Yes i nearly posted about Ayling but did not want to spoil the euphoria
Ayling has been an absolute hero for us, arguably pound for pound our best ever
buy ( £200,000 or something equally crazy) an unbelievable bargain He has
always played with a smile in his face, was pivotal in the Bielsa team, scoring
a few memorable goals and stepping up after the Forest defeat to get us back on
track. So for those reasons i will always love ' Bill'- he seems a good lad off
the pitch and has overcome his speech impediment so there is lots to admire
When i saw the team sheet i expressed surprise that Shack was chosen over him,
but having seen his display when he came on i totally understand the decision.
Without exaggeration he was awful, 3 or 4 times the winger , anonymous before
then suddenly looked lightening fast as Ayling looked like he was running in
treacle . The few times he got the ball , his passing was off giving it away
most times, and his shot trying to recreate the famous volley v Hudds was
terrible.
A real shame but on that showing he is finished - time catches up with them all.
The other 2 Bielsa stalwarts fared litle better, Cooper turned a rock solid
defence into a shaky one , struik alongside him and on his wrong side suddenly
looked much less assured and impressive. Plus they had a good shout for a
penalty against coops - not sure why he is ahead of Cresswell now
Bamford , who got a few boos but was mainly serenaded, was also poor. He made
one great tackle but never looked like scoring and his one shot was met with
hoots of derision by the away fans still in the ground.
It is a pity that 3 such important players ( albeit Paddy and Coops had their
critics and poor moments) end up looking like shadows of their former selves,
but the time has come to say " thanks very much, you will go down in leeds
united history , but goodbye and thanks for the fish"*
* memories ( a little Douglas Adams for you there)
Dave
On Sunday, 29 October 2023 at 09:39:47 GMT, [email protected]
<[email protected]> wrote:
Agreed Dave. That first half was as good as anything since Bielsa’s good days…
although, Huddersfield were hapless. A special mention for the number 16 who is
still rocking in a cupboard somewhere in the away changing room after trying to
contain Summerville for 45 minutes.
I’ve got no problem with taking the foot off the gas and essentially ‘resting’
everyone, with Leicester coming up on Friday.
One thing to mention was how much off the pace the old guard looked when they
came on Bamford, Cooper and especially Ayling.
I would hate to try and mark Rutter.
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>
> That was excellent ( well first half anyway) we totally destroyed them for
> 45 exhilarating minutes and then played the second half at half pace as we
> criused to victory Everything that was poor in the turgid display on
> Wednesday was brilliant today.We were on fire with Georginio and Summerville
> unplayable as they attacked with pace and precision ably assisted by James
> and Piroe and backed up by Ampadu and Kamara.It was scintillating stuff and
> there was only ever going to be one winner after they did the stupid trick of
> making us kick towards the Revie Stand first half, wow how that backfired
> We were all over them and Piroe fired home only to be denied by an off side
> flag. But it only delayed the inevitable as we took them apart.
> Georginio got the ball on the edge of our box, played a lovely weighted pass
> to Summerville who controlled it with the outside of his foot and sprinted
> forward before playinh it across to James who took a couple of touches and
> fired home, what a great counter attacking goal
> Then Summerville was played into the box danced around a few players and put
> it through the crowd of Huuds players and past the keeper . He loved it and
> him and Gnonto ( who ran onto the pitch) did some weird dance in celebration
> as he crowd went mad. "F off home and shag your dogs " echoed round the
> stadium
> Things went from great to sublime as we then rattled in 2 more, Summerville
> carrying the ball from the half way line to the edge of the area and fed in
> james for his second. Georginio then danced into the box gave it to
> Summerville who turned a couple of defenders inside out and out it in the
> bottom corner . We were in heaven , Georginio was totally running the show
> Second half was a non event as we just kept the ball without doing much with
> it , subs came on, Ayling, cooper, Gnonto, Anthony and Bamford ( his name
> was sung loud and proud, Wednesday penalty a distant memory) Summerville
> James and Georginio all went off to deserved ovations. Only sour note Rodon
> limped off after treatment, hope hes ok.
> They offered nothing until a long shot was spilled by Meslier and was put
> into the net by a lad who looked well offside. The game petererd out as we
> treated it like a practice but all the damage had been done in the blistering
> first half
> No team in this division can live with Georginio Summerville and James when
> they are on fire like this - it was class. Georginio is starting to look
> worthy of every pennh of his fee, a real joy to watch
> Happy days - bring on Leicester
>
> Dave
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