My money is on an unchanged team tonight.
and if we win who will argue but if we lose ....
On Tuesday, 11 February 2020, 17:04:54 GMT, John Lee via Leedslist
<[email protected]> wrote:
Very sensible suggestions Sean - he’ll do none of them :-(
Dallas as no 9 anyone? Dear god!
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> On 11 Feb 2020, at 16:22, seanscribe--- via Leedslist <[email protected]>
> wrote:
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> Completely agree, Kevin.
> If Bielsa persists with a 4-1-4-1 formation, I'd go with Meslier in goal (for
> obvious reasons), a back four of Dallas at right back (his best position),
> Cooper and White at center half, and Berardi at left back (we all know
> Berardi has his limitations, but his defending has been better this season,
> and he's got fighting spirit which has deserted players like Ayling, who I
> would drop.
> Phillips obviously plays defensive midfield.
> The four attacking midfielders are a challenge, mostly because of our small
> squad and the injuries that are to be expected when you train that small
> squad to within an inch of their lives while making so many of them play
> 50-odd games a season (including internationals and cup games). Without the
> injured quartet of Roberts, Forshaw, Bogusz and Davis, I'd probably go with
> Harrison on the left (he always tries, even if his final ball is usually to
> the opposition or out of play), Klich and Shackleton in the middle and Poveda
> on the right. If another central midfielder were available I'd drop Klich.
> It's ludicrous to play him in every single game for two years and expect him
> to retain the freshness and initiative that characterized his performances in
> the first half of last season.
> Up front we seem to have only one choice: Bamford. Augustin is (apparently)
> not match fit yet (if he were, I'd drop Bamford and play him), while Roberts
> and Edmondson are injured.
> When we get another fit striker, I'd be tempted to go 3-5-2 (adding a striker
> and dropping Dallas from the above first XI) to make sure we're winning more
> ball in midfield, getting more bodies into the box and giving the opposition
> manager something to deal with that he wasn't expecting. I also think Klich
> needs a rest.
> There may be someone I'm forgetting here, but as I've said previously, I
> think Bielsa's approach improves most teams markedly but contains the seeds
> of ultimate failure (if promotion/trophy winning is considered success).
> Cheers!
> Sean
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Lewis (UK SBS) <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tue, Feb 11, 2020 8:28 am
> Subject: Re: [LU] We're doomed
>
> Doomed?
> Obviously football is not an exact science, and I'm never keen on choosing
> players based on stats.
>
> Whilst Bielsa has taken the team to wonderful places over the last couple of
> years, he has also repeated many 'mistakes'.
> His solutions to problems do not seem to change, however many times they fail.
>
> Last season there were not enough chances being created or taken with the
> possession we had. Same this year.
> Last season we had to mix and match at centre-back, left-back, centre
> midfield and up front. Sometimes not having a recognised player in the
> starting X1 in those roles, let alone on the bench. The same has happened
> this year.
> Last season Casilla's antics cost us at the end, and the same is happening
> this year.
> Last season - complete ineptness in the workings of the English transfer
> system left us short of players. Same again.
> I could probably go on.
>
> Bielsa may be a football coaching genius, but to think that last year's
> failings would not be repeated if the same problems were not addressed is
> arrogant and stupid.
> I cannot think of another coach in any sport who would have done that.
>
> So - onto tonight's game.
> It would be great to see him change a few things around to freshen things up,
> it is what teams need now and again.
>
> I'd love him to drop Costa, play Hernandez on the right, bring in Shackleton
> and Phillips.
> Choose between Dallas and Alioski at Left back, but what Mbuemo could do to
> either of them is frightening.
> Pontus to score from a corner?
>
> KOT.
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