The second problem (the first one being giving the ball away cheaply) is that, as soon as we appear to have it under control at the back, our midfield and forwards push up - good for swift attacks - but it means we are thin on the ground, and if we give it away the midfield has 15 metres to get back quickly, so if no one in defence holds them up…they’re in. Both those goals yesterday the Cardiff players had so much room, it was untrue.
But in fact, we are slightly closer to automatic promotion after that w/e, because the gap is the same but the number of games in less…silver linings. Nick > On 22 Jun 2020, at 17:01, Nicholas Armit via Leedslist <leedslist@gn.apc.org> > wrote: > > Miesler - 3Ayling - 3Dallas - 6Cooper - 4White -6Philips - 2Harrison - > 2Bamford - 2Roberts - 2 Costa - 2Klich - 3 > > Meslier - bit unfair he had nothing to do and could do nothing on either > shot. Literally a passenger. > Harrison - Yes he did hit the first man a few times but he also put in some > good balls in the right areas but Bamford is making weird runs or Roberts is > outside the box. > Klich - He was poor...and got annoying as the game went on as he got pissy > rather than trying to turn the games around. > Phillips - the hero-worship needs to stop. He is a good player, but > international midfielder? God no.... And once he lost the ball he just > strolled back. > Pablo - had the worst game of all. WTF is he getting injured for. We missed > him badly. > I think we just needed to play a bit quicker which we do when we are at our > best. It was all a bit lethargic. Cardiff just had to sit back really (but > even then we should have scored from Harrison if Bamford had not got in the > way.) I also think we should have had at least one penalty for the push on > Costa first-half. > Nick > On Monday, June 22, 2020, 09:36:20 AM EDT, Richard Walker via Leedslist > <leedslist@gn.apc.org> wrote: > > I was pretty disappointed with our performance and despite having our usual > 70% of possession I don't think we would have scored if we were still playing > now. All our forward players were powder puff: > Bamford just continued where he left off, a player who plays on the periphery > of the game but when he does get involved he fucks up. He's now added > clearances for the opposition defence to his game. What a player. > Costa started on the wing again and he got into some good positions but his > final ball is non-existant and he looks like he's shooting through treacle. > He moved into the centre second half and again saw a lot of the ball but he > failed to do anything constructive with it. I keep saying to myself that he's > a good player and will come good eventually but maybe I'm wrong and he is > actually shit ? > Harrison - after listening to the Don Goodman banging on about how he's > impoved this season, Harrison treated us to a performance that was worse than > some of the drivel he served up last season. Time and time again his cross > never managed to beat the first blue shirt. Very frustrating. > Roberts - he's having a laugh. A couple of fancy foot juggles doesn't > represent a good performance. He never got a hold of the game and in the end > was just a passenger. I'd play him up front instead of Bamford and play Gotts > or Shack in midfield in the absence of Pablo. But that might not fit with > Bielsa's rigid master plan. > The others were equally poor with a special mention for Philips who looked > flat footed and clueless. His freekicks and corners were terrible and he > plodded around the pitch like he'd spent the last 3 months on his arse > watching Netflix. Maybe he has ? > The passing around the back is frustrating at the best of times but when it's > being done by players who are unable to pass a 10ft pass to team mate > (Cooper) then it's gonna put you on the back foot. > Finally, the young keeper. He didn't have much to do other than pick the ball > out of the net twice but he's not inspiring me with confidence. > Got to do better next Sat .... > Miesler - 3Ayling - 3Dallas - 6Cooper - 4White -6Philips - 2Harrison - > 2Bamford - 2Roberts - 2 Costa - 2Klich - 3 > > Subs: Can't remember a single contribution by any of them other than Allioski > shot into Row Z. > p.s. doesn't it piss you off to hear Don Goodman and Mick McCarthy bang on > about how good we are, how well we are playing and how unlucky we are. It's > nonsense. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Norman MOT > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Norman MOT _______________________________________________ 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 Norman MOT
