Yeah, as I said Becchio's second half performance was by far the best we've seen from him this season, but surely you would expect this after his goal. I noticed you only gave him a 7 though which is not exactly great - and believe me that is the best you'll get from him. I think if he works hard like that and continues to score the odd goal to keep his confidence levels high and is bought the space by playing with Beckford then he can just about contribute at this level. You still have to look at his overall performance though - how many times have we seem him in recent games being put through on goal (2 yards clear) and either lose control, get caught up by the defender or just fall on his arse. Also what about his speculative shots ? Just embarrassing. Given that second half I'd probably give him the nod over trundle in the next match but that's more a statement about Trundle than anything else who, apart from a decent subs performance in his first game and a goal at Brighton has really disappointed.
--- On Tue, 3/3/09, Mark Tuffey <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Mark Tuffey <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LU] Oldham > To: [email protected], [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, 3 March, 2009, 3:26 AM > Take this from a one off armchair view from the States while > watching the match at work.... > > But I thought Parker (0) and Johnson (1) were attrocious > and can't believe that they're both professional > footballers. Beckford (3) and Delph (4), well, I'll > assume this game was a one off for both of them because they > were both very poor also. Beckford looked like he hardly > gave a toss and at times I didn't know if Delph knew we > weren't playing in PINK. > > Casper (1)...how bad must our other keepers be? Near post > tight angle between the legs...youth football quality. Not > good enough to keep goal between two jumpers. > > Naylor (9), Marques (9), Snoddy (8), Kilkenny (8) all > looked very solid. The center two doing very well. I never > really thought Oldham would score. > > Douglas (6) and Beechio (7)...looked very good compared to > what I expected from all of Rich's whinning. I thought > Beechio lead the line with great energy, strenght and at > times skill. Clearly he is limited but considering our > division he looked very good. > > Replace Parker with anyone at least capable and swap > Johnson for a winger and we'd be set. Our game screamed > out for someone to outpace their fullbacks either with a > wide man or an overlapping fullback of which Douglas and > Parker can't play that role. We were too narrow. > > Mark > El Presidente Wisconsin Whites > Leeds United > Chicago Fire > > > > > > Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 21:55:20 +0000 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [LU] Oldham > > > > > > That was as frustrating as the Scunny game. It makes > my blood boil to see professional footballers just give the > ball away or pass it in to touch or in Bradley Johnson's > case actually dribble it over the touch line without even > realising. It's unbelieveble how poor we are at times > (and Oldham but I'm only concerned with us). > > Overall it's a good point and a credit to our two > excellent central defenders but I think one or two players > need to take a good look at themselves 'cos Oldham were > there for the taking in my opinion. > > > > Scores from me: > > > > Casper - 2. Shocking. Watch him, he's dithering > all the time , forward, backwards, he's causing > unneccessary panic in the defence. > > > > Douglas - 7. I thought he did pretty well against a > tricky player in Taylor. It is to his credit that Taylor > never got a sniff. > > > > Parker - 2. This lad is a bloody liability. No pace, > can't tackle, can't defend. He was the weak link at > the back. > > > > Naylor - 9. Excellent. Won everything. > > > > Rui - 9. Excellent. Very strong at times. > > > > Johnson - 0. How bad is Bradley Johnson. What does he > do ? I just don't rate him, never have and I'd like > him to come good but it ain't going to happen. > > > > Kilkenny - 8. I thought he played well again tonight. > Every pass found a white shirt which was a rare talent on > show tonight. > > > > Delph - 3. My God he was poor tonight. He just kept > giving the ball away. Very out of character. > > > > Snodgrass - 7. I thought he worked hard but looked leg > heavy second half. > > > > Beckford - 6. Didn't really figure. Our long ball > football didn't exactly suit. > > > > Becchio - 3 for the first half, 9 for the second. He > looked sharp second half and did some good link up play and > he showed what he can do. On that performance he's got > to play over Trundle. However, I still don't see the > goals unless he's unmarked in the 6 yard box like > tonight. > > > > Let's be honest, we've got some decent players > but we've got a few really weak links that are dragging > us back at the moment. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express your personality in color! 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