For what it’s worth (essentially nowt) I see Roofe doing well against weaker
teams, but there’s no doubt Bamford is a better footballer. He has a bit more
class up front than anyone else we have (and he should given he cost £10m ish).
However Roofe has been a revelation so far, so even confirmed miserablists like
me will say he owns the shirt at the moment. More problematic is the Saiz been
man-marked and getting wound up scenario - we need more another creative option
imho, especially as he’ll inevitably be banned at times.
Finally, isn’t it great to see a player like Shackleton come through? OK the
odd error, but as things go I think he’s been tremendous. I hope Ryan Edmondson
is training alongside Bamford - we need da yoof to step up if we’re not going
to buy players in.
Top of the league seems ok to me though :-)
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> On 22 Aug 2018, at 18:55, {broken-address} Richard Walker
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> 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 <[email protected]> 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
>> <[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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