Dave Great report, thank you!! I would much prefer to hear about what it was like to be in that fantastic crowd than hearing how Arse passed the ball around us.
I think the chickens are well and truly home to roost. A number of us were saying back in August that our squad was not big enough and did not have enough quality, and so it has proved. It is clear that MB does not want or like a big squad. A small squad has a number of advantages (not least financial), but it also comes with risk. And with our current injuries, that risk has alas come to bite us. This run of games was always going to be difficult, and with the Chelsea game we had a chance of getting something. But in the other games we are being hammered. MB needs to be good at instilling belief again into players that have been recently hammered a number of times. Can he do it? I actually have my doubts, but as you say, we will find out against our direct opponents soon. Are there 3 other teams worse than us in this league? I would say yes (Norwich, Burnley, Newcastle, Watford), BUT what are Newcastle going to look like from Jan onwards? A hell of a lot better I reckon, and I think they will pull away. So, we have to do better than Norwich, Burnley and Watford. Can we do it? Touch and go, and much depends on how and when our injured players return. Even if we do go down, we have some level of financial muscle with the parachute payments, but MB will have gone, and who will we have? Do we promote an MB disciple, and try to get a dynasty going, or throw it all away and start with another journeyman manager? My vote is the former. May not work, but I think it is worth the risk. Cheers Alec On Sun, 19 Dec 2021 at 22:48, nattan--- via Leedslist <leedslist@gn.apc.org> wrote: > Weird to say that my thought on leaving the ground was how proud I am to > be Leeds . The fans, all game, but especially last 10 minutes and the 5 > after it finished showed how we are in fact special . Brighton were booed > off after a 0 0 draw with us, I saw Everton players receiving so much abuse > from their travelling fans they stopped half way to applauding them , scum > fans rushing for the exits with 20mins to go etc, and yet here we were 1-4 > down being hammered following our biggest defeat in living memory and yet > 90%of fans stayed to the end and beyond with all four stands proudly > singing Bielsas name “ and we all love Leeds” - amazingLike many the latest > covid outbreak made me ( or at least my wife) consider if I should even go > - we compromised on me staying out of the pub to limit the risk , so I > could easily have come home wishing I had not bothered - instead I was so > pleased to have been there not watching on tv > As for the match - we were hammered , with only 4 outfield players being > part of our best XI - Raph , Forshaw , Dallas and Ayling, with the latter > two out of position, it was always going to be hard v a resurgent Arsenal. > We made it even harder for ourselves as our experienced players had > nightmares , Klich the main culprit, and we kept giving the ball away. > The only good takeaways on the pitch were Meslier who kept it down to 4 > and Gelhardt who has to become a regular starter > We will be stuffed by Liverpool and then come the games that will proove > if we are done or staying up - especially Newcastle and Burnley st home , > win them and we will be fine , and if the fans stay behind them as they > were yesterday then with a few players getting fit we can win both > Not much else to say - once again Arsenal put 4 past us like they used to > in Thierry Henry’s day, so who cares > “We all love Leeds “ enough said > Dave > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ > > Rest in Peace Guy, and wear your hat! -- Alec McQueen _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ Rest in Peace Guy, and wear your hat!
