Greetings from lurkland (seeing Gav reappear inspired me to post). Had the almost unprecedented splurge of seeing 2 games in 3 days (managed to get across for Scunny then enjoyed the Oldham footy feast on tv alongside the rehabilitating Guy). I therefore feel qualified to be an expert on everything.
Watching Delph, 2 main reasons spring to mind why his performaces have dropped off so significantly (though if anyone can produce a moment of sheer class in a game in remains him): 1. He most be pretty damn tired. Remember he is just a kid, and he has gone from no first team experience to playing every single most in what is a grinding and arduous league. Ideally a lad of that age you would like to give a break, though that's not a luxury we can afford. 2. Under McAllister 80-90% of the passes he would have been encouraged to make would have been short inter-changing passes in midfield, with just the occasional long raking ball thrown in. Under Grayson, for better or worse, the proportion is inverted. First instinct is to go long and look for the 60 yard pass. Generally we only move to shorter interchanging passes as the game gets towards to end and the game gets stretched. Simple logic tells you (especially if the player is already mentally and physically fatigued) that you are going to misplace an awful lot more passes if you are trying to pass the ball 60 yards than if you try to do it over 10 yards. And misplaced passes beget more misplaced passes as confidence will inevitably be effected. So to me the drop in form of Delph, such as there is, is more a case of Delph sacrificing for now his own development and talents for the greater good of the team and what Grayson feels is necessary to get us out of this division. Anyway, back to lurking. Chrissy Waddle _______________________________________________ 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
