Agree with both of these… I think we’ve seen 2 of the 3 that will go down at ER recently - Southampton and Forest - hard to pick who was worse.
Most impressed yesterday with McKennie - he was throwing those challenges in and using the ball well. Harrison and Sinisterra (and Gnonto, and Sommerville) using the width of the park, just demonstrate what a nonsense Marsch’s narrow formation was. Ayling had a shocking first half against a poor strike force - its a worry. Bamford is doing that infuriating thing he - fluffs chances, both for himself and also when he has the ball and teammates in good positions - but, the way he works the central defenders and pulls them all over the shop is second to none. I did think that Rodrigo should have come on for him after 65 or so, to rest up Bamford and let our leading scorer have a go at such a weak defence. Looking forward to seeing Wober back soon, too. 3 points at the w/e and the world looks very different. Nick > Begin forwarded message: > > From: nattan--- via Leedslist <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LU] Forest > Date: 5 April 2023 at 10:13:34 BST > To: leeds list <[email protected]> > Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > When the first message on my WhatsApp this morning is from my son saying " > spring in my step and a song in my heart" you know all is right with the > world for a bit because Leeds have won > It was a comfortable victory really against a team who offered very little. > If we are looking for 3 teams worse than us, forest have to be one. > Pre match stats had us worried- they had only scored 4 all season we had won > every game when we started in the bottom 3 - cue them winning and scoring 5 > goals inc a worldie from someone who has not scored for 3 years > Thankfully that did not happen ( although their goal was his first in the > Prem) > I agree with what Rich has written below. > We struggled a bit to start with - they hit the post from a corner then > carved us open, what was Ayling and then Sinisterra doing? However we dug in > , the crowd stayed behind the team ( as Rich says it included a good tribute > ) and there was an air of confidence around ER . > Our goals were good, lovely move ended with Mckennie shovelling a pass to > Roca, his shot was parried to the lively Harrison who lashed home. Then just > before half time Sinisterra danced his way through tying a defender in knots > before curling in a beauty. > Second half we continued to dominate and were first to everything. Roca > having a stormer, like many I have wondered about him but last night he > was excellent , as was the much maligned Firpo who linked up well with > Sinisterra but also made one brilliant goal saving tackle. Sinisterra showed > what we have been missing, coming very close with another curling effort, > and everyone else played their part. Struik looked commanding at the back, > Harrison was at his best and Bamford worked his socks off. > A great victory and with Bournemouth and Leicester losing a quick glance at > the table puts a smile on your face - 13th. A closer look is not so great, > just 2 points above the relegation line, but last night was job done for the > first bit , now we need to build on it by beating Palace on Sunday. > Under Marsch we looked like a team going down, under Javi we look like a team > with a fighting chance of staying up. It is our hands . > Dave > On Wednesday, 5 April 2023 at 09:41:41 BST, Richard Walker via Leedslist > <[email protected]> wrote: > > "The scabs are going down" sang the South Stand and yes they most definitely > are. This game reminded me of playing against a lower championship league > team, in that we had so much space all over the park and created chance after > chance after chance. Sini and Jack looked resembled Messi as they danced > their way past the Forest players and in midfield, Roca and Mckennie had the > freedom of the park. It still didn't stop us going behind and then nearly > conceding a 2nd in the opening 15 minutes. "How shit must you be, we're > winning away" sang the scabs. Ayling looks vulnerable against a pacey Forest > winger and ti was no surprise that from one of their breaks down the left the > ball was passed to an unmarked player who slotted home with ease. Stunned > silence and I thought it could be a long night. > But to our credit, and Forest's inpetness we came back strong and started to > build attack after attack wtih Sini and Jack at the heart of everything. > There were too many chances to describe but it seemed like a constant wave of > attacks on the Forest goal without anyone having the ability to stick it in > the net. The goal eventually came from Roca's unmarked shot on the edge of > the box being parried into the path of Jack who hammered it into the net. > Then, towards the end of the half, Sini danced around a couple of Forest > defenders and side footed it into the far corner. Typical goal from him. From > then on, we really should have buried them be we fluffed chance after chance > with the final ball lacking at times. Inevitably this led to us hanging on > injury time but to be honest Forest looked toothless by then despite some > good searching long balls from Shelvey. Jimmy came on as sub and had a great > one on one chance to finish it but he put it wide. That summed up most of the > match for me. > A good win, against poor opposition and a follow upagainst Palace at the > weekend will put us in a strong position. > Scores: > I think most of these scores should have the statement - against shit > opposition added on to them. > Meslier - 6. Not sure he had much to do other than pick the ball out of the > net. > Ayling - 6. Struggled initially but he worked very hard and put some great > challenges in. > Firpo - 8. Much improved and actually did some useful defending but as with > all the performances last night I think you have to bear in mind the weak > opposition. He got forward well in the first half. > Struijk - 8. Very solid against .... > Koch - 8. Very solid against .... > Mckennie - 7. Still a bit subdued and I worry about his mobility but he did > what was needed. > Roca - 9. Man of the match for me and the first time I've seen him actually > show that he can influence a game. He worked tirelessly and put some great > tackles in combined with some fantastic long range passes. I've never doubted > that he has a nice left foot but he's lacked presence mainly due to lack of > pace/ acceleration. Last night, he had the freedom of the park and was > actually able to show us what he can do given space. My big question is can > he do it against better opposition ? I hope so. Mcphail would have had a ball > out there last night as well ! > Harrison - 8. Lively throughout. Still manages to pick out the opposition > with last ball passes with ease. > Sinisterra - 8. Fantastic first half against .... Great goal. > Aaronson - 6. Worked hard but still looked very lightweight. > Bamford - 5. Looked exactly what he is - a player who hasn't played much > football for 2 years. Worked tirelessly but his timing was off and he never > looked like scoring despite having a number of chances > Subs: > Rodrigo - 5. Looked very slow > Jimmy - 6. got booked and should have scored but he put himself about > > Great rememberance from the fans last night crowd by turning our backs for a > minute. RIP Chris and Kev. I didn't travel to Istanbul but I was sat with > people last night who were there in the square and they are still equally mad > and sad about the events that night. There was no damaging of Turkish flags, > no abusing locals, just a large mob of murdering Turks that attacked the > Leeds fans with knives. We will never forget. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I thought we played well against a very poor Forest team. I’ve never seen us > have so much space in midfield and God knows how many chances we fluffed. > Should have had them buried long before the 5 minutes of ET where. Inevitably > we were holding on. Sinistera and Harrison both looked like Messi as they > were able to dance around Forest players and even Aizlewood had a good game. > Lots of people saying ‘I told you Roca was great’ Well I never doubted he had > a ‘nice left foot’ but my issue is does he have te pace and the presence to > really dominate in midfield and play those killer passes when under pressure. > Last night he had the freedom of the park. 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