Playing against Beto is one thing , playing against Saka,Martinella and others is another. Always play your best team.
Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Tuesday, August 19, 2025, 7:49 pm, Robert Heath <[email protected]> wrote: Selection dilemma at the back now though! Surely you must play your marquee CB signing v Arsenal away, but surely he can't drop Strujk after his performance last night? Tricky one. On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM Robert Heath <[email protected]> wrote: > Obviously a player 3 mins into his debut converting a pen past Pickford in > front of the kop in the 84th min with the score 0 0 in our first PL game > back was good....... but I think my favourite moment was when Ampadu > steamed into an EV player as they tried to do some fancy PL playing out > from the back and won the ball on the edge of their box while leaving the > twat in a heap. Battyesque! > > On Tue, 19 Aug 2025, 6:39 pm Ted, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Nice report Rich - I had to watch on TV as I'm on hols. With regards to >> the >> pen, I understand why Everton didn't like it but I thought it was a >> definite pen. His arm wasn't in an "unnatural position" but like you say - >> he moved/dived across to stop the ball and it hit his arm: penalty! >> (Even Neville and Spitter thought it was a pen!) >> >> Agree with most of your scores, but Ampadu edged Man (not player!) of the >> Match for me. 👍 >> >> >> >> On Tue, 19 Aug 2025, 09:17 bbrozsely--- via Leedslist, < >> [email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > Great account! Feels like Bogle and James are both a bit undercooked atm >> > hopefully the right can get going soon >> > >> > > On 19 Aug 2025, at 09:11, Richard Walker via Leedslist < >> > [email protected]> wrote: >> > > >> > > Not the usual Saturday buzz in town before the game (ruined by Sky) >> but >> > still lots of anticipation in the air. You couldn't help think that we >> just >> > wouldn't be good enough and the step up would be too much for the >> > championship players. Well, the first half answered that. Everton were >> > missing a couple of players but they still had a decent team out and >> they >> > never got a kick in that first half. Dewsbury-Hall who played so well >> for >> > Leicester against us was marked out of the game by the excellent Ampadu >> and >> > Beto never got a sniff due to Srujik and Rodon, although on that >> > performance I think Beto is pretty shit. The best parts of an excellent >> > first half performance for me were: >> > > 1) Booing the Premier League anthem - it's awful 2) Gudmonssen / >> Stach / >> > Gnonto combinations down our left wing. 3) Tanaka / Stach / Ampadu >> > completey bossing midfield. Stach is the player we need in that >> midfield. >> > 4) Everton fans' girly chant - WTF 5) Our confidence on the ball and how >> > every player passed it around with style. >> > > We didn't create a lot of chances and that's our main problem at the >> > moment in that we've got Piroe, who didn't play badly at all, but he's >> not >> > going to trouble defenders too much in the box. I'd start with Lukas >> next >> > match if DCL is not fit yet. Our wingers tried hard but didn't produce >> > much. Dan James in particular looked off it whereas Gnonto looked >> lively. >> > > Second half, Everton came into it and took a bit of control between >> > 50-65 minutes without really troubling us too much and once we made our >> > subs I think we competed better. Not seen the penalty back but in real >> time >> > from the East Stand it did look like the Everton player had dived like a >> > keeper to stop the ball. Great penalty from Lukas under massive >> pressure. >> > After the penalty I thought we would sit back but credit to us we didn't >> > and we looked more likely to get a second than Everton getting an >> equaliser >> > and as we got to the 7 minutes of injury time, I wasn't worried at all. >> > Good win and definitely something to build on. >> > > Perri - 7. His kicking was off but he showed great presence in his 6 >> > yard box second half , which is something we have missed for a while. >> > > Bogle - 7. Not his best game but I thought he battled well. The James >> / >> > Bogle combinations didn't come off last night. >> > > Gudmonssen - 8 or as one fan on the P2 back into town called him >> > (Razmonssen). Never gave the ball away and looked to get forward at >> every >> > opportunity. Dare I say that's the best I've seen since Dorigo ? >> > > Strujik - 8. Everyone was thinking that he was going to be the weak >> > link. He wasn't and he won most balls and distributed well. >> > > Rodon - 8. Solid defending against poor opposition. >> > > Stach - 8. Big lad, looks a bit lumbersome but he's not and when he >> ups >> > the gear he is frightening. Going to massive for us this season. Good >> shot >> > on him as well. >> > > Amapadu - 8. Sat behind Stach and Takata and did all the dirty work >> very >> > well. Looked worrying 2nd half when he went down under a heavy >> challenge - >> > hope he's ok >> > > Tanaka - 9. Sensational and my MOTM. He was everywhere andran his >> socks >> > off. Everton didn't have a second on the ball as he was at them >> throughout >> > and when he got the ball he showed composure and skill. I think he's >> > answered the question as to whether he can step up a level. Gonna be >> hard >> > for Longstaff to break into this team. >> > > James - 5. Not his night. >> > > Gnonto - 6. Lively but not much end product. >> > > Piroe - 6. Played some nice link up play as he dropped deep in the >> first >> > half but I can't see where he's going to fit in this season other than >> > coming off the bench at times. >> > > Subs: the great thing for me is that all the subs came on and made a >> > difference >> > > Lukas - looked very lively and converted the pen >> > > Harrison - booed by a few wankers but gave his all and did well >> > > Aaronsson - didn't do much but got invovled. >> > > Longstaff - actually I can't remember anything he did but he wasn't on >> > long. >> > > Bring on Arsenal. As one guy said in the bus queue - not sure I'd be >> > happy with just a point after that :) >> > > >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > 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/ >> > > >> > > The Rev, John Lee. 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