[LU] Good to be back (Everton)
Well we are back and back with a bang - the atmosphere was everything we remembered and more , the limbs after the 2 goals were as good as any game since we went all seaterIt was a fitting game to re- start in front of fans , lots of end to end stuff, some crunching tackles, decent chances and saves, 2 great goals from us as we came from behind and a raucous atmosphere throughout. On MOTD compare the polite applause at Man City as the 5th went in v our ‘scenes’ when Raph banged in the equaliser ( and I know they are not strictly comparable)Just a shame that the last minute scramble / foul on Bamford did not earn us a winner So 90 mins was great but I am not sure what to expect with everything else - we had full houses every week before lock down but no game seenec as packed as this one. The train was full of Everton ( first time seen away fans in numbers) and then it was 5 or 6 deep in the West Ridings - so bad we doubled up first round ( as did others) We left early to meet someone on fanszone at 1.45 but the bus queue was massive and Uber had no drivers ! Eventually flagged a cab who dropped us at the roundabout at the top of the hill, so bad was the traffic . Fanzone queues were so long we went into the Revie members bar to ensure we got served before kickoff ( lager and cider both went off )Like I say no idea why things were so packed for same number of fans as last season so god only knows what havoc 55,000 capacity will bringWas great to see everyone I recognise near me made it through covid alive and well and the minutes silence that became applause / singing to commemorate those we have lost made hairs on my neck stand up. For me it was poignant to walk past the Burley Banksy box in memory of Big Jack the man I blame for my life :-)) The game was played at a frantic pace , they were mainly content to soak up pressure and hit us on the break ( they probably had more and better clear chances) we had control it were not too threatening. The penalty decision was odd - we saw nothing and thought they were looking at VAR to fill time while Klich received treatment- knew it was bad when ref took a look . Calvin Lewis was a right dick after scoring- doing the shush gesture before some wanky dancing - twat . Their no7 dived and moaned his way through the game a la Grealish so a team not on our radar became a team we hated ( for the day at least)Our equaliser was magnificent- Bamford stole the ball and fed Klich who finished with real style - cue bedlamSecond half they did more and went ahead and we nearly fell apart saved ( literally by Mes) then came the equaliser, a cross from Kalvin and in a scramble Coops fed Raph who thundered it home - cracking finish We tried to win it but a draw was fair ( and beat last seasons result) So a point on the board and the season is up and running and I LOVE IT Dave ___ 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!
Re: [LU] Good to be back (Everton)
Well, I missed my first 'first home game' since the relegation season of 81-82 season due to shambolic ticket arrangements. Paying £70 for a Gold Membership wasn't enough to secure me a ticket as it was a free for all when the tickets were released. Then I entered into around 10 hours (I kid you not) of refreshing screens to try and grab and returned tickets. I don't think I saw one ticket come up in that time despite lots of messages on Twitter saying that they had managed to grab a ticket. Then on Saturday morning I turned to the touts and kranks and was offered all sorts but I was so pissed off by then I decide to crack open the beer with a couple of mates and watch on TV. What made it worse was all the Twitter messages of people going to their first game and empty seats not taken up. A real shit show from LUFC. Surprisingly it was easy to get a Crewe ticket. Anyway, on to the footy and I thought it was a decent game with two evenly matched teams. I thought Everton looked sharp with Gray, who was a yard or two too quick for Ayling and others, whereas Raph for us looked like he meant business. I thought we looked our most dangerous in the first half, getting back to our quick attacking football of last season although I don't think we are quite there yet. The reasons for me were: 1) Firpo - early days for the lad and he definitely did try to get forward early on and try to overlap, however he doesn't look that dynamic or pacey for me and I'm not sure if he is replacing Allioski on that display. Haven't seen too much defensive ability either. He was also out on his feet after 50 mins and was quickly taken off. Going to be hard road for Junior. 2) Centre back pairing isn't good enough. Cooper's method of defending is going to cost us. It did yesterday with his shit tugging antics. It's something he does frequently and does tend to get away with but he's got to stop that now. Overall, I'd say Cooper is at best a squad player and playing alongside the inexperienced Struijk it's no surprise we're leaking goals. Llorente and Koch are the pairing for me but we have to accept that both have been injured for long periods since joining the club. 3) Phillips - did well first half but I think he ran out of steam and by his own admission is not as fit as he should be. Fuck knows why ? Here's my scores: Miesler - 8. Kept us in the game as he always does Ayling - 4. I thought that was his poorest game for a long time. Gray ran rings around him. Firpo - 4. Not convinced but early days Struijk - 5. Looks the part but I'm unsure about his positioning in key moments. Cooper - 3. Dreadful defending and could have easily been sent off with another careless tackle 2nd half Phillips - 6. Did well to keep Richarlson quiteish first half. Klich - 7. Lots of running and took his goal well Bamford - 7. Fantastic first half but faded and started to look a tad desperate towards the end. Raphinha - 8. Our best player by a mile. Fantastic strike for the goal Dallas - 7. Playing all over the park. Some great defensive work. Harrison - 7. Lively first half but faded 2nd. Subs: Roberts - one or two moments Shack - not involved too much. On Sunday, 22 August 2021, 10:48:27 BST, nattan--- via Leedslist wrote: Well we are back and back with a bang - the atmosphere was everything we remembered and more , the limbs after the 2 goals were as good as any game since we went all seaterIt was a fitting game to re- start in front of fans , lots of end to end stuff, some crunching tackles, decent chances ___ 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!
