Funny, the thing that struck me about Grot was how good his touch was (the whole "good touch for a big man" cliche, I suppose). To me, he seemed very nimble with the ball at his feet.
I thought yesterday's performance was superb. My only concerns remain that we look a little lightweight in midfield and attack, although we didn't get outmuscled in those areas yesterday as often as we had in previous games, and that sometimes the obsession with passing means players don't take shots when they should (on the flip side of that, however, both Aliosi and, especially, Saiz, opted to shoot yesterday when there were better options). All in all, a terrific start to the seaspn when you consider how new so many of the players are. If things go on like this, the Football League will be forced to discover some fictitious financial irregularity in order to dock us points. Cheers! Sean -----Original Message----- From: nattan <[email protected]> To: Leeds List <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, Aug 27, 2017 7:02 am Subject: Re: [LU] 10s all round! Got to agree with all the praise that the list gave over yesterdays performance. Things really are looking good. Let's hope the break does not stop our momentum, since with two home games against Brum and Burton (club doing a great deal on tickets !) we have the chance once we re-start to really put a marker down.I will lay my cards on the table, I was gutted when Monk left and I wanted us to keep Wood and get Bartley back - but now all of these are looking like things that have helped, or certainly not hindered usTC has a totally different outlook and approach to Monk - yes he has had to keep the 4 2 3 1 formation and has built on the good foundations Monk set up, but he does look like he is taking us to the next level.Victor Orta also needs to take a lot of credit - all the players he has brought in look quality - Alioski and Saiz look capable of tearing teams apart at this level and both are great to watch and really put the work in - two heroes in the making. Anita looks like he can play anywhere and do a better than decent job - his inclusion has meant we have not missed the brilliant Berardi at all. OK Felix has had little to do - one shot saved yesterday - but has been part of a defence that has kept 4 clean sheets on the spin. He comes out to stop attacks before they get a chance to shoot and his quick distribution has been a real feature of his play. Pennington looks like he will be fine, Ekuban and Grot are both 'ones for the future' and ones who will improveTC has also brought the best out of Cooper and Phillips - players whom the fans have been very critical of in the past - if they can do this the whole season things will be fineAs Prutton said on TV the solid box of four - Jansson, Cooper, O'Kane and Phillips- break up play and stop the other team and that allows the skillful players to get on the ball and do their stuff. Whilst one cross from Alioski yesterday was crying out for Wood to slide it home the use of Roofe upfront made us a lot more m obile and fluent and a lot harder to defend against. Things really are looking up and when you think we have our best youngster , Vieira, mainly stuck on the bench, and the option of the highly rated Klitch to come on, plus the rejuvenated Dallas, and the unpredictable but pacy Sacko ready to come on and make a difference - we look like we have strength in depth.We also have Pennington and Berardi ready to come back and fight for their places so competition will be fierceI must admit I was less impressed with Grot than many on here - I thought he looked cumbersome and very slow in thought and deed when he had the ball. He did manage a couple of headers and his turn against the (at the time) one legged Triaore did suggest he may be Ok in time. But that is nit-picking -the whole performance was excellent and to me, was summed up in the number of players who surrounded the ball and smothered it when their number 10 chipped it over one of ours and then skinned Ayling and went on the cha rge, his ball through to Murphy was good but the swarm of black shirts meant that Murphys touch had to be spot on and it was'nt so we scramble the ball away - brilliant teamwork. We do seem to have the work ethic from front to back, with plenty of skill to complement it, we are a team that is starting to be good to watchThis really could be our season - here's hopingDavePS - Rob Green going to sit on the bench in the Prem will weaken us but Longeran is Ok as back up, and it will free up more money for wages From: Richard Naef <[email protected]> To: Richard Walker <[email protected]>; Rob Heath <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, 26 August 2017, 20:15 Subject: Re: [LU] 10s all round! ;) all together, "He does what he wants, he's Simon Saiz, he does what he wants"Sent from my Mobile-------- Original Message --------Subject: Re: [LU] 10s all round!From: Richard WalkerTo: Richard Naef ,Rob Heath ,[email protected] pc.orgCC:Rich.Got to say, like I think I'm a cunt for my criticism of Philips I think you're a cunt for your criticism of Saiz - he's our fucking saviour, our Gordon Strachan. Greedy !!?? Fuck that , he can do what he wants !________________________________From: Richard Naef <[email protected]>To: Rob Heath <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2017, 7:37:54 PM GMT+1Subject: Re: [LU] 10s all round!Saiz is great but a bit of a greedy guts, needs to pass when other players are in better positionsttfnRichard-----Original Message-----From: Leedslist [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Rob HeathSent: 26 August 2017 19:33To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>Subject: [LU] 10s all round!What a performance!Superb from back to front, and you can tell there's a fantastic team spirit.My only concern is that Saiz is way too good for this league and I cannot beli eve we'll keep him after January. (...........or even after this week!.............if Barcelona are smart they'd offer 25 million of their Neymar money and there's their replacement!)The only one who would not get a 10 from me would be Christiansen.........and he'd get a 12!_______________________________________________Leedslist mailing listInfo and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslistTo unsubscribe, email [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>FLAME WARS 'R US_______________________________________________Leedslist mailing listInfo and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslistTo unsubscribe, email [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>FLAME WARS 'R US_______________________________________________Leedslist mailing listInfo and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslistTo unsubscribe, email [email protected] WARS 'R US _______ ________________________________________Leedslist mailing listInfo and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslistTo unsubscribe, email [email protected] WARS 'R US _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] FLAME WARS 'R US
