Sean That’s where I am right now… it’s clear JM has made mistakes, he is not blameless for our current position, but he also did ok in the first few games of the season (and at the end of last season!).
We should not have short memories because we are on a poor run. We need to give JM at least until the January window… if we haven’t won another game by then, then I might also be in the JM out camp. But until then we need to be patient. Sent from my iPad > On 23 Oct 2022, at 01:30, seanscr...@aol.com wrote: > > > Dave, > > It's absolutely NOT Marsch's fault "that we have no left back worthy of a > first team place and are still relying on an unfit Bamford or a failed > Rodrigo up top." Just a reminder to all the Marsch-haters (and closet > anti-Americans): Our useless left-back Junior Firpo, our failure of a > record-breaking signing Rodrigo and our injury-prone penalty-missing > centre-forward Bamford were ALL signings approved by, and signed during the > reign of, Marcelo Bielsa. Just about every Leeds United supporter and Leeds > United beat reporter (Phil Hay, Graham Smyth, James Marshment, etc.) was > saying all summer transfer window that we needed a reliable goalscoring > striker and a left-back. The club has even acknowledged trying to sign CDK > and Gapko (before the desperation purchase of Gnonto on the last day of the > window). There's no evidence that (unlike some recent managers) Marsch was > insisting on having a tiny squad, let along telling the board not to buy a > centre-forward and a left-back. (Bear in mind also that of the four players > who can play in that position, three - Dallas, Struijk and Hjelde - are > injured/recovering from an appendectomy. On current form I would put Firpo > behind all three on the "depth chart" in that position.) > > It's reasonable to cast a harsh light on Marsch for his team selection versus > Leicester, the tactics and the lack of a Plan B (hmmm, where have we heard > that before?), but it's completely unfair to blame him for big money > purchases that the club failed to make in the window. > > I continue to believe that if just a couple of the turning points in recent > matches (e.g. the ref's failure to send off Saliba for his pull-back on > Bamford; the missed penalty versus Arsenal, etc.) had gone our way, we'd be > having a totally different conversation. But I also realize that it's got to > go our way soon or not at all (for Jesse). > > On the plus side, how long before Mateo Joseph and Sonny Perkins are ready to > step up a level? Joseph just scored his third hat-trick in eight league games > for our top-of-the-table unbeaten Under-21s. > > Cheers! > > Sean > > > -----Original Message----- > From: nattan--- via Leedslist <leedslist@gn.apc.org> > To: Robert Heath <heathpalai...@gmail.com>; Alec McQueen <alec...@gmail.com> > Cc: Leeds List 2010 <leedslist@gn.apc.org> > Sent: Sat, Oct 22, 2022 5:51 am > Subject: Re: [LU] Last 7 games > > I get what you are saying and you do have a point. It is not JMs fault that v > Arsenal Rodrigo gave away a goal and that Bamford missed a penalty. Equally > individual errors ( Roca this week, Cooper v Palace, Llorente nightmare v > Brentford) have cost us other games/ points and that is down to the players > BUT some errors are down to the system, we are so easy to play against- fire > a ball over midfield into the corner and you create chances , - that is the > manager's fault. Equally the fact that we have no left back worthy of a > first team place and are still relying on an unfit Bamford or a failed > Rodrigo up top is his fault > Even when it works well our lack of a cutting edge means we get nothing when > we are on top in a match and our soft underbelly means our opponents always > have a chance. > We have had on paper a reasonably easy run of fixtures- only Arsenal and > Chelsea of top 5 clubs and played all the bottom clubs. Things are looking > dodgy > Do I want him sacked ? No , I want him to put a run of good results together > and get us up the table and build on it , but I really cant see that > happening. > I will be cheering him and the team on on Sunday but I expect the first of > the Marsch out chants if we go behind ( oddly last match we were discussing > who was the last manager who got the " out" chants. Never happened to Bielsa, > Heckingbottom sacked before we had chance, ditto Christensen, Monk we > wanted to stay, Evans was unpopular but crowd never turned, Rosler, milanic > , hockaday all too short lived, Redders popular, same generally with > McDermott, so did we chant Warnock out ? If not it would be Grayson, dont > recall chants, so McAllister is the last one I can remember for sure getting > the " out " chant ? Personally the last (?only) one I chanted about was > Adamson, to the extent that if anyone says Adamson I say at ,east in my head > "out" > > Tricky times at ER > > > Dave On Friday, 21 October 2022, 21:00:09 BST, Alec McQueen > <alec...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think we are being harsh on Marsch. He is trying to mould a new team, a new > squad, a new playing style… I think it is clear to see that he is not yet > happy with what is happening on the pitch… we need to give this guy a chance. > The team has shown glimpses of what it is capable of, our problem seems to be > consistency and Plan Bs if Plan A isn’t working. > wha > I am not saying I think JM will come good and all will be well, I also have > my serious doubts, but I think 10 games into the season is too early to be > throwing out the coach and starting again. And it is not all JM’s fault… we > clearly needed a proven striker and a left back and we didn’t get them. > > Sent from my iPad > > > On 21 Oct 2022, at 22:33, Robert Heath <heathpalai...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Yeah, but to be fair to marsch (which I am not that inclined to be, > > but..........) several of those "Ls" under Bielsa were 0-6, 0-7, 0-4 etc. > > > >> On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 10:44 AM John Lee via Leedslist < > >> leedslist@gn.apc.org> wrote: > >> > >> Bielsa’s last 7 games in charge = WLDLLLL (4 points) > >> > >> Marsch’s last 7 games in charge = LDLDLLL (2 points) > >> > >> Just copied from another site! > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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! > _______________________________________________ > 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!
