no shots on goal Raph and Rodrigo hardly ever got the ball facing the opposition goal
No one got behind the Chelsea defence - overlapping runs down the wings or through the middle this 4-2-2-2 - play it narrow system - seems to forget that the middle of the pitch is usually the most heavily populated bit of the pitch. You can’t just waltz through it. There seems to be some idea that the ball will go wide, someone will peel off and flick it back inside to a team mate running up the middle…it doesn’t work. For pretty much the first time in 4 years, I wondered why I bothered going - i had little hope before hand, and zero coming away. We were given joy through football under Bielsa and its gone, well and truly. Our main hope now lies on Burnley managing to secure minus points from a game. Stay up or go down, anyone good in that squad will leave. Phillips looked absolutely lost yesterday. Admittedly some of it may be down to fitness, I’m not convinced he is fully recovered. Nick > On 12 May 2022, at 07:51, Robert Heath <[email protected]> wrote: > > Marsch has been and is a disaster. He has managed to drain all the > confidence and Bielsa swagger out of the players. He has marginally > improved the defence in that we are conceding slightly smaller hatfuls of > goals in a different way - opposition players don't get to just waltz > through wide open spaces anymore, they have to actually construct attacks > against a set defence before scoring. But we are incapable of retaining > possession so the pressure on the marginally improved defence is incessant > and it is bound to crack. We can't get the ball out of our half! When > Meslier gets the ball, he either passes it short, in which case we play 3 > or if we're lucky 4 nice little triangle passes and then lose it on the > halfway line, or he chips it into midfield where we either lose the first > ball or lose the second ball. > > Marsch is very similar in one respect to another glib charlatan, Boris > Johnson. Just as the pandemic and the war have given Johnson the > opportunity to mask the disastrous effects of his insane plan to take the > country out of the EU, so injuries and ridiculous red cards allow Marsch to > mask the disastrous effects of his "coaching." > > On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 7:45 AM nattan--- via Leedslist < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> That was awful - no shots on target, an inability to defend or even pas >> the ball to each otherIt really was as bad as it gets - not one of them had >> a clue what we were doing or trying to do , any game plan went out of the >> window as we were one down immediately and any chance of a point left with >> Dan James redBefore the game we were in the odd situation whereby we could >> get 9 pts and go down or get one point and stay up - most of the pre match >> talk was that one point would indeed be enough (personally I doubt it) but >> now I can’t even see where a point is coming from, we really were that bad >> We are going down - fans stayed mainly behind the team with defiant chants >> ringing out but a lot left before the final whistle. >> Total shambles >> Need to win on Sunday but how ??? >> Very disgruntled >> 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! _______________________________________________ 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!
