Comments on: Manchester United the lure for Kettering Town and Leeds replay

By: Pia Reidy

Pia Reidy — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:29:51 +0000

Hopefully the red devils will pull it through today in the match against milan, to bad about the new owner and the glazer family casting a shadow over the great club, but that still don’t ruin the fun.

By: Leeds through & through

Leeds through & through — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:51:32 +0000

i agree that it was casper’s fault totally, been a keeper myself i know that communication is vital if a keeper shouts ‘ my ball ‘ then the defender should not be going for the header, casper clearly shouted for the ball in which lubo ducked away and casper completely missed the ball, if you ask me bring on the day higgs is fit again!!!

By: TSS

TSS — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:41:49 +0000

I didn’t think we were poor as such against Orient, but certainly not at our best. The result is all that matters there though and once again we never gave up – which is VERY good to see!

Agree that even the biggest squad will miss as many as we are. Be good to see them all fit and healthy again. If we’re six clear with half a team, imagine how easy it’ll be when they’re all back! (Not that I’m getting carried away you understand! Haha)

By: Yorkshrman

Yorkshrman — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:29:52 +0000

Orient we played poorly and were lucky ….. always going to have some poor games over a 46-game season. That one worried me as soon as I heard the “best performance of the season” comments from Grayson, after Brighton!

On Sunday I thought we controlled much of the game, but were unlucky – hit the woodwork twice, a couple of good saves from their keeper, a mad goal-mouth scramble, and a couple of other really good chances that we just couldn’t finish off. On another day we’d have had 5. Personally I’d have taken the draw (or even a loss) against Kettering in exchange for the win over Orient.

Also, we can’t overlook the fact that we started on Sunday without six “first choice” players, including 4 of the back 5. Higgs has only played around half of our games this season, Naylor even less; and Parker only once. And while we’ve got a big squad, those are big losses.

By: TSS

TSS — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:52:26 +0000

I thought the same, but hard to criticise when he puts in so much effort. Ultimately, it was him who kept us in the FA Cup, but agree it’ll be good to see Johnson back.

By: TSS

TSS — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:50:52 +0000

Hi Gom, I predicted this reply and in my defence I did say “One moment of poor defending and hapless goalkeeping” so I did identify both as a flaw. Furthermore, I’ve been pretty complimentary of Casper of late, adding that I saw no reason for another keeper to be brought in when we’ve kept four clean sheets in a recent ‘ups and downs’ post.

That said, it was another howler from him. It’s not like they’re uncommon, although he’s been a bit better lately. Lubo has been good this season too, but even when he isn’t he usually wins the battles in the air, so I can only conclude Casper shouted for him to leave it. Hence the reason he seems to duck!

By: Yorkshrman

Yorkshrman — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:46:08 +0000

Biggest disappointment for me was Snoddy ….. lots of good work from him, as usual, but spoiled by some truly awful balls into the box. He never looks as convincing playing on the left ….. hope that Johnson is back soon!!

By: Matt bb

Matt bb — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:17:00 +0000

Should have polished off kettering, lack of a killer touch is worrying, i wonder, with this following the orient game if there isnt a little complacency setting in.. Ghosts of cup upsets past were haunting us, get your heads up lads and do them!

By: Eddie

Eddie — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:48:48 +0000

Re the possible tie with Man U. Perfect draw. Assuming we see off K., big earner for the club with the side benefit of the club being in the biggest shop window on the planet. If we get knocked out, hopefully we exit with honours and can then concentrate on our main goal, promotion. No distractions.

Shop window for Beckford too. I’m sure there will be a few managers who want to see how he copes against Man U’s reserve defence, (assuming we see off K.).

By: Dje

Dje — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:01:30 +0000

I thought Ankergren did fantastically well with the cross from the right wing in the second half, the one which was imminently going to land on Elding’s head at the far post – a much harder cross to deal with than the one from which they scored – but then he undid that good deed with his mix-up with Michalik.

Ultimately I don’t think the goal-keeping coach has anything to answer for as it is just Casper’s inconsistency on dealing with crosses. You can’t really coach consistency. I think we’re just going to have to live with it, Casper’s never going to be 100% reliable on crosses and we’ll just have to muddle through with that.

To be fair to him though his prowess is for shot-stopping (and time-wasting when we’re ahead) and I reckon he’s saved us many more points than he’s cost us with the few howlers he’s dropped. And as this season is about the 46 league games and promotion, if Casper was to play all of our remaining fixtures in goal then I’d be perfectly content with that and our chances of reaching our goal to get back to the Championship this season. So if we run the risk of having Casper spoil our little flutters in the cups this season then so be it, we aren’t going to win the FA Cup and I doubt anyone’s that bothered about the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy.