I am sure we would be able to win some matches with 13 players on the field!
Sent in great haste from my iPhone > 28. okt. 2017 kl. 17:40 skrev {broken-address} > <seanscr...@aol.com-is-broken.gn.apc.org>: > > A couple of thoughts: > > > Christiansen has complained that the players' heads were still in the > dressing room when the first goal went in. Has it crossed his mind at all > that making the entire build up to kick-off about Toby, this terribly ill > kid, complete with your central defender/captain carrying that kid out of the > tunnel prior to kick off possibly distracted the players (and Cooper in > particular) from getting their heads right for a really aggressive, tough > Yorkshire derby? I am all for the club getting involved with local > charities, and I like the Russell Crowe "All Leeds Aren't We?" Twitter video > for Toby, but I thought the pre-match stuff perhaps went a bit too far, and > was a clear distraction to the players. Our players have a hard time being > aggressive at the best of times. That build up virtually guaranteed they > wouldn't be focused at kick-off. > > > As far as the rest of the game, well, I've been saying it since very early in > the season: we are not aggressive enough, particularly in midfield. Even in > the games we were winning in August and September, our midfielders in > particular were being muscled off the ball too easily. Pass and move football > is very difficult to play in the Championship if your players lack the > physical strength and attitude to hold off a challenger prior to releasing > the ball. We are crying out for a Roy Keane/Patrick Vieira type of midfield > general (or if you prefer, a Billy Bremner/Johnny Giles/David Batty/Olivier > Dacourt type). Someone who can receive a pass, hold off a challenger and then > play a good, accurate pass to the feet of a teammate, while also being able > to put in a few crunching, intimidating tackles early in the game to make the > opposition players scared to be on the ball. I do not think we have any > players remotely like that in our squad. Ronaldo Vieira is the closest. > Buying someone to fi ll > that role should be our January transfer priority. > > > In the meantime, we also have a distinct lack of height in midfield, which > means that when the opposition press our defence, forcing Lonergan to kick it > long, we stand almost no chance of winning the resulting aerial duels, I > think it's worth thinking about a 3-2-4-1 formation that would at least > mitigate some of these factors. I would plump for Lonergan in goal (Wiedwald > appears to be a physical coward whose reluctance to put his body on the line > for the team has directly led to at least two goals.) As a defensive three > I'd go with Cooper, Jansson (we desperately need him back to his imperious > best) and Pennington. At right wing-back I'd go for Ayling, who actually > looks quite useful coming forward. Left-wing back is a bit harder, but I'd go > for Dallas to inject a bit of British aggression. I'm willing to listen to > arguments for Berardi, I'm just not sure of his qualities going forward. > Anita doesn't impress me at all. Too lightweight. As the two defensive > central midfielders I'd go > with Vieira and Shaughnessy. The latter was a midfielder at Reading, is a > decent passer of the ball and, crucially, is 6'3" tall. It would be his job > to win every high ball pumped into the middle of the park. > > > The four more advanced midfielders are tough choices. Saiz is a must. He has > the right attitude and almost got us a point on his own yesterday. The other > options - Phillips, Alioski, Klich, Hernandez, Roofe - all have their > weaknesses. Against teams where we might expect to see more of the ball, I'd > probably go with Hernandez, Phillips, Roofe and Alioski. If we're under the > cosh, perhaps I'd put Klich in. Up front I suppose I'd go with Lasogga, only > because there are no other options. A couple of games ago when Grot came on > as a sub the commentator said something about him being a very versatile > player, and I immediately thought, "Yes, he can play in a number of positions > and not score in any of them." > > > This team would feature six tall outfield players, so I would be playing for > every single set-piece possible, then getting Hernandez to swing the ball > into the area for those guys to get their heads on it. If we need a goal in > the last ten, pull one of the shorties off and put Grot on. That way we'd > have seven 6-foot-plus players jockeying for space in the opposition's > penalty area. > > > I also wonder if the club has a sports psychologist. We do not play with > enough aggression. Somehow, that must change if we are to achieve anything > this season. > > > MOT > > > Sean > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: {broken-address} Richard Walker > <richleed...@yahoo.co.uk.is-broken.gn.apc.org> > To: leedslist <leedslist@gn.apc.org> > Sent: Sat, Oct 28, 2017 5:03 am > Subject: [LU] Sheff Utd > > 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 go > al 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 bal l > 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 h > ow 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. > StruggledPennington - 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 oppone n > ts 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 an d > 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. SubsGrot - 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 hi s > 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. > _______________________________________________Leedslist mailing listInfo > and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslistTo > unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.orgFLAME WARS 'R US > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > > FLAME WARS 'R US _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org FLAME WARS 'R US