I'm not going to rise to the bait............but I will say that it is interesting that our two worst performances of the season have come against Brighton. (And, having watched a lot of their games so that I could check up on Mr. Rolls Royce Ben White I can also say that Brighton's best two performances of the season were against us.) I wonder if that is just a coincidence or a combination of good management by Potter (I was too depressed to pay much attention to the post-match guff but I think I heard that Harrison made a comment that B/ton were "difficult to play against"), the absence of Phillips for both matches, and the Sussex jinx (which seems to have been added to the London one.)
I must confess that I did not know the stat which I heard mentioned during the game to the effect that B/ton had won something like 9 games in a row against us. They are such a piddly little club, I hadn't noticed........but I now officially hate them (although I already did b/c they wouldn't let us have Ben.) On Sun, May 2, 2021 at 10:09 AM John Lee via Leedslist <leedslist@gn.apc.org> wrote: > Agree re Bamford - nonsensical when we needed to score, and Rodrigo has > proved time and again he is not suited to being a lone striker. Sometimes > Bielsa’s stubbornness is legendary? > > As for Roberts, whilst occasionally seeing some touches which indicate a > footballer lurks within, his utter lack of conviction, especially re > scoring, usually makes me wonder why he’s on the pitch? > > At the end of last night I’d pretty much convinced myself Bielsa will go - > this team will need medium level surgery during the summer, yet he still > thinks bringing Pablo on was the way to go? I doubt he can do much more > with this bunch? > > Sent from my iPad > > > On 1 May 2021, at 19:40, "n...@6haroldplace.co.uk" < > n...@6haroldplace.co.uk> wrote: > > > > Hard to disagree with any of that John. Are we really so dependent on KP > and Raph? > > > > We didn’t get started today. No movement for the man with the ball...so > anything we tried was always from a standing start. Just as well there’s a > SM boycott. > > > > The subbing of Bamford was one of the strangest decisions...he’d only > had about 5 touches most of which were him tackling back. And > Roberts...well, I just don’t see it...he does some great stuff, but as soon > as he does it, you’re waiting for the cock-up. > > > > Nick > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > >> On 1 May 2021, at 17:45, John Lee via Leedslist <leedslist@gn.apc.org> > wrote: > >> > >> Jeez, what a terrible performance - credit to Brighton for pretty much > playing us off the pitch - thank God they don’t have a decent forward! > >> > >> Our man of the match - easier to start at the other end - Alioski was > shockingly poor, gave away a stupid penalty, and his substitution was his > best move of the day. That said, I don’t think he was our worst full back - > step forward Luke Ayling, and try not to fall over as you do! Really > pitiful defending, 4 times she fell over and the ref, rightly, played on, > and he’s provided a perfect opportunity to give Drameh a run out in the > next game. > >> > >> Next category - our invisible man of the match - much more competition > for this ‘award’ - Roberts, Klick, Rodrigo - I know the past few games we > have played pretty much the same team and got results, but there are times > when our players limitations are there for all to see! > >> > >> I thought the central back 3 did ok, but there was some major-league > fannying around with the ball, and some inexplicably tight ball-play from > Meslier. > >> > >> I know my opinion is worth zilch, but if you are going to involve the > Under 23s in the squad, you actually have to start playing them, rather > than bringing on a 53 year old ;-) > >> > >> Bad day, could have played all day and not scored - oh, and the crosses > and corners - ffs! > >> > >> At least 4 new players required - at least! > >> > >> Depressed of Ktown > >> & I know it’s been a great season, but..... > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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! _______________________________________________ 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!
