Well that was as poor as it gets and it is season over -there is no coming back from this one.For the second home game on the trot we conceded four goals, for what feels like the fourth game on the trot we had a player taken off with a bad injury, and for what feels like five out of six games we ended the game with ten men.The highlight of the game for me was a steward throwing me a packet of extra strong mints - yes it really was that bad with no redeeming features at allThe big questions now are, who is to blame and, where do we go from here - the answer to both these questions is "I have no idea"In the pub , pre game we talked about the new shirt badge, the under 23 purchases and when we discussed the Cardiff game we all agreed that TC giving it out with his pre match excuse that they were a big side with lots of tall players. Oh shit we said he has put the fear of god up our own team and set them up to be bullied, and so it proved as from first to almost last we were battered and knocked around. They could have scored with the first free kick into our box and from then on we struggled massively at all set pieces as our static keeper and pint sized defenders failed to get to grips with themI can't be bothered to go through the goals but the game was soon out of reach as we went in 3 down and down to ten men - no chance here of a Millwall type near 'victory from the jaws of defeat'It was almost fitting that our goal came from ex favourite Sol Bamba as he turned a half decent cross into his own net- the highlight of our attacking play. This apart we had one decent shot from Lassogga that was well saved and his other shot came thundering off the bar only for Alioski to miss when it was the proverbial 'easier to score' chanceWe really were awful and nothing the players or manager did made any real sense - bad positioning, bad passing , bad control, bad decision making and bad substituions I did stay to the final whistle but I was in a minority and I suspect a decent sized number will not be returning for the next home game as this game and the whole season went up in smoke - all our early hopes dreams and expectations came crashing down againI do excempt Forshaw from criticism, he battled hard and looked to be a good acquisition BUT it was final proof that Roofe will never make it at this level , no doubt he will score 20 goals in each of the next few seasons but only if he drops down a Division or probably two. Alioski is nowhere near good enough, Hernandez is past it, Felix will never make it in England and we cannot afford to play with ten men v eleven. Lassogga could score goals but not when we do not play to his strengths and finally , Vieirra may be the best young prospect we have had since Cook BUT he needs to be much much more consistent So to sum up - this was a dreadful performance from start to finish and was, in effect, the end of the season for us - the play offs are just a dream now.Can TC do it ? I am not sure, should we sack him ? I am not in favour of chopping and changing but I really cannot see him offering us anythingVery disappointed and disillusionedDave _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected]
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