At last someone who watched the same game as me, albeit from the armchair. Terry, your comments mirrored everything I thought about the game. I know that the narrow field of view of the tv cameras can flatter, but I do believe that some reviewers on the list (some of who admittedly were at the match) are still expecting to see premiership standard football. I doubt that Arsenal reserves would have put up much of a better showing on a shit night in Darlington in a mickey mouse cup game in an empty stadium. Anyway, I will see first hand on Saturday if the first team can put on a performance and live up to expectations in front of 28,000, hopefully in a sunny Leeds.
I thought Huntington and Parker were very solid last night. Put Huntington next to Rui, and Parker at left back and we would have a very solid Championship standard defence - no, in fact having watched the likes of Derby and Sunderland, a decent Premiership standard defence. The only downside is that they would all get noticed and we would lose them before we got back into the Championship. So perhaps Wise knows what he is doing, only playing them in matches where no-one will notice them - oh, forgot, we were on tv! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Emmott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Leeds List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 5:05 PM Subject: [LU] Darlington > Perhaps if I'd schlepped (?spelling Dr. Mike) up to Darlington and > actually > forked out for a ticket I might have taken a more jaundiced view but I > actually thought last night was pretty good. > Granted the skill level was pretty shite for a lot of our players but that > could be because most on show were fringe players of a Third Division club > and not first teamers in a Premiership side. There was also very little > that > had me leaping out of my comfortable chair but that was mostly because, > although I do like to see Leeds win always, I didn't really give too much > of > a shite about us winning in a Mickey Mouse cup. > Having said all that I thought last night's performance was very > professional in that they worked extremely hard to strangle Darlington out > of the game, quick to close down, sharp into the tackle, and that they did > try to play good football most of the time was very encouraging to see, > bearing in mind that most of the players on view will not be in the first > team most of the time but will be called upon to do a job on occassions > and > most of them seemed perfectly capable of doing that. In fact the only one > who did not look capable of doing a job as a stand-in for the more regular > owner of the shirt was Andrews and I'm sure he'll not be at the club in > another fortnight. > For my money Parker could take over the shirt from Heath now, though I do > not expect to seem him do that yet. He will before long though. Huntington > also looked good, as did Da Costa, and I can see Weston causing sides > problems coming on as a late sub and running at tiring defenders. > I was quite impressed at our squad depth, bearing in mind the problems of > the summer. > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > 6 in a bloody row! > _______________________________________________ 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 6 in a bloody row!
