towards the end - that one ran on after the final whistle with lots of push and shove _______________________________________________ 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 "I am sure with a few pints my morphine patches and a few other tablets I will manage" Dave Nattan May 2008
