Spot on Tim - too much doom and gloom about!
On Wed, 22 Aug 2018 at 08:14, Tim Leslie <t...@3lv.uk> wrote:
> Some very good points I think Rich, I'd just like to add my two 'penneth
> on a couple of bits. Think we all need a bit of a slap really for
> jumping on us yesterday with 'this is awful' 'we've gone backwards'
> comments. We were disrupted moments before kick off and the natural
> solution (Pontus) is also injured, so we had to re-arrange. Swansea may
> well have lost 4 Premier standard players, but they're a good team
> (they're 3rd for gods sake!) and it was a very good test which, having
> weathered a bit of a storm, we finished far the better team and I've
> seen penalties given before for the challenge on Bamford with 3 minutes
> to go! But we'd ALL have settled for a point before for this game,
> unless we're deluded.
> I agree Saiz looked off the pace but, in his defence (And I did mention
> this last week) every time he had the ball, he had 2 or 3 on him
> INSTANTLY ... Teams will do this, WE have to find alternate routes. We
> NEED another BIG centre half IMHO, Cooper and Pontus leaves not much
> cover as was evident.
>
> Put simply. We'd have lost this game last season 3-0. We didn't. We're
> MILES better than we were last season, but we've still got work to do to
> survive and dominate a season in the Championship. This is exactly why I
> love the Championship over the Premier League.
>
> On 21.08.2018 22:06, {broken-address} Richard Walker wrote:
> > There were so many things wrong with that performance but who cares ?
> > I was impressed by the way we ground out the result after we lost our
> > captain in the warm up. As the game went into the last 20 minutes I
> > thought we looked the fitter and more likely to score. Yes they had
> > the best chance of the game but they were playing on the counter. Our
> > attitude, fitness and positivity were there to see and there was
> > absolutely no doubt that we were getting something from that game.
> > That is a remarkable transformation from last season.
> > Let's look at the positives.
> > Taking Philips off after 25 mins was incredible. Have you ever known a
> > manager do that ? Philips was terrible was getting overrun and was on
> > a yellow. Moving Klitch back and putting on Baker was a great move. I
> > thought Baker made a difference and some of his passing was excellent
> > whereas Kiltch did everything Philips couldn't, winning the ball and
> > starting attacking moves with intelligent balls forward.
> > Shackleton was brilliant especially for the first goal and he isn't
> > scared to go forward.
> > Some of the football at times was great pass and move football.
> > The Hernandez goal was top class.
> > They had height and without Cooper we had none but we still challenged
> > and made it hard for them.
> > The negatives:
> > Kalvin Philips showing that against a team with pace that run at you
> > he will struggle.
> > Siaz for me was the biggest disappointment. He looked a yard short and
> > struggled all night by his high standards and he also got booked for
> > petulance late on. Same old Siaz.
> > Ayling is no centre back . He gave it his all but I thought he looked
> > out of his depth and was all over the place at times.
> > Scores for me:
> > Peacock - 7. I thought he could hace saved the first goal but he made
> > up with 2 good saves late on.
> > Shackleton - 8. Was under a lot of pressure when defending but came
> > through well. I love this lad.
> > Douglas - 6. I thought he also struggled a bit tonight
> > Ayling - 5. Not a centre back
> > Beradi - 8. Held us together at times and the way he wins the ball and
> > drives forward typifies our team at the moment.
> > Kiltch - 7. Steady, consistent - everything Philips wasn't.
> > Philips - 1. Awful.
> > Allioski - 3. Don't rate this lad. Just a shame Harrison didn't take
> > his chance.
> > Siaz - 5. Off the pace.
> > Roofe - 7. Got his goal and you can't argue with that.
> > Hernandes - 7. Frustrating at times the way he concedes possession but
> > that goal was unbelievable.
> > Subs:
> > Baker - 7. Definite promise with this lad.
> > Bamford - 7. I thought he looked sharper and his run and pass for the
> > 2nd goal was great. He looks like a real striker.
> > Harrison - 4. Disappointing. Made some good runs but no end product.
> > Not writing him off but he needs to do better.
> > Bielsa - all 3 subs on by 60 minutes. that's risky and we've seen that
> > go wrong before but he went for it and it worked.
> > Very happy with us at the moment
> > TOP OF THE LEAGUE and WE'RE GOING UP AS F'CKING CHAMPIONS.
> >
> >
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