First goal I thought was Anita and Viera letting their man go - he drifted off
the back of them and had acres of time and space to pick his cross. Not sure
you can blame the marking in the middle - one cb had to shift to cover the
bloke who crossed leaving the other with two to mark. Someone with Sharp’s
experience was always going to find space there
S
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> On 28 Oct 2017, at 10:03, {broken-address} Richard Walker
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> a few thoughts
> I was very impressed with the way Sheff Utd started. They played some of the
> best football I've seen for a while and all their players seemed to know
> where each other were and in Duffy they had the man of the match and the most
> intelligent footballer I've seen for a while. I'd get a bid in for him in
> January. If only our midfielders had the awareness and poise of Duffy. He
> found time on the ball and used it effectively however that applied to just
> about everyone in their team. Billy Sharpe, who I always thought was lively
> but never convincing at Leeds, looked like a totally different player and if
> it wasn't for Lonergan he could have / should have had a hatful in the first
> half.
> The Blades played with 2 effective wingers and full backs who also came
> forward and contributed. It was actually good to watch and I rarely say that
> about the opposition. Their style is similar to what we are trying to achieve
> but I don't think we have the players to do it at the moment.
> Their goal was a result of great link up play and good movement from Sharpe
> in the box but it looked like he wasn't marked ? Need to see it again but if
> a little bloke like Sharp gets a free header from 4 yards you have to ask
> questions of our 6 ft central defenders.
> I thought our defence crumbled under the attacks. Cooper and Pennington as
> first choice is as bad a decision as selling Rob Green and I'm losing faith
> in our attacker manager who doesn't seem to know who are the best defenders..
> Cooper for me is 4th in line at the moment yet if he is fit he plays and to
> top it all he is captain. Bad decision after bad decision.
> I also think we have to look a bit further than the central two who were not
> helped by Ayling who I thought had a poor game defensively. Anita also
> struggled against lively attackers. I like Anita but I don't think he's a
> left back.
> In midfield, we started with Philips playing as the 'no 10' and Saiz on the
> left wing. Another bad decision, Philips hardly touching the ball and I
> didn't know Saiz was on the pitch in the first 30 minutes. As for Lasogga,
> big questions have to be asked. Can he really play as a lone striker in this
> league when he's constantly outbattled and out muscled off the ball so easily
> ? He looks powder puff to me.
> Allioski saw a lot of the ball on the right but he failed to deliver on every
> occasion.
> Any positives ?
> Well, yes. I thought we responded really well to going 1 down and unlike some
> performances we didn't crumble. TC made a good decision in moving Saiz into
> the 'no 10' position however this meant Philips was asked to play as a left
> winger which rendered him even more useless than he had been previous to
> that.
> At one point after we equalised I thought we had them on the ropes and their
> slick football stopped and we did take control but a mixture of an inability
> to pass and keep the ball (Lasogga, Allioski, Ayling) let them back into it
> and normally service was resumed when their 10 year old sub came on and
> showed Lasogga how to play as a centre forward. Very, very frustrating.
> Saiz tried as a one man show to win the game and he really had them worried
> but he can't do it on his own and we can't expect him week in week out to be
> the midfield and the attack.
> Overall, I'd say it was a fair result. I thought we battled well to get back
> in the game but ultimately key players let us down today.
> Lonergan - 8. Kept us in it first half.
> Ayling - 4. I thought it was his worst game for Leeds - he has always
> struggled IMO on the back foot against pacey opposition. Not a premier league
> defender as some think.
> Anita - 5. Struggled
> Pennington - 6. I thought first 20 minutes he was all over the place but I
> wouldn't completely blame him. I thought he improved massively in the second
> half and I thought he defended pretty well overall. I'd settle for him and
> Jansson to be given a run in the team. Stopped fucking about with the
> pairings TC.
> Cooper - 3. I've never been convinced by him and against tricky and speedy
> opponents and lik Pennington he started really shakily but he didn't improve
> until he got injured. Is he playing with an injury ? He's very inconsistent
> and the decision to make him captain is a really bad one.
> Philips - 3. Another good goal masking a performance that contributed
> nothing. Everyone will remember the goal and say that justifies why he is
> one of the first names on the teamsheet. I say no ! His general play is not
> good enough and putting in the odd hospital tackle doesn't represent a good
> performance in my book. Take away the goal and I'd say he was our second
> weakest player. Definitely not a 'No 10'.
> Saiz - 7. Didn't touch the ball much in the first half as he was dumped on
> the left wing in preference to playing Philips at no 10. Another bad
> decision. Second half he scared them to death and was unlucky not to have put
> us in the lead with a great shot which hot the post. Would we have won if
> that had gone in ? Not sure.
> Allioski - 3. Overhit and poorly executed dead balls and just isn't doing
> things right at the moment.
> Vierra - 5. I was disappointed with Vierra last night. He got around the
> pitch and did some decent stuff but he looks naive (which he is) at times and
> he loses his position and commits unnecessary fouls. He needs a run in the
> team.
> Lasogga - 2. Another very disappointing performance from the big man .... a
> big man who plays like a fairy. He did win a few headers last night but
> overall he was muscled out of the game and when he did get the ball at the
> feet he was unable to do anything through being too isolated. I don't think
> at home when the pressure is on us to attack he can play that role. That
> creates a massive problem for us because we seem to have adopted a tactic to
> play one up front. I still don't get that ? Why do we have to have a 'No 10'
> role that plays deeper. Shove someone up beside him. No bloody idea who like
> ? Is there anyone in the U-23 worth a punt or maybe Grot should be given a
> chance from the start with Lasogga ? Or maybe, Lasogga isn't any good ?
> Hamburg wouldn't let a player go and pay most of his wages if he was any
> good. Have we been sold a dud ?
> O'Kane - 4 . Eunan O'Kane, Mr average, Mr Unspectacular , Mr Nothing. He's
> certainly found a new role which involves him sitting depp between the centre
> halves and collecting the ball and laying it off to someone. Great ! That's
> brilliant. We have a midfielder who is acting as a central defender. It's
> fucking awful to watch and O'Kane for me is a perfect example of why we are
> not progressing. He offers nothing.
> Subs
> Grot - just not able to impact a game on his own. I'm still not writing this
> fella off though.
> Hernandes - tried to get invovled and did a bit but nothing worked.
> TC - bad decision after bade decision. It was noticealbe that Lonergan has
> started to go long with his distribution which is either TC abandoning his
> tippy tappy football across the back or the players deciding that route one
> is the best way against pacey opponents ? I think his weakness is the
> defence.. Getting rid of a consistent keeper and bringing in your own keeper
> only to abandon that idea and bring in another old keeper doesn't fill you
> with confidence. I don't think he knows how defences work - he's now plugging
> O'kane in there and in general I feel he's stuggling a bit. 5 losses out of 6
> may have got you sacked under the previous owner but early results have kept
> us in the top 6 and will give him the chance to put things right. I hope he
> succeeds but the next few games will determine his future.
>
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