It's been like this all season. A few reasonable results have only papered over the cracks. Thought bamba and Mowatt were both shocking
Sent from my iPhone > On 19 Mar 2016, at 20:19, Richard Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > > I felt pretty pissed when I heard the team news today. How on earth can you > think about winning a championship match with a midfield of Dallas, Murphy > and Mowatt? It's not going to happen. Apparently Cook was rested because he > was tired after Blackburn, but yet was on the bench, spent most of the game > warming up and was then asked to come on to rescue the game when we were > struggling. There's a bloody break coming up, what was Evans thinking of ? > > The tactics were all wrong. Lolley was their best player and gave Taylor a > torrid time. What he needed was a left midfielder to help him out instead he > got Mowatt who gave him > as much assistance as a leg iron. Having a nice left foot is not enough to > earn your living as a championship footballer. Like Mcphail, who masqueraded > as a premiership footballer until he was found out and played his football > playing square balls in the championship, Mowatt might want to consider the > conference ? Mind you, why should he when there's a fat bastard manager that > wants to play you as a left winger. Mowatt is so lacking when it comes, to > pace, drive, acceleration and having him in the side just means you need > others to do his leg work. > > After 20 minutes of the first half I was quite happy because Town were over > playing / passing so badly at times I thought it was going to be another > Tranmere game when John Barnes insisted his team try and play like Barcelona > and just couldn't. But they did succeed in taking the sting out of the game ( > if there was one) and they showed that a patient game can work at this level > if you have a couple of players up front who have a turn of pace and a bit of > skill. In Joe Lolley they have one of the best players in the league IMO. > > It was a great move from them that just tore us apart leading to Taylor > hacking lolly down in the box. Blatant penalty. > > Nahki Wells is f&cking shit stepped up and hit a half decent pen which > Silvestri saved excellently and then got up to catch the rebound. Great save. > > We responded well whilst Town seemed to lose their passing game and began to > shake. In Bridcutt we have a player that plays in the Leeds way, 100% full > blooded commitment with a good deal of awareness and skill. He is a poor > man's Batty but he certainly plays the game in the same way. I'd make him > captain and give him a 5 year contract alongside Lewis Cook. > > We started to pressure them, see more of the ball and push forward and then > took the lead through a great break ending with Bridcutt teeing it up for > Dallas to head in unmarked at the back post. Good goal and considering the > start and the team line up I was moderately impressed. > > A few people have said we were in control. I think that's stretching it a > bit, yes we saw a lot of the ball but let's be honest, apart from the goal we > never really threatened. I was frustrated to see simple balls played forward > over hit by 10 yards and not hitting their intended destination. Simple > footballing skills beyond the likes of Dallas, Mowatt, Murphy, Bamba , > Doukara and Antennucci. We were never in control of this game. > > Town took a while to recover but they gradually got their passing game going > again and started to push forward. They got a corner and we showed our > weakness at defending set pieces again ( Taylor maybe ?) - their captain > nicked in and scored. It was coming and they were well worth 1-1 at half-time. > > You also have to take into account they were playing a debutant up front who > edged the excellent Harry Bunn for a starting position. He was rubbish and > got taken off at halftime. A manager realising he had made a mistake doing > something about it. Compare that to fat bastard Evans who waited until 60 > minutes to drag the hapless Luke Murphy off and you realise that Wagner has > the qualities to take a team forward whilst Evans appears to be lacking. > > The second half is without doubt the worst I've seen for many a year. We were > outclassed and embarrassed by an average Town team that were just highly > organised and instructed to play simple football. The big lad in the middle > with the pineapple on his head is an average , one paced player but today > playing against Mowatt and Murphy he looked like Patrick Viera. He had time > on the ball, he played short intelligent passes and seemed to be everywhere. > He eventfully got taken off before he was sent off. > > We crumbled and Town took us apart. When Bunn came on I said to my mate 'he's > a good player this lad' . A few minutes later he volleyed them ahead from yet > another, poorly defended set piece which came from an half arsed , back pass > from Mowatt that put his keeper under pressure. Individual mistakes all over > the park. > > We then surrendered ( apart from Bridcutt) and Town gave us a masterclass. > They could have had 6 and to top it off Nahki Wells is fucking shit made one > and scored one. He's got 16 goals this season apparently, he's not shit and > he is twice the player of all the strikers we have at the club and I'd take > him tomorrow. > > As for Joe Lolley, Dallas is not in the same class when it comes to wing play. > > For the last 15 minutes were just gave in as many of the 29,000 crowd left. I > stayed to the bitter end but I'm not sure why. This performance pissed me off > more than I've been for some time. To be outplayed by Huddersfield fucking > Town at home is a new all time low in my book. > > If Cellino is going to invest money ( again) this Summer I'm not sure he is > the man. I would consider offering Wagner the job though. > > We had one shot on target in the whole game. Town had 13. Shocking. > > Scores- > > Silvestri - 5. Good penalty save. > > Beradi- 4 Shaky. > > Taylor (or Parker) - 2. Taken to the cleaners by Lolley. > > Bamba - 1. A big, gangly mess. > > Bellusci - 2. All over the shop. Desperate performance. > > Murphy - 2. Third division player - have I told you that before ? Watching > him spoon a ball in to touch when not even pressured is just too much. Then > two minutes later, just pulling up and giving the ball to nobody ! He's > bloody rubbish. > > Mowatt - 0. Just not up to this level. > > Dallas - 2 for the goal, his general play was shocking - 2 over hit crosses > that only need a simple ball into the centre. > > Bridcutt - 7. One man band. > > Doukara - 5. Decent first half but petered out. > > Antenucci- 1. One decent effort that went wide but apart from that he was > shite. > > Subs - all came on too late. > > This was bloody awful. > > >> On 19 Mar 2016, at 18:55, Nick Allen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> So, in control for 40 minutes, great double save from a penalty by >> Silvestri, good goal by Dallas heading home a far post cross by Bridcutt; >> Bridcutt was in charge in the first half...then slack marking at a corner, >> free header and they're back in the game. >> >> After that we gave up, barely made a chance, they ran through our midfield >> with speed and purpose, the back 4 were nowhere...total fucking shambles. >> Disgraceful capitulation. >> >> End of. >> >> Sent from my iPad >> _______________________________________________ >> Leedslist mailing list >> Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist >> To unsubscribe, email [email protected] >> >> >> MARCHING ON TOGETHER > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER
