: Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:33 am  

Gandy wrote:

Wouldn't say we play good, Beckford seems to up his game every time where on tv. Scored quite a few in front of the cameras these last 2 years

except the Donny Game.

Greysons biggest challange IMO is what Steve Staunton said on Goals on Sunday, it's getting the fear of playing at Elland Road when there is a big crowd out of their system, the smaller clubs rise to playing infront of 33,000 at Elland Road where as Leeds crumble.

: Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:40 am  

Tony Ferrino wrote:

except the Donny Game.

Greysons biggest challange IMO is what Steve Staunton said on Goals on Sunday, it's getting the fear of playing at Elland Road when there is a big crowd out of their system, the smaller clubs rise to playing infront of 33,000 at Elland Road where as Leeds crumble.

Some players crumble, some thrive on it. The 2 who appear to love the limelight are Beckford and Trundle, and they've never any problems playing at home. I'd also agree with the comment about Beckford appearing to up his game when it's on the telly.

Interesting stat about Jermaine I heard last night, we've only won once this season when he hasn't played. I'm not saying we always win when he plays, but he does appear to give us that something extra.

: Tue Feb 10, 2009 11:23 am  

Lord_Percy wrote:

Interesting stat about Jermaine I heard last night, we've only won once this season when he hasn't played. I'm not saying we always win when he plays, but he does appear to give us that something extra.

I read the YEP article with Paul Telfer last week, who not only recognised that it was Gary Mac's inability to sort out the leaking defence that cost him his job, but he also made as strong a point as GM losing Beckford through injury during the away game at Northampton as a major factor. He rightly pointed out that if the team's shipping goals at one end & not scoring at the other there is bound to be problems, unfortunately for us that apart from Beckford we have no other recognised goalscorer ATM.

Apart from Beckfords' 2 goals last night, we offered little else IMO and were fortunate to get the 3pts. Far too much wasted possesion and poor passing for my liking.

Fair play to those that went when the game was televised.

: Tue Feb 10, 2009 11:33 am  

We it was a fairly even game last night, I would say they probably edged it in terms of possession but we carved out more chances. Lucky to win 2-0 though. Looked much much better with Becchio up top. Hughes is doing a job filling in at right back but is not a great defender and rarely joins the midfield. Everytime I've seen us play one of the top sides we look outnumbered in the midfield, even with Delph and Douglas covering plenty of ground.

: Tue Feb 10, 2009 12:01 pm  

i thought we were poor last night but you take the 3 points obviously. outplayed for most of the game. beckford is an enigma. touch of an elephant,lazy a lot of the time and his inability to hold up the ball put us under pressure a lot. however his goals were sheer class. trundle was poor, we looked better with becchio up front.

: Tue Feb 10, 2009 12:11 pm  

Brings back memories of Leeds v Milwall through the 80's G http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/n ... 4962896.jp

Brings back memories of Leeds v Milwall through the 80's G http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/n ... 4962896.jp

: Tue Feb 10, 2009 12:35 pm  

i got nicked at that one remember. you didn't
cost me £600 that game

: Tue Feb 10, 2009 1:11 pm  

tad rhino wrote:

i got nicked at that one you didn't
cost me £600 that game

You were older..........braver..............and a lot dafter

: Tue Feb 10, 2009 1:13 pm  

all true sadly

: Tue Feb 10, 2009 1:58 pm  

tad rhino wrote:

all true sadly

You were older back in the 80's?