Like everybody I suppose, whenever I have a few mins to spare I am going back and watching the goals from Friday.
A couple of things I have noticed after 100 views of each: 1st: Pablo's lack of backlift was incredible. Also, I think he scored with the 12th touch of the ball in the game (and of course they kicked off!) 2nd: Three lovely touches from Bamford before he shot, especially the last one shifting the ball slightly to his left which opened up the far post and also eliminated the chance of the defender sliding in and taking the ball. 3rd: Great play by Roberts, but it all started with yet another great ballwinning tackle from Phillips. He is probably the best at this, along perhaps with Cooper, but somehow Bielsa has taught them all how to win the ball without fouling. Christiansen wanted them to press just like Bielsa does, but the press then just resulted in us charging in and giving away freekicks all the time (and Phillips and Cooper were among the worst.) The only time this hasn't worked, that I have seen, was the Brentford game when they were obviously schooled to just fall over every time we won the ball, and the terrible ref that day gave them freekicks all day long. 4th: There's been some chat on here about the stupid celebration, but what I loved was senior player Ayling singling out teenager Shackleton for a massive hug. Now that suggests great team spirit. _______________________________________________ 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
