Agree. He picked the 11 i thought he would but like you, I would have preferred to see Bijol, Longstaff and Nmecha start.
Piroe up top doesn't look like getting much joy in this sort of fixture. Arsenal were pressing so high we struggled to play out from the back and Piroe isn't going to win much against Gabriel and Saliba in the air, particularly as he doesn't even jump. I think he makes more sense in games where we can control possession. As someone on blue sky pointed out we had 8 players from our championship team in the starting line-up and that was never going to be good enough against Arsenal. I wonder if James is still short of fitness - he had a couple of opportunities to run at their left back but didn't. S Sent from Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> ________________________________ From: Leedslist <[email protected]> on behalf of bbrozsely--- via Leedslist <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2025 11:18:22 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Cc: leeds list <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LU] Arsenal I agree it is too early to panic put I am concerned that Farke didn’t play the 'big lads' Bijol in for Struik, NMecha for Piroe and Longstaff for Gruev. I still think we would have lost but not in such a demoralising way. I hope Farke learns from this, and shows more flexibility in his approach. Arsenal were amazing though, the combination of physicality and skill was overwhelming. It’s a good time to play Newcastle (if there is such a thing now) even if they get Wissa in he won’t be match fit. Hopefully we can get something and then we are into a better run of fixtures and a chance to get points on the board B > On 24 Aug 2025, at 10:24, nattan--- via Leedslist <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Back to earth with a bumpMassive learning curve but we need to > learnThankfully we don’t play Arsenal every week - there are only 3 or 4 as > good as them , we need to get results against the others > Much too early to panic ( despite some comments on line) > Was a change after 2 years of dominance -we were second best all game , they > were stronger , faster , better in every position and showed the difference > between £60m players and £15m players > Put it to bed and get something at home next week > Dave > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ > > The Rev, John Lee. Now spinning the platters in the holy discotheque of the > real man. Yorkshireman. May that lucky pizza and a bottle of Grolsch be > waiting for you with the Celestial Lards R.I.P. _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ The Rev, John Lee. Now spinning the platters in the holy discotheque of the real man. Yorkshireman. May that lucky pizza and a bottle of Grolsch be waiting for you with the Celestial Lards R.I.P. _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ The Rev, John Lee. Now spinning the platters in the holy discotheque of the real man. Yorkshireman. May that lucky pizza and a bottle of Grolsch be waiting for you with the Celestial Lards R.I.P.
