[LU] VIlla

2022-03-11 Thread Richard Walker via Leedslist
Couldn't get to sleep last night after that performance. Yes I felt it was time for Bielsa to go but not to be replaced by this, which is the worst of Heckingbottom, Blackwell and Warnock. Marsch has a difficult job but when it was said that he is the ideal person to replace Bielsa because he pl

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2022-03-11 Thread n...@6haroldplace.co.uk
Agree with that Rich - I swear if I have to watch another lofted ball from Koch, dropped into the box from 50 yards out, with no one in sight but their keeper… How bad was that? I left bang on the whistle and walked straight on to the first bus in the station and got a seat…no mad queues watchi

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2022-03-11 Thread Robert Heath
For once I have to say I am mostly in agreement with R. Walker. To see those players just drop their heads and hit aimless balls forwards after the way they would still keep running and attacking under Bielsa even when 0-4 down was shocking. And there were some woeful individual performances. In t

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2022-03-11 Thread Robert Heath
Still it's not all doom & gloom.Derby and Chelsea are both in serious shit! On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 8:42 AM n...@6haroldplace.co.uk < n...@6haroldplace.co.uk> wrote: > Agree with that Rich - I swear if I have to watch another lofted ball from > Koch, dropped into the box from 50 yards

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2022-03-11 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
Only area of disagreement with Rich is Rapha - we didn’t have a best player last night - aside from 5 minutes in the second half he did little to nowt, and I was surprised he didn’t get sent off. Bizarrely, imho, one player we are missing is Cooper - he might be too slow at times, but generall

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2022-03-11 Thread Richard Walker via Leedslist
I agree - we didn't have a best player as such but I thought second half Raph was on the ball a lot and was initiating a lot fo good cross field balls which is not normally what he does but he was trying to adapt. System is horrible and just doesn't suit us. It's a massive deviation from Bielsa

Re: [LU] Abject - Villa

2022-03-11 Thread nattan--- via Leedslist
Agree with original post " abject " sums it up. We were awful from start to finish ( apart from first 5-10 mins of second half) We all agreed pre match that a win was possible,  even likely, and follow that with victory over Norwich and we are safe - how wrong we were. We got the team news and

Re: [LU] Abject - Villa

2022-03-11 Thread Peter Castlehouse
Not often I post about game results, as I am an Australian armchair, but I have to chip in and give Rodrigo 0 - yes a zero - for the game today It's not looking good is it? Gunslinger Jesse needs to do a Bielsa and see where our players are best suited from previous games Pete C > On 11/03/2

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2022-03-11 Thread nattan--- via Leedslist
Odd that I did my report before I read yours and we both said it should be Ayling at right back, Koch at centre back, and Dallas in midfield.  If we can see that ( and I dont claim any great knowhow or insight into  tactics etc) then why cant the manager Yes Bielsa did the same with thses playe

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2022-03-11 Thread Robert Heath
As I've already written, I was as appalled as everybody else about last night. However, I would like to throw in a couple of caveats which might constitute glimmers of hope: 1. One positive was that we did look good for the 1st 10 mins of the 2nd half, which means it seems the players did respond

Re: [LU] Abject - Villa

2022-03-11 Thread Nick
Stay up or go down, we have a very real problem for next season - there will likely be a huge turn over in playing staff…without an totemic coach to act as an attraction I fear we will end up with a cast of juniors (not Firpo) and journeymen - life is not going to be fun. On thing with Bielsa w

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2022-03-11 Thread seanscribe--- via Leedslist
The difference is that Clough took over the champions of England, and - arguably - the best club side in Europe. Marsch took over a team in freefall. He also hasn't walked into the dressing room and told them that everything they'd achieved had been through cheating. Cheers! Sean -Original

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2022-03-11 Thread seanscribe--- via Leedslist
Robert, Do you really think Ayling is a better centre-half than Cresswell, Lllorente and Koch? Or that Dallas is a better right-back than Ayling? Or that James is a better centre-forward than either Bamford or Gelhardt? Cheers! Sean -Original Message- From: Robert Heath To: nat...@sky.

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2022-03-11 Thread Richard Walker via Leedslist
I agree that good footballers can and should be able to adapt to many different positions however there are very few central defenders in the PL that are comfortable in midfield.  Koch is not one of them. Fish out of water and I'm surprised you can't see it.  On Friday, 11 March 2022, 11:08:

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2022-03-11 Thread Michael Benjamin
This game came at the end of a tough week, and I was watching it, convinced that we were going to lose because everything else had gone wrong. All the same, we were appalling, and I am convinced there is no way we can avoid relegation. We don't deserve to avoid relegation; we are a dreadful team

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2022-03-11 Thread seanscribe--- via Leedslist
Michael, It's hard to argue with any of that. Cheers! Sean -Original Message- From: Michael Benjamin To: Richard Walker ; nat...@sky.com ; Robert Heath Cc: leeds list (leedslist@gn.apc.org) Sent: Fri, Mar 11, 2022 8:57 am Subject: Re: [LU] VIlla This game came at the end of a tough we

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2022-03-11 Thread nigel
Bleak. But, well... yeah. Nigel (the Dublin one) -Original Message- From: Leedslist On Behalf Of Michael Benjamin Sent: 11 March 2022 13:57 To: Richard Walker ; nat...@sky.com; Robert Heath Cc: leeds list (leedslist@gn.apc.org) Subject: Re: [LU] VIlla This game came at the end of a t

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2022-03-11 Thread Scott1cairns1
I am left utterly utterly stunned. How could something so good. Go so bad so quickly. It feels like the rugs been pulled out from under us. A fucking yank in charge.!!! We’re gonna be a Laughing stock. I don’t mean to sound racist if I do. And respect to all the stateside whites but cmon. Who