Always liked the lad and now he’s clear of injuries he should be playing more but I fear when Philips returns he won’t get a look in.
Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Saturday, October 24, 2020, 1:45 pm, [email protected] wrote: Remember when I said we should build a team around Shackleton, and someone retorted with ‘the lad who runs around alot’. The defence rests its case m’lud ;-) Sent from my iPad > On 24 Oct 2020, at 12:28, Jeremy Adams <[email protected]> wrote: > > The epitome of this performance was when, in the 94th minute, we're 3-0 up, > we still steam forward and have a breakaway where 7 players charge up the > pitch together and we have a 7v4 situation, as the Villa squad had given up > by then. If Harrison had just laid it back to one of the 4 players lined > along the edge of the box it would have been 4-0. > ________________________________ > From: Leedslist <[email protected]> on behalf of Robert Heath > <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2020 5:01 AM > To: Richard Walker <[email protected]> > Cc: leeds list [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LU] Villa > > Absolutely! > > I can't get the image out of my head (not that I'm trying very hard!) of us > streaming forward with 5 or 6 players combining, gorgeous passes and > one-touches, Vanilla players floundering in our wake. > > The 1st goal, for example..........replays of it only show the move from > near the halfway line, but actually it began right next to our corner flag > with Costa in a tight situation and a difficult bouncing ball. Almost every > other player in the league would have just launched the ball up the > touchline to buy time and let the defence regroup. And every other manager > would have told him to do that. Not Bielsa though. Within seconds, and > probably no more than 10 touches, the ball was in the back of the Vanilla > net! > > And yeah, Rodrigo! I would just have had Harrison edging Rodrigo as MoM, > but the Spaniard was superb. And he cost less than Watkins! > > Re the 3rd goal..........a lot of people have said that Mings was at fault > for not closing Bamford down. But that goal was a vindication of the Bielsa > style. The pass-and-move football we play is so draining on opponents. I > think it was Shackleton who was running in behind Mings. mings expected > Bamford to pass, so he stood off and prepared to slide back to deal with > the pass. And Bamford showed the brilliance there of a good footballer; > following the simple dictum - if you see your opponent expects you to do > one thing, do something else. > > So it is quite clear now: the only way to stop this wonderful team of ours > is to adopt the Wigan approach, which is what Wolves did. It will be > fascinating to see if the likes of Leicester & Arse dare to try to attack > us or just sit back in a low block. > > On Sat, Oct 24, 2020 at 10:29 AM Richard Walker via Leedslist < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Couldn't sleep last night as I reflected on what was in my opinion the >> best Leeds performance since the European games. It was that good and >> there's even an argument to say that the 2nd half was one of the best I've >> ever seen. Some statement but we were that good. >> The way we attacked with pace was devastating and Villa just couldn't live >> with us. Ross Barkley looked like a lower league journeyman as he wasn't >> allowed to have time on the ball and found himself having to do more >> running than he's ever done in his life. He was f*cked. I'd heard a lof >> good things about Luiz and how he conrols the midfield, well he certainly >> didn't know what hit him yesterday. Every time he got the ball, Klich and >> co were on him and his best efforts came from pretending to be fouled. >> Grealish had his moments as he always will but he plays in spurts and isnt >> a great team player. He's also a cheat. The foul by Stujik was a certain >> yellow card but if you watch it, Strujik doesn't make that much contact and >> there's no way it would have resulted in a player looking like he was dead >> for 5 mins. Also the dive for the pen was disgusting and countless other >> annoyances like keeping hold of the ball and not giving it back when Leeds >> were trying to take a free kick. He just did it to annoy, no other reason. >> Grade A c*nt ! >> Anyway, back to us and where do you start ? The inter-play down the left >> between Allioski and Harrison was breathtaking and Matty Cash could only >> wish he was back playing for Forest in the Championship. This is the big >> time Matty and I'm afraid you're not at the races. Harrison terrorised him >> and for once every cross or pass from Harrison was finding its intended >> target and with some better finishing from barn door Bamford we would have >> been 3-0 up in the first half. >> After that yellow card, Struijk was withdrawn after 20 minutes. I don't >> think Bielsa took him off because he was playing badly, I think he took him >> off because Villa were cheating. WIth Luiz and Grealish falling over and >> crying every 5 mins it was only a matter of time before they conned the ref >> into sending Struijk off. A blessing in disguise for me because on came >> Jamie Shackleton for his PL debut. For me this is the game that defined >> Shack. What position suits him best ? is he a defender ? Is he a midfielder >> ? Is he a right back ? Is he a winger? Well, tonight defined him to be a >> player who can harry, tackle, attack with pace, pass the ball and link up >> play all over the park. It also proved that we didn't need Struijk sat in >> front of the back four as a security blanket. Klich came deeper, Rodrigo >> filled in the Kilch area and we were on fire. The way we attacked was like >> a wave with 5 or 6 players advancing at once and then when we lost the ball >> we defended in a similar manner. Everyone forward, everyone back. It was >> brilliant and I've rarely seen a team play like that. >> The second half was total