I wonder how many would be complaining if Alioski had won a penalty and we had
gone on to win 1-0....
On Wednesday, November 28, 2018, 6:23:54 AM EST, John Lee via Leedslist
<leedslist@gn.apc.org> wrote:
Good result, but plenty of food for thought. Yes, Saiz and Clarke gave us far
more creativity, but we seemed to lose our shape more often with their
introduction, with the result that a pretty average team could easily have
nicked points from us.
Alioski - like others, I think he’s lightweight, a cheat and often under
produces, BUT the way the ball pings about on the left with him, Douglas etc is
impressive. Of course if Alioski gets to deliver the final ball it’s usually
over hit or a crap grubber. His dive was really pathetic.
Baker - I didn’t really see him do anything of note, but we did lose our shape
once he wasn’t there, so maybe he was of more use than it first appears?
BPF - one of the best penalty saves I’ve seen - he had a very solid game, and
saved 2 points, as I doubt we’d have scored again if the penalty had gone in.
Up front we were unlucky not to nick a second, but imagine if we had a Jamie
Vardy up there - we need some quality up front desperately. The Sky commentator
was wittering on about how Roofe knew he could make it at Championship level -
well that in itself is contentious, but he’s peaked and unless Bamford is a
revelation we need to address this in January.
Crowd noise - seemed like Highbury at times on tv - maybe Sky turned the volume
down. It seemed louder late on though.
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> On 28 Nov 2018, at 10:10, Matt Anderson <m...@leeds-united.net> wrote:
>
> You have to give Reading a bit of credit. 3 changes and a might as well lose
> 2-0 as 1-0
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On 28 Nov 2018, at 09:56, Scott1cairns1 <scott1cair...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Can someone explain to me why when we had our opponents, after the goal on
>> the ropes and clearly ‘punchy’ we didn’t finish them off or even try to
>> finish them off. Content to push and nurdle the ball square or backwards too
>> many years I’ve been watching Leeds defend precarious advantage. If we were
>> under pressure the whole game and scored again the ROP I could understand. I
>> thought we had turned the corner. So disappointed.
>>
>> Best regards,Scott.
>>
>>> On 28 Nov 2018, at 08:24, Nick Allen <n...@6haroldplace.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>> Agree Dave, oddly thought we looked knackered after 75 minutes.
>>>
>>>> On 28 Nov 2018, at 07:36, "nat...@sky.com" <nat...@sky.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> A lot of similarities between this game and Bristol on Saturday - both had
>>>> instantly forgettable first halves, followed by much better second half
>>>> performances by us and both 3 points and clean sheetsReading was both a
>>>> game of two halves and a game of two subs - the introduction of Siaz and
>>>> Clarke really turning this game from a turgid bore fest into a sparkling
>>>> night of entertaiment (bit of hyperbole there but not too much)
>>>> We got inside the ground just in time to hear a real cheer and an 'oooo'
>>>> from the crowd - I was told Douglas , not for the first time, had missed
>>>> with an easy header. Had that gone in it may have been a different game,
>>>> as it was Reading for the most part parked the bus and had all 11 man back
>>>> defending for most of the time with the odd worrying foray into our area
>>>> where they only created a few half chances
>>>> For us, Phillips was a make shift centre half - he did well enough but we
>>>> did miss some of his passing further up the pitch, and Baker after a good
>>>> 5 minute cameo on Saturday showed why he has barely had a game this season
>>>> as he really struggled to make any impact
>>>> Alioski with whom lots of fans are losing patience was also anonymous and
>>>> his most memorable moment was his attempt to change the 55 (or whatever it
>>>> is now) games without a penalty with a dive that was so obvious we could
>>>> tell from the Revie Stand and the ref quite rightly booked him
>>>> Bielsa knew things were not right and sent on the mercurial wizard Samu
>>>> Saiz, I love watching him play, and Jack Clarke a player with immense
>>>> potential, and it almost paid dividends in seconds as Clarke beat his man
>>>> and put a lovely ball across to Samu whose shot was going to ripple in the
>>>> back of the net but got deflected wide instead
>>>> With these two on the pitch we looked a totally different team and uppped
>>>> both our passion and work rate as Saiz pulled the strings and Clarke had
>>>> the beating of the full back
>>>> We had a few chances and then a lovely cross field pass came out to the
>>>> left where Douglas and Pablo combined - Pablo with a great cheeky back
>>>> heel and then Douglas' cross was met by Roofe who could not quite bundle
>>>> it in, but the ball rebounded off the keeper to Dallas who poked home from
>>>> a few yards out 1-0 and game over (we hoped)
>>>> We could have had a second when Roofe did everything right with his
>>>> downwards header back across the keeper but the keeper made a top class
>>>> save - real quality
>>>> We huffed and puffed a bit after that but never looked like getting the
>>>> second that would ahve put it to bed, instead a rare attack from Reading
>>>> and as the winger tried to get his cross in Douglas tangled with him - the
>>>> ref of course pointed to the spot - a silly place and an awful time to
>>>> give away a penalty
>>>> However BPF restored to the line up after injury (and sort of being
>>>> dropped) made a great save low to his right and tipped it round the post -
>>>> tremendous save from a keeper under pressure, who to be fair had a good
>>>> night. He showed he is good enough at this level but needs to cut out the
>>>> mistakes. Some have said he has cost us points this season, well he saved
>>>> us 2 last night
>>>> A real headache going forward for Bielsa now - Saiz and Clarke both showed
>>>> what we are lacking at times with guile from one and directness from the
>>>> other, and both need to get more time on the pitch
>>>> So happy enough - not great performances but two home wins in 4 days -
>>>> something we have failed to do in the past against two lower table teams
>>>> Points dropped by Norwich and Boro added to my satisfaction on the night -
>>>> onwards and upwards
>>>> Dave
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