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Originally Posted by choirboy
.I don't understand how can you say that Luke 'won' the heading duel when he headed the ball straight to an opponent, who then ran fully 45 yards upfield with Luke in his wake./B][/COLOR]
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Bob, you need to get a new TV, mate. Luke DID win his heading duel(dictionary definition "combat between 2 persons"), and the "opponent who then ran" did nothing of the sort, but headed the ball back past Luke to the guy who actually made the run with Luke stranded yards behind. You seem to be implying that Luke should be taking on the whole of the York defence on his own! If you are making your judgement based on where the ball ends up after a heading duel, then fair enough, our defence was caught out, but even such great headers of the ball as Paul Mullin was lucky if 50% of his headers found a team mate, and some of our defenders make an art of heading the ball straight up in the air! I really do know you don't actually dislike Joyce as a person, although your comments in the heat of a game sometimes make me wonder! I just think you are scapegoating him for the team's problems, and it appears the consensus on this thread puts you in a minority of one!