Oh great.............the match reports are back! Dave's was great, thanks!
As for the other one............Phillips is one of your three reasons why we are not playing as well as you want us to? Due to his lack of fitness? Here's an alternative view of Kalvin's performance yesterday: https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/leeds-united-kalvin-phillips-everton-21370772 I noticed in all that, although apparently unfit ........Phillips also covered more ground than any other player as Leeds drew 2-2 with Everton. The 11.57 kilometres he ran was a fraction further than Everton's Abdoulaye Doucoure according to Opta - Still, I can understand why we might want to judge Kalvin Phillips harshly. After all, he's only a local lad, born in the shadow of the stadium, who is a humble and likable character, and has just become the first Leeds player to play for England in a major final for 55 years. On Sun, Aug 22, 2021 at 12:34 PM Richard Walker via Leedslist < [email protected]> wrote: > Well, I missed my first 'first home game' since the relegation season of > 81-82 season due to shambolic ticket arrangements. Paying £70 for a Gold > Membership wasn't enough to secure me a ticket as it was a free for all > when the tickets were released. Then I entered into around 10 hours (I kid > you not) of refreshing screens to try and grab and returned tickets. I > don't think I saw one ticket come up in that time despite lots of messages > on Twitter saying that they had managed to grab a ticket. Then on Saturday > morning I turned to the touts and kranks and was offered all sorts but I > was so pissed off by then I decide to crack open the beer with a couple of > mates and watch on TV. What made it worse was all the Twitter messages of > people going to their first game and empty seats not taken up. A real shit > show from LUFC. Surprisingly it was easy to get a Crewe ticket. > Anyway, on to the footy and I thought it was a decent game with two evenly > matched teams. I thought Everton looked sharp with Gray, who was a yard or > two too quick for Ayling and others, whereas Raph for us looked like he > meant business. > I thought we looked our most dangerous in the first half, getting back to > our quick attacking football of last season although I don't think we are > quite there yet. The reasons for me were: > 1) Firpo - early days for the lad and he definitely did try to get forward > early on and try to overlap, however he doesn't look that dynamic or pacey > for me and I'm not sure if he is replacing Allioski on that display. > Haven't seen too much defensive ability either. He was also out on his feet > after 50 mins and was quickly taken off. Going to be hard road for Junior. > 2) Centre back pairing isn't good enough. Cooper's method of defending is > going to cost us. It did yesterday with his shit tugging antics. It's > something he does frequently and does tend to get away with but he's got to > stop that now. Overall, I'd say Cooper is at best a squad player and > playing alongside the inexperienced Struijk it's no surprise we're leaking > goals. Llorente and Koch are the pairing for me but we have to accept that > both have been injured for long periods since joining the club. > 3) Phillips - did well first half but I think he ran out of steam and by > his own admission is not as fit as he should be. Fuck knows why ? > Here's my scores: > Miesler - 8. Kept us in the game as he always does > Ayling - 4. I thought that was his poorest game for a long time. Gray ran > rings around him. > Firpo - 4. Not convinced but early days > Struijk - 5. Looks the part but I'm unsure about his positioning in key > moments. > Cooper - 3. Dreadful defending and could have easily been sent off with > another careless tackle 2nd half > Phillips - 6. Did well to keep Richarlson quiteish first half. > Klich - 7. Lots of running and took his goal well > Bamford - 7. Fantastic first half but faded and started to look a tad > desperate towards the end. > Raphinha - 8. Our best player by a mile. Fantastic strike for the goal > Dallas - 7. Playing all over the park. Some great defensive work. > Harrison - 7. Lively first half but faded 2nd. > Subs: > Roberts - one or two moments > Shack - not involved too much. > On Sunday, 22 August 2021, 10:48:27 BST, nattan--- via Leedslist < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Well we are back and back with a bang - the atmosphere was everything we > remembered and more , the limbs after the 2 goals were as good as any game > since we went all seaterIt was a fitting game to re- start in front of fans > , lots of end to end stuff, some crunching tackles, decent > chances _______________________________________________ > 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! _______________________________________________ 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!
