Agreed Dave I wanted just to highlight a couple of things…
Bamford - the difference he makes to the shape and way of playing of the team - the holding up and allowing colleagues to make runs off / around him - this is where good defence starts Raph / Rodrigo - put in v good and high effort performances yesterday Joffy - well what do you say…he had no right to win that header… Meslier - saved two points yesterday - apparently he has faced 167 shots this season and made 111 saves - more than any other keeper There is still a fundamental problem - that I simply don’t understand - so much of our play at the moment breaks down due to poor passing / poor choices - why are players who were self-evidently capable of making the passes 12 months ago, now no longer capable of this - especially Ayling, Llorente, Dallas, Klich? its enough to make you believe that we can scratch a few more points - enough to stay up. Nick > Begin forwarded message: > > From: nattan--- via Leedslist <[email protected]> > Subject: [LU] Norwich > Date: 14 March 2022 at 09:54:46 GMT > To: leeds list <[email protected]> > Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > Well what a difference a few days can make - Thursday a half full ER boo the > players off and walk out all doom and gloom. Sunday a still packed ER is > bouncing, singing along to I predict a riot and chanting outside the ground, > all smiles. > It was nearly do different as we threw away our deserved lead just as the > added time (6mins) was announced. We made the most of that 6mins with a goal > from our wonder boy and a great save from our bit wonder. > Jesse picked the expected team and PLAYED PLAYERS IN THEIR PROPER POSITION - > Ayling right back, Klicth and Forshaw in midfield and with a striker at > number 9. > The game itself was decent enough, we played pretty well with Rodrigo and > Raph both getting back to the players they can be. We opened the scoring with > a long ball aimed at Bamford who also had a mainly good 45, the defender > headed it back and Rodrigo pushed James aside and shot home. We then bossed > the game with chance after chance going begging - at 2 nil it would be game > over but we did not manage it. Raph hit the bar with a great shot after a > lovely cross field one two with Paddy, Stryik missed an easy header and the > easier rebound, James scored but was offside, Bamford turned back into > championship paddy and missed a sitter, Raph hit the bar again with a free > kick, James made the keeper pull off a good save as chances came and went. > They offered almost nothing for most of the game but the ref who was poor and > had no control of the game pointed to the penalty spot after a Norwich player > went down ( not for the first time - thus js very much a Dean Smith team, > diving, moaning, play acting) but VAR corrected his obvious error :-) ( VAR > still shit and spolis the game) > We took off Rod and tried to shore thi6gs up with the Koch brought on, I got > the idea since it did look as if we would not score the second, but it just > I voted them on to us and they began to put us under pressure. So it was no > great surprise when they got behind us down the wing, crossed and fired > home. 2 points thrown away and relegation threatening. Then on came Joffy, > the boy who makes magic happen. He won a long ball and flicked the header > on, Raph playing with an energy and determination that has been slightly > lacking recently, beat the defender and rounded the keeper , hes taken it > too far we thought it he used his know how and looked up and pulled it back > to Joffy- right place, right time, right player who hit it I from a yard. > Absolute bedlam in the stands - up there with Blackburn and second v scum- we > went mental > But still time for drama as their keeper went up for a free kick, caused > chaos and the ball fell to pukki (?) in the 6yd box but his shot hit > Mes6who stood tall ( may have saved with his face ?) Brilliant stuff, it's > what we go to games for, real drama and excitement. > So the return of Paddy, another bit of magic from Joffy, Raph back to his > best, and most importantly of all 3 more points. What a difference a few days > makes > Loved it > Dave > _______________________________________________ > 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!
