A real ‘novelty’ of a cup match to have it won so early, albeit against hapless opponents. But of course, the same defensive frailties as soon as a team starts to push forward - it started when Llorente fluffed his role, fell over to ‘cover his mistake’, and from then on they started to look nervous. Luke Ayling, bless him - how many goals does he have to give away before he is rested! Roca was unlucky re the penalty - I thought he was trying to get his arm out of the way, but it hit him so a 50/50 call. But Ayling?
No-one has mentioned it, but having Greenwood on for the corners almost justifies his inclusion - he takes some great corners. Good practice for the weekend though - now the season really does have to start! > On 19 Jan 2023, at 09:09, Richard Walker via Leedslist <[email protected]> > wrote: > > you say Cardiff offered nothing but that actually scored 3 goals and had > another couple of good chances which shows how fragile our defence is at the > moment. > Credit to Marsch though for actually picking a strong side and going after > them which has worked well because everyone goes into the Brentford game with > our tails up. That's how you should treat these cup games, not putting U-23s > in , losing, then suffering for weeks because of it which is what we have > done for the last 10+ years. > Having said that I think Marsch was forced to pick a strong team as his job > is on the line. > Interesting team selection dilemma for Sunday. Nice to have but you surely > can't ignore Bamford who looks sharp after his recent op. > > On Thursday, 19 January 2023 at 07:43:33 GMT, nattan--- via Leedslist > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well that was something I have not experienced for many years - a fun FA cup > game. A full house ( apart from Cardiff bit - they only had the top tier and > only half filled it) for a cup game was also something not seen for a while > This was a game we were always in control of, from Willie's stormer in the > first minute ( I was still outside due to crowds of fans not sure how to work > the turnstiles) but saw it on the screen outside.) > They were dreadful and offered almost nothing but you can only beat what is > in front of you, and we did that in some style. Every goal was a good one, > and we created other chances as well. Gnonto is looking amazing, Rodrigo > scored one and had a hand in 2 others, as he continued (?starts) to look a > good player. It was great to see paddy back, taking his 2 goals with style. > Sinisterra also made a short appearance > > So overall an excellent performance, which keeps Jesse in a job till Sunday > at least > Shame we could not keep a clean sheet, we got lucky with the offside call at > 3-0 but then Ayling let the ball through him for thier first , and then they > got a penalty ( var wrong for the second time in the game - offside player > not interfering so that should have stood and ball hit Roca rather than the > other way round. > So a fun night, but Sunday is when Jesse's future will be decided. Play like > we did last night and we will create and score chances but how many do we > need to score to win ? We keep conceding 2 per game including against a > Cardiff side who cant even score in the championship > 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/ > > Dave Dowden, a legend, a Totty Twin, a pie man! R.I.P. > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > Dave Dowden, a legend, a Totty Twin, a pie man! R.I.P. _______________________________________________ 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/ Dave Dowden, a legend, a Totty Twin, a pie man! R.I.P.
