As usual a fascinating presser by MB he spoke quite a bit about who plays up front, here's some bits;
"One team has more than 11 players who can start a match. [Luke] Ayling, [Barry] Douglas and [Gaetano] Berardi can play in the XI. Shackleton can consider himself as one of the 11 starters. Nketiah, Helder Costa are not playing, but they can start matches. The 11 starting positions, one player can build it. I can build it if I can put one player or another player and they make the team work in similar ways." "The advantage Patrick has is that he's had more time with us, has more experience and he's older. The polemic you're talking about is something the supporters/press like. If Bamford doesn't play, everybody would ask why not. If both play, they'd ask why Klich/Forshaw don't play" "Patrick gives things to the team that Eddie can also give. Patrick is a goalscorer and Eddie as well. The difference in style is not too big. Both of them can fill the position with the same emphasis." "I've done things that are not correct. Nobody who is in football for 30 years can do the correct thing all the time. Football makes you a little bit worse. If not, football doesn't accept you. I have behaviour you can point to that isn't correct. "There are lots of people who do the correct thing and don't get any praise. This is why I wanted to share the award with them. To think a couple of years ago we had Hockaday and Evans........... _______________________________________________ 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
