Shit

[sonic youth]

OK arriba....me and lots of others eh,none of our team played well in the first half,they were pants.

cox, paynter and nalis played well in the first half.

[leefer]

I like Nalis,hes composed,disciplined and can pass well,but at home you need more than that if players like Easton dont even smell the eighteen yard box...ware nearly 10 games in yet i havnt seen him have a shot in anger let alone score,that said i wouldnt drop him....i just dont think he played that well today....if ime wrong i can live with that it wont be the first or last time.

[DV]

Nalis scored last home game, although it was disallowed.

[Arriba]

if some people cannot see that nalis is class, then i'm at a loss to explain what is glaringly obvious to me.
the bloke reads the game brilliantly,he doesn't need to go running all over the pitch.
as sonic said, he and the front two played well today.

[leefer]

I agreed about the front two .....Cox was superb,my gripe today was that our whole midfield including Nalis were too deep and too negative,you keep saying he is class but the stats are not saying that this season Arriba,hes not shooting,hes not scoring,in my opinion hes doing ok at best......i prefer a midfielder who does run all over the pitch.

[DV]

if some people cannot see that nalis is class, then i'm at a loss to explain what is glaringly obvious to me.
the bloke reads the game brilliantly,he doesn't need to go running all over the pitch.
as sonic said, he and the front two played well today.

I also thought the full backs were good.

Overall I dont think we were that bad, Colchester & Cheltenham were definitely worse....just today we made the worst mistakes!

[michael]

Running all over the pitch is what Easton does Leefer, you can't have two central midfielders going box to box!

For me Nalis and Easton are the first choice midfield pairing, and then attack on the wings. And on that subject as good as his crossing is I'd like to see Macnamee hit the box more often and tempt the tackle. All over the park we need to be a lot smarter.

[sonic youth]

I also thought the full backs were good.

not good in my opinion but thought both looked steady, amankwaah seems to be getting more solid.

[leefer]

To be fair,that save the keeper made from Cox was brilliant,think that was the turning point.....it might be just me but i just think we go out more worried about the opponents and there strenghts rather than playing to our own,ime gutted as they wernt no great shakes and we always seem to gift teams thewin rather than saying well they were better than us....Colchester aside.

[pauld]

i disagree with pauld i'm afraid.the fight was there,the quality,composure and confidence wasn't.
take easton for example.he always gives his all but today was one of the worst games i've seen him play.no lack of effort on his part, just a dire day for him.i think its the same for all of them.it was blatantly obvious that the front two worked their socks off today too.

I'd agree about the front two, but you clearly saw something in the rest of them I just didn't. Meh, "it's a game of opinions" and all that. We can certainly agree on the lack of quality, composure and confidence though

[DV]

not good in my opinion but thought both looked steady, amankwaah seems to be getting more solid.

bit more confidence on his final ball and he looks a good attacking full back. would even be tempted if we could have Smith at RB and Kev at RW.

im sure hes played wing back before!

[dell boy]

For what it is worth I'v read most of the comments on this thread and here's mine:
Phil Smith - no comment reallay needed, question why wasn't Brez on the bench today?
Jack Smith - thought he was one of the few who was not worried about the Leeds reputation, solid good game
Kevin Amankwaah - looked class going forward, couldn't defend for toffee
Jerel Ifil - lost interest, couldn't pass, was fucking awful, needs to be dropped and hung by the bollocks for a week
Hasney Aljofree - I thought he had a decent game, he needed to with Ifil next to him
Anthony McNamee - whenever he got the ball in the later stages of the first and most of the second he looked a great option and a continued threat, a few crosses went astray, but decent game
Lilian Nails - great vision when on the ball, but his legs wont carry him through a game to be competitive in the centre of mid, he needs a fighter to play along side him or this creative player will just be a passenger without assistance
Craig Easton - was he playing?
Jon-Paul McGovern - feel a bit sorry for him, never gets the service, asked to defend when he doesn't have a clue how too, comes inside looking for the ball and never receives even a crumb.
Simon Cox - great finish, worked his socks off
Billy Paynter - never been his biggest fan, thought he was superb today (again), brought players into the game, held the ball well - my man of the match
Timlin didnt have enough time to really influence the game
Marshall should have been sent off after only being on the pitch for minutes, not his best but the lad has talent.

Haven't really done this assessment thing before, I'm sure loads will disagree with my views, but well, there you go.

[DV]

Brez has a shoulder injury according to Malpas.

[axs]

Shit.

[Arriba]

dell boy.cannot argue with that, good summing up imo.thought nalis was mom myself though