Voice of Reason! But still, to play so poorly 2nd half on satdi was embarrassing and to be fair Monkfish had a go at the players afterwards in various interviews.
Let's hope Hernandez gets a game on Tuesday as I Suspect he's the kind of player who turns it up on big occasions. ttfn Richard > -----Original Message----- > From: Leedslist [mailto:leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org] On Behalf Of > davidwool...@gmail.com > Sent: 27 November 2016 20:46 > To: Leeds List > Subject: [LU] Season so far > > > I do cushion everything I say against the fact that this season has > been an armchair season so far for me (Villa next weekend will be my > first live match of the season) but I am surprised generally at some of > the list negativity. > > Even some of the more positive posts have been of the "we're playing a > bit rubbish but we're getting results" attitude. > > I think what Monk has done so far, after a wobbly start, has been > phenomenal. > > First of all, half the job (if not more) of being a good football team > is a solid and constructive defence. Our current defence is by far our > best defence since our prem league days. Cracking centre halves and 2 > capable and attacking full backs. Added to that our cover centre half > would walk into most teams in this division. And our first reserve full > back (Berardi) would again walk into most teams in this division. > > Our attacking play has been more patchy, but Monk is clearly trying to > get us to play constructive on the following deck football, he > comparatively quickly has worked out what formation works with > available resources (basically ending up with the same formation that > our only other good non-prem team, under Grayson, played). It is a work > in progress but when it has worked it has been great (see Norwich). > And for all the abuse Wood seems to get he is our most valuable player > - I bet we could get 8m+ for him - and he is scoring most games. He is > no Chapman, but the fan reaction to him is reminiscent of (in the > under-appreciation of what he brings to the table) Chappy. > > And we're 5th. Despite playing most of season without our star signing > midfielder (Bridcutt), being without our most creative player at times > (Hernandez) and without our star defender yesterday (Pontus). Imagine > the 90 promotion team without Fairclough, Batty and Strachan. How > cohesive would they have been or would Wilko have pragmatically dug a > result out in their absence? > > There looks to be a great team spirit, the football is improving, the > form is great and we've got players to come back. I haven't felt this > positive in years. Even with a deranged nutter as an owner. > > MOT! > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org MARCHING ON TOGETHER
