Spot on Dave, it was bloody miserable. > On 2 Jan 2016, at 20:22, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > My son suggested that I should put as much effort into my report as the > players did today and leave it blank with one word 'shit!' > I have decided however to do a bit more than that but it is not easy. I would > pay Bridcutt and Silvestri half their wages - Bridcutt put himself about and > Silvestri made the one save that he had to but his kicking was wayward and I > do not know why he insisted on rolling the ball out to Bamba all the time. > The rest of them should get nothing. They were all dreadful (I will exempt > Coyle who was not on long enough) for the whole 90mins. We had no shots all > game worthy of the name and certainly none on target - the only one a Taylor > free kick that hit the post. It was indicative of the game that our goal came > from a MKDons defender under no pressure. The ball taking an age to trickle > in off the post. Even that did not stir us into any sort of action. > From the first minute to the last we were lackadaisical and sloppy -Bamba > gave the ball away twice in the first 5 minutes when under no pressure at > all. To do justice to how bad it was I would need a Thesaurus to find > alternatives to slow, uninterested, lethargic and rubbish. We had no idea and > nothing worked. > Given that we knew Wood was likely to be out why did Evans not work out a > system that would suit the players we had. Time and again Doukara drifted out > wide and showed that he is not a number 9.We rode our luck early on when > Taylor, so impressive this season, was beaten at the byline and made a rash > tackle - a definite nailed on penalty - everyone in the ground saw it except > the two who count. He did the same a few minutes later with a similar result > although this time I think the winger took a bit of a dive. They were no > great shakes and they only managed two shots all game - the goal and a shot > from inside the box that Silvestri saved well.We had a few chances but they > really were few and far between. Byram nipped in between the defender and the > keeper early on but fluffed it - £5m , rip their hand off. Then later on our > other great hope, Cooke, was clean through on goal, just inside their half > but his lack of confidence in front of goal showed and he chose to square it > instead of going for goal. I can remember our old non-scoring midfielder > (Batty) in a similar situation once v Notts County but he carried on with the > ball and put it in. Cook just showed a lack of belief. > After the optimism of the Derby and Forest games this brought us old down to > earth with a bump it was very poor fare and they were booed off at half and > full time, and deservedly so. > There was nothing at all to take from this match, nothing to cheer us up or > give us hope etc. I have been going for over 40 years, week after week and > this was probably as poor a performance as I have experienced. Yes, it really > was that bad. > As for Evans - he picked the wrong team in the absence of Wood , but I > suppose he deserves some credit for trying to change it, and in good time, > bringing on Antenucci and then Erwin before the hour mark. A special mention > to Erwin - 30minutes on the pitch and his only touch was to carry the ball > back to the centre circle after the own goal ! > A happy new year to one and all, one thing is for sure in 2016 - the only way > is up, at least in terms of performance, effort, skill and entertainment > because it cannot be any worse than today. We stole an undeserved point > Dave > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected]
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