I am sure we would be able to win some matches with 13 players on the field!
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> 28. okt. 2017 kl. 17:40 skrev {broken-address}
> <[email protected]>:
>
> A couple of thoughts:
>
>
> Christiansen has complained that the players' heads were still in the
> dressing room when the first goal went in. Has it crossed his mind at all
> that making the entire build up to kick-off about Toby, this terribly ill
> kid, complete with your central defender/captain carrying that kid out of the
> tunnel prior to kick off possibly distracted the players (and Cooper in
> particular) from getting their heads right for a really aggressive, tough
> Yorkshire derby? I am all for the club getting involved with local
> charities, and I like the Russell Crowe "All Leeds Aren't We?" Twitter video
> for Toby, but I thought the pre-match stuff perhaps went a bit too far, and
> was a clear distraction to the players. Our players have a hard time being
> aggressive at the best of times. That build up virtually guaranteed they
> wouldn't be focused at kick-off.
>
>
> As far as the rest of the game, well, I've been saying it since very early in
> the season: we are not aggressive enough, particularly in midfield. Even in
> the games we were winning in August and September, our midfielders in
> particular were being muscled off the ball too easily. Pass and move football
> is very difficult to play in the Championship if your players lack the
> physical strength and attitude to hold off a challenger prior to releasing
> the ball. We are crying out for a Roy Keane/Patrick Vieira type of midfield
> general (or if you prefer, a Billy Bremner/Johnny Giles/David Batty/Olivier
> Dacourt type). Someone who can receive a pass, hold off a challenger and then
> play a good, accurate pass to the feet of a teammate, while also being able
> to put in a few crunching, intimidating tackles early in the game to make the
> opposition players scared to be on the ball. I do not think we have any
> players remotely like that in our squad. Ronaldo Vieira is the closest.
> Buying someone to fi
ll
> that role should be our January transfer priority.
>
>
> In the meantime, we also have a distinct lack of height in midfield, which
> means that when the opposition press our defence, forcing Lonergan to kick it
> long, we stand almost no chance of winning the resulting aerial duels, I
> think it's worth thinking about a 3-2-4-1 formation that would at least
> mitigate some of these factors. I would plump for Lonergan in goal (Wiedwald
> appears to be a physical coward whose reluctance to put his body on the line
> for the team has directly led to at least two goals.) As a defensive three
> I'd go with Cooper, Jansson (we desperately need him back to his imperious
> best) and Pennington. At right wing-back I'd go for Ayling, who actually
> looks quite useful coming forward. Left-wing back is a bit harder, but I'd go
> for Dallas to inject a bit of British aggression. I'm willing to listen to
> arguments for Berardi, I'm just not sure of his qualities going forward.
> Anita doesn't impress me at all. Too lightweight. As the two defensive
> central midfielders I'd
go
> with Vieira and Shaughnessy. The latter was a midfielder at Reading, is a
> decent passer of the ball and, crucially, is 6'3" tall. It would be his job
> to win every high ball pumped into the middle of the park.
>
>
> The four more advanced midfielders are tough choices. Saiz is a must. He has
> the right attitude and almost got us a point on his own yesterday. The other
> options - Phillips, Alioski, Klich, Hernandez, Roofe - all have their
> weaknesses. Against teams where we might expect to see more of the ball, I'd
> probably go with Hernandez, Phillips, Roofe and Alioski. If we're under the
> cosh, perhaps I'd put Klich in. Up front I suppose I'd go with Lasogga, only
> because there are no other options. A couple of games ago when Grot came on
> as a sub the commentator said something about him being a very versatile
> player, and I immediately thought, "Yes, he can play in a number of positions
> and not score in any of them."
>
>
> This team would feature six tall outfield players, so I would be playing for
> every single set-piece possible, then getting Hernandez to swing the ball
> into the area for those guys to get their heads on it. If we need a goal in
> the last ten, pull one of the shorties off and put Grot on. That way we'd
> have seven 6-foot-plus players jockeying for space in the opposition's
> penalty area.
>
>
> I also wonder if the club has a sports psychologist. We do not play with
> enough aggression. Somehow, that must change if we are to achieve anything
> this season.
