.... if any 1 had any doubts then you should go watch dressage.
not every player can play at their best every game, can improve every game.
yet again we out played a very very experienced good pl team. yes conversion rate can improve, but we have kept 2 clean sheets in a row now against 2 pl still warts.
cooper had a great game & like i said raffi will be the buy of the season
keeping bielsa is the main aim but he is his own man. if we finish top half, will that be enough for him to want an assault for top 4?
been reading a lot about him & only now does the squad he has, who would run through walls for him, he feels in total control & is reaping what he knows he can do with the right players at his disposal. think he feels leeds are a good fit. credit to rad & staff to allow him to be him.
thoughts from yesterday..
posted on 29/11/20
All this and yet we haven’t played our best team yet (in my opinion)
Alioski out Dallas at left back and Rodrigo in....
Once Rodrigo and Raphinha plays a few things together I think that conversion rate will be significantly higher. Need a bit of luck in December with regards to injuries
posted on 29/11/20
Celtic fan in peace ... Have really enjoyed watching your long overdue return to the top flight (unlike the utter dung from my own team this season ). Even in the games when you haven’t got the result you maybe deserved, you could still admire the style of play. Has Bielsa lost his bucket though? Can’t be comfortable squatting like that, especially at his age!
posted on 29/11/20
Cooper struggles with one on ones when someone is running at him. He's slow to react in those situations and lacks a bit of agility. It's always been his weak point, just more evident now as he's against better, quicker attackers.
He's only really just getting a run now as he had a couple of injuries, he needs time to get used to this league a bit. I wouldn't be surprised to see him out the team by the end of the season depending on how good Llorente is though.
posted on 29/11/20
Best = agreed (all points).
posted on 29/11/20
"Jansson, White and now Koch have all benefitted from playing alongside Coops, my belief is that the guy improves the defence not because he is a top drawer CB but because he orchestrates the defence. I think he is pivotal to how we play."
Els, I'll take the disagreement from that remark, Koch was a good deffender when he played here, the only improvement he'll get is from Bielsa!..
Cooper has nothing to do with it, I rate Koch better than White or Jansson as time will tell!..
posted on 29/11/20
Germany I don't disagree but I didn't mean he improves them as defenders but that he consistently manages the players alongside him, he has a role beyond being just another defender, that is part of why he is the captain.
posted on 29/11/20
"Germany I don't disagree but I didn't mean he improves them as defenders but that he consistently manages the players alongside him, he has a role beyond being just another defender, that is part of why he is the captain."
Els, he is the players choice so they see a lot in him!..
Respect and friend, usually they come hand in hand, but for one to lead the rest is something else, and I think that's something the rest see in him!..
Sorry for disagreeing, sometimes things seem a little different to how they're meant!.
posted on 30/11/20
I guess Cooper is captain for a reason?
posted on 30/11/20
I never want us to go back to playing the %’s and being hard to beat and trying to nick a result.
Win lose or draw, we shouldn’t change this style under Biesla
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well said liw im enjoying this year's football to the extent that a loss doesn't ruin my weekend.
we wont go back to that style again ( tottenham holds that position) but we should have a replacement preparing with the u23's to step in when bielsa retires.
never want to see a manager the likes of monk ever again. or worse colin.
posted on 1/12/20
So good people see football is about how you play and how you try to play. I hated us under George Graham, even if his style and brand of terribly dour football was needed to help us build back.
We could easily have ended up losing, but none of that would have taken away from how we played.
Love watching this team and Bielsa