Agree Nick, it is strange. He was inspirational against Scum and there was general agreement that he was back and deserved the captain’s armband but in recent weeks it’s all gone wrong. He looks slow and looks like he’s really struggling to get a grip on games. Having said that he put some real desperate challenges in last night which did win us the ball back. Maybe he’s got a knock ?
Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Wednesday, April 5, 2023, 5:34 pm, Nicholas Armit via Leedslist <leedslist@gn.apc.org> wrote: He was excellent against Scum in both games though. Strange. Nick Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Wednesday, April 5, 2023, 12:05 PM, Neil Hackett <nhacks...@hotmail.com> wrote: Agree that Ayling is a big worry. I love him but he is being targeted. For about a month teams have been sending a diagonal ball over him knowing the winger will beat him to it. It also appeared on TV that Forest were happy for him to receive the ball as we passed out from the back; once he received a pass they closed quickly and he was turning it over a lot. Both wingers were very good, not sure Gnonto has a way back into the starting line up yet. ________________________________ From: Leedslist <leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org> on behalf of Nick <n...@6haroldplace.co.uk> Sent: April 5, 2023 5:28 AM To: Leeds List 2010 <leedslist@gn.apc.org> Subject: [LU] Fwd: Forest Agree with both of these… I think we’ve seen 2 of the 3 that will go down at ER recently - Southampton and Forest - hard to pick who was worse. Most impressed yesterday with McKennie - he was throwing those challenges in and using the ball well. Harrison and Sinisterra (and Gnonto, and Sommerville) using the width of the park, just demonstrate what a nonsense Marsch’s narrow formation was. Ayling had a shocking first half against a poor strike force - its a worry. Bamford is doing that infuriating thing he - fluffs chances, both for himself and also when he has the ball and teammates in good positions - but, the way he works the central defenders and pulls them all over the shop is second to none. I did think that Rodrigo should have come on for him after 65 or so, to rest up Bamford and let our leading scorer have a go at such a weak defence. Looking forward to seeing Wober back soon, too. 3 points at the w/e and the world looks very different. Nick > Begin forwarded message: > > From: nattan--- via Leedslist <leedslist@gn.apc.org> > Subject: Re: [LU] Forest > Date: 5 April 2023 at 10:13:34 BST > To: leeds list <leedslist@gn.apc.org> > Reply-To: "nat...@sky.com" <nat...@sky.com> > > When the first message on my WhatsApp this morning is from my son saying " > spring in my step and a song in my heart" you know all is right with the > world for a bit because Leeds have won > It was a comfortable victory really against a team who offered very little. > If we are looking for 3 teams worse than us, forest have to be one. > Pre match stats had us worried- they had only scored 4 all season we had won > every game when we started in the bottom 3 - cue them winning and scoring 5 > goals inc a worldie from someone who has not scored for 3 years > Thankfully that did not happen ( although their goal was his first in the > Prem) > I agree with what Rich has written below. > We struggled a bit to start with - they hit the post from a corner then > carved us open, what was Ayling and then Sinisterra doing? However we dug in > , the crowd stayed behind the team ( as Rich says it included a good tribute > ) and there was an air of confidence around ER . > Our goals were good, lovely move ended with Mckennie shovelling a pass to > Roca, his shot was parried to the lively Harrison who lashed home. Then just > before half time Sinisterra danced his way through tying a defender in knots > before curling in a beauty. > Second half we continued to dominate and were first to everything. Roca > having a stormer, like many I have wondered about him but last night he was > excellent , as was the much maligned Firpo who linked up well with Sinisterra > but also made one brilliant goal saving tackle. Sinisterra showed what we > have been missing, coming very close with another curling effort, and > everyone else played their part. Struik looked commanding at the back, > Harrison was at his best and Bamford worked his socks off. > A great victory and with Bournemouth and Leicester losing a quick glance at > the table puts a smile on your face - 13th. A closer look is not so great, > just 2 points above the relegation line, but last night was job done for the > first bit , now we need to build on it by beating Palace on Sunday. > Under Marsch we looked like a team going down, under Javi we look like a team > with a fighting chance of staying up. It is our hands . > Dave > On Wednesday, 5 April 2023 at 09:41:41 BST, Richard Walker via Leedslist ><leedslist@gn.apc.org> wrote: > > "The scabs are going