A bit of a reality check I thought. A game that showed that WBA still have to players of premier league quality and our reserve players are not at the same level as our first choice eleven. January is going to be crucial for us now. I like BPF , I’m always more sympathetic to the lads that have come through the academy but I’m afraid he’s just not up to it. He’s been directly responsible for a large number of our goals conceded and the second was crucial yesterday. I thought he could have done better with the first goal but the second was appalling. At 1-0 I thought we were still in it but 2-0 the game is up. They could afford to sit back and hit us on the counter. Like Wiedwald last season he’s benefited from us being solid in front of him and not having a lot to do. I’d start Blackman next game but to be fair he didn’t look great in the Preston cup game. I’m still not convinced Dallas is even a footballer but he’s certainly not a full back. He started most of their attacks by crossing the ball to no one and was constantly out of position defensively. How can someone who’s a winger , allegedly, be so bad at crossing the ball? He was out of position for the first and third goals and the fourth came down his side. We weren’t helped for the third by Harrison losing the ball cheaply though. I think Phillips looks worse when Forshaw plays. Forshaw drops too deep into the area Phillips is normally in but isn’t as good at passing as Phillips and keeps giving the ball away. I thought the balance was better with Klich in that role and Saiz further forward. I remain to be convinced that Forshaw is any good. I’m no fan of Roofe but I don’t think you can fault his effort or his goals this season. It’s difficult to judge him on a game where we didn’t give him much to feed off. I thought Alioski was poor again and I was very surprised that Douglas was taken off instead. It’s hard to be too down when we’ve had a bad run and are still 3rd but i think we need a few players signed in January. For me, we need a decent keeper, a right back (ideally on a similar level to Douglas so we have that threat from both sides) , a left winger (or give Clarke a run) and a striker. Gayle looked sharp when he came on - if he was available why couldn’t we have got him on loan?
S Sent from my iPhone > On 11 Nov 2018, at 11:01, Robert Heath <heathpalai...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It wasn't as bad as 4-1 sounds. We were the better team for large portions > of the game, and we did play some superb football at times. Seems to me > that teams still get wound up to play Leeds. WB had a team full of > Premiership players, and at times their front lads played like it. Bloody > Brentford & Forest also looked like great teams when they played us. But > why don't these teams hammer everyone else? > > I think the first goal was crucial, and so that 30 secs when we didn't get > a pen and they broke down to score decided the match. After that, we left > ourselves open looking to get back in it and suffered from their quality up > front. The penalty incident...........well, it didn't look like a foul > really, but no more did the incidents for the two pens that were given > against us this season. What a surprise it was that the ref didn't give it, > though, eh?! > > I agree that Dallas lacked the quality in his delivery in the front third, > but I don't know why people are knocking Phillips. I thought he played very > well. > > On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 1:15 AM Nicholas Armit via Leedslist < > leedslist@gn.apc.org> wrote: > >> For me the main weaknesses were Dallas and Phillips. With players of that >> strength, pace and mobility Phillips was totally ineffectual. Dallas was >> just all over the place. I guess you could argue he is not a defender but >> he is a professional footballer so should have some idea to defend. He was >> constantly AWOL. >> Today was the first time I questioned Bielsa. No Clarke, Dallas at right >> back, taking Douglas off. >> Let's hope it is a one off. I did think West Brom were a step ahead of >> anything else we have faced. >> Nick >> On Saturday, November 10, 2018, 7:38:02 PM EST, John Lee via Leedslist >> <leedslist@gn.apc.org> wrote: >> >> Certainly agree with Rich to a point >> >> Dallas - no positional sense, and whilst he’s undoubtedly a trier, today >> was clear that’s just not enough. >> >> Roofe - lightweight - clearly there are times when he can do well, because >> he’s exceeded all my expectations this season, but tell me you’d rather >> have him than either of the West Brom lads! >> >> Alioski - lightweight - all this mock injury stuff is embarrassing, as is >> his crossing! >> >> Our back 4 - pulled all over the place, mostly down to West Broms pace, >> and our positional sense. I thought Janson was pretty average, although the >> twisted ankle prob didn’t help. >> >> Goalie - I’ve seen a fair amount of stick for him, and whilst he’s not the >> greatest, I do think he should expect defenders to try and block shots. >> >> Anyway, we now know that on their day there are teams around who’ll whup >> us. It’s been coming. >> >> No need for panic, but food for thought for Bielsa! >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On 10 Nov 2018, at 19:34, seanscribe--- via Leedslist < >> leedslist@gn.apc.org> wrote: >>> >>> I can't understand why Clarke isn't in the squad. Frankly, I'd be >> starting him. Every time I've seen him he's made things happen in a way >> that Harrison doesn't. >>> I also thought (as I did often last season) that we got outmuscled far >> too easily, far too frequently today. >>> Sean >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Richard Walker via Leedslist <leedslist@gn.apc.org> >>> To: Robert Heath <heathpalai...@gmail.com> >>> Cc: leedslist <leedslist@gn.apc.org> >>> Sent: Sat, Nov 10, 2018 2:27 pm >>> Subject: Re: [LU] Fixture list unkind >>> >>> 3 main things from this debacle for me: >>> >>> Dallas as a right back - do me a favour. Surely Lewie Coyle or >> Shackleton are better options. >>> >>> Roofe on his own up front - not a good enough option and to be honest >> Roofe isn’t good enough for me for a promotion chasing team. >>> >>> Philips - total luxury extra defender. I said it last week he will >> struggle against teams with pace. Another average championship player. >>> >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On 10 Nov 2018, at 07:26, Robert Heath <heathpalai...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> While we face a tough trip to The Hawthorns, all 6 teams below us have >> home >>>> games...........5 of them easy ones (on paper, but this is the >> Championship >>>> aka The Weirdest League in the World.) Sheff Weds did their bit last >> night, >>>> but what chance Wigan, Villa, Stoke & Millwall managing to do the same? >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________________ 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
