In a game which we dominated from start to finish we somehow managed to draw 2 - 2 ! Their goals were both against the run of play and both came from nowhere - the first the lad had no idea what to do so hit a long speculative shot that went under Fielding, the second their forward picked it up just inside our half, and was allowed to run unchallenged into our box where he hit a decent shot accross the keeper and into the net. Kandol after his miss took a knock and went off. Since I had the sound down I did not know most of our players but I think they are all some way away from the first team so the only ones worth commenting on are the 3 up front who I did recognise - not sure why we play 4 3 3 in the reserves and whether anything can be read into the fact that none of our injured players were given a run out (Crowe, Parker Rui etc) So for the 3 fighting for a starting place alongisde Becks Kandol - scored 2, even though he made hard work of one hitting it against the keeper and putting in the rebound and missing an easy one when put through. He tried hard, won a lot of flick ons and held the ball up well - also made one good defensive clearance. Enoch - what a frustrating player to watch - Bambi on ice with the touch of a rapist one minute and a cross between Thierry Henry and Duncan McKenzie (with his flicks and tricks) the next !! He tried hard and caused them problems and did link up well with Grella - had a couple of chances that he fluffed. Grella - another one who is starting to frustrate. I spent all second half expecting him to score and he could ,and should, have got at least a couple. He had a good header saved, two good runs where he beat people and then had shots saved, a couple of shots wide, one lovely take on his thigh and good shot straight at the keeper, got in the way of another Leeds player who was facing goal when Enoch put in a lovley cross which Grella with his back to goal tried to spin onto. Had another shot saved and the rebound came out to a Leeds player who missed from a yard out. So on the one hand a good exciting performance, but on the other hand no end product in terms of goals or 'assists' It was a decent game to watch on TV and Grayson will need to decide who to pick alongside Becks on Monday if Becchio is out. Cannot believe I am saying it but I would possibly give Kandol the nod (if fit), if only for the fact that he has proved he can link up with Beckford and the other two, to date have not 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 http://www.worldnet.org.uk WorldNET2009
