Goal was a fair one - their forward got himself tangled up with Cooper, although Klick did look slightly offside. Villa need to learn the old adage - play to the whistle. I hope we now never EVER stop for an opposing team injury again, as we were conned!
Bamford will probably get charged for cheating and be suspended - what he did was really embarrassing. He was shit before that too! There is something infuriating about him as a player - I wonder what the others think of him? Same themes as previous games - lots of possession, but actually never look like scoring as we simply hardly ever hit the target. Too much falling over by both sides, and a ref who must have left his white stick in the dressing room. One very wierd game - we should have shut up shop at 1-0 and taken the stick. Dirty Leeds! Sent from my iPad > On 28 Apr 2019, at 17:10, Richard Walker via Leedslist <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Just got back from the maddest game I've ever seen. The ref from the start > was poor. I thought they could have had a couple of pens but overall the ref > just kept getting decisions wrong and missinges blatant fouls. > I think Villa are a decent team. Grealish and McGinn are tricky and inventive > in midfield and at the back I think they are really strong with Tuanzebe who > looked strong and quick. On one occassion in the first half he took the ball > from his own box right through to our box showing amazing speed and strength. > One thing to remember is that their top scorer and most dangerous player > Tammy Abraham wasn't playing today. > Cooper was booked for a strong tackle on Grealish and it's fair to say that > Grealish doesn't like it up him. He's one of those players that you can > easily knock off their game and today he wasn't that effective although you > could still see his ability. > We had a few chances in the first half but to be honest none were clear cut > and are shooting was just a continuation of Wigan ... over the bar or wide. > With Forshaw and Philips both playing it took me the best part of 30 minutes > to work out who had been dropped ? (Roberts) and to be honest although > Forshaw and Philips both had decent games, Bamford looked isolated and we > rarely threatened them. They too created little. Kiko made one decent save > first half but really didn't have much to do in the 97 minutes. > Second half, Bielsa made 2 good subs. Dallas was injured apparently and made > way for Beradi. Why was Dallas playing left back ? He isn't a defender never > mind a left back. Risky stuff from Bielsa. The ineffective Harrison made way > for Roberts. > The Leeds goal was high drama. The Villa striker (Kodja ??) when down after a > challenge with Cooper and the ball went to Roberts who looked like he was > going to put it out but instead he poked it forward to the unmarked Klich who > took it on and scored. He still had a lot to do. Yes the Villa players > stopped but my opinion is that the goal was valid. We were then treated to 10 > minutes of pushing, barging and arguing as the ref just stood back and > observed. It looked like there was a skirmish on the touchline as well with > Bielsa already on a yellow. When the game was restarted I thought it was > weird seeing 3 Villa players standing side by side next to the ball as they > kicked off. They ran the ball forward unchallenged then Jansson made a half > hearted attempt to tackle but we let them score. I've never seen that before. > So here's my opinion. Our goal was valid and we should not have let them > score. How many times have we been on the receiving end of bad decisions > through the years ? The Villa forward had been throwing himself to the ground > all game and continued to get up and play on. How were we to know that this > was any different (he did go off after this) ? In the pub afterwards there > were quite a few angry folk giving Bielsa stick as he was doing his Sky press > conference. Would Bielsa have done the same if we had needed 3 points for > promotion ? Who knows. > With Roberts on second half and Villa down to 10 men as a result of the melee > we started to stretch them but time and time again the ball went into the box > from Ayling and cleared easily. We did make their keeper make a decent save > late on but I never felt we were gonna score. > Overall, it was probably a fair result but I wouldn't fancy our chances > against this lot at Wembley. > Scores: > Kiko - 7. One good save first half but v.little to do other than some > standard collects. > Ayling - 7. He got forward a lot in both halves but his quality was low. > Dallas - 6. Didn't do a lot wrong playing completely out of position. Tried > to get forward with Harrison first half but it didn't really happen. > Jansson - 6. I thought he really had to battle hard first half and didn't > always win his battles. > Cooper - 7. Steady and solid. > Klich - 7. Good goal and hopefully that will give him some of his lost > confidence in front of goals back. > Hernandez - 7. Lively as always but all his shots were high / wide. Just > couldn't break Villa down. > Philips - 7. Put in some good work and good last ditch tackles. > Forshaw - 7. Was busy and covered a lot of ground. Had a couple of have > decent efforts. > Bamford - 4. Isolated and ineffective. I haven't seen the sending off > incident but there were a few in the pub saying it was disgusting, > Harrison - 3. Very poor. > Subs: > Roberts - 8. Did ok but against a knackered 10 men. > Beradi - 7. Steady at right back. > Bielsa - wins all the plaudits for his actions but for me we take the goal > and f'ck em. 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