I don't get the 'this is Bielsa's fault with his small squad idea'We have Roofe who has been great this season, with £7m Bamford as back up - behind them is Tyler Roberts who we paid £2.5m (?) for and then Dalby and Edmundson as young but highly rated players behind themLast season we had Roofe, Lassogga as top 2 then Ekuban & Grot as back up neither of whom were good enoughPrevious to that it was Wood, Roofe - then Doukara & AntonssonThen Wood, Antenucci - Doukara & Irwinunder Evans - Morrison, Antenucci - behind them was Doukara and Cani ! So for the previous 4 years we have had 2 strikers (often not as good as Roofe / Bamford) and then back up which was nowhere near good enough - this time we have Roberts who should be better than Ekuban, Grot, Antonsson, Cani, Irwin, and hopefully better than Doukara the only '3rd choice' who played more than a handful of games for us and was average at best for us SO I think (just as at Swansea when it was the 2 centre backs) MB is just unlucky that it is both strikers who are injured - if Roofe or Bamford was fit it would not be an issue. Fans are believing some of the false hype about small squad and no doubt if we have a bad run at some stage it will all be about 'burn out' MB is correct when he defends his decision to play Bamford in the u23s - it is the only way to keep him (and others not starting games) match fit. In addition the injury was not caused by a tackle or anything so could easily have happened in training Also unlike under Monk when we needed Wood , this season so far, we have been getting goals from lots of different players not just the striker (Roofe) Yes we will be up against it without an experienced proper striker and we will miss Hernandez & possilby Berardi who has been excellent so far, but Pontus and Harrison are decent deputies for them I am not saying that we will beat Millwall - they view this as their cup final and put in an extra 10% effort and commitment as do their fans BUT there is no reason we cannot get the 3 points Dave
From: Richard Naef <rich...@triumph-computers.co.uk> To: Leeds List <leedslist@gn.apc.org> Sent: Thursday, 13 September 2018, 16:09 Subject: [LU] injuries Roofe, Hernandez, Bamford and Beradi all crocked for Saturday, we still should beat Millwall, EL Loco's plans are looking a little bit threadbare already and there is no Plan B! Still got my support, but if we get battered by Millwall some of his sheen will be tarnished, ttfn Richard _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ RIP Jimmy WAC-COE _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ RIP Jimmy WAC-COE