Absolute shambles, mostly of the club’s own making. Don’t back Bielsa with signings then sack Bielsa. Appoint Ted talk vibe merchant and buy bang average players from a one team pub league. Unsurprisingly they turn out not to be any good. Sign a fat midfielder from juve and break transfer record on a “project” who looks like he hasn’t seen a football before. Sack vibe merchant too late and waste three more games looking for a replacement. I was encouraged by Gracia to start with but that was truly awful yesterday. I heard Neil Redfearn on the radio on the way home discussing our tactics. He was on about the low block we were trying to play but felt you need good and athletic players to make it work. You need to be able to get up the pitch quickly to counter when you win the ball back and then get back into the low block quickly when you lose it. A midfield of McKennie and Roca isn’t ever going to be able to do that. Roca looked knackered after about ten minutes and McKennie is about as mobile as a fridge. Madness to set up like that. Saw a shocking stat too. Apparently of the last 13 shots on target Meslier has faced, 12 have been goals. I had him at fault for at least 3 of them yesterday. He looks shot and I’d play Robles at Fulham. Right back is like choosing between being punched in the face or the stomach. Ayling, great servant to the club, but legs have gone and there’s mistake in him every game or Kristienson who looks like he’s won a raffle to get a game and has a mistake in him every game. Midfield garbage but virtually no alternatives. Gyabi has been great for the 21s, is he worth a go at Fulham? Can’t be worse than Roca and McKennie. Aaronson might be the weakest player I’ve seen on a pitch. Looks like a stiff breeze might knock him over. Runs around, falls over, doesn’t release the ball quick enough, always makes the wrong decision. Did we really pay £20m for him? I’m struggling to see where the points come from for us to stay up.
Simon Sent from Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> ________________________________ From: Leedslist <[email protected]> on behalf of John Lee via Leedslist <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2023 9:28:39 AM To: Richard Walker <[email protected]> Cc: Leeds List 2010 <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LU] Well Agree re Cooper coming back, but I’d move Struijk to right back. I think we’re going down, but I thought that last season too. We’re worse now! McKennie / Roca in midfield - p*ss poor! Tottenham putting us down will not be a good look! > On 18 Apr 2023, at 08:39, Richard Walker via Leedslist <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Yes, the cutting out mid-week drinking plan for me went astray last night. I > just feel totally empty after that performance which was one of the worst. I > think we've 2 maion problems: > 1) The manager 2) The players > First of all, have you ever seen a Leeds team set up so negatively at home > for a match. I can't rememeber. We just let Liverpool have the run of the > park and then tried to feed on scraps when their attacks broke down. It was > quite effective for a while but it was only ever going to end one way. After > half time, Gracia tried to get his players to step up the pitch and we looked > better for 10 mins but then they just took control. Liverpool's away record > is poor. Why did we show them so much respect ? Surely we should have gone > after them from the start with Summerville, Gnonto and Sinisterra leading the > line. Rodrigo isn't fit.I think he has to go today and yes that's seems > impossible but how can we stay up with such a negative manager ? > As for the players, it's desperate. Mckennie and Roca is like watching Okon > and Aizlewood. Neither can run, neither have got the fight or the ability to > get us out of this mess and control the midfield. Roca can pass a ball when > he's got oceans of space and isn't under pressure (Forest) but put him under > a bit of pressure and he crumbles. Mckennie is a fat lad who without his > lacky Adams looks lost. > Meslier looks like a keeper who has given up - I would be tempted to put the > reserve keeper in. > I've never been convinced about Struijk and I think we all know now he's not > a PL centre back. His best performance have come at left back but even there > he looks uncomfortable. > It's come to the point when actually I think Cooper and Ayling have to play. > At very least, you know they are going to die for the cause. Last night, we > saw Rutter come on and tippy toe around the park to the final whistel where > he rushed to Firmino to get his shirt and congratulate him. £35 million ! > Beggars belief > Aaronson is a trier but the fact is he isn't good enough. Far too lightweight. > I could go on, but I think we're doomed. Not sure where we go from here. > 12:30 Saturday I suppose. > > > On Tuesday, 18 April 2023 at 01:36:10 BST, Nicholas Armit via Leedslist > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Utter shambles. > On Monday, April 17, 2023 at 07:03:21 PM EDT, [email protected] > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I’m just sitting here drinking, because that was as fucking woeful and > clueless as anything I have ever seen in a Leeds shirt. > > Dreadful. > > Only possibly Koch, Firpo and Harrison deserve to even be considered for the > next game. > > Nick > > > > Sent from my iPad > _______________________________________________ > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
