Nice report Dave. Yes - for me the best performance of the season, and definitely the best result. It was, as you say, "Bielsa-ball" at its best!
I loved the unselfishness of Bamford's pass to Harrison- not many strikers would have done that! Bamford's interview at the end was class too. He was my MoM. Ted H On Mon, 1 Feb 2021 at 14:18, nattan--- via Leedslist <leedslist@gn.apc.org> wrote: > Like, most fans, including the square ball lads , I did not expect any > points from this game. Like them a return of 3 from the 3 games ( > Leicester, Everton and Palace, with Palace perhaps the most important) > would be decent , so to get such a great win is brilliant. We started well > and it was against the run of play, albeit not unexpected, when they > opened us up through the middle and took the leadUp went the " Leicester > have won 10 out of 10 when they score first" statistic- oh dear here we go > again But, as so often under Bielsa and with this group of average players > who always give it 100% and who play on whatever the situation, we showed > that belief, team ethic, a settled way of playing, and effort can go a > long way.Ayling, caught out for their goal, intercepted a pass and then > did what he does, carryingnthe ball forward, playing an easy ball to > Bamford who laid it into the path of the onrushing Dallas ( Leeds born and > bred in northern Ireland) who finished with a style we would not have > believed possible from him pre Bielsa. H really has stepped up his game > again this season We had other chances to go ahead, Harrison, Raphinha , > and Bamford all thwarted by schmeichel ( the offside decision v Klich would > have been more contentious if the header from Bamford had gone in) Unlike > the square ball lads I thought Bamford was ha ing a good game, holding the > ball up etcSo 1 1 at half time , the main concerns were we had no made our > dominance count, and would they be better second half?Both these looked to > be the case early doors as we struggled with their change of formation but > we pretty much kept them at bay with no real chances.Then Struik, having a > good game at CH , made a great interception and fed Raph who again showed > his quality with a lovely quick ball to Bamford who let it roll across his > body and blasted homeThey stepped it up and created a few long range > chances but we stood firm, Meslier again impressing, then cam a typical > Leeds breakaway goal, lovely play by Dallas after a headed clearance by > Struik, a ball down the wing to Klich, who showed skill and vision with a > tremendous ball to Bamford who was sprinting forward (MOTD 2) showed he ran > 92yards at full pelt. Would he beat Schmeichel 1 v 1 ? We will never know > because Harrison ( and just behind) Costa had also run from one area to the > other in the 85th minute. Bamford picked his pass and Harrison put it in > the empty net - Bielsaball at it's best, and I LOVE ITCooper even managed > to make a crunching tackle, of the type rarely seen these days.So a great > performance and a better result as we get e ver closer to the 35-38 points > we need for safetyEvery player excelled ( bar Costa who was not on long) as > we finished the game ( and scored our 3rd) with all eleven players , > players who were in our championship team last year > A great day > Dave > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > Rest in Peace Guy, and wear your hat! _______________________________________________ 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/ Rest in Peace Guy, and wear your hat!
