Agreed. Wagner's teams are always hard to play against but last night despite them taking total control in the 2nd half, Miesler had nothing to do. It was only a bit of panic late on in our defence that caused concern. Also, I don't think I've ever seen a keeper go up for a free kick ? and why on earth didn't the ref play advantage when we broke - worst decision ever as it was a certain 2 nil. Think Gruev and Kamara together are too defensive. Gruev's playing the Philips role in front of the back four and frequently drops into the backline and Kamara gets through some good work but is predominantly a DM. I criticised Rutter as a no 9 (he isn't) but he's certainly finding his role as a 10. Great to watch. Ok, most things didn't come off last night but I love to see a player with confidence who can step past people with ease. Love watching him. Bamford is our best no 9. Didn't have a great game but scored his goal and ran around a lot. He should have been in the team earlier in the season. Hope Archie's injury isn't serious because he's been the player of the season for me and whilst he's done great a right back, I can't help think that he needs to be in midfield ? Plymouth will be interesting. We've got a few knocks but we're on such a good run, I'd play the first XI and smash em and move on.
On Thursday, 25 January 2024 at 10:50:59 GMT, nattan--- via Leedslist <leedslist@gn.apc.org> wrote: A hard fought and forgettable match but another 3 pts - points we need to have any chance of automatic promotion. They were a strange team , they had huge periods of possession especially at the start of the second half, but seemed content to just keep the ball a la Japp Stams Reading a few seasons ago, and not attempt to do anything with it. In fact during their longest period of possession it was us who had the only shot, a tame effort by Summerville after we took the ball off them and attacked on the break They had one real chance of note all game , right on the stroke of half time with a good cross from their right which led to Archie Gray marking 2 players , luckily the one it fell to totally fluffed his kick. That apart they offered nothing but looked comfortable on the ball and made it hard for us. So overall it was fairly boring with lots of sideways passing but glimpses of sublime skill and flicks by Georginio and Summerville made it watchable, and the one nik scoreline kept it tense, a second at any stage would have been game over.Our goal on 15 minutes was a worthy match winner -Georginio ( who has great work rate to go with his skills) won the ball, fed James who put in a lovely floated cross to the back post and Bamford headed home - 4 in 5 for him now. He had another shot pulled wide, Georginio had a shot saved as did Firpo, Summerville had another that just went the wrong side of the post, Anthony had a great chance but dawdled and was blocked, as we created plenty of half chances but could not get a second to lut it to bed.Still a vital 3 points and if we can beat Bristol on Friday night next week we go up to second albeit the other will have games in hand Dave _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org 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 leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ Dave Dowden, a legend, a Totty Twin, a pie man! R.I.P.