What a weird game that was. 60 minutes of attack and defence like what we all used to play at school, where the defence kept the attackers at bay by a mixture of good defending, fantastic goal-keeping, poor final ball, inability to shoot straight, reluctance to shoot at all, inability to get crosses/corners past the first man except for one occasion when the cross was decent and the attacker (Becchio) cleverly made space for himself by hanging back from his marker and put his header away.
After an hour the defenders got cocky, attacked themselves for 3-4 minutes and got an equaliser. The attackers then fell apart in disarray and panic and the defenders started to stroke the ball around as if they were the league side, cheeky buggers, and it looked as if the defenders might steal the show. Even during this spell the attackers had the chances to put the upstarts in their place but failed to take them and so we dragged on into the one thing nobody wanted - extra time. It was attack and defence again for the whole of extra time but fortunately some new fresh legged attackers were able to do what their predecessors had not and put the ball into the fucking net. Job done. A few points on a couple of individuals. Beckford - Greedy? Guilty but name a true striker worthy of the name who isn't greedy in front of goal. It's what they do, it's in their job description. Lazy? Not really. He doesn't tear about like a headless chicken but generally works at being in the right place at the right time to take/miss chances. He didn't have one of his better games last night but could still have scored a hatful. One turn to create the space for a shot in the first half was exquisite and the shot was well placed, bringing a wonderful one-handed save from their keeper. He's arrogant but hey - nobody's perfect and he does the job he's paid to do extremely well. Watched a thing on Sky recently with McAllister, Strachan and Chappie and Strachan said people used to complain about Chappie, saying all he did was score goals. His point was, "What else do you want a striker to do?" He said there are people playing the game today calling themselves strikers who score one goal every nine games. He said they're not strikers, thy're centre haves. Beckford's goals to games ratio is up there with the best and as long as he keeps banging them in I'll forgive him his other faults. We'd be fucked without his goals that's for sure. Snodgrass - A most frustrating player. An excellent game against Huddersfield followed by absolute garbage against Kettering. Two good crosses in 120 minutes, both of which resulted in goals, mixed in with awful crosses, corners, shots, passes, woeful attempts to beat his full-back...... He did my head in last night. Finally I hope Grayson leaves out Doyle, moves Howson back into the middle with Kilkenny and starts Gradel on Saturday, otherwise I might have to tear up my season ticket and become disgusted of Silsden! _______________________________________________ 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 Volame vsechny Cechy
