No matter what - I've fuc*ing loved this season. Bielsa is the man. ALAW
On Sun, 31 Mar 2019, 15:55 Nicholas Armit via Leedslist, < [email protected]> wrote: > Surprised noone has mentioned Douglas playing with one leg for about 25 > minutes. Unbelievable effort. > Nick > On Sunday, March 31, 2019, 9:38:49 AM EDT, Richard Walker via > Leedslist <[email protected]> wrote: > > Moved from the Scabby Taps to the West Riding only to find the pub > completely surrounded by police vans and police. For one moment I thought > Millwall had taken it over but that was a stupid thought as I saw some > regulars in the window. Turns out the police were preventing the Leeds fan > leaving on masse as they were preparing to get the Millwall fans off the > train and on to the buses. We didn't want to get locked in so we walked > back towards the station just in time to see about 100 Millwall fans > walking down from the station with police everywhere. However, they let > them walk pretty freely across towards the Black Prince and that caused a > bit of upset and it looked like we could be in for some fun and games as a > couple of Millwall lads at the front were getting a bit liary. Apart from > them though I was surprised how young some of the Millwall lads were and to > be honest I think the police surrounding the West Riding was a good tactic > especailly for those young Millwall lads giving it the big one. > Anyway, on to the game, Bloody brilliant. Atmosphere second half was > brilliant and it convinced me today that nothing can stop us. > Millwall were tricky and In the first 20 mins they were the better side. > Their main outlet was the right wing where Allioski showed that despite > being one of the best players this year he isn’t a great defender and not a > great left back. Their no 8 (little guy) was the best player on the park ( > apart from Hernandez) and he caused all sorts of problems including a great > unmarked header for their first (he's only 4ft 2). It looked like the ball > was going out but Allioski let him get a great cross in, which was pin > point onto the head of a Millwall head and he couldn’t miss. Poor defending > from us. Before that BFP had made a good save to prevent them take 5e lead. > Aside from the BPF flapped and hesitated a couple of times and the general > feeling was that KiKo has a presence which BPF does not ..yet. > > We pushed forward and should have got back into it when Allioski took a > bit of a dive for a pen however Bamford missed it with a really poor pen. > Bamford went on to have his worst game for us. He’s a good player but this > showed that he’s not only a confidence player but against physical central > defenders he may struggle. I was surprised how much he did struggle today. > > We deserved the equaliser because we had weathered the first 20 mins and > through Harrison down the left we were causing them problems. It was a > great goal with Pablo threading his shot through a busy penalty area. > > I thought we’d go on to bury them but credit to them because they always > had something to offer on the break and at times our defending was dodgy. > Their pen involved Ayling firing across the box to try and tackle but he > just ended up hacking their man down. Stonewall pen, 2-1. > > Second half, Bielsa decide to take Allioski off and put Douglas on. I’ve > not been impressed with Douglas’s defending and he wasn’t perfect but he > definitely stemmed the threat down the right and it was a good tactical > move. > > I thought we took control 2nd half bit it’s never easy against Millwall. > The equaliser was a comedy of errors for them as they failed to clear near > the kop enabling Douglas to cross to Ayling who put a great header into the > back of the net. Pandemonium. > > The game still ebbed and flowed and although we were on top Millwall still > had moments. We took Jansson off for Clarke and moved Philips into the back > four. Clarke was pretty anonymous but with Roberts, Harrison and Pablo at > them we always looked like scoring. The final goal was the result of > Roberts, who played well all my match, teasing their full back then playing > it into the middle for Pablo to slide in and stick it in the net. > Brilliant. Someone near me commented that Pablo was our new Strachan. For > me, he isn’t in the same class, not close, but this season he’s having the > same affect. > > Scores: > Peacock - 6. Good save first half but he didn't give me any confidence on > crosses / corners. > Ayling - 7. Great goal and celebration. Defending dodgy at times but came > forward when he could. > Allioski - 3. Possibly his worst game ? He got caught time and time again > and didn't have the defensive abilities to stop it. > Jansson - 7. As always some good defending but also some I'm dead acting. > He also lost his head a bit second half and I think subbing him was another > good choice. Needs to sort himself out at times. > Cooper - 8. I thought he defended really well at times. > Hernandez - 9. Two great goals and he is on fire at the moment. > Kilch - 5. Never really got going and was second best to the little > Millwall fella (Ben Thompson apparently). I like Klich but over the second > half of the season I'd say at times he's been a bit of a weak link. > Philips - 8. I though Philips was exceptional. His passing, his tackling > and his ability to be in the right place at the right time making good > decisions show that his footballing brain is maturing. Very impressed. > Roberts - 8. I love this lad. He's got something special in that ability > to take a ball, turn and move away from an opponent. His confidence is > growing match by match and I think he's going to be a big player for us. > Occassionally he does the hard work then lays off a ball which is either > slightly over or under weighted. He needs to be a bit more careful at > times. > Harrison - 9. Caused Millwall trouble all day and was our main threat. > Bamford - 3. Missed a pen (poor effort) and in general didn't recover from > that. He looked tired towards the end and the harder he tried the shitter > he looked. He's a fairly majestic footballer usually but second half he > looked like a slow John Pearson. Slightly worrying but I'm sure he's come > back. > Subs: > Clarke - didnt really have chance - got the ball and was marked by 2 or 3 > defenders. Forshaw - came on and did his stuff including a 30 yarder that > the keeper nearly spilled into the nets. I know a lot of people don't rate > Forshaw, I do. > Douglas - I thought he did pretty well. He got stuck in and linked up well > with Harrison and Pablo. > The atmosphere at the end was brilliant especially with the news that > Sheff Utd had been beaten. It's gonna be tight folks. > > _______________________________________________ > 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
