On the face of it no but I’m thinking longer term and Bamford fits the no 9
shirt better for me.
Roofe has improved and looks fitter however I still don’t think he has the
presence to play that lone striker long term.
> On 22 Aug 2018, at 17:14, Ian Murray <ianjamesmur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I don't think you can really make a case to drop Roofe at the minute.
>
> I like Bamfird though.
>
> I
>
>
>
> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: {broken-address} Richard Walker
> <richleed...@yahoo.co.uk.is-broken.gn.apc.org>
> Date: 22/08/2018 22:50 (GMT+08:00)
> To: Joe Skinner <jacksonpollocks...@hotmail.com>
> Cc: Leeds List <leedslist@gn.apc.org>
> 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 <jacksonpollocks...@hotmail.com> 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 <leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org> On Behalf Of nat...@sky.com
>> Sent: 22 August 2018 07:35
>> To: Leeds List <leedslist@gn.apc.org>
>> 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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