It wasn’t so much the fact of the defeat (1-0 to the league leaders, them
scoring with a decent strike by the best player on the pitch - who of course
should have been off it by then…) it was the manner. Disorganised, gutless,
very little apparent plan…plan B…but the simple stuff like passes in to feet;
defenders getting goal side and staying there; getting a foot/head in where it
hurts on occasion; Green no more commands his box than any of our previous 5 or
6 keepers - the flap in the second half that injured him and Bartley was
laughable; dreadful substitution decisions - Antonsson instead of Wood, simply
shows someone who doesn’t understand the game they are seeing; dead balls…we
have at least three 6ft 3 monsters out there plus a good few more around the
6ft mark…practice dead balls and crossing until they are second nature for the
whole sodding team…i don’t like relying on that kind of game but it is what we
are set up for, so do it right.
(sarcasm warning) we are fortunate that once again our resident moron from two
rows back has decided to renew his ST…it took a full 2 minutes yesterday for
him to start slagging off our players…the abuse he gave Phillips when another
free kick failed to get past the first man was appalling (not that it was in
any way xenophobic or otherwise dodgy, which is a step forward for this numpty)
…perhaps this is one of the reasons we are so shit at home. Anyone else old
enough to remember ER described as a fortress…what a long time ago that seems.
I’ve waited a couple of games before saying anything much but it is hard to see
where any of this is going. Not that sacking Monk will achieve anything…
my esteemed long suffering mate offered the following on about 80 minutes…"we
have had no one booked for getting in hard or taking one for the team, Town
have had 4 or 5"…the size of the fight in the dog sometimes makes all the
difference.
Wood makes you yearn for the work rate of Becchio…an unbelievable sentence to
type.
Jansson and Bartley are solid in the air and the tackle but lumbering around
their feet and not the quickest…they will get hammered at some point. I hope
Berardi gets fit soon because he is the best defender at the club by a mile
(now that Taylor is sulking).
BTW - relegation 6 pointers do not happen before xmas, people should stop being
so alarmist.
> On 11 Sep 2016, at 10:10, {broken-address} Richard Walker
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Once again, a good days drinking spoilt by 98 minutes of football.All my
> pre-season optimism and support of the Cellino / Monk partnership gonewith
> one dismal match. This was the first time I’ve seen Leeds live due to anill
> planned Summer holiday (watched Luton and QPR on tv) and I was not impressed.
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> Yes, we were up against the league leaders and on the faceof it matched their
> mediocrity for long periods of the game but there were somany things wrong
> with the tactics and performances it left a sour taste in themouth. After the
> game, some of the players made their away around the pitch to applaudthe home
> support. They were met with boos and abuse. Not from me but I was asdisgusted
> as the abusers. It was all round very poor.
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> For me the team selection and tactics were completely wrong. We lost the game
> in midfield. Monk went with Philips and Bridcutt incentral midfield with
> Mowatt on the left wing and Sacko on the right. Thatmidfield is so wrong ,
> yet Monk persisted until mid second half when he tookSacko off. Mowatt is not
> good enough at this level. I’ve said it before and hewas totally anonymous in
> the game as he used all his energy and his fat, littlelegs to chase the
> opposition. Even if he was good enough, he will never be aleft winger.
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> Philips got picked on the back of his free-kick againstForest and to be fair
> I thought he contributed with bits and bobs and he’sdefinitely a got
> something to offer but at this stage of his career in a match like this he
> waslacking. Bridcutt is a good choice for captain and worked his socks off
> but hereally was a one man midfield today. Sacko started well and skinned the
> townleft back but that was it , he hardly touched the ball until he was
> subbed. Our only player with a bit of pace and skill and we couldn't get the
> bloody ball to him.
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> You can’t win with this midfield and I worry about Monk’sdecision making ? If
> you think back to QPR he had Grimes and Diougara inmidfield, neither of whom
> figured yesterday. He seems to be chopping and changing in the hope something
> will click.
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> Even if the midfield had been functioning I have doubtsabout the
> ‘partnership’ up front. Chris Wood is slow and flat footed and whilsthe wins
> the odd header they very rarely lead to anything productive. Antonsson,whilst
> much livelier, was feeding on scraps. He rarely got into the box.
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> Huddersfield were well organised and passed it around well at times but they
> never really threatened. Rob Green had nothing to do other than pickthe ball
> out of the net and one good save late on as Town tried an ambitiouslob.
>
> The main reason they won was down to one player - Mooy their loanee from Man
> City. He was headand shoulders above every player on the pitch and ran the
> show. He picked upthe ball and smacked it in the back of the net – it looked
> saveable to me butit was a good strike. He was the difference between the 2
> teams. Just before he scored I said to my mate that someone needs to either
> man mark him or nobble him.
> Apart from Mooy, I thought Town were very ordinary but it only takes one
> player with a bitextra in this shower of shit league to make a difference.
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> We didn’t create a decent chance in 98 minutes, this reallywas awful game and
> I’m in 2 minds about Blackburn on Tuesday. Not surewhat Monk can do about
> this ? The pressure is on and it's clear to see. We're in a rut and it's
> going to take some real character to get out of this position.
>
> Scores:
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> Green – 4 had nothing to do for most of the game. Looks abit small for me,
> not commanding enough.
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> Ayling – 4 I think he’s prettyaverage, just a run of the millright back with
> a shit haircut.
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> Taylor – 5. Did more going forward than anyone on the left
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> Bartley – 6. Looked pretty solid.
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> Jansson – 5. Did his bit to get the Kop going after onegreat tackle. He also
> won a lot of headers and really didn’t do much wrong fora central defensive
> debut but he did look at times like he didn’t really know whathe was doing.
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> Philips – 4. His set pieces were awful – why is he takingthem ? I thought he
> contributed well in the first 45 minutes but he fadedbadly. Why Monk
> persisted with him for the full match was mind boggling? Healso has little
> pace which actually applies to most of the team.
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> Bridcutt – 6. I thought he worked hard and put some goodchallenges in but he
> was second best against Mooy today.
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> Sacko – 2. Just didn’t see any of the ball. Is he really aright winger ?
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> Wood – 1. A shocking performance. Has to be dropped.
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> Antonsson – 4. Wasn’t effective but at least he chased andcaused a nuisance
> of himself now and again. The crowd was not impressed when hewas replaced by
> Doukara in preference to Wood.
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> Doukara and Roofe had no impact.
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> So, does Monk know what he’s doing ? Steve Evans said thatmost of Monk’s
> signings were on his list and Bridcutt was Evan’s player ?
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