> >Well that was drab, joyless and ultimately pointless. That’s what the Sleaford Mods will do to you ;-)
I think it was Ayling, and not Dallas, who let Maupay drift off him, only to see him tap the ball in and ‘discover’ he was 5 yards away! Crap defending - caused in no small part by Ayling pretending he was a centre-half? Should have stayed on the man, rather than fill space. Can’t disagree with much else though. I’m a big fan of Struijk, but yesterday he was rubbish - awful passes, but even worse was seeing him static for periods just watching the game around him - I agree he should be in at centre half. Alioski - there’s no doubt that when we are firing then the Harrison/Alioski left looks great, but there is also no doubt Alioski is a poor left back, and he gives the ball away in terrible places. He has some kind of mascot value, in a crazy, gee-everyone-up way, but he needs a rest from first team action. Fortunately, the league table looks ok still, but teams below us are starting to win games, so a quick return to picking up points would be very welcome indeed! Sent from my iPad > On 17 Jan 2021, at 11:49, Nick <n...@6haroldplace.co.uk> wrote: > > Well that was drab, joyless and ultimately pointless. it may be that this > “almost” three weeks off for most of the mainstays of the first team, one way > or another, will give them the rest they need. Because the lot of them need > recharging: passes going short, or astray; no movement to give targets to the > man with the ball; more long balls than I can remember under MB; poor > control; poor tracking back… > > I understand Brighton had 3 or 4 CHalfs in their starting 11, including Ben > White in midfield. He had a good first half. I got nostalgic for a while > there. > > Their goal…Dallas (nominally our right back) was the man with runner into the > box…when he crossed to the back post there was a bloke, unmarked, where our > right back should have been. Amateur stuff. They did almost score again > minutes later when someone else drifted in unchallenged from the right wing > and cannoned a shot off Ayling onto the bar. > > The nearest we came was either Rodrigo just failing to get to Alioski’s cross > after 5 minutes or the chance the Harrison blazed wide in the second half, > when he should be hitting the target on his good foot. > > I don’t like Casilla but we had little choice I guess - and to be fair he had > almost nothing to do. > > Dallas - put the effort in, a few nice give and goes down the wing, but they > all ended up in dead ends. > Ayling - the pick of the defence > Cooper - surely only getting a game while the other CHalfs get fit. > Alioski - a car crash in defence > > Struijk - proves that he is not yet a replacement for Philips…far from it…I > would be inclined to play him at Half instead of Cooper. > > Klich - again loads of running and no end product - worryingly off the pace > and marginal for several games > Harrison, Rodrigo, Raphinha - peripheral…occasional flashes, but no sustained > threat > > Bamford - think he had about 3 touches in their penalty area. > > We did look a little more focussed on track when Hernandez, Poveda and > Roberts went on... > > We need a re-set. I’m glad the Southampton game is postponed. > > Nick > > (PS: SM album is well worth £7.99) > _______________________________________________ > 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...
