Agree, appreciate a balanced report. I also agree that Roberts hasn't stepped up, but he doesn't force Bielsa to play him and until Bamford is back or Geldhart is 100% match fit and ready to start ahead of him, he does his best, the abuse he gets on Leeds SM is awful, cheers went up when he got injured.
-----Original Message----- From: Leedslist <leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org> On Behalf Of Ted Sent: 03 January 2022 10:58 To: David Nattan <nat...@sky.com> Cc: leeds list <leedslist@gn.apc.org> Subject: Re: [LU] Dingles Good report Dave - bang on. I do feel for Roberts, his all round play and effort yesterday was really good, but his finishing was woeful. Ted H On Mon, 3 Jan 2022, 10:36 nattan--- via Leedslist, <leedslist@gn.apc.org> wrote: > HAPPY NEW YEAR and it was indeed a Happy new year as we won the game > we needed to win, and deserved it. > Firpo proved he may have something to offer, klich ( second half) > proved he is not finished, and Harrison and Ayling proved they are > getting back to the players we know. Finally Joffy proved he is a real > talent with another great cameo. He reminded me of early Alan Smith in > so much as he was a young lad not afraid to go up against the bigger > boys, and showed the opposition no respect, brilliant On the down > side Robert's proved,if further proof were needed, that he is just not > going to do it at Leeds, 2 bad misses both of which he should have > scored, a tame shot straight at the keeper and a header that he put > wide when it really was easier to score Burnley came, as expected to > shit house and time waste from minute one. > Lads near me were going apoplectic when the keeper put his towel and > drink miles away from the post, they knew it was just to waste time > later on. His time wasting was so blatant to all but the very weak > referee that the fans started counting out the seconds every time he had the > ball- 19 'seconds ' > was the longest. As I say the ref was weak, letting them, especially > Wood , push our players as the ball came over. Their equaliser came > from such a push, woods in the back of Ayling, which let the ball fall > to the other attacker who Llorente then pulled down . The wall was > badly placed and allowed his great strike to go in for an equaliser against > the run of play. > Then followed an incident that will get us into trouble ( along with > Brentford game) the Burnley players ran towards our fans giving it > large and inciting some idiot with a good arm to throw a plastic > bottle right on one of their heads. Yes stupid and indefensible but > why are players allowed to incite fans like that? Take off your shirt, > leave the field to celebrate with your own fans and you get a yellow, > but go to opposition fans ( city did the same v Arsenal with the same > result- a barrage) and give it the big one and nothing happens. Sorry > but " chat shit, get banged" as they say round here. > > Anyway back to the game, at times the Bielsa Leeds of old, some great > play, total control of the game but not many goals to show for it and > risk of losing. In addition to Robert's 2 bad misses, Raph skinned the > bar with an audacious long range shot and fired another into the side > netting , then missed a sitter second half, Firpo came close with a > clever back flick as we dominated Our first came when Harrison > dispossessed the defender, ran at the goal and fired at the keeper , > he was alert enough to then poke the rebound into the net. 1 nil at > half time. > Their goal rocked us a bit but then Klich showed he still has it, he > had a couple of crosses that led to a corner, taken short by Raph who > gave it Klich who rolled it perfectly into the path of Dallas, it was > just screaming to be hit, and Dallas did the business- a great finish. > Joffy and James had been brought on just after the equaliser and they > nearly combined for a goal, James sprinting down the wing and joffy > getting on the end of his cross but defence and keeper just did enough > to prevent a goal Then right at the end Klich won the ball and beat > another man to feed Joffy, he looked up and picked out Dan James who > bravely put his head among a flying boot, the header hit the keeper > but the spin was kind to us and went over the line 3-1 and a score > that reflected the game. > Great stuff and still without the spine of the team, Cooper, KP and > Bamford ( plus Rodrigo and Struik) Yesterday wont be enough on it's > own but it wont half help in our battle to stay up, same result v > Newcastle in our next home game and we can maybe relax just a bit So I > will finish as I began - a Happy New Year > > 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! _______________________________________________ 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!