I was in Southend end and felt we didn’t look like scoring, nor did they really.
Saiz didn’t do much ( Southend mate was watching that bloke who spits) Thought ayling and Forshaw were excellent most others did nothing wrong but Phillips is a walking yellow card and roofe is not up to it. Can’t remember a significant contribution Bielsa can’t be pleased with what he saw today with stoke 2 weeks away. But in mitigation it was bloody hot at pitch level Sent from my iPhone > On 22 Jul 2018, at 16:03, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Despite a second half which we largely controlled and kept the ball well, we > did not make their keeper make a single proper save all game. Second half our > only real chance was agian Ayling but it was cleared on the lineIt was a pre > season friendly so don't want to read too much into it, but I did not see > anything that makes this team different from last season. Even worse some of > our faults are still there- we conceded from one corner from a header then > nearly let in another from some head tennis after another cornerPhillips > still needs a hair cut- twice he made great tackles but then stood around > sorting out his hair!Saiz still petulant and threw the ball at the ref - > booking in a real game- when he did not get the decision. Whilst he did OK he > does seem to have lost his goal scoring touch and did not appear to want to > score. > Roberts had a 30minute cameo - looked good straightaway but then after first > couple of minutes he never got the ball so hard to work out if he is any good > Cooper looked solid at the back - but he often did last season- too early to > know if he can keep it up for full 90 (ooer missus) and keep his > concentration. Berardi played like he does - lots of last ditch tackling and > getting stuck in , he came out with the ball well on a few occasions but not > sure he is good enough in the air to be a centre back. > Forshaw, along with Ayling (especially first half for him) was man of the > match, he really strolls around the pitch as if he owns it and keeps the ball > so well- hate comparing players to ex players but he does have a touch of the > david Battys - high praise > Apart from de Bock who only did 60mins (Dallas went back to left back) all of > them played a full 90mins, unlike Southend who made around ten subs in total. > This has some merit in getting them ready for the start of the season but we > only have 3 more games to get them used to the formation, system and > personnel that will be starting v Stoke. > Another decent run out against very average opponents. We desperately need a > proper striker - almost worth whatever the cost- who can score goals and > worry the opposition - Roofe for all his hard work etc is not that man > 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/ > > RIP Jimmy WAC-COE _______________________________________________ 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/ RIP Jimmy WAC-COE
