Yep, agree. The positives re Bielsa and what he has done to the club have been outstanding, but there is clearly another side to his footballing mentality that is seriously f*cking things up. Having seen Augustin yesterday, then I cannot understand why he hasn’t had Ryan Edmondson on the bench as an option - he’s a big lad, maybe a bit raw, but he scores goals. Even if he isn’t a long term solution he is fit!
I also don’t understand why Shackleton isn’t in the starting xi every week either - the skill to managing emerging youth players isn’t giving them 15 minutes and seeing the likes of Ayling, Dallas etc in front of you in the pecking order. The obsession, and it is that, with sticking with the same players playing out of position is f*cking crazy! We need to play with two up front too! I don’t think it matters who we have left to play this season - we are capable of buggering it up against anyone! Just watching a bit of the Milwall WBA - baggies should be at least 2 up already after 12 mins! If we’re not 4 points behind them after today it’ll be a miracle. Sent from my iPad > On 9 Feb 2020, at 11:51, Richard Walker via Leedslist <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I think this was the only time I've watched Leeds this season and thought > that to a man they were poor. Poor passing, poor control, poor set pieces ... > eveything was poor. I do think Harrison's final ball is poor 75% fhe time but > how do explain some of those misplaced passes last night ? How do you explain > the throwing from Ayling straight into touch, how do you explain Costa who > beat his man everytime against Millwall not managing to do that once ? > Yes, they're a big awkward, championship team and we saw that at Elland Road. > Little ability but they've got height and have a manager who promotes a hard > work ethic. So I think they are difficult opposition for a passing team like > us but that does not excuse some of our play. > It certainly doesn't excuse our keeper, who is now makng schoolboy errors on > a weekly basis. Beaten at his near post twice recently is criminal for a > keeper reportedly pulling in top wages. We've seen Meslier against Arsenal > and know he can do a job and I liked the look of the lad who played for the > U23s on Friday night. Get one of them in for Brentford. > One thing nobody has discussed is Bielsa and his tactics. Playing Ayling at > centre back and White as holding midfield player. What the fuck ? If we're > absolutely going to insist we have to play every fucking game with a holding > midfielder then surely we've got a midfielder at the club who can play that > positiion in Philips's absence ? Yes Bielsa will point out that his second > person for that role in his inflexible 2 players per position rule is long > term injured (Forshaw) so why the fuck haven't we brought someone in during > the transfer window to do that role and cover Philips ? Rather than bring in > another winger who can't get in the team and a forward who is not fit ? It's > madness and Bielsa and his narrow minded obsessions are beginning to get on > my tits. > Yes, we've seen White stroll though the midfield and play some decent balls > but what from that tells you he can play midfield ? He's a fucking centre > back, our best centre back, and Bielsa makes a decision to play the most > important game of our season with a right back at centre back and our best > centre back in midfield ? Totally naive football management that I would > expect from Kevin Blackwell and the Hock but not the great Bielsa, the > masterful tactician and the bloke who has won fuck all and looks like winning > fuck all at Leeds. > Rant over, but I was livid last night. Some of White's contributions last > night were terrible and I felt sorry for the lad. > We're struggling, I think Bielsa is struggling but we're still there and we > still have to believe. > _______________________________________________ > 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
