Cheers, Al
On Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 14:14:15 GMT, Richard Walker
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Good points.
On Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 12:37:12 GMT, alan.edgar--- via Leedslist
<[email protected]> wrote:
> That's 3 goals in the last 12 matches for Bamford and I'd be tempted to give
> Roberts a go up front.
>I fervently hope (and believe) Bielsa disagrees.
> You're obviously in the Roberts is championship and shouldn't be playingNo,
> I'm in the Roberts is a squad player in a mid-table Premiership team and
> plays when others are unavailable.
which is fine because to be honest he's done little to > Bielsa foolishly
believes both Roberts and Rodrigo are no 10sNo he doesn't.Roberts was playing
there in Rodrigo's enforced absence, just as Struijk isn't a CDM, he was
playing there in Phillips absence.We have a small squad and not every plays in
their best position, as Ayling and Dallas have done on numerous occasions this
season.Good footballers can adapt, and evryone mentioned in this response is a
good footballer.
> Rodrigo has played centre forward for Spain FFS !
A better argument - my reply would be that Rodrigo is a more creative player
than Bamford and more easily able to adapt to the demands of playing behind a
centre-forward. When he plays CF for Spain, he does so in a far more withdrawn
role than Bamford does for Leeds, Spain being fans of the idea of a false nine
(someting that appears to work for Guardiola at the moment)
> Oh yes, the needs to be eased back in argument.I sense you're not a fan.
> Well, why did Philips not get eased back in ?You answered that yourself in
> your original post when you bemoaned the lack of alternatives in the CDM
> position.My guess would be that even if Phillips wasn't judged to be 100%
> fit, Struijk being injured forced Bielsa to bring him in from the start.
> Surely ready for 90 mins.
I would have thought neither you nor I would know the state of Rodrigo's
fitness better than Bielsa, so I'll go with Marcelo's callon this one.FWIW,
once I'd seen Rodrigo was back for the U-23s, I thought he might get an hour v
W Ham.He could easily have been brought on at HT but with Klich and Costa off
the pace and Roberts doing OK he elected to keep a sub back for the last half
hour.
> Fulham 9 points behind us. Surely we're safe ... aren't we ????
>Yes - 35 points has been enough to stay up in the last 4 seasons and that's
>assuming the incredibly unlikely scenario we get no more points in the last 11
>games.It's not just Fulham who would have to overtake us, there >are another
>six clubs who would have to do so as well.
> We are Leeds, anything is possible and we need another couple of wins. Oh
> yes, the 'we're cursed' argument.As much logic in the relegation scenario as
> there is in us gaining 10 points on Spurs in the last 11 games.and playing
> European football next season.
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