FWIW I have a strong feeling that there was nowt wrong wi' Cuisance. The "failed medical" narrative was just a face-saving cover. I think they identified a questionable attitude. Either way, he has been completely underwhelming at Marseilles so it was a good call.
Re the game..............agree with Dave. It was a massive 3 pts, but there were still many worrying aspects of our play. Our goalkicks were atrocious! It reminded me of when I was coaching schoolkids and my keeper could barely kick the ball out of the box. We (ie my kids) were actually better off when the ball went out if the ref gave a corner rather than a goalkick. Leeds were in trouble either way last night. For some reason we abandoned the short pass routine so Newc just waited for Meslier to chip the ball towards the touchline and made sure they won the header. If I were Bielsa I'd be working on some better options for this before Sunday (which is a game I am really worried about.) On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 12:53 PM nattan--- via Leedslist < [email protected]> wrote: > An important win but we made very hard work of it To show how important > the 3 pts were , a look at the table shows that if Fulham and the 2 below > them, get the same amount of points in the second half of the season as the > first, we ARE ALREADY safe ! I do think Fulham especially will have better > second halves but it does both show how good we have been and how > comfortable we should be in terms of staying upYesterday was a game of 2 > halves, first we dominated and created a few chances we did not take - > Harrison with the best oneIt was a real shame to see Llorente off with an > injury but it does look as if we have bought a dud - how we dropped > Cruisance (sp) after a medical but passed llorente is anyones guessThe good > bits were Rod & Raf, the 2 goals ( what a finish by Harrison) the save by > Meslier and the win.Bad bits the total lack of control for much of the > second half, wayward passing, vulnerability at set pieces and the dive by > Rodrigo We seem to have lost our mojo a bit and looked like we were playing > ordinary football not Bielsaball for much of the second half. The quality > of R&R did shine through and was enough to get us over the lineIn praise of > Bielsa I have told my brothers " we dont dive, play act, waste time or > argue with refs" so you can imagine ther texts from them when Rodrigo went > down - luckily I did preface my remarks with " as a rule " so sort of > wheedled my way out of it by saying Rodrigo a new recruit who will learn ( > dont think they believed me)I thought what he did was very poor ( not sure > how various papers made him not spitting a massive headline) so was > interested in the square ball take on it - they seemed to think he was > laughing whilst on the floor and it was a piss take - I thought it was play > acting to get the lad sent off ???So a few hard games coming up but even > after our supposed recent blip the MOTD form table had us best of the > bottom ten teams in the last 5 games > We are very much a work in progress but we do seem to have a 7 year plan > - stay up and consolidate, go for Europa cup place 3-4 years then CL in > 5-7 years. It will be very hard to achieve but is possible with the right > investment in the right players ( and getting Bielsas successor correct > t)Whatever, miles better than Bates, GFH and Cellino who either were all > about making money or just going day by day > Dave > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > Rest in Peace Guy, and wear your hat! _______________________________________________ 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/ Rest in Peace Guy, and wear your hat!
