Think Saiz let the crosser go?
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> On Oct 28, 2017, at 5:13 AM, Simon McNally <simon_mcna...@sky.com> wrote:
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> First goal I thought was Anita and Viera letting their man go - he drifted
> off the back of them and had acres of time and space to pick his cross. Not
> sure you can blame the marking in the middle - one cb had to shift to cover
> the bloke who crossed leaving the other with two to mark. Someone with
> Sharp’s experience was always going to find space there
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>> On 28 Oct 2017, at 10:03, {broken-address} Richard Walker
>> <richleed...@yahoo.co.uk.is-broken.gn.apc.org> wrote:
>>
>> a few thoughts
>> I was very impressed with the way Sheff Utd started. They played some of the
>> best football I've seen for a while and all their players seemed to know
>> where each other were and in Duffy they had the man of the match and the
>> most intelligent footballer I've seen for a while. I'd get a bid in for him
>> in January. If only our midfielders had the awareness and poise of Duffy. He
>> found time on the ball and used it effectively however that applied to just
>> about everyone in their team. Billy Sharpe, who I always thought was lively
>> but never convincing at Leeds, looked like a totally different player and if
>> it wasn't for Lonergan he could have / should have had a hatful in the first
>> half.
>> The Blades played with 2 effective wingers and full backs who also came
>> forward and contributed. It was actually good to watch and I rarely say that
>> about the opposition. Their style is similar to what we are trying to
>> achieve but I don't think we have the players to do it at the moment.
>> Their goal was a result of great link up play and good movement from Sharpe
>> in the box but it looked like he wasn't marked ? Need to see it again but if
>> a little bloke like Sharp gets a free header from 4 yards you have to ask
>> questions of our 6 ft central defenders.
>> I thought our defence crumbled under the attacks. Cooper and Pennington as
>> first choice is as bad a decision as selling Rob Green and I'm losing faith
>> in our attacker manager who doesn't seem to know who are the best
>> defenders.. Cooper for me is 4th in line at the moment yet if he is fit he
>> plays and to top it all he is captain. Bad decision after bad decision.
>> I also think we have to look a bit further than the central two who were not
>> helped by Ayling who I thought had a poor game defensively. Anita also
>> struggled against lively attackers. I like Anita but I don't think he's a
>> left back.
>> In midfield, we started with Philips playing as the 'no 10' and Saiz on the
>> left wing. Another bad decision, Philips hardly touching the ball and I
>> didn't know Saiz was on the pitch in the first 30 minutes. As for Lasogga,
>> big questions have to be asked. Can he really play as a lone striker in this
>> league when he's constantly outbattled and out muscled off the ball so
>> easily ? He looks powder puff to me.
>> Allioski saw a lot of the ball on the right but he failed to deliver on
>> every occasion.
>> Any positives ?
>> Well, yes. I thought we responded really well to going 1 down and unlike
>> some performances we didn't crumble. TC made a good decision in moving Saiz
>> into the 'no 10' position however this meant Philips was asked to play as a
>> left winger which rendered him even more useless than he had been previous
>> to that.
>> At one point after we equalised I thought we had them on the ropes and their
>> slick football stopped and we did take control but a mixture of an inability
>> to pass and keep the ball (Lasogga, Allioski, Ayling) let them back into it
>> and normally service was resumed when their 10 year old sub came on and
>> showed Lasogga how to play as a centre forward. Very, very frustrating.
>> Saiz tried as a one man show to win the game and he really had them worried
>> but he can't do it on his own and we can't expect him week in week out to be
>> the midfield and the attack.
>> Overall, I'd say it was a fair result. I thought we battled well to get back
>> in the game but ultimately key players let us down today.
>> Lonergan - 8. Kept us in it first half.
>> Ayling - 4. I thought it was his worst game for Leeds - he has always
>> struggled IMO on the back foot against pacey opposition. Not a premier
>> league defender as some think.
>> Anita - 5. Struggled
>> Pennington - 6. I thought first 20 minutes he was all over the place but I
>> wouldn't completely blame him. I thought he improved massively in the second
>> half and I thought he defended pretty well overall. I'd settle for him and
>> Jansson to be given a run in the team. Stopped fucking about with the
>> pairings TC.
>> Cooper - 3. I've never been convinced by him and against tricky and speedy
>> opponents and lik Pennington he started really shakily but he didn't improve
>> until he got injured. Is he playing with an injury ? He's very inconsistent
>> and the decision to make him captain is a really bad one.
>> Philips - 3. Another good goal masking a performance that contributed
>> nothing. Everyone will remember the goal and say that justifies why he is
>> one of the first names on the teamsheet. I say no ! His general play is not
>> good enough and putting in the odd hospital tackle doesn't represent a good
>> performance in my book. Take away the goal and I'd say he was our second
>> weakest player. Definitely not a 'No 10'.
>> Saiz - 7. Didn't touch the ball much in the first half as he was dumped on
>> the left wing in preference to playing Philips at no 10. Another bad
>> decision. Second half he scared them to death and was unlucky not to have
>> put us in the lead with a great shot which hot the post. Would we have won
>> if that had gone in ? Not sure.
>> Allioski - 3. Overhit and poorly executed dead balls and just isn't doing
>> things right at the moment.
>> Vierra - 5. I was disappointed with Vierra last night. He got around the
>> pitch and did some decent stuff but he looks naive (which he is) at times
>> and he loses his position and commits unnecessary fouls. He needs a run in
>> the team.
>> Lasogga - 2. Another very disappointing performance from the big man .... a
>> big man who plays like a fairy. He did win a few headers last night but
>> overall he was muscled out of the game and when he did get the ball at the
>> feet he was unable to do anything through being too isolated. I don't think
>> at home when the pressure is on us to attack he can play that role. That
>> creates a massive problem for us because we seem to have adopted a tactic to
>> play one up front. I still don't get that ? Why do we have to have a 'No 10'
>> role that plays deeper. Shove someone up beside him. No bloody idea who like
>> ? Is there anyone in the U-23 worth a punt or maybe Grot should be given a
>> chance from the start with Lasogga ? Or maybe, Lasogga isn't any good ?
>> Hamburg wouldn't let a player go and pay most of his wages if he was any
>> good. Have we been sold a dud ?
>> O'Kane - 4 . Eunan O'Kane, Mr average, Mr Unspectacular , Mr Nothing. He's
>> certainly found a new role which involves him sitting depp between the
>> centre halves and collecting the ball and laying it off to someone. Great !
>> That's brilliant. We have a midfielder who is acting as a central defender.
>> It's fucking awful to watch and O'Kane for me is a perfect example of why we
>> are not progressing. He offers nothing.
>> Subs
>> Grot - just not able to impact a game on his own. I'm still not writing this
>> fella off though.
>> Hernandes - tried to get invovled and did a bit but nothing worked.
>> TC - bad decision after bade decision. It was noticealbe that Lonergan has
>> started to go long with his distribution which is either TC abandoning his
>> tippy tappy football across the back or the players deciding that route one
>> is the best way against pacey opponents ? I think his weakness is the
>> defence.. Getting rid of a consistent keeper and bringing in your own keeper
>> only to abandon that idea and bring in another old keeper doesn't fill you
>> with confidence. I don't think he knows how defences work - he's now
>> plugging O'kane in there and in general I feel he's stuggling a bit. 5
>> losses out of 6 may have got you sacked under the previous owner but early
>> results have kept us in the top 6 and will give him the chance to put things
>> right. I hope he succeeds but the next few games will determine his future.
>>
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