[LU] Fwd: Good to be back (Everton)
Its hard to convey just how much emotion was packed into that afternoon…it has been a long time, a shit-load has happened since March 2020…but finally we got to walk up the same streets, to the same gate, the same turnstile, and after all these months up the same stairs and out into the light and The Kop and that noise… There were tears in a lot of eyes. The game was all thunder and storm. In the end a draw seemed like a fair result. Cooper can argue all he wants but if you have hold of some opposition player’s shirt in the box, you are gifting the ref a chance to give a penalty. At this level he’s a squad player. The sooner we can get Llorente fit and pair him with Koch or Struijk, the better. Meslier - saved the game (at least) twice Ayling - is wayward at the moment and had no answer to Gray Firpo - needs to get up to speed, because despite flashes going forward, his defending looks suspect. (check the build up to their second goal) Cooper - (see above) Struijk - i don’t see his developing into a successful midfielder at this level, but with some specialist training he can make a good centre half Phillips - was weirdly off the pace (dreadful spelling of giving the ball away), then on top of the game, before tailing off again presumably fatigue - I hope Forshaw has enough in the tank to be good cover for him, because we need it. Dallas - is a solid gold beast of a player - turns up everywhere Harrison - wanted to get involved but was nearly always double or treble-marked as soon as he got the ball Raphinha - ditto - but he is faster, hungrier and trickier than Harrison - unstoppable shot for the equaliser, you just knew it was in as soon as you saw him setting himself for the strike Bamford - had a running battle with their unit at the back - set up the first and arguably might have had a penalty at the death - he looks leaner this season and faster. Roberts & Shackleton came on and pushed us forward, as a group, without achieving a great deal individually. One of the commentators said, as we scored, “there’s no point in trying to compete with that noise, Leeds have equalised.” One of my favourite days at Elland Road. Nick > Begin forwarded message: > > From: nattan--- via Leedslist > Subject: [LU] Good to be back (Everton) > Date: 22 August 2021 at 10:48:12 BST > To: leeds list > Reply-To: "nat...@sky.com" > > remembered ___ 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!
Re: [LU] Good to be back (Everton)
Rich, I don't think Bielsa will ever pick your favored centre-half combination of Koch and Llorente unless he has no other choice, because they're each right-footed and he prefers to pair a left-footer (Cooper or Struijk) with a right-footer. Yesterday the fact that Llorente and Koch were each out with knocks left him no choice. For me, I'd like to see Struijk and Llorente get a run of games together. I saw somewhere that we concede more than twice as many goals when Llorente doesn't play. Cheers! Sean -Original Message- From: Richard Walker via Leedslist To: leeds list ; nat...@sky.com Sent: Sun, Aug 22, 2021 7:34 am Subject: Re: [LU] Good to be back (Everton) Well, I missed my first 'first home game' since the relegation season of 81-82 season due to shambolic ticket arrangements. Paying £70 for a Gold Membership wasn't enough to secure me a ticket as it was a free for all when the tickets were released. Then I entered into around 10 hours (I kid you not) of refreshing screens to try and grab and returned tickets. I don't think I saw one ticket come up in that time despite lots of messages on Twitter saying that they had managed to grab a ticket. Then on Saturday morning I turned to the touts and kranks and was offered all sorts but I was so pissed off by then I decide to crack open the beer with a couple of mates and watch on TV. What made it worse was all the Twitter messages of people going to their first game and empty seats not taken up. A real shit show from LUFC. Surprisingly it was easy to get a Crewe ticket. Anyway, on to the footy and I thought it was a decent game with two evenly matched teams. I thought Everton looked sharp with Gray, who was a yard or two too quick for Ayling and others, whereas Raph for us looked like he meant business. I thought we looked our most dangerous in the first half, getting back to our quick attacking football of last season although I don't think we are quite there yet. The reasons for me were: 1) Firpo - early days for the lad and he definitely did try to get forward early on and try to overlap, however he doesn't look that dynamic or pacey for me and I'm not sure if he is replacing Allioski on that display. Haven't seen too much defensive ability either. He was also out on his feet after 50 mins and was quickly taken off. Going to be hard road for Junior. 2) Centre back pairing isn't good enough. Cooper's method of defending is going to cost us. It did yesterday with his shit tugging antics. It's something he does frequently and does tend to get away with but he's got to stop that now. Overall, I'd say Cooper is at best a squad player and playing alongside the inexperienced Struijk it's no surprise we're leaking goals. Llorente and Koch are the pairing for me but we have to accept that both have been injured for long periods since joining the club. 3) Phillips - did well first half but I think he ran out of steam and by his own admission is not as fit as he should be. Fuck knows why ? Here's my scores: Miesler - 8. Kept us in the game as he always does Ayling - 4. I thought that was his poorest game for a long time. Gray ran rings around him. Firpo - 4. Not convinced but early days Struijk - 5. Looks the part but I'm unsure about his positioning in key moments. Cooper - 3. Dreadful defending and could have easily been sent off with another careless tackle 2nd half Phillips - 6. Did well to keep Richarlson quiteish first half. Klich - 7. Lots of running and took his goal well Bamford - 7. Fantastic first half but faded and started to look a tad desperate towards the end. Raphinha - 8. Our best player by a mile. Fantastic strike for the goal Dallas - 7. Playing all over the park. Some great defensive work. Harrison - 7. Lively first half but faded 2nd. Subs: Roberts - one or two moments Shack - not involved too much. On Sunday, 22 August 2021, 10:48:27 BST, nattan--- via Leedslist wrote: Well we are back and back with a bang - the atmosphere was everything we remembered and more , the limbs after the 2 goals were as good as any game since we went all seaterIt was a fitting game to re- start in front of fans , lots of end to end stuff, some crunching tackles, decent chances ___ 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/mai