Kevin, I tend to agree. But I am also concerned that we are not scoring from set-pieces. For a manager who supposedly likes to leave as little as possible to chance, I find Bielsa's approach to set-pieces baffling: CORNERS As you noted, we don't have any dominant aerial threats in the team. Nonetheless under Bielsa our corners seem to involve little more than lumping it into a crowded penalty area and hoping someone in white (or "platinum") gets his head to the ball. On the rare occasions this actually happens, it's usually Liam Cooper who always manages to head just wide or just over the bar. I do not understand why we don't work our corner routines to have Clarke/Costa/Hernandez/Shackleton driving along the end line towards the penalty area, forcing the opposition to tackle him in the box or allowing him to cut the ball back to a Leeds player in a scoring position. Clarke in particular has shown an ability to dribble past challenges in that situation. Our chances of scoring or winning a penalty would be much higher than the current approach, in my opinion. FREE KICKS Wasn't the word on Douglas when he arrived that he was some sort of free kick specialist? Has he scored a single goal for us from a free kick? Again, just like with corners, there's little evidence that any preparation goes into our free kicks. PENALTIES For the first two-thirds of last season I raged at the number of clear penalties referees were denying us. For the last third of the season I bit my tongue, as we repeatedly missed the penalties we were given. Again, this is something that a world-class coach ought to be able teach. Cheers! Sean
-----Original Message----- From: Kevin Lewis (UK SBS) <kevin.le...@uksbs.co.uk> To: Leeds List (leedslist@gn.apc.org) <leedslist@gn.apc.org> Sent: Mon, Aug 12, 2019 4:18 am Subject: [LU] Conceding from set-pieces I know it is the way Bielsa wants to play, it looks good and contributes to dominating possession, but - Having 2 Center Back barely 6ft tall and the back up players only 5ft 10 meand we are very vulnerable. From time-to-time all teams need to see out games where they have a narrow lead, having not scored the goals their domination has earned. It is why Van Dijk made such a difference to Liverpool and Scum needed Maguire. I just don't see Leeds having that capability with the current crop of Centre Backs. I think it will cost a top 2 place more than any other factor. KOT. ____________________________________________________________ UK Shared Business Services Ltd. Registered in England and Wales as a limited company. Company number 6330639. Registered Office: Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, Wiltshire SN2 1FF. This email and any attachments are intended for the named addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify UK SBS immediately and do not disclose, distribute, or retain this email or any part of it. While UK SBS has taken every reasonable precaution to minimise risk of this e-mail or any attachments containing viruses, the recipient should carry out its own virus checks before opening the attachments. The Company does not accept any liability for any losses or damages which the recipient may sustain due to presence of any viruses. Any opinions expressed in this email (including attachments) are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the company's opinions. We will not accept responsibility for any commitments made by our employees outside the scope of our business. The Company reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through their networks for the purposes of preventing and detecting crime. ____________________________________________________________ This message has been scanned by the iCritical Email Security Service. For more information please visit http://www.icritical.com ____________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ 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
