But i think we only had one other striker Kandol (well sort of a striker) playing in that game - so Blake was effectively playing further forward. The difference being that we had 3 other competitive midfielders to do the work - whereas recently when Blake and Howson have both started - we've had 2 strikers and only 2 other midfielders Matt
Andy Clayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I would offer that his best game was his debut (Hull home), where he played along side Blake, but without Captain Blunder in the team - I think there's the overlap and would like to see Nicholls dropped - we can't afford any passengers at this stage - but Wise is hardly likely to do that - is he? On 28/02/07, MATTHEW GAYNOR wrote: > > I think he looks decent - neat tidy intelligent (Barmby / Milner type) player. > One of those who looks good in a good team - lost in a poor team. > > I think there are 2 main problems with playing him; > > 1) Too similar to Blake - so we have 2 short-arse / luxury players in > midfield - which reduces the presence we have in that area of the pitch and > leads to Nicholls trying to over-compensate and running around fouling people. > > 2) In the situation we are in - playing nice football isn't really a priority > - and with Thompson injured we're not really good enough to do it. > > If Wise is insistent on playing Blake in midfield - then i'm afraid i'd leave > Howson on the bench at the moment. Then hope to bring him through next season. > > Beckford scored another great goal for Scunny last night. > > Matt > > > Just out of interest what do other listers think of Howson ? To me he has > been almost invisible in every game I have seen him , but on the odd occasion > he does touch the ball he does show some quality, I can't get my head round > what role he has in the team and what kind of player he is meant to be. It is > obviously early days for him and it must be hard coming into a team doing as > badly as us but so far for me he just does not cut it and like most fans I > like to give players especially young home grown players a fair crack of the > whip > > 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 > maybe if I can work out a reason I can get home > _______________________________________________ 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 maybe if I can work out a reason I can get home _______________________________________________ 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 maybe if I can work out a reason I can get home
