Third goal takes a deflection off the defender which I think is what beat Casilla. Still think he should have done better. Douglas was awful. As part of my clutching at straws for hopeful omens , this was the table after 31 games in 1990! https://www.worldfootball.net/schedule/eng-championship-1989-1990-spieltag/7/
Sent from my iPhone > On 3 Feb 2019, at 11:10, Richard Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > > A few thoughts from me. > > Lots of positives first half. I thought we played some great fast moving > football and Norwich struggled at times to live with us. Unfortunately for us > all that great play broke down at the edge of their box. Roofe is struggling > and receiving the ball with his back to goal against someone who is twice his > size is not what we want from him and the amount of times he lost possession > yesterday was criminal. Compare to Bamford who played this role with ease. > > Norwich had the best front line of any team I've seen recently. Hernandez for > them was MOTM and he looked a class above everyone else on the pitch. What a > player and I'd be surprised to see him playing at Norwich after this season > especially if they don't get promoted. Compare to our Hernandez who saw a lot > of the ball but couldn't do anything with it. Having said that we missed his > energy second half and just don't look the same team without him. > > I think Harrison on the whole has flattered to deceive. Yes he can play but > there's rarely a good outcome to his play and I'm sure we're only playing him > week in week out due to his contract and agreement we've got with his club. > > I thought defensively we were poor albeit against some pacey skillful > attackers. Ayling can forget any thoughts of him playing at a higher level > than this because he looked completely out of his depth at times and his > passing just doesn't get any better. I'd look to play Shackleton. Having said > that their second goal was as spawny as you can get and I'd question our wall > positiioning for their free kick. They could have had another couple though. > > Second half wasn't as good and they looked pretty much in control until > Bamford came on and nearly got a brace with this first 2 touches. He looks > like the real deal to me at this level but is he fit ? Their third was just a > cock up and you can say what you want about BFP's errors but none were as bad > as Casilla's attempt at saving that. Early days to judge him but that was > shite. Douglas came on and showed us yet again his inability to defend. At > the start of the season everyone was thinking why had such a great player > joined us but now it's clear that Wolves have offloaded someone who wouldn't > have stood a chance in the PL. > > So overall, beaten by a better side (well their forward players were) but if > we play at that pace and commitment with Bamford up front for the rest of the > season I can't see us losing that many. > > One final word on the fans, which Nick got spot on. The ground emptied very > quickly with over 15 minutes to go and it's ok to turn up and swirl your > scarf in the air but there's a lot of happy clappy fuckers who have turned up > this season but will disappear quickly if things take a downturn. I had to > scramble for a ticket and yes that's probably my fault for not committing to > a season ticket these days but if we're really giving tickets for loyalty > half these fuckers shouldn't even be considered. Hopefully they'll not fancy > the Sky game versus West Brom on a Friday night and I might have a better > chance. I tried to upgrade my 'Silver Membership' to gold this week but was > told there's no upgrade process you can only buy a gold separately. Fucking > ridiculous. Rant over. If anyone with a season ticket wants to buy me 3 > tickets for the West Brom game when they go on sale I would be v.grateful and > transfer money before you send me them. As it stands I have to wait until > season ticket holders and gold members have snapped up tickets before I get a > chance. > > My scores: > > Casilla - 4. Poor keeping for 3rd goal > > Ayling - 4. Some good forward movement in first half but generally shit > > Allioski - 6. I thought he did ok. Better prospect than Douglas at left back > maybe ? > > Jansson - 6. Both Jansson and Cooper got through lots of good defensive work > but today they met their match big time. > > Cooper - 6. Ditto > > Forshaw - 7. Lot of people slagging him off and yes he lost his way second > half as Norwich took control but I thought he was immense in the first and > covered a hell of a lot of ground. > > Klich - 5. Good first half but faded badly second. > > Harrison - 4. A few decent moments first half but ineffective. > > Roofe - 4. Apparently he nearly scored start of the first half - I missed > that as I was finishing of my beer. Apart from that he was ineffective. He's > had a great season but time for a rest. > > Roberts - 6. I would have taken Roofe over before Roberts. I thought he > looked very lively and did at least manage an effort in the first half. > > Subs: > > Bamford - 8. It's aways easier to come on as a sub especially when team > you're playing against is 3 up and coasting but he nearly turned it aorund. > > Clarke - 6. Had a couple of moments but we didn't give him enough of the > ball. > > Douglas - 3. Nightmare. > > Boro next week will be interesting. Hopefully Bamford starts and scores a > hat-trick. > > > > > > > > On Sunday, 3 February 2019, 10:09:37 GMT, Simon McNally > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
