Only one thing to disagree with here, and one thing that's missing. The disagreement is the 5 for Bamford, which is a bit harsh since he scored the all-important first goal. I'm not Bamford's biggest fan, but when a center-forward criticized for not taking chances actually scores, I think he deserves more than 5 out of 10. Bamford's also key to the incident that I was surprised neither you nor Dave mentioned in your match reports, which was the ref's inexcusable failure to send off the Blackburn keeper after he'd taken out Bamford. If the ref had done his job, Blackburn would have been down to ten men and we might have scored one or two more (with goal difference threatening to be important this season). The ref's lucky that the decision didn't affect the points, otherwise there'd have been much more heard about it, I suspect. Cheers! Sean
-----Original Message----- From: Richard Walker via Leedslist <leedslist@gn.apc.org> To: leeds list leedslist@gn.apc.org <leedslist@gn.apc.org> Sent: Sun, Jul 5, 2020 5:18 am Subject: [LU] Blackburn First 30 minutes was the most open game Leeds have been involved in this season and it really could have gone either way. They hit the post and had really good opportunites that they should have put away. But once we scored through some brilliant harrying from Klich there was only going to be one winer. Blackburn put everything into that first 45 minutes and as a result had little to offer in the 2nd half apart from one spectacular free kick, which was never a free kick in the first place, Philips was just trying to get out of the way. Our fitness levels are top notch and with 10 minutes to go rather than just hanging on for the win we continually pushed forward in wave after wave and really should have doubed out total. Even Douglas was crossing in the area late on. For me, this was by far our best performance since the restart and I think it's a performance that tips the momentum our way again. I think playing without Costa gave us a more solid look and maybe playing with Harrison and Costa together is too much of luxury. Meslier (silent S apparently) - 7. I thought he did well throughout. I worry about their goal as he his completely reliant on the wall when he stands that far left of the goal. It invites the taker to put it in top right corner and when he did, Meslier didn't even move. Compare that to Philips, at least their keeper was able to get across and make an effort, Ayling - 8. Bac kto his best, some good defence work and did well getting forward too. Douglas - 7. Arguably his best game for Leeds. Still unsure about his defensive abilities. Cooper - 8. Solid. White - 9. Man of the match for me. Commanding with and without the ball. Luton was a blip. Allioski - 7. I thought he was busy and really worked hard. Could have had a couple himself if he had a brain when it comes to keeping on side. Klich - 9. I thought this was Klich at his best. His energy levels and work rate in that foirst half were incredible but more importantly he was creating chances and mking things happen. Glad he got his goal. Phillips - 8. Much better from Kalvin. His free kick was top drawer an hopefully we'll see more of these now he's bagged one. I thought he linked up the midfield well and worked hard. Harrison - 7. Not as involved as usual but certainly had his moment. Bamford - 5. I thought he was poor whether it was keeping onside or playing a simple pass straight to the opposition. Yes he got his goal and hit the post with two side footed shots but he needs to push on. Roberts - 5. Didn't do much. Subs: Hernandez - lively as always Shack - came on and looked lively, I like Shack. So on to Stoke, Thursday at 5pm , how fecking stupid is that ? _______________________________________________ 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/ Dorigo's Right Buttock... _______________________________________________ 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/ Dorigo's Right Buttock...
