A few things to add to this.. Murphy - He really was that bad. I lost count of the number of times he passed it 2 yards behind Purver, causing him to check back and lose any pace advantage we had going forwards. So often in the first half he didn't pick his head up and spot Roofe or Taylor as the obvious outball, he just passed it back to Bamba or Bartley, the ball went back to Green and hoof. There is absolutley no point spending any money on attacking pace and ability with him in the team as he negates it all. I hope Monk has sussed him.
Purver - Very small, average pace and looked lacking in any confidence to go beyond the half way line, or even be on the ball. Clearly not anywhere near ready for the first team. It makes sense that Monk seems to be in the market for another RB with Berardi an unknown in terms of his injury, leaving only Coyle. Taylor - Really didn't look bothered. Rarely overlapped until the last 15 or so when playing behind Sacko. There was a drinks break after half an hour where the whole team headed over to the bench to get instructions. Taylor however got thrown a bottle by the linesman on the opposite side of the pitch and stayed there on his todd until play resumed. It just didn't look right to me. Roofe - Good signing. Antonsson - He's not a target man and with Monk playing a clear 4-2-3-1 formation spent a lot of time going for headers he had no hope of getting. He's far more mobile than Wood though, and never stopped running, so maybe there's a partnership there.. Mowatt - Was bang average and certainly not a number 10 which is where he played. Glue factory for Murphy, Ben -----Original Message----- From: Leedslist [mailto:leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org] On Behalf Of nat...@sky.com Sent: 24 July 2016 12:36 To: Leeds List Subject: Re: [LU] PBORO 2 LUFC 1 A lot harsher than my TV view but I will give yours more credence since you were there and got a much better feel for things and can see things that the TV feed missesI do think the addition of Diagouara in midfield and Wood up front from the Friday night team could make a big difference (as could the addition of Dallas)Get Berardi fit (still got 2 weeks before the season starts) and maybe Cooper in place of Bamba and things do look a bit better Pre season games are always hard to call and some of the comments on waccoe are laughable - with some on there a win and we are best ever , a defeat and none of them are good enough ! We just have to have faith in Monk and hope he knows what he is doing - he is adamant (in public anyway) that he is in control of things and knows how to get a team ready for the game that counts - QPR and that pre-season is just about fitness and sorting out formations and partnershipsI must admit I will be interested to see the starting XI v Atalanta and , of course, more so when the season startsIs 4 3 3 his preferred formation ? The back five pretty much picks itself with a choice (when fit) between Cooper or BambaI expect Wood to be in the middle up front (on his own in a midfield 5 or middle of a 3)Roofe will be on one wing - Dallas on the other ?Then Mowatt in centre midfield with Grimes (Murphy) and Diagouara alongisde him ? So expectGreenBerardi (Coyle) BartleyCooper (Bamba)Taylor GrimesMowattDiagoura RoofeWoodDallas From: jezz.thorpe <jezz.tho...@zen.co.uk> To: leedslist@gn.apc.org Sent: Sunday, 24 July 2016, 0:57 Subject: [LU] PBORO 2 LUFC 1 Green - Better claiming crosses than Silvestri but not a shot stopper.Both their goals were shots from outside the D. Purver - long way to go before he's a 1st choice. Scared to go to the bye line and cross. Bartley? - big Fecker many times couldn't be arsed to run back when up for a corner. Bamba - Still error prone. Too many last ditch tackles. Passes out of defence continuously short.Taylor - could be arsed in the second half. Probably off out the door before new season kicks off.Murphy - still the most useless waste of space in a Leeds shirt. Slow to see a pass so always sideways but 2 metres behind his team mates. Too fecking slow in thought for this league , too fecking slow for a friendly. Grimes - No room for Grimes and Murphy in the same team. Far too similar but he's infinitely preferable to that useless twat alongside him.Then there's a big gap between Grimes Murphy and the front three. This issueq PBORO exploited in the second half enabling them to over run and dominate u s.Mowatt - huffed and puffed in the sun. Looked like a fat nacker apart from the first 30 mins when scored. Had at least 5 shots on target and should have slotted 3 home not just the one. Should have been a better link between the defensive midfield and the front 3.Saku - obviously possesses some pace but blistering he his not. Worked his socks off for the team in attack and defence has massive entertainment value as he's like Carlton Palmer on 3 cans of Red Bull. Lost track of the number of times he left the ball behind. Had one excellent chance when breaking through in 2nd half but bottled it.Antonsson- not a target man as he's too small but offers more off the second ball. Lively if not dynamic might work well playing off Wood.Roofe - this guy looks ready to rock and roll. All the threat came through him down the left. His pace and trickery gave mowatt his one converted chance and most of the others he fluffed. McCain - sub didn't disgrace himself. One good chance he shot past th e far post. Looked a lot like Irwin who's gone off to gain experience elsewhere. 3 other subs average age 12 y o so could not use them. Harry Monk - No idea cos as my son Ben pointed out he had no bench to change owt with. Just hope his idea of the 2 games in 2 days provide him with the info he needs. At least Murphy exposed himself as being a useless slow pillock and hopefully out of contention in any match day squad. Can't believe he's still here!! On this showing, top 6 no fecking chance. Whatever you read elsewhere that puts some spin on this result take it with a pinch of NaCl.Our only hope is that the Guiseley squad can provide some midfield creativity and link play that this one lacked. I don't want ti hear the hackneyed tripe of it was good for the squad to get 90 mins under their belt cos 60 mins of this was dogshite. Roll on watching a proper match day squad. Finally Fans - Great camaraderie in the pub beforehand. Vocal for the first 30, subdued for the rest. 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