Hernandes - 7 tried to be a one man team. Couldn't do it but 10 out of ten for effort.
> On 11 Feb 2017, at 19:07, {broken-address} Richard Walker > <richleed...@yahoo.co.uk.is-broken.gn.apc.org> wrote: > > Lots of ways of looking at this game but here's my take. > > For the first time this season a team came to contain us and sat deep and > just let us pass it around. I'd be surprised if we had less than 60 % > throughout today but we didn't have the fire power to hurt Cardiff who were a > team of big, talentless bastards. Our best performances - Villa, Derby were > against teams who came to Elland Road thinking they could beat us and pushed > forward. Neil Warnock, the canny old cunt came with no attacking intentions > at all. It worked although I think he was lucky. > > Had Jansson been playing today I think we would have won. Free headers in the > box from set pieces don't happen when he's playing with Bartlett but as hard > as Cooper tried today he just isn't up to their level and it really unsettles > us when he plays. Maybe Ayling with Bartlett is the preferred pairing when > Jansson is not playing. > > I've just heard Monk's post match interview with Popey and he reckons he knew > that Cardiff would set up with 11 men behind the ball. If that's the case why > play with one up front. Bamba and the or big twat at the back had Chris Wood > in their pocket most of the match but we just toiled and passed square balls > around the park. Our formation relies on two wingers and an attacking > midfielder but when one of those wingers is Stuart Dallas and the other a > young lad making his home debut and first start you're always going to > struggle. Whilst Padraza ( or someone with a name like that) stood on the > left wing stroking his cock, Dallas tried to make things happen down the > right. All our play went down the right wing in the first half and time after > time it just petered out. Dallas is not a winger and I'm not really sure want > he is apart from not good enough. > > With a game like this where we're having to make 20 passes to try and create > some space you're relying on Hernandez to do something special and credit to > him he tried everything to make it work but short of beating 9 big bastards > and slamming it home it was never going to happen. For all our possession > their keeper hasn't had to make a decent save all afternoon. We had two > excellent free kick opportunities but Woods passed one back to their keeper > whereas Hernandes failed to get it over the big bastards in the wall. > > Very frustrating first half but we didn't look in trouble and it was in,y a > matter of time. > > Nope - difference was Warnock was looking for the win and continued to be > happy watching us play aimless football in their half. Credit to Leeds > because we came out with much more energy and intensity second half and > started to trouble them. Dallas had obviously had a rocket up his arse and he > came looking for the ball. It didn't last long because Monk dragged him off > and replaced with Sacko. It wasn't the right solution though, we needed an > option to play someone up alongside the hapless Wood but there's not many > players that can do that ( Roofe maybe ?). I think Doukara was brought in to > do that but the lad didn't have a clue what he was doing when he came on. A > pointless substitution. > > At the other end the inevitable happened. A set piece, an unmarked big > bastard in the penalty box and an easy goal. Rob Green didn't even fucking > move. One of the worst goals I've seen at Elland Road for a long time. Panic > set in then and we tried to chase the game but we just lost all our shape and > it was up to Hernandes to try and equalise on his own. We had one or two half > chances but never looked dangerous. > > At the other end we panicked, Vierra lost the ball and let their only short > arse in to pull it back for an easy tap in. 2-0 game over, > > We continued to push forward and Roofe missed our best chance of the game and > in the end it petered out. > > Fair play to Warnock , he out thought Monk who needs to think about a plan B > when teams come to defend like this. You can't play one up front ! Basics. > > Scores > > Green - 4. Didn't have anything to do other than pick the ball out of the > net twice. > > Ayling - 6 I thought he did ok first half and really tried to get things > going down the right with Dallas ( that was never going to happen). Second > half I thought he got the run around a bit by Cardiff 's best and only player. > > Beradi - 7 I thought he did really well. He really showed determination and > put himself on the line a few times. Never looks completely comfortable at > left back though. As good as Ayling as been I think Beradi would be the > better right back. > > Bartley - 4. For all those who think Bartlett has been the real success at > the back rather than Jansson can they answer the question why he looks like > Sol Bamba on a bad day when he plays with Cooper ? He was over the place > today. > > Cooper - 4. He seems to be trying too hard and although he gets through a lot > of good work he always looks vulnerable. I'm afraid he's not quite good > enough for a team chasing the play offs. > > Bridcutt - 3. Mouthy little cunt, got booked and then did his usual bad > tackle and he had to go. Very ineffective today. > > Vierra - 5. Started well but struggled to make things happen. I've no > problems with his lad though. > > Dallas - 3. I think the game is up for this lad. He's overrated and for me he > is not good enough. League one player. He's definitely not a winger. > > Pedroza - 5. I think he's got potential and he reminds of Lee Sharpe. He > plays the game in a laid back way and today he did a lot of good things but > ultimately the final ball or play just didn't come off for him. I think > there's a question to ask whether his introduction has unsettled us because > he is a different type of player. > > Wood - 2. No doubt his fans will say ,he didn't have the service. Well yes > but I think this game empathised his lack of general ability. He's slow, no > acceleration, flat footed and actually for someone who has scored 21 goals > shows real lack of awareness. I don't rate him. 21 goals says I'm wrong > though but I can only report what I see and today he was shite. > > Subs > > Sacko -5 . A few decent runs / touches but I don't think he's good enough > > Doukara - 1 useless > > Roofe - 1 missed our best chance. > > So we lost in the cup , made a couple of strange signings and now it's all > gone tits up. Haven't we seen this all before. > > Don't panic though folks. Bristol Shitty up next, a guaranteed 3 points. > > Monks said Jannson phoned in sick ! What ? > > > > > > Sent from my iPad > >> On 11 Feb 2017, at 18:21, Rob Heath <rhe...@hkis.edu.hk> wrote: >> >> I have a nasty feeling that that gunnarsson is that horrible little beardy >> twat who was captain of iceland at the Euros...............if so, then >> today's events are even more galling. >> >> Big test for Monk now............he turned things round at the start of the >> season, but at Swansea it seemed like once things started to go wobbly, he >> had no answer.........let's hope he can pick them up before tuesday. >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________________ 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