Well said |-----Original Message----- |From: Leedslist [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of |[email protected] |Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2016 10:46 PM |To: Leeds List <[email protected]> |Subject: [LU] Season so far | | | I do cushion everything I say against the fact that this season has | been an armchair season so far for me (Villa next weekend will be my | first live match of the season) but I am surprised generally at some of | the list negativity. | | Even some of the more positive posts have been of the "we're playing a | bit rubbish but we're getting results" attitude. | | I think what Monk has done so far, after a wobbly start, has been | phenomenal. | | First of all, half the job (if not more) of being a good football team | is a solid and constructive defence. Our current defence is by far our | best defence since our prem league days. Cracking centre halves and 2 | capable and attacking full backs. Added to that our cover centre half | would walk into most teams in this division. And our first reserve full | back (Berardi) would again walk into most teams in this division. | | Our attacking play has been more patchy, but Monk is clearly trying to | get us to play constructive on the following deck football, he | comparatively quickly has worked out what formation works with | available resources (basically ending up with the same formation that | our only other good non-prem team, under Grayson, played). It is a work | in progress but when it has worked it has been great (see Norwich). | And for all the abuse Wood seems to get he is our most valuable player | - I bet we could get 8m+ for him - and he is scoring most games. He is | no Chapman, but the fan reaction to him is reminiscent of (in the | under-appreciation of what he brings to the table) Chappy. | | And we're 5th. Despite playing most of season without our star signing | midfielder (Bridcutt), being without our most creative player at times | (Hernandez) and without our star defender yesterday (Pontus). Imagine | the 90 promotion team without Fairclough, Batty and Strachan. How | cohesive would they have been or would Wilko have pragmatically dug a | result out in their absence? | | There looks to be a great team spirit, the football is improving, the | form is great and we've got players to come back. I haven't felt this | positive in years. Even with a deranged nutter as an owner. | | MOT! |_______________________________________________ |Leedslist mailing list |Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist |To unsubscribe, email [email protected] | | |MARCHING ON TOGETHER
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