Watching the game last night on TV i'd say the positives were...
Keeper - looked decent in the air and got down well to save Richardson - he's finally found his level! Parker - Top class in both defence and going forward. Huntingdon - Looked very steady for first full game. Good goal too. Weston - looks quick and happy to run with the ball De Costa - a few tricks in his locker. Overall - work rate was fantastic and well organised. For our "2nd Team" this was pretty good. Slight Negatives Keeper - kicking was a bit weak at times Huntingdon - alarmingly done for pace at one point Weston - seemed to lose interest at times Thompson - legs have gone. Time to hang up his boots maybe. Howson - the system we play doesn't quite get the best out of him as he's a bit lightweight De Costa - lost the ball a few times but at least he gave it a go. Andrews - No confidence at all. Looked quite sad really. De Vries - Tried hard but touch is poor and not that good in the air. It wasn't a great game but we did a job. ----- Original Message ----- From: "malcolm dunn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Terry Emmott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "The Leeds List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 8:54 PM Subject: Re: [LU] Darlington > 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! > _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. 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