What impressed me was the tracking back that Harrison did and that Roberts made a couple of clearances from corners.
Sent from my mobile ________________________________ From: Leedslist <[email protected]> on behalf of [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 10:04:19 AM To: Leeds List Subject: Re: [LU] Preston To be honest that was the one criticism I had of MB last night - I thought it was a decent touch taking Roberts off to applause , although part of me thought it may be better to have left him on with a chance of a hat-trickBut I felt he got it totally wrong with Forshaw - the lad is just coming back from (another) injury and has had 15mins or so v Millwall and 45 in the u23s on Monday so to me it was risking him getting injured by not being properly warmed up when we did not need him on the pitch - why not give Edmunson or even better Clarke- it would be Clarkes debut- a few minutes on the pitch -The worst that could happen would be them giving the ball away and costing us a goal that would not have affected the game- neither here nor there, whereas the upside making or even better scoring a goal , again not affecting last nights result but could be a massive boost for them going forward. What better chance to 'blood' a youngster, and I fully expect Clarke to be a first team player by the end of the season, than when you are 3 0 up at home v a team near the bottom and with 5 or 10 minutes to go ? As for making 3 subs in the last 5 minutes of normal time, I just don't get it - we did not need to waste time or kill the game so what is the point ? Having said that this is real nit-picking after a great performance - yes Preston are poor but teams like this still need putting to the sword and we did that with style and aplomb. As for Roberts I thought his pre goal(s) performance was a mixed bag - he had some decent touches and link up play and he again got into good positions BUT he really lacked confidence / killer instinct up until the first goal - he was easily shrugged off the ball and wanted to pass it into the net rather than putting his laces through it. His touch for the first goal was brilliant. As Rich (?) posted Saturday will be a big test for him - will the 2 goals be the kick start ?I think we do need to remember he is only 19 and has not played much football and has been injured for a long time. I was saying beforehand that the fans needed to support him and not get on his back if he continued to miss chances and I think, for the most part, they did that. It does mean that we can wait for Roofe to be fully fit rather than taking a risk and bringing him back too soon (eg Brum) I dont recall the last time we sold out an ordinary league game with days to go ? There are some corporate tickets left if anyone fancies that Dave From: Joe Skinner <[email protected]> To: 'Leeds List' <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, 19 September 2018, 9:30 Subject: Re: [LU] Preston >>>>Subs - not on long. This is something that really winds me up. Long term plan/style of play is very intensive, the squad isn't rotated much beyond cup games, so why don't some players (Bamford was waiting in the wings, Hernandez is old) get subbed for meaningful game time? Now some of them are injured...? It's hard getting into the gist of a game, mentally, physically etc. so late in the game and the exercise benefit is negligible [of being subbed on so late] - worse so if they don't warm up (I never seem to see subs warming up under him - maybe I'm not noticing it) _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ RIP Jimmy WAC-COE _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ RIP Jimmy WAC-COE _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ RIP Jimmy WAC-COE
