Probably was me. I went for a pint in The Grove to escape a shower. You can’t miss a lanky twat like me. :)
On Sat, 10 Aug 2019 at 20:00, Richard walker via Leedslist < leedslist@gn.apc.org> wrote: > Bielsa said after the match that we’d created 10 clear chances to win the > game and that should have been enough. He’s right but how many times have > we heard him say that since he arrived? It’s becoming almost as frequent as > Simon Grayson saying ‘we put a shift in today’. > > Time and time again we got into goal scoring positions but due to the lack > of quality of the final ball, which seemed at times to gravitate towards a > red shirt, we failed to trouble the keeper. Jack Harrison was the main > culprit. Yes he got himself into some great positions and made some great > runs but time and time again he failed to find a white shirt. This got > worse in the second half when you almost expected him to mess up when > played in by yet another great cross field ball. Great things are expected > of Harrison this season but on this showing he is struggling to live up to > the pre-season hype. > > Forest offered little in the first half and looked like they’d come for a > point by sitting deep and making it difficult for us. At times, our play > was laboured and we struggled to get the ball moving through midfield. The > passing around at the back was laboured and whilst this seems like taking > control away from home it looks like a team lacking ideas when we’re doing > it for 5 minutes at home. > > The main problem as I saw it was that Philips, Klich and Forshaw are all > too similar and none were making runs which meant the only options to move > the ball forward were long cross field balls to Harrison or down the right > with Hernandez and Dallas. Luckily both those options were good for us. > > Second half I thought Forest improved as they realised we were toothless > and they could actually hurt us. They were a bit unlucky for our goal as > the Forest man’s tackle ricocheted to Hernandez who placed it past the > keeper. > > Forest then brought Ameobi on they give it a go. Ameobi was fast and > direct and we struggled to contain him. One of those runs resulted in the > corner from which they scored. Forest were only going to score from a set > piece or long throw but you sort of knew it was inevitable. From the NE > upper it was hard to see what happened for the goal so I’ll wait for > someone who saw it on the tv to tell me whether it was a defensive fuck up > or unlucky. It just looked like we failed to clear. > > We huffed and puffed at the end and Costa showed us he should have come on > 29 minutes earlier - bad mistake from Bielsa. Klich was out on his feet > after 60 minutes. Allioski replaced the ineffective Harrison but he looked > ring rusty and failed to make an impact. Surely Jack Clarke on the left > wing would have been the better option ? What’s the point of having him > back on loan ? > > Overall, we should have won, but we didn’t and we need to be better if > we’re expecting promotion this season. Forest were a big physical team that > made it hard for us. They offered little but in a way they did a job on us. > > Kiko - 5. Had literally nothing to do other than pick the ball out of the > back of the net. His kicking was dodgy today. > > Dallas - 8. I thought he was arguably our best player today. His forward > running is direct and opens things up. I thought he also defended well. > > Douglas - 6. Did ok, got forward first half and nearly got himself in a > goal scoring position only to be denied by a great Forest tackle. Tired > second half. > > White - 7. Generally sound but he had one or 2 moments where he came off > 2nd best. Still decent for a new centre back. think he reads the game well. > > Cooper - 8. I thought he defended very well and some of his cross field > balls were very effective. His challenge in the 2nd half when Forest were > attacking was top drawer. Took ball and man. Great stuff. > > Phillips - 6. Didn’t do anything wrong. Some great passes and some duff > passes into space. Always available and always working hard but at times > he’s so pedestrian it’s untrue. There’s no way this lad is a premiership > footballer but he’s doing ok. > > Forshaw - 7. I thought he was our best midfielder today. Never spectacular > but there was a spell in the 2nd half where he just kept us together > through harrying and winning the ball. Ultimately I think him , Philips and > Klich are too similar to play together at home (maybe away is better). > > Klich - 4. I’m worried about Klich. There’s no doubts that he is not the > same player we saw scoring all those goals in the first half of last > season. We saw a steady decline last season and this seems to have > continued in the first 2 games. Watching him today he’s playing almost as a > 2nd striker and plays as advanced as Bamford. He rarely comes deep for the > ball like he used to. Have us legs gone a bit ? He was out on his feet 2nd > half, almost dragging his legs around the pitch and I was really surprised > that Bielsa left him on that long. Worrying. > > Hernandez - 7. Not himself today despite scoring a goal and looking > threatening at times in the right in the first half. I don’t like him > playing on the right wing and I’d rather he was moved central leaving the > wings for Clarke and Costa. His passing as always was inconsistent. > > Harrison - 4. I’ve already wrote about him. I’m sure he’ll have other days > when he gets into the positions he did today where he either scores or > assists but today just wasn’t his day. > > Bamford - 6. Worked tirelessly and had 2 great chances to score. He went > close with both , one hit the bar and the other a yard wide after he’d > excellently controlled and then lobbed the keeper. I’m not sure this role > suits him as he’s asked to do a lot of running and battling. That’s not his > game. What happened to 2 strikers up front ? Why do we seem to accept > playing one lone striker at home ? Doesn’t make sense to me. Play Eddie > alongside him. > > Subs : > > Allioski - struggled to make an impact. > > Costa - looked threatening. Should start next game. > > Bielsa - I thought he got it wrong today - tactics and subs. > > Undefeated. Time for wine. > > Jim Moran - I was in Scabby Taps after the game and saw someone who looked > like your Twitter profile crossing the road. Was it you ? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
