Too many poor decisions and individual errors. I think under our previous owner TC would already have been sacked. I’m pleased that Radrizani is giving him time. I think he’s tried to adapt - we were more 442 yesterday and while the players pressed high it worked. I also think he’s been given a squad that is unbalanced with some that are not good enough. We’ve lost several key players from last year that haven’t been adequately replaced and we don’t have a left back. However , 6 losses in 7 is far worse than anything we saw last year and I can understand why people are getting on his back .
S Sent from my iPhone > On 1 Nov 2017, at 11:04, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hard to summarise - in a way it summed up our season, a great start and then > just totally fell apart. Think about how we were feeling 8 games ago and how > we feel now. > My lad was more animated and angry after this game than I have ever seen him > - he was furious and let everyone know it. He has always had a thing about > Vieira - laughing / moaning about the 'he never gives the ball away' bit in > the song, pointing out that he often gives it away, too often. Tonight him > giving it away cost us the second goal and any chance of a point and that > infuriated my son. > Pre game we all agreed that our plan should be simple - get the ball to Saiz > in and around their box and let him feed Lassogga who will score if given the > chances. We were a bit nonplussed with TC's comment about needing to score > first, we got it , but at the same time it was almost a ready made excuse for > players to roll over and give up if we conceeded first. > Anyway with Dallas at left back (TC seems to want to convert him to this > position) we started well, winning the ball, moving it around and getting > stuck into them. It worked, Vieira harried their player in possesion, took > the ball off him, fed it to Saiz who shimmied and swayed and played it > through to Lassogga at the edge of the box and he hammered home. See TC it is > easy ! > We continued to play well and should probably have had a penalty when a cross > by Roofe was about to land on the head of Alioski a yard out and he was > pulled to the ground. > So at half time we went in at one nil and everyone was happy(ish) a slight > concern that we had not made our superiority count for more but things were > looking good. > The Saiz / Lassogga link up nearly worked again when an absolutely sublime > cross with the outside of his boot by Saiz found Lassogga at full stretch and > he could not quite convert it (flag was up so it would not have counted > anyway but this is what we wanted) > So the hour mark approached and things were fine and the crowd were enjoying > it and then we suddenly lost our way. Roofe, who I am afraid is just not good > enough, went from being a thorn in their side and doing well to suddenly > looking like he had lead in his boots and was walking through treacle. I have > never claimed to be 'an expert' in terms of tactics etc but if it is so > obvious to me that Roofe was struggling and needed replacing, why could the > manager not see it ? > > Unfortunately my expertise was better than the managers and their winger went > down their left hand side leaving Roofe trailing in his wake, then a good > cross managed to evade 3 or 4 of our defenders and went straight to their > forward who slotted home. > > From 3 points in the bag , even one point began to look at risk. We brought > on Grot, someone who should be nowhere near the first team at this stage of > his career, and Pablo and Sacko but to no great effect. > Then Vieira lost the ball / gave it away and they came forward, Sacko then > made a stupid decision to make a tackle that was impossible and the ref > pointed to the spot - inside or outside the box, who knows, and now who > cares, the ref decided it was and , bang 1 2 and we were crashing to 3 home > defeats on the bounce and 6 defeats in 7, or whatever it is. > So where now ? We agreed pre match that the club as a whole is in a better > state than it has been for years off the pitch. On it we are still ahead of > where we were this time last season BUT last time we were about to go on a > great run, this year we are somewhere (hopefully at the end) of a terrible > run and slump in form. The first hour shows that we can be decent , the last > 30mins shows we can also be awful. This consistent collapse / falling apart > is very worrying > Do we keep faith with TC and, if so, for how long ?IF I were him I would be a > bit worried, even more so, now that Simon Grayson is available (whenever > someone wants the manager sacking the question is 'who do we get'- generally > the answer is 'anyone, they cannot be worse' but now we have a genuine > 'contender' > For what its worth I would keep faith with TC and give him till at least this > time next season (this would change if relegation becomes a real possibility) > At least I do not have to watch them live in November, I am away on a > birthday trip to Germany for Boro game, so my next one is Villa on 1st > December. Lets hope TC can get something at Brentford (which will not be > easy) and then use the international week to get on the training pitch and > get things sorted out > Dave > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > > FLAME WARS 'R US _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] FLAME WARS 'R US