>
>
> MOT
>
>
> Sean
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: {broken-address} Richard Walker
> <[email protected]>
> To: leedslist <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sat, Oct 28, 2017 5:03 am
> Subject: [LU] Sheff Utd
>
> a few thoughts I was very impressed with the way Sheff Utd started. They
> played some of the best football I've seen for a while and all their players
> seemed to know where each other were and in Duffy they had the man of the
> match and the most intelligent footballer I've seen for a while. I'd get a
> bid in for him in January. If only our midfielders had the awareness and
> poise of Duffy. He found time on the ball and used it effectively however
> that applied to just about everyone in their team. Billy Sharpe, who I always
> thought was lively but never convincing at Leeds, looked like a totally
> different player and if it wasn't for Lonergan he could have / should have
> had a hatful in the first half.The Blades played with 2 effective wingers and
> full backs who also came forward and contributed. It was actually good to
> watch and I rarely say that about the opposition. Their style is similar to
> what we are trying to achieve but I don't think we have the players to do it
> at the moment.Their
go
> al was a result of great link up play and good movement from Sharpe in the
> box but it looked like he wasn't marked ? Need to see it again but if a
> little bloke like Sharp gets a free header from 4 yards you have to ask
> questions of our 6 ft central defenders. I thought our defence crumbled under
> the attacks. Cooper and Pennington as first choice is as bad a decision as
> selling Rob Green and I'm losing faith in our attacker manager who doesn't
> seem to know who are the best defenders. Cooper for me is 4th in line at the
> moment yet if he is fit he plays and to top it all he is captain. Bad
> decision after bad decision. I also think we have to look a bit further than
> the central two who were not helped by Ayling who I thought had a poor game
> defensively. Anita also struggled against lively attackers. I like Anita but
> I don't think he's a left back. In midfield, we started with Philips playing
> as the 'no 10' and Saiz on the left wing. Another bad decision, Philips
> hardly touching the bal
l
> and I didn't know Saiz was on the pitch in the first 30 minutes. As for
> Lasogga, big questions have to be asked. Can he really play as a lone striker
> in this league when he's constantly outbattled and out muscled off the ball
> so easily ? He looks powder puff to me. Allioski saw a lot of the ball on the
> right but he failed to deliver on every occasion.Any positives ? Well, yes. I
> thought we responded really well to going 1 down and unlike some performances
> we didn't crumble. TC made a good decision in moving Saiz into the 'no 10'
> position however this meant Philips was asked to play as a left winger which
> rendered him even more useless than he had been previous to that. At one
> point after we equalised I thought we had them on the ropes and their slick
> football stopped and we did take control but a mixture of an inability to
> pass and keep the ball (Lasogga, Allioski, Ayling) let them back into it and
> normally service was resumed when their 10 year old sub came on and showed
> Lasogga
h
> ow to play as a centre forward. Very, very frustrating. Saiz tried as a one
> man show to win the game and he really had them worried but he can't do it on
> his own and we can't expect him week in week out to be the midfield and the
> attack. Overall, I'd say it was a fair result. I thought we battled well to
> get back in the game but ultimately key players let us down today. Lonergan -
> 8. Kept us in it first half. Ayling - 4. I thought it was his worst game for
> Leeds - he has always struggled IMO on the back foot against pacey
> opposition. Not a premier league defender as some think. Anita - 5.
> StruggledPennington - 6. I thought first 20 minutes he was all over the place
> but I wouldn't completely blame him. I thought he improved massively in the
> second half and I thought he defended pretty well overall. I'd settle for him
> and Jansson to be given a run in the team. Stopped fucking about with the
> pairings TC. Cooper - 3. I've never been convinced by him and against tricky
> and speedy oppone
n
> ts and lik Pennington he started really shakily but he didn't improve until
> he got injured. Is he playing with an injury ? He's very inconsistent and the
> decision to make him captain is a really bad one. Philips - 3. Another good
> goal masking a performance that contributed nothing. Everyone will remember
> the goal and say that justifies why he is one of the first names on the
> teamsheet. I say no ! His general play is not good enough and putting in the
> odd hospital tackle doesn't represent a good performance in my book. Take
> away the goal and I'd say he was our second weakest player. Definitely not a
> 'No 10'. Saiz - 7. Didn't touch the ball much in the first half as he was
> dumped on the left wing in preference to playing Philips at no 10. Another
> bad decision. Second half he scared them to death and was unlucky not to have
> put us in the lead with a great shot which hot the post. Would we have won if
> that had gone in ? Not sure. Allioski - 3. Overhit and poorly executed dead
> balls an
d
> just isn't doing things right at the moment. Vierra - 5. I was disappointed
> with Vierra last night. He got around the pitch and did some decent stuff but
> he looks naive (which he is) at times and he loses his position and commits
> unnecessary fouls. He needs a run in the team. Lasogga - 2. Another very
> disappointing performance from the big man .... a big man who plays like a
> fairy. He did win a few headers last night but overall he was muscled out of
> the game and when he did get the ball at the feet he was unable to do
> anything through being too isolated. I don't think at home when the pressure
> is on us to attack he can play that role. That creates a massive problem for
> us because we seem to have adopted a tactic to play one up front. I still
> don't get that ? Why do we have to have a 'No 10' role that plays deeper.
> Shove someone up beside him. No bloody idea who like ? Is there anyone in the
> U-23 worth a punt or maybe Grot should be given a chance from the start with
> Lasogga ? Or
> maybe, Lasogga isn't any good ? Hamburg wouldn't let a player go and pay most
> of his wages if he was any good. Have we been sold a dud ?O'Kane - 4 . Eunan
> O'Kane, Mr average, Mr Unspectacular , Mr Nothing. He's certainly found a new
> role which involves him sitting depp between the centre halves and collecting
> the ball and laying it off to someone. Great ! That's brilliant. We have a
> midfielder who is acting as a central defender. It's fucking awful to watch
> and O'Kane for me is a perfect example of why we are not progressing. He
> offers nothing. SubsGrot - just not able to impact a game on his own. I'm
> still not writing this fella off though. Hernandes - tried to get invovled
> and did a bit but nothing worked. TC - bad decision after bade decision. It
> was noticealbe that Lonergan has started to go long with his distribution
> which is either TC abandoning his tippy tappy football across the back or the
> players deciding that route one is the best way against pacey opponents ? I
> think hi
s
> weakness is the defence. Getting rid of a consistent keeper and bringing in
> your own keeper only to abandon that idea and bring in another old keeper
> doesn't fill you with confidence. I don't think he knows how defences work -
> he's now plugging O'kane in there and in general I feel he's stuggling a bit.
> 5 losses out of 6 may have got you sacked under the previous owner but early
> results have kept us in the top 6 and will give him the chance to put things
> right. I hope he succeeds but the next few games will determine his future.
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