A real conundrum re the new manager. Skubala has, with the key players, got the team playing well, although the acid test comes with the next 2 games. I would give him those 2 games IF our only other option is the Ajax guy. We didn’t heed the warning re Marsch’s sacking at Leipzig, and surely they’re not going to replicate that, are they? I kind of get the feeling they’re hanging out for the Vallecano guy, who sounds a better fit, but waiting until June obviously carries a shedload of risks. I think there is something to be salvaged from this rotten season though, but nothing I’ve read about Ajax’s ex manager gets me excited.
Good performance yesterday - we are so close to being a decent team, but the missed chances are killing us. Summerville this week, Sinisterra last week - not sure why Bamford is always the one to kop flak really - he’s still a yard off the pace, but we are so much better with him on the pitch - he clearly didn’t want to come off yesterday either! Much as I like the Adams/McKennie approach, it can’t be long before one of them gets sent off, given the diving around and awful refs? > On 13 Feb 2023, at 12:13, nattan--- via Leedslist <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Everything I have seen / heard - Pope, Hay etc - seem to think he does not > want the job. Could he be tempted till the end of the season and would it > work, who knows We need to stay up , end of, and to do that we probably > need 4pts from the next 2 games- 2 defeats would have us as favourites for > the drop > Like , I assume , most of us, I know nothing about Schreuder apart from > what I have read since last night, but none of it fills me with confidence. > Fans and players hated him at Ajax and, as someone else posted, he is > Marsch-like in his excuses and seems to have seen ' improvement ' that none > else saw in some awful results > Dave > On Monday, 13 February 2023, 11:01:12 GMT, Greg Adams > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Just to be clear - I was not implying that Dave or anyone on the list is > writing Skoobs off. I am just curious to know whether we think he has > done enough already to justify waiting a bit longer to get someone or > rushing to get anyone with first team experience. > > >> On 13 Feb 2023 12:50, Greg Adams wrote: >> >> /On 13 Feb 2023 12:23, nattan--- via Leedslist wrote:/ >> >> /Let's get the new manager in quickly and hope he us the right man, >> this team could be decent / >> >> >> Are we writing off Skoobs already? I thought the last two games showed >> immense improvement in tactics, style and shape when defending. For >> me the key thing to get right now is the right man for the job. Get >> the wrong guy, and it's back to the drawing board. This guy who Ajax >> fired a couple of weeks ago looks like a disaster waiting to happen >> judging from the comments I read from Ajax fans / dutch supporters. I >> would be happy to go with Skoobs for a while if it means waiting for >> the best guy for us. >> >> >> >>> As the chant went " follow follow follow, you're a team of f@cking >>> weirdos, Ronaldo's a rapist, greenwoods a rapist and Scholes just >>> loves to suck toes"Made me laugh even if none of them actually play. >>> Very low key police presence at Piccadilly early on, and only a >>> handful of fans on our train, met by a handful of coppers at Leeds. >>> Then massed ranks of police at the barrier and even stranger ( I >>> wondered for a second if the pub had been given to them) 5 vans and >>> 15 or so police outside the west Ridings. This was the scum >>> game.Team news was as expected but the bench showed how we are >>> suffering yet again with injuries as Gyabi, Monteiro, Joseph and >>> Mullen all made the bench. Not much there if we needed a boost. >>> At the bus queue my lad got into it with some knob ( unfortunately >>> not the only one as it turned out) who sang the runway song, then >>> after my lads comment, tried to double and triple down with version >>> of Daisy daisy and the laughing policeman ( not putting words on >>> here) - no one joined in as we berated him , his " excuse" one of >>> them was buried in a cemetery near him and it got attention. What a >>> dick. He later remembered it was David Pegg ( buried in Doncaster) >>> Inside the ground it was the right type of hostility near us, the new >>> song as above , we all hate scum etc, with lots of backing for us " >>> Billy bremner's barmy army" - great stuff. The cheer when Adams >>> thundered into the first tackle leaving their player on the deck was >>> brilliant >>> We really got at them and Summerville missed an easy chance early on, >>> and he had another before half time in a half of few chances, >>> Meslier had to save with his feet as s woeful pass from the mainly >>> excellent Wober let in that hateful Fernandes what a horrible player >>> he is whining moaning and trying to referee it >>> Second half ( till last 10) was even better as we created lots of >>> half chances, summerville had a save, Harrison had a flick just wide, >>> koch had a header blocked,Ayling came closest with a shot that >>> ricocheted through a scum players legs and went wide, he followed it >>> up with a great overhead kick that unfortunately went straight to the >>> keeper. We pressed and pressed but it was not to be. At the other >>> end their first attack led to them hitting the bar, then on 80 >>> minutes it all fell, apart. We had made changes Harrison and Bamford >>> off for Rutter and aaranson and it didn't work and tiredness crept >>> in. We left Rashford clear in the box and a good cross found him 0-1 >>> , minutes later their sub zoomed past Koch and his shot sneaked in. >>> Game over. It could have been worse as they put it in twice more but >>> both offside. So a 2 - 0 defeat in a game we could have won >>> The now familiar comment after the game " play like this and we >>> will be all right"Trouble is , so far we have only played like that v >>> good teams and have not a lot to show for it , defeats by Arsenal, >>> Spurs, scum ( ok win v Chelsea and liverpool).We need to play like >>> that v poor teams starting with the next two and we need to score >>> when on top >>> All the players gave their all and before Wednesday, a point and >>> only minus 2 in the goals column may have been acceptable but not >>> when 2 up in the first game and the better team for 80 minutes of >>> the second. >>> We need to get points , at least 4 in the next 2, and turn things >>> around. This week has given us more hope but not much more than >>> that. Summerville and Gnonto are brilliant to watch and Adams and big >>> boy McKinney give us a strong base in midfield and Wober has improved >>> us at the back, so it is not a lost cause by any means,. >>> Finally a well done to Firpo best game yet ( albeit a low bar) he >>> was ok defensively and offered more than Struijk going forward >>> Let's get the new manager in quickly and hope he us the right man, >>> this team could be decent >>> Dave >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leedslist mailing list >>> Info and options:https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist >>> To unsubscribe, [email protected] >>> >>> Find us on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ >>> >>> Dave Dowden, a legend, a Totty Twin, a pie man! 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