I have always been a firm believer in the adage that "You make your own luck." From what I have seen and heard, Bielsa is also an adherent. He clearly believes that if we keep playing the "right" way, keep swarming over the opponents and making our overloads and delivering the ball into the danger area, then the rewards (goals) will come. They may not arrive in any one particular match, or even in a few consecutive matches (as is happening at the moment), but over a series of, say, 46 matches, more goals will arrive than would result from say lumping the ball aimlessly into the box.
I absolutely agree with that analysis, on a logical and theoretical level. But on an emotional level, I am screaming WHEN WILL OUR BLOODY LUCK TURN?????!!!! Contrast how hard we have worked, and how well we have played, to chisel out our last 2 goals (v WBA & M/wall) with bloody Derby Bastard County. They got the 2 jammiest goals ever v Luton on Saturday. Luck which they certainly didn't "make." We did get a few "lucky" goals last season (Roofe's handball v Forest and a Rotherham keeper error giving Roofe a 6 inch tap-in are two I recall.............but going back to my thesis, they were lucky goals we "made" by pressurising and constantly attacking opponents, unlike the undeserved lucky goals Derby got.) So what am I saying? Let's keep faith in Bielsa, and trust that soon enough our luck will turn. SURELY???!!!! _______________________________________________ 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