domination and how we only won by 3 is beyond >> me. Bamford's goals were all well taken but Rodrigo ran the show for me. He >> made the first and he looked class all night. I love players who, when they >> get the ball, they always look like they've got all the time in the world >> and nobody can touch them. Rodrigo's link up play was the best I've seen >> for a while. Intelligent, fast paced, skilful football. >> Costa to his credit, after a lacklustre first half, made himself an outlet >> as we attacked down the left and right. Villa just couldn't cope. Some of >> the one touch football had me dancing around the room (and I wasn't even >> drinking - trying to cut down on the lockdown excesses). Bamford's 2nd and >> 3rd were very well taken however you have to question the defending as 4 >> Villa players watched him adjust, turn and shoot. >> And to top it all we bring on Pablo (who should have scored) and Raphinha. >> Not a bad pair to bring on. Happy Days >> Miesler - 9. Two good saves and good distribution. >> Dallas - 7. I thought he looked a bit out of sorts first half playing one >> horrendous cross field ball straight to a Villa player. Second half he came >> alive and was very busy down the right wing. Looks more at home playing as >> a right wing back for me. Could be the best in the league in that position. >> Allioski - 9. Brilliant game linking up with Harrison and harrying Villa >> players to knick the ball. Should have done better with his chance but it >> was on his right foot. He's just a good little footballer >> Koch - 8. Uncharastic mistakes in the first half but overall his defending >> and balls out of defence were of good quality. Great signing. >> Ayling - 9. Looked like a centre back. Great goal line clearance >> Klich - 9. Not everything came off first half and a few flicks and passes >> went astray. 2nd half showed what we can look forward to with great link up >> play with Rodrigo. >> Strujik - 5. Not is fault that he got subbed but I'm glad he did. >> Harrison - 9. His best performance in a Leeds shirt for me. Matty Cash was >> ruined. If he'd bagged a goal I'd given him 10. >> Costa - 7. Improved second half but needs to do more or he'll be warming >> the bench. >> Rodrigo - 9. Pure quality / class. Would have also have got a 10 if he'd >> put one of his chances away. >> Bamford - 10. Typical Bamford first half, untypical Bamford 2nd half. More >> of the untypical please ! It's obvious the PL is suiting him. >> Subs: >> Shackleton - 9. Midfield dynamo, Billy Bremner performance. Love him. Play >> him in midfield doing that job with Klich and Rodrigo linking up and it >> will be devastating. Im hoping Bielsa realises now that we don't need a >> central defender playing defensive holding midfielder in front of the back >> four. Or even a midfielder playing defensive holding midfielder in front of >> the back four. In the past when Philips has been injured or suspended >> everyone always says we've really missed him but that's mainly because >> we've replaced him with someone who isn't a midfielder and can't do that >> job - Ben White for one. Let's move on from the pedestrian nature of that >> role and let's move into a new era of attack and defend as a team. Bremner >> and Giles weren't and didn't need a Kalvin Philips >> Pablo - 7. Lively, should have scored. How do you keep him out of the team >> ? >> Raphinha - 7. What a pass to Harrison and he looked like he wanted to >> score. I'd give him a start ahead of Costa. >> One final down to earth comment. On reflection, you have to ask how good >> are Villa? Yes they hammered Liverpool but I think that was a freak goal. I >> think they are one paced, have a good championship striker up front, >> pedestrain midfielders (Luiz) and defenders who seem a bit slow. They just >> avoided relegation last season and I think they'll be there again this. >> Still doesn't take anything away from our performance. >> Happy Saturday folks and yes I am having a celebratory drink today - >> plenty of them. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leedslist mailing list >> Info and options: >> https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmailman.gn.apc.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fleedslist&data=04%7C01%7C%7C243357b2de5344c8c68508d877fb82a6%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637391269393266809%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=znPBCiNzXySror2QoVj%2BuDe4DHUbAF7DGOrsJGOEi7w%3D&reserved=0 >> To unsubscribe, email [email protected] >> >> Find us on Facebook >> https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fgroups%2Fleedslist%2F&data=04%7C01%7C%7C243357b2de5344c8c68508d877fb82a6%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637391269393266809%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=jmZXnP8ty%2B0NgW3QfGgRY7SUchDIKBnaSVnCFGeEBos%3D&reserved=0 >> >> Dorigo's Right Buttock... > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: > https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmailman.gn.apc.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fleedslist&data=04%7C01%7C%7C243357b2de5344c8c68508d877fb82a6%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637391269393266809%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=znPBCiNzXySror2QoVj%2BuDe4DHUbAF7DGOrsJGOEi7w%3D&reserved=0 > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > Find us on Facebook > https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fgroups%2Fleedslist%2F&data=04%7C01%7C%7C243357b2de5344c8c68508d877fb82a6%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637391269393266809%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=jmZXnP8ty%2B0NgW3QfGgRY7SUchDIKBnaSVnCFGeEBos%3D&reserved=0 > > Dorigo's Right Buttock... > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > Dorigo's Right Buttock... _______________________________________________ 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/ Dorigo's Right Buttock...
