I have to concede how average Kristensen has looked at times - Drameh must think he’ll be in with a chance, because he’s quicker and a better tackler (albeit rash at times). Kristensen looks the part, and I’m hoping they just need time to gel.
I was hacked off we only drew yesterday, but it’s another point on the board. I’m still on the fence re Marsch’s tactics. He talks a good game, and he has credit in the bank after last season, but he needs to get the fitness levels up - I know it was hot yesterday but giving maximum effort is a must. When Klich has come on in both games he’s improved the quality on the pitch, which says something? As for Bamford, he seems so fragile - we definitely need a decent forward, because there is no way Patrick will play more than a third/half the games! 4 points in the bag is ok though - hoping we can compete with Chelsea - anything from that game will be a plus. > On 14 Aug 2022, at 13:09, Greg Adams <g...@jitterbug.co.za> wrote: > > No arguments with this. Adams for me looks poor. Plenty of times he had a > second or two to control and look for a pass, but just kicked it away. He > does not seem able to make a decent pass. Runs around a lot and gets a lot > of tackles in without actually winning the ball. > > In both games Kristensen has looked suspect to quick / tricky wingers. He > also loses his man too easily. Not much of a threat going forward either for > all his stats and reputation. > > Roca is very slow. Looks to make a pass, but has not yet been able to play a > decent ball that could make a difference. He and Adams also have not been > able to shield the defence at all. > > Aaronson is the pick of the new guys. He should get better, but I'm not > overly confident that the other three will. All of them seem to be way off > playing at the speed of the PL. > > I'm still on the fence re Marsch. His tactics seem to be kick the ball long > and run around a lot, hoping the ball breaks to us in the opposition half. > At times we look like Burnley under Dyche. Also it would have been simple to > set up more defensively after going two up. He said he tried to do that, but > pulling Harrison back has never worked. He just does not defend well enough, > so no surprise that their second came from his side. > > At the moment we are getting goals solely due to the skill of the players, > but as a team we look poor. > > I'm still optimistic we'll stay up without to many problems, but Marsch has > to get the team playing much better. > > On the plus side Everton and Villa looked shit in the half that I watched, > and I there will be other teams worse than us. Southampton were useless until > we gave them hope, and even then it was more a case of us losing our > composure. > > Can't argue with the four points, but Like Rich, I worry about how we'll cope > against better sides. > > >> On 14 Aug 2022 11:51, Richard Walker via Leedslist wrote: >> My first look at the new team / players as I was watching the Wolves game on >> my phone after landing at the airport and missed a lot of the game. >> I thought it was a game of ups and downs for us with our strongest period >> being before the drinks break in the 2nd half. After the drinks break we >> seemed to stop playing with a few players looking like they were struggling >> (Roca and Adams in particular) and Marsch needed his subs on earlier. He has >> admitted to this afterwards which is fair. Very disappointing to lose a 2 >> goal league but any away point is useful. >> Overall, I think we might have played 2 of the teams who will be involved in >> a relegation battle with us so 4 out of 6 points aint bad. >> For me though, I think the tactics are suspect. I don't think our new >> recruits are doing it at the moment and although it's very early days I have >> grave concerns about Kristensen and Roca. Roca really struggled 2nd half and >> he lacks pace and looks very ordinary to me. Rasmus just looks industrial >> with no real guile to his play / defending. >> Scores: >> Meisler - 6. I thought he could have saved one of the goals >> Kristensen - 3. Contributed nothing other than a few panic clearances >> Struijk - 5. Doesn't look completely comfortable at left back but the 2nd >> goal was his (Rod knicked it) and he got through a lot of work. >> Koch - 6. Some good work >> Llorente - 6. Likewise but desperate defending at times >> Adams - 4. Looks very lightweight to me. For their first goal he just gave >> up. >> Roca - 3. Didn't contribute much after the first 25 mins. >> Aaronson - 7. Lively without threatening. >> Rodrigo - 7. Poor first half but then came alive. >> Bamford - 3. injured again >> Harrison - 7. I thought he was our best player throughout. >> Subs: >> Klich - looked lively again off the bench. >> Sinisterra - also lively >> >> >> Unbeaten in 2 but I think we'll get tonked by any of the top 6 teams. 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