Best look what went wrong: 1. The whole Leeds ethos had become Beckford. We believed it & so did the opposition. As a result we kept him , they stopped him & we lost out on 1.8 million & possibly promotion. 2. KB allowed a neophyte manager make that decision which was the wrong one. Fergie or Wenger would have sold because no man is their team. We bottled it At Xmas we should have sold & got two strikers in. 3. Buying Gradel was also a bad decision. We play best as a diamond without wingers. But by getting him in & McSheffrrey we suddenly wanted it different. Both failed. 4. Kisinboro was a great buy. But he 'breaks easily. Naylor is past it and cannot be with a neophyte CH it unsettles the defence. We should have had another CH with Naylor being the 3rd choice or first replacement 5. The right back position was never sorted.
The business with Beckford cost us dearly. It probably cost him too. I don't think that it is his fault. I never suggested any of this at the time so you can ask who am I to talk? Like most I am under the 'Damned United' myth & screaming blue murder. [Like yesterday] The difference between us all & Bates us that he should have seen & known. He takes responsibility not just the money. The major decision about Beckford demanded maturity, experience & wisdom. He passed the buck & Grayson did the easy & understandable thing. The big question is what do we learn? One thing is that would we have 'allowed him to flog of Beckford'? I think that the answer is yes if we saw replacements. The bottom line is this: Absolute crap management not by Grayson. He is a neophyte and that decision was never his to make. He should have been part of the decision process. Bates completely fucked this one up. Last word: Nothing in life is a fairy tale or drama. Nor is this. I believe that Grayson is a good coach. He has learned the very hardest of ways. If we go to the play offs I still think that he can do it. But now we have to rally around & show our true colours as supporters, After all we are the 12th man on the pitch. Michael Dr Michael Benjamin, Community Psychiatrist ------------------------------- myRay: On-line Self-Help CBT http://www.myRay.com ------------------------------ Mental Health: http//www.MyDoctorExplains.com -------------------------------- Auditing || Quality Control http://www.MyDoctorExplains.com/alamo/ -------------------------------- Blog: http://www.DrMichaelBenjamin.com On 28 March 2010 02:31, Paul McGowan <[email protected]> wrote: > Twitter cut&paste: > LeedsUtd365 RT @GaryWinstanley Lukic, Dorigo, Whyte, Fairclough, > Kelly, Batty, Speed, Strachan, McCallister, (Sic) Chapman and Cantona. > Team worth remembering > > Three things: > > 1. It's not the despair it's the hope. > when someone wrote earlier this week that we could be two points > behind frikkin Delia frikkin Smith's team this weekend, I believed it. > I temembered West Ham in 92 and thought whoever was playing Millwall > today could pull the same stunt. Alas, it was not to be - but there > are still 24 points to fight for. It has been a very bad week - but > did we not also lose 4 - 0 to Man City in the 92 Championship run in - > in April no less. Hope still lives. > > 2. Promotion. > We will be promoted. This is the year. We will cling on to second > place. Barely. We will limp into Division 2. > > 3. But then what? > That is what worries me - repeating the form from August - January > would put us up with 110 points and in a position to inspire fear in > everyone else in the Championship. That will not happen. The reality > of perpetual struggle has suddenly dawned on me, and I am sorry - a > great afternoon in the pub vs Spurs and Salford United does not cut it > for me. I want more, I want better. I am not happy right now. > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > and the hardest time in a sailor's day is to watch the sun as it sails away > > _______________________________________________ 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 and the hardest time in a sailor's day is to watch the sun as it sails away
