I think the game probably demonstrated how little we understand what
Bielsa is doing most of the time
Accepting this is based on twitter reaction and not that in the ground
The team at the start was largely met with approval by the fans - apart
from griping about Roberts - but most fans happy that players were in
the right positions. Except we werent very good for first 15 mins.
Then Cooper gets injured - instead of the obvious replacement with
Cresswell, Bielsa moves half the team around when Harrison comes on -
including putting James upfront which no-one really likes. Fans hate it
- say Bielsa has lost it. Except we improve massively and dominate the
game for the rest of the half
Then Phillips gets injured. We make the most obvious replacement, bring
Klich on and dropping Forshaw back. Fans approve. We then fall apart
for 15 minutes.
Finally Bamford comes on - but not for Roberts or James but for Firpo,
meaning we now have a defence of Dallas, Llorente and a half-fit Ayling
against a pacy Brentford attack. Somehow that works and we are the
better team towards the end
Matt
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From: "nattan--- via Leedslist" <[email protected]>
Well another injury time goal, that saved the day and changed the mood.
You have to give this side credit for going till the last minute but the
feeling was that it should not have been needed and it was still 2
points dropped.
There were also the first murmurings of discontent around Bielsa in a
very subdued crowd for the most part.
We knew Brentford would be the sort of time wasting , play acting, shit
housing team that ruins the game, as soon as they made us kick towards
the Revie stand first half ( traitor Pontus)
Despite that we started ok and were miles the better team first half ,
and well worth the half time lead. Nice to see Roberts get the goal his
recent efforts have deserved and glad to see him celebrate with the
crowd with no ear cupping or other sarcastic gestures ( a la Chris wood)
The slight disgruntlement came when Cooper went off injured - send on
the impressive Cresswell we all thought, but no, after toying with the
idea of Klich he sent on Harrison and moved players around. To be fair
it worked but was an odd choice and brought some questioning of Bielsa
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