Lasogga is a curious one. He did start well but then went downhill. He played for Hamburg in the Bundesliga which is a far superior standard to the Championship, but the last couple of games (though I disagree he is not trying he seemed to be trying too hard yesterday) he looks poor. Grot just looks bloody awful. Nick On Monday, January 8, 2018, 10:36:17 AM EST, David Smail <dsm...@dsmail.plus.com> wrote: I was never thinking of sacking TC over this - just frustrated that he fell into the same hole as Monk re team selection. Had we played a full strength team, I imagine there might have been a different result. I know the league and promotion are everything to a club like ours, but it's not as though we had a mid week game coming up, simply TC not wanting to risk regular first team players and the idea that previous Cup games had gone well with this set up.
Even if we do badly in our next few league games, the season is far from a failure if we can repeat the turn around after our shocking 7 defeats on the trot or whatever it was - although the gap might be too large by then. Lasogga and Grot (especially) are not up to it (I won't leave this...) I don't blame them, I point the finger at the establishment that invited them in. May the same process admit it's wrong doing and reverse it, quickly! Dave From: nat...@sky.com [mailto:nat...@sky.com] Sent: 08 January 2018 11:21 To: David Smail; leedslist@gn.apc.org Subject: Re: [LU] LU Newport I have been getting a lot of stick today based on the performance / result yesterday - as I told them all I am used to it - Histon, Sutton over the last few years. I think it is different from last year v Sutton when Monk , to try and prove a point, picked a load of no-hope kids etc, TC has picked a team full of squad players, albeit very few actual "first teamers" TC has explained the selection stating that is is very much the same thinking that got us 5 1 results v Newport & Port Vale and a winning draw v Burnley and a decent performance at Leicester. There is some truth in this and if we had won I think most fans would have been OK with it. When I saw the team I was content with it - I did worry and in fact pointed out on here- that the bench only had Saiz who could come on and change things if the scoreline was going against us (I did not think Saiz would manage to not touch the ball when he came on) It is just how things are these days - the League is all important and all teams in the top two Divisions load their team with squad players We should have had enough quality to overcome 4th division opponents and enough players should have been trying to impress and force their way into the first team to have a high degree of commitment. It all depends now on how we re-act - last time under Monk his plan backfired, he was not given more money to strenghten the squad and the defeat seemed to knock some of the stuffing out of the first team players, even though they did not play, and led a lot of fans to fall out with Monk Hopefully the performance of Lassogga and Grot will mean that TC (and Orta) change their minds about the need for another striker - Lassogga is lazy and Grot needs to go out on loan or play for the u23s for a bit to see if there is an actual player in there or not - he is nowhere near first team level at this point. It should confirm the decision to get rid of Brothwick Jackson if we can - and bring in the Belgian left back. It also shows that Anita is not a left back - he was given a torrid time from Nouble(sp) I have no idea why Pennington did not play - Everton are out of the cup so having him cup tied does not seem to be a problem. It should stop fans asking why Klitch is not getting a game etc For me, I was content when I saw the team and in my ideal scenario we would get two or three up with goals from Lassogga and 2 from Grot (to get their confidence up) and then Clarke could come on a get a 4th (laid on by Rey !) and things would look great - this is far from what happened and with Saiz looking at a 6 week ban we have a lot of problems It is still much too soon to sack TC but it does increase the pressure on him, and a win at Ipswich will assign yesterday to the history books - a defeat there and a bad result v Millwall and the whole season will collapse Dave _____ From: David Smail <dsm...@dsmail.plus.com> To: leedslist@gn.apc.org Cc: 'Rob Gillard' <rgill...@me.com> Sent: Monday, 8 January 2018, 2:48 Subject: [LU] LU Newport I am ashamed of Leeds United today - and that's strong words. Is that TC's undiplomatic way of saying were not interested in the FA Cup? Perhaps he was pleased in some demented way with how it all panned out and today's result is a secret success in his book although he'd never admit it. Our passing was awful and embarrassing and we couldn't contain Newport. I saw this result coming a mile away but not the way it happened. All our supporters making the trip and paying their money - what an insult to them, our club and the competition itself. I'm waiting for an apology TC - why have you kept so quiet after the game? Have you no thoughts, opinions or comments? At least the likes of Villa went out to lower league competition with some style and grace and looked like they were bothered. As already mentioned, if we scrape the play offs all this will be forgotten and forgiven....only to a point, but as also mentioned, defeats like this can have a dramatic effect on form and confidence. Grot and Lasogga truly awful - who brought them in? Ahem! Fine move bringing on Saiz TC whose only contribution was to get sent off for spitting ( I read) Did he touch the ball? Now a 3 match ban for a proven game changer. 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