just watched the replays - their goal - the corner flicked off Hernandez, looped up, caught the wind, while Kiko was being muscled backwards into the goal by two of their strikers…its an outrageous fluke of a goal…and I think Kiko was fouled
meanwhile Harrison hit the post first half and Bamford had a good diving header cleared off the line in the second - neither of which I’d realised at the time… sickening - none of this makes us a bad team but it does mean that this season will go down to the wire I am puzzled by the unwillingness to give Poveda 20 minutes at the end (instead of Costa) Nick > On 2 Feb 2020, at 10:45, Simon McNally <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > It’s all very frustrating. I’ve watched their goal and the Harrison and > Bamford misses back on Twitter and it doesn’t make good watching.Kiko’s > starting position is poor and he takes a couple of steps forward, realises > the ball is going over him but can’t get back and inexplicably tries to punch > the ball instead of palming it over. I’ve defended him in the past but he’s > cost us again today having been t fault for Wednesday’s first. Time to give > Meslier a go?The Harrison miss is incredible. 3 yards out at most and just > needing a touch, it looks like he tries to control it past the keeper but > over hits it which takes it past the post.Bamford’s one was awful too. It’s > all very well cupping your ears to the crowd after scoring a couple of tap > ins, but he’s no natural finisher. I’ve watched it back a few times and I > still can’t figure out how he managed to clear the ball towards the edge of > the area from about 8 yards out.The game was horribly similar to last year. > Lots of possession, lots of crosses but very little clear cut chances.It’s > easy to blame the players putting in the crosses- Costa, Harrison, Ayling, > Dallas or Alioski and certainly some of the crosses were poor. I don’t think > I’ve ever seen Dallas pick out a Leeds player with a cross and two of > Alioski’s landed in the crowd.It’s difficult though to pick people out in a > crowded box when there’s not much movement. I think back to some of the goals > Roofe scored last year when he runs across defenders to the front post and > gave himself a tap in - Derby at home was one and there were others. I don’t > see Bamford or anyone else on the pitch doing that the majority of the time. > Hopefully Kev will be able to do that.As Dave said, two massive games coming > up, three if you count Bristol City the week after. > S > > > > > Get Outlook for iOS > > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 2, 2020 at 10:11 AM +0000, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > This time yesterday I was buzzing, walking round the house humming and > singing Leeds songs, full of joy and optimism Today the total opposite, I > have a face like thunder, totally miserable and trying not to let the cat get > near me just in caseI know it is only a game and there is lot more football > to be played etc but this is as bad as I have been since, well, Wigan last > season > Of the 46 league games we had to play this season if I had to put my house on > winning one particular game, it would have been Wigan at home as revenge for > ruining our hopes last time > Whilst not quite carrying on from where we left off v Millwall, we did start > brightly, getting at them and creating chances. Harrison had a brilliant > dribbling run in the box beating half their team but his shot hit the post. > Unlucky, but this was followed by 2 awful misses. A lovely cut back fell to > Bamford, all he had to do was put it on target, but somehow he contrived to > miss the ball altogether with a horrendous air shot. Then Harrison ran along > their goal line but somehow failed to bother to put it in but instead ran it > past the post where he then back heeled it , very odd ( I need to see it > again on tv). Then Dallas and Alioski both blasted shots over the bar as we > ended the half 0 0 > Anyone who has been following us under Bielsa will not have had to know the > score to know what happened next when I say , we should have been 2 or 3 up > but it was still 0 0 when they got a corner! > This one was beyond bizarre though as the ball hit Pablo , our first man, > ballooned into the air , got caught in the swirling wind and was somehow > missed on the line by Kiko. A fluke of the highest order, but the tosser who > 'scored' ran the width of the pitch and had a diving celebration as if he had > meant it. The ineffectual ref let them celebrate as if it they had all the > time in the world. > From then on there was an air of predictable inevitability about the game,as > we huffed and puffed to little effect as they defended like we used to under > Monk, and coupled that with general time wasting and shit- housery. The ref > stopping the game for injuries that were neither head injuries nor serious! > The crowd grew more and more restless as Bamford had a free header saved and > Harrison and Bamford (?) had efforts cleared off the line, although in truth > that sounds more dramatic than it was. > Tyler Roberts came on and did ok but the fans wanted little Ian to see if he > is magic, and even more BigKev to give that boost and maybe even the goal we > needed. But Bielsa being Beilsa refused to bring Poveda on and couldn't bring > Augustin on since he was not even on the bench! > So we fell to yet another unwarranted and needless home defeat against a shit > team who fluked a goal and then defended manfully. It could have been worse > as twice our gung-ho attitude let them have great breakaways but White saved > us both times > It was a disgruntled crowd that left ER and I heard the following players > abused and told they were shit and / or should never play again- Bamford, > Costa, Harrison, Pablo, Kiko and Ayling > Also and perhaps for the first time (Toe excepted) I heard genuine criticism > of Beilsa and his stubborn attitude. We all understand the 'process' and > that players have to be Bielsa fit and in tune with our game but his > reluctance to give the new players a chance was heavily criticised. With 7 > subs, 2 of whom had no real chance of being called upon, why was there not > space for Augustin? Plus how long does Poveda need to wait before he can be > trusted for 10 or 15mins? Minutes when his supposed skill and > unpredictability could have unlocked their defence? Will this criticism and > the inevitable questioning by the press make him more likely to dig his heels > in and do the same next week? > We now do genuinely have 2 games that will define our season, 2 must win or > at least must not lose games. We are capable of winning both but only if we > take our chances and defend corners > So all in all a miserable day out > Dsve > > Sent from Sky Yahoo Mail on Android > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