down" sang the South Stand and yes they most definitely > are. This game reminded me of playing against a lower championship league > team, in that we had so much space all over the park and created chance after > chance after chance. Sini and Jack looked resembled Messi as they danced > their way past the Forest players and in midfield, Roca and Mckennie had the > freedom of the park. It still didn't stop us going behind and then nearly > conceding a 2nd in the opening 15 minutes. "How shit must you be, we're > winning away" sang the scabs. Ayling looks vulnerable against a pacey Forest > winger and ti was no surprise that from one of their breaks down the left the > ball was passed to an unmarked player who slotted home with ease. Stunned > silence and I thought it could be a long night. > But to our credit, and Forest's inpetness we came back strong and started to > build attack after attack wtih Sini and Jack at the heart of everything. > There were too many chances to describe but it seemed like a constant wave of > attacks on the Forest goal without anyone having the ability to stick it in > the net. The goal eventually came from Roca's unmarked shot on the edge of > the box being parried into the path of Jack who hammered it into the net. > Then, towards the end of the half, Sini danced around a couple of Forest > defenders and side footed it into the far corner. Typical goal from him. From > then on, we really should have buried them be we fluffed chance after chance > with the final ball lacking at times. Inevitably this led to us hanging on > injury time but to be honest Forest looked toothless by then despite some > good searching long balls from Shelvey. Jimmy came on as sub and had a great > one on one chance to finish it but he put it wide. That summed up most of the > match for me. > A good win, against poor opposition and a follow upagainst Palace at the > weekend will put us in a strong position. > Scores: > I think most of these scores should have the statement - against shit > opposition added on to them. > Meslier - 6. Not sure he had much to do other than pick the ball out of the > net. > Ayling - 6. Struggled initially but he worked very hard and put some great > challenges in. > Firpo - 8. Much improved and actually did some useful defending but as with > all the performances last night I think you have to bear in mind the weak > opposition. He got forward well in the first half. > Struijk - 8. Very solid against .... > Koch - 8. Very solid against .... > Mckennie - 7. Still a bit subdued and I worry about his mobility but he did > what was needed. > Roca - 9. Man of the match for me and the first time I've seen him actually > show that he can influence a game. He worked tirelessly and put some great > tackles in combined with some fantastic long range passes. I've never doubted > that he has a nice left foot but he's lacked presence mainly due to lack of > pace/ acceleration. Last night, he had the freedom of the park and was > actually able to show us what he can do given space. My big question is can > he do it against better opposition ? I hope so. Mcphail would have had a ball > out there last night as well ! > Harrison - 8. Lively throughout. Still manages to pick out the opposition > with last ball passes with ease. > Sinisterra - 8. Fantastic first half against .... Great goal. > Aaronson - 6. Worked hard but still looked very lightweight. > Bamford - 5. Looked exactly what he is - a player who hasn't played much > football for 2 years. Worked tirelessly but his timing was off and he never > looked like scoring despite having a number of chances > Subs: > Rodrigo - 5. Looked very slow > Jimmy - 6. got booked and should have scored but he put himself about > > Great rememberance from the fans last night crowd by turning our backs for a > minute. RIP Chris and Kev. I didn't travel to Istanbul but I was sat with > people last night who were there in the square and they are still equally mad > and sad about the events that night. There was no damaging of Turkish flags, > no abusing locals, just a large mob of murdering Turks that attacked the > Leeds fans with knives. We will never forget. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I thought we played well against a very poor Forest team. I’ve never seen us > have so much space in midfield and God knows how many chances we fluffed. > Should have had them buried long before the 5 minutes of ET where. Inevitably > we were holding on. Sinistera and Harrison both looked like Messi as they > were able to dance around Forest players and even Aizlewood had a good game. > Lots of people saying ‘I told you Roca was great’ Well I never doubted he had > a ‘nice left foot’ but my issue is does he have te pace and the presence to > really dominate in midfield and play those killer passes when under pressure. > Last night he had the freedom of the park. 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