I don't think you can really make a case to drop Roofe at the minute.
I like Bamfird though.
I
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From: {broken-address} Richard Walker
<[email protected]>
Date: 22/08/2018 22:50 (GMT+08:00)
To: Joe Skinner <[email protected]>
Cc: Leeds List <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [LU] Swansea from the armchair
Bit harsh on Bamford. I thought he looked the part and created the 2nd goal.
I’d start him over Roofe despite his goals.
> On 22 Aug 2018, at 14:36, Joe Skinner <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> How much of us being poor last night (absolutely abysmal at times - as bad as
> the worst last season) is down to the opposition, though? On the flip side,
> when we do well, how much is the other team playing poorly or not being able
> to keep up with (for us) a relatively high tempo?
>
> Losing a centre half and height (and not having the guy a lot of people thing
> should be ahead of him, available) is a blow that late before kick-off.
>
> I've never really liked Phillips. He's an ambler and a pointer.
>
> I thought we were a bit crap in patches against Derby but they sat off a bit
> and we pulled 2 back. What do I know?
>
> We seemed a bit slow last night and even when we were playing well, a lot of
> aimless balls forward (which is par for the course) - but are these balls
> under Bielsa a bit different?
>
> Difficult to tell.
>
> Bamford looks well off the pace, which could be a fitness thing but even
> so... £7m?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leedslist <[email protected]> On Behalf Of [email protected]
> Sent: 22 August 2018 07:35
> To: Leeds List <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [LU] Swansea from the armchair
>
> I agree with most of what RW has said - I think that Douglas was very poor,
> Harrison was lacking and Ayling is not a centre back - twice he got us into
> trouble when he went rampaging forward and left us (even) more lightweight at
> the back Comparisons with last season are inevitable and at times we did look
> like the team that fell away and failed so badly then BUT with one massive
> difference - this time we came from behind not once but twice, and got a
> point in a game during which for the most part we were second best.
> We did show some glimpses and flashes of the way we have been playing but
> last night was a long way from the style and pizzazz of the other games Full
> marks to MB for his substitutions - when he brought Phillips off I argued
> with my lad who said it was stupid to make a sub so early if he wasn't
> injured, I said I hoped it was indeed tactical and if it was it showed both
> an understanding of the game and a desire to do something about it. Phillips
> was having a shocker and he had already been booked so was on a knife edge. I
> can recall DoL sitting on his hands when we lost 2 0 at Sunderland - he had
> £30m of talent on the bench but sat like a rabbit in headlights and did
> nothing even though we all knew we were going to lose if he did not change
> things. Also I recall George Graham saying that managers often knew after a
> few minutes that they had things wrong but did not want to personnel until at
> least half time (preferrably not till 60mins) because to do so early was an
> admission that they had picked the wrong team So full marks to MB to having
> the nous and ability to know we needed to change and the bottle /lack of
> fear to do so. To then make two more changes to try and win the game is also
> to be applauded One last point on the game - if Saiz (back to his moaning
> worse) was booked for dissent how come McBurnie who argued over every
> decision and got right in the lino and ref's faces on two occasions did not
> get sent off ? ALthough to be fair he was MOM and a real handful Anyway top
> of the league despite having what was reported in the press on fixture day as
> the 'hardest start' of anyone in the Division ? I would have been happy with
> 4 pts at this stage (draw and win v Stoke and Rotherham and two defeats)
> Norwich now takes on an extra importance - was yesterday a reverting to type
> for certain players and the team as a whole or is it just one (of many) to be
> expected blips in a long hard season. We need Cooper and /or Janson to be fit
> sooner rather than later Dave
>
>
>
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