Post by Taxigirl on Nov 3, 2005 9:35:40 GMT
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Kevin Blackwell hit out at his under-performing Leeds side following their 1-0 defeat away to Crewe.
Leeds were undone by a Billy Jones goal in the first ten minutes, but struggled throughout the game to both contain Crewe or get their own, normally more assured, game going.
After recent good away performances against Reading, Burnley and Watford, to see his side struggle the way they did on Tuesday evening left Blackwell positively fuming.
"I am very angry and have let the players know that I can't tolerate that," he said.
"If they think they can play sixteen or seventeen good games and then have one day off they are wrong. We got our noses bloodied here tonight and Crewe thoroughly deserved it.
"I told the players before the game that the pitch was particularly slippy and asked them about their studs, but at times it was like Bambi on ice out there. We couldn't get any cohesion going in the game whatsoever, Crewe started at a fast pace and took the game to us and we were still asleep or still on the bus.
"You can prepare teams, you warn them about what to expect and they go and play like that. I am bloody angry tonight and I have told the players that.
"I didn't see the goal go in but for me it sums up the way we started, a goal that could have been well prevented - it was sloppy and that sums us up."
United were an improved side after the break but still couldn't get the breakthrough, whilst Crewe missed a few golden opportunities to kill the game off. None of what he saw in the 90 minutes impressed the Whites boss though.
"You couldn't print what I said to them at half time," he raged.
"It's no good dominating the last 20 minutes of the game when we lost composure in front of goal, and we had some good chances, and people like Robbie Blake, who is an accomplished finisher, were slashing at things and for me that summed the night up.
"People say we have come a long way but I do not want to be going backwards at this stage. You do have bad days at the office but I don't want them and it was frustration throughout."
Blackwell does not expect Leeds to perform as badly as they did on Tuesday night again this season, and told the players they let themselves and the supporters down.
"If the players are not good enough then we wouldn't be where we are, they are good enough and I won't accept what happened last night."
Kevin Blackwell hit out at his under-performing Leeds side following their 1-0 defeat away to Crewe.
Leeds were undone by a Billy Jones goal in the first ten minutes, but struggled throughout the game to both contain Crewe or get their own, normally more assured, game going.
After recent good away performances against Reading, Burnley and Watford, to see his side struggle the way they did on Tuesday evening left Blackwell positively fuming.
"I am very angry and have let the players know that I can't tolerate that," he said.
"If they think they can play sixteen or seventeen good games and then have one day off they are wrong. We got our noses bloodied here tonight and Crewe thoroughly deserved it.
"I told the players before the game that the pitch was particularly slippy and asked them about their studs, but at times it was like Bambi on ice out there. We couldn't get any cohesion going in the game whatsoever, Crewe started at a fast pace and took the game to us and we were still asleep or still on the bus.
"You can prepare teams, you warn them about what to expect and they go and play like that. I am bloody angry tonight and I have told the players that.
"I didn't see the goal go in but for me it sums up the way we started, a goal that could have been well prevented - it was sloppy and that sums us up."
United were an improved side after the break but still couldn't get the breakthrough, whilst Crewe missed a few golden opportunities to kill the game off. None of what he saw in the 90 minutes impressed the Whites boss though.
"You couldn't print what I said to them at half time," he raged.
"It's no good dominating the last 20 minutes of the game when we lost composure in front of goal, and we had some good chances, and people like Robbie Blake, who is an accomplished finisher, were slashing at things and for me that summed the night up.
"People say we have come a long way but I do not want to be going backwards at this stage. You do have bad days at the office but I don't want them and it was frustration throughout."
Blackwell does not expect Leeds to perform as badly as they did on Tuesday night again this season, and told the players they let themselves and the supporters down.
"If the players are not good enough then we wouldn't be where we are, they are good enough and I won't accept what happened last night."