Might be a bit premature given the Ipswich result but it’s beginning to feel a bit like the end of Bielsa in that teams seem to know how to play against Farke’s slow, predictable 159 passes build up play by putting men behind the ball and making sure there’s no room to play and then they know they’ll get a chance from a set piece or counter and win the game. Hopefully we’ll stuff Brum and Farke will somehow change his tactics for away games. Darkow - 5. Strangely had nothing to do but what he did was poor. Spence - 5. Disappointed at his best position but a lot of that might have been down to Gnonto who really didn’t help going forwards Byram- 5. Did ok first half , unlucky with the goal Rodon- 7. Battled hard Cooper - 6. Thought he did ok Gruev - 5. It was his best showing for us and he saw a lot of the ball but he is just a ball pusher and not a creator. Ampadu - 6. Worked hard but doesn’t have the creativity Gnonto - 4. Should have had a pen but apart from that he looked rusty. Needs more game time but probably won’t get it after this. Summerville- 5. Trying hard but it’s difficult to receive the ball and beat the 5 men that are lined up in front of you. Rutter - 6. Ditto but did have some success. Should have scored first half. Not a no 9 Piroe - 2. Totally ineffective as our no 10 Subs:James - 7. Made an impact Bamford - 5 BUT for me he shows there is another option by playing over the top and running on to balls. It’s obvious though that Farke isn’t practicing this in training though cos we can’t do it at the moment but for me it’s Bamford in at no 9 in the New Year.
Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Friday, December 29, 2023, 10:26 pm, Simon McNally <simon_mcna...@sky.com> wrote: Hope the radio Leeds folks ask Farke some proper questions. We lost all pretence of shape after all the attacking subs and to be honest I’m as likely to score from the sofa as Bamford was on the pitch. With the quality of players we have at our disposal that was simply unacceptable, as was Preston and Sunderland. Piroe as a 10 might work at home but in these away games we look short in midfield.I’d like to see a midfield trio of Ampadu, Kamara and Gray / Gruev. With the available players for the front three we’d still be potent but with more control in midfield. I don’t think 4th is good enough for the squad we have and we need to figure out how to play against the low block. What worries me is that the rest of the championship have been given a blueprint of how to nullify us. Sent from Outlook for iOSFrom: Richard Walker <richleed...@yahoo.co.uk> Sent: Friday, December 29, 2023 10:18:11 PM To: Simon McNally <simon_mcna...@sky.com>; leeds list (leedslist@gn.apc.org) <leedslist@gn.apc.org> Subject: Re: [LU] 2nd half Absolute dogshit. Gruev’s free kick at the end summed the game up for me. Just not good enough against a very average West Brom team. Commentators keep reminded us how devastating we are in attack when if truth be known in these last few away games we’re totally toothless. What did Piroe offer today ? Nothing Very , very disappointing Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Friday, December 29, 2023, 9:48 pm, Simon McNally via Leedslist <leedslist@gn.apc.org> wrote: More poor play. Have we even had a shot? Another game like Sunderland and PNE where I’m struggling to think of a decent save their keeper has had to make. Not a fan of this plan if chucking on loads of attacking players, seems to affect shape / control. Ffs. Sent from Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> _______________________________________________ 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/ Dave Dowden, a legend, a Totty Twin, a pie man! R.I.P. _______________________________________________ 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/ Dave Dowden, a legend, a Totty Twin, a pie man! R.I.P.
