Actually although he missed the best chance I think Antonsson looked lively and I think he could be worth a run.
> On 7 Aug 2016, at 14:51, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > That first 45mins was as bad as any I have seen from us for a long time - if > they had been any good it would have been 3 or 4 to them.Sky comms summed us > up when they said "last season Leeds were toothless in attack and error prone > at the back, a lethal combination. Early signs are it is the same now" - that > is as good a summary of last season as anyone can make. > I do not want to get to carried away on one performance and the first of the > season at that, but today was awful - I was never a big fan of Silvestri but > Green just seems to be in the same mould. Crap at crosses, no good at kicking > and does not control the area. It remains to be seen whether Green can pull > off the same number and quality of reaction saves that Silvestri made. > Grimes - this was as poor a midfield debut as I can remember - when he was > subbed, I texted my mates and said that could be the last we see of him , and > I was not joking > Roofe tore the 4th Division apart last season but did nothing today to > suggest he can bridge that gap - although I accept he got little or no > service.Antonsson wasted, badly, our one and only clear chance - this is not > Sweden > Overall our passing was atrocious - sideways, backwards or straight to the > opposition. This meant we gave ourselves no chance of doing anything. We also > insisted on trying these long cross field balls, balls which put the player > under pressure arriving at a bad height and pace for him to control or going > straight into touch. > Hard to pick any positives - only 3 players deserve a wage and two of them > messed up and cost us goals. I thought Vieira after a slow start did some > good tackles and decent passing and driving and I do think he will be a > massive player for us - then he blew any chance we had, albeit it was only > ever slim, of getting back in the game with his penalty conceding tackle > (reminded me a bit of Sam Byram who often spolit a good performance by giving > away an unneccessry pen)Coyle - again impressed when he came on but was at > fault for the thirdSo that leaves Sacko as the only 'innocent' in it all - he > looked lively and was the only creative player we had. > Will be interesting to see what Monk says (I did text a , hopefully , joke > text to my mates saying he will be sacked on Monday) because this was not the > football we have been promised - like last season all over again with Rosler > promising heavy metal football and delivering defensive minded rubbish > Surprised (or am I?) that it took as little as 3 minutes to pop our bubble > this time - a corner, total panic and a goal against. As my son said how many > managers, keepers and defenders is it going to take before we can defend a > straight forward corner where the ball is just put into the box > Very deflated. > We need to improve and improve quickly because our only hope of getting out > of this spiral is to stick with Monk and we can only do that if we can all > (esp Cellino) see some improvement > > Dave > _______________________________________________ > 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
