I think it's more than goals that Beckford gives us. He has the one thing at this level that scares the shit out of all opposition - blistering pace. His runs drag defenders all over the place and before they know it they are completely disorientated. This extra space gives the wingers more time and space and also gives his strike partner time to control the ball and do something with it and also at times find himself unmarked in the box.
I know the options are limited for Grayson up front at the moment but I think his choice of Trundle and Becchio was a really bad one. He should have been more creative with options to play Snodgrass up front. With Douglas suspended and Hughes injured for Tuesday it will be interesting to see what he does. For me that's 2 out of our 3 worse players not available so I think it will improve the team. I was interested to hear Andy Ritchie talking about Leeds on RL. He thought that Douglas couldn't tackle and was just a hustle and bustle player, he said that Becchio was just all effort,not a natural goal scorer and he couldn't see where the goals would come from now with him and that Delph sometimes over elaborates when a simple ball is required. --- On Sun, 15/2/09, Øystein Bjøndal Lund <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Øystein Bjøndal Lund <[email protected]> > Subject: [LU] Beckford and us > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, 15 February, 2009, 2:19 PM > Though my postings are not very frequent, I am still reading > posts to the > list, and I still enjoy both Leeds United and this list!!! > > Had the pleasure of watching the Millwall game on telly, > and must admit the > victory got a bad taste after the Beckford incident. I > don't want to win by > cheating, and such behavior is not something I want to > watch on a football > pitch, no matter what side the player is on... > > Hence, a penalty is nothing more than what Becks must > expect and actually > deserves. > > Still, we'll support him whenever selected for our > side! > > It is a huge problem, however, that we are so very much > dependent on this > one man to score a goal and to win a game. Our overall > performances are not > consistent enough, not even to bring us into the playoff > positions. That is > a serious warning, with our budget and support in mind. > > Øystein > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > Sorry Macca - it's the curse of Bates old lad _______________________________________________ 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 Sorry Macca - it's the curse of Bates old lad
