Agree with that Rich - I swear if I have to watch another lofted ball from Koch, dropped into the box from 50 yards out, with no one in sight but their keeper…
How bad was that? I left bang on the whistle and walked straight on to the first bus in the station and got a seat…no mad queues watching the first 5 or 6 buses leave, all the folk buzzing and chattering about something brilliant in the game. Flat. We have forgotten what it was like before and become inured. A wise woman once sang ‘you don’t know what you got til it’s gone’. Nick Sent from my iPad > On 11 Mar 2022, at 08:15, Richard Walker via Leedslist <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Couldn't get to sleep last night after that performance. Yes I felt it was > time for Bielsa to go but not to be replaced by this, which is the worst of > Heckingbottom, Blackwell and Warnock. Marsch has a difficult job but when it > was said that he is the ideal person to replace Bielsa because he plays the > same pressing, attacking style nothing could be further from the truth. > He is trying to make us compact by packing the midfield and bringing the > wingers more central. This totally negates any attacking options we have. We > were all about fast movment from defence to attack, down the wings with > overlapping wing backs. That's gone, Bielsa ball is dead and we're left with > midfielders who are not midfielders on the ball not knowing what to do. As > performances go that's the most clueless I've seen us since the Heckingbottom > days. Ok we've suffered some bad defeats under Bielsa recently but in those > games we kept going and still created chances. We didn't create anything that > troubled their keeper last night. The crowd got on the backs of the players > and when their 3rd went in a chant of Marcelo Bielsa echoed around the ground > and then a large number of fans actually left. The ground was half empty by > the final whistle. > A bloke behind me shouted "This is the sort of shit we used to see before > Bielsa came" - he was spot on. Clueless, pedestrian with players playing out > of position. Koch is a disaster in midfield. All the fans can see it but yet > the coach can't. Bielsa was the same although I'd argue he had a specific > role ('the Philips') role which is more of a sweeper whereas Marsch is > playing Koch as a fully fledged midfielder who was actually playing in an > advanced role at times and actually had one of our best chances second half. > In a true central defender playing in midfield style he blasted into the safe > seating rail section (whatever the feck that is !?). > Then we've got Ayling playing a centre back. Who told Marsch that Ayling was > a centre back ? Yes he filled in at times under Bielsa but only when we've > had injuries to most of our central defenders. Now we've got a German > international defender playing in midfield and a Spanish international > defender on the bench. Surely Ayling to right back, Koch to central defence > and Dallas into midfield would have been the obvious ? > Ayling and Struijk for me would worry me in the championship but against > Countinho and Ings we're always going to be in trouble. It could have been > more than 3. Struijk continues to disappoint me and he was skinned badly on > one occassion. I don't think he's premiership ... yet > The main problem for Marsch is that he's packing the midfield but we haven't > got any midfielders ! He's a manager who needed to get players in January to > meet his tactics. There's little point in asking Raph to play central > midfield which is where he found himself. > My overall view is of complete depression knowing that the Bielsa years are > over and we're back to this type of football. Maybe Marsch will get it right > in the Summer but I just can't see him turning this team around and playing > the tactics he wants. Bamford will help but is he fit ? > We need to get behind the players and manager for the Norwich game. THe crowd > were quick to get on their backs last night and the boos at half-time were > the loudest for many a year. There was no 2nd half rallying after the initial > promising 10 mins and we threw in the towel. > It's going to be hard. > scores: > Miesler - 7. Some decent saves to keep us in it first half > Dallas - 4. Really struggled at right back > Firpo - 1. He's been a disaster. Eitehr injured or ineffective. Always > fouling and getting booked because he doesn't know how to defend. He's njured > now and I think that's the best for the team. We have missed Allioski this > season. I'dtry to get him back but then again Marsch would probably play him > in central midfield. > Sruijk - 3. Passsing poor, defending poor. Has been poor for a few games now. > > Ayling - 5. At least he put some tackles in and tried to push forward but > he's no central defender > Forshaw - 4. That was his worst game for Leeds > Koch - 2 Awful / out of position > Raphinha - 6. Our best player on the night > Rodrigo - 0. Bloody rubbish - gave the ball away everytime he got it. What a > disaster he has been and I really liked the look of him last season at times > Harrison - 1. Not much better than Rodrigo > James - 4. Lots of effort but not effective. Another player , playing out of > position > > Subs: > Joffy - 5. Tried but I'm going to say this lad is not ready for the first > team yet > Klich - 0 nothing > Bamford - 5. > Happy Friday All. FFS ! > > _______________________________________________ > 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!
