Small margins indeed Nick - against Palace 2 almost unstoppables off the bar, a fluke deflected grubber (although Messlier needs to think about his near post positioning - De Bruyne almost got him as well!) - what annoyed me most was the 4th, as Alioski let Ayew run past him to stand in 3 yards of space in front of goal - f*cking awful defending. Bamford’s Arm goal should have stood, so on another day who knows?
More worrying is the combination of our defence being exposed 2 on 2 etc, and Cooper and Koch flicking legs out against Prem forwards who are expert divers! That combination is our undoing. We had loads of possession, but teams now know if they overload our backline there’s goals to be had! I’m still happy as there are 4 teams on 1,2,3 and 4 points respectively, so 10 is a good start. We need to stay middling though, so a result v Arse would be very timely. Arse have defensive issues too, so overloading them, and protecting our defence, might be doable. I didn’t see the full game in ‘protest’ at the £14.95 BT were charging - wise decision :-) On the plus side, Bamford’s 2 goals were very classy indeed - Alan Clarke-esque! It’s going to be a long season. Sent from my iPad > On 10 Nov 2020, at 13:19, Nick <[email protected]> wrote: > > there were always going to be bumps in the road…interesting that we have > Rodrigo and Phillips missing (down the heart of the team)…looking forward to > getting Llorente in the side, to see what he has to offer…then there appears > to be a problem brewing between Pablo and MB, which could do with being > sorted. > > There’s been two close calls - Bamford’s offside and Pablo hitting the bar > (Leicester) - which would have pulled us level…it really is tiny margins > (especially when you consider Costa’s deflection as well)…we’re feeling our > way, on balance doing OK, with much hope for better to come. > > Nick > >> On 10 Nov 2020, at 12:48, Guy Thornton <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Well some of us are around James. >> Hadn't said anything as left it those who regularly post however gritted >> teeth and all it's a fine line >> between success and failure. Sure Meslier did not have the best of games but >> that doesn't immediately >> make him bad and keepers have their failures remembered far more than >> outfielders. His performance >> Saturday just made me think of Gary Sprake. There where other failings, >> including defence which >> didn't help Meslier, but they've been there even in the good (ie winning) >> performances this season. >> As said it's a fine line and there was that diabolical VAR decision. If that >> goal had been allowed and >> we'd have then taken the lead with Bamford's second it could have been a >> whole different ball game. >> Something has to be done about VAR. Not blaming the ref, he was only >> following the rules but you saw >> what most people think on Match of the Day when Lineker said he'd tweeted >> about VAR decisions and >> over 70% where getting rid of it! >> guy >> >> >> On 10 Nov 2020 at 12:07, James A. Lundon @ Yahoo! via Leedslist wrote: >> >> Folks, >> Are we all on our knees since Saturday afternoon? >> James. >> _______________________________________________ >> >> >> >> >> -- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ >> >> Dorigo's Right Buttock... > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > Dorigo's Right Buttock... _______________________________________________ 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/ Dorigo's Right Buttock...
