Simple question yes or no,
If we had Bridcutt, Hernandez and a fit Cooper in the side for Bamba, Dave and Grimes and they had the man sent off after 50 mins as he should have been would we have won,
Personally, I though that Viera did pretty well in a shambolic midfield. Not sure why he deserves a one as part of a sh*t midfield, when Bartley/Bamba deserve a six despite both being part of a cr*p team!
Taylor looked well off the pace to me, his first three crosses were awful and even Tony Currie said on the pitch at half-time, when asked about Leeds' threat, "Well, if the Leeds left-back could cross a ball.... well, I'm right aren't I?" The crosses got a little better, but it wasn't the Taylor that we know.
As for Big Dave, the less said the better. A truly terrible performance. Passes going astray, underhit, overhit, ignoring the forward pass to turn around and pass sideways. Every time it got to him whilst we were attacking, he'd turn and pass sideways or backwards taking all the pace out of the attack. I thought he was atrocious.
And Green, well, he looked very ill at ease to me. He flapped at the first goal, didn't catch the ball until the second half and can't kick. His left foot is clearly non-existent (note to Charlie, don't pass it back to Green!) and even a pass-back to his right foot resulted in a really poor clearance. He made a couple of saves in the second half, which were right down at the other end so I couldn't see that well, but there reports suggest they were pretty good. But the rest of his game, I thought, was very poor.
Grimes did very little, Sakho looked bright and energetic when he came on and Antonsson (?) looks as if he knows where the goal is, but can't shoot straight. Also thought Coyle generally did well once he replaced Berardi. But overall, we were pretty poor. We certainly didn't look like a team who had been prepared thoroughly for the new season.
So, apart from the sunshine (and I was basking in it on the front row of the upper tier) the day was a shambles.
Although, what depressed me most was that on only two occasions did I hear "Time to go, Massimo" and on both it petered out immediately with only about ten or twenty joining in. A case of happy with him here or a case of utter despondency based on what was being served up on the pitch?
Personally, I though that Viera did pretty well in a shambolic midfield. Not sure why he deserves a one as part of a sh*t midfield, when Bartley/Bamba deserve a six despite both being part of a cr*p team!
----
Perhaps a one is overally harsh. My view though is that the centrebacks weren't at fault for the goals and actually defended well. The game was lost in midfield and the reason they were constantly under pressure was the failure of Diagoura, Viera and Grimes to get any sort of hold on the game. The midfield needed to be strong, calmer on the ball, to demand the ball off the defence and create chances. They didn't do that, it seemed like we had a giant hole in the centre of the pitch.
Awful start to the season...
Page 2 of 2
posted on 7/8/16
Worryingly, a lot of them didn't look interested.
posted on 7/8/16
Simple question yes or no,
If we had Bridcutt, Hernandez and a fit Cooper in the side for Bamba, Dave and Grimes and they had the man sent off after 50 mins as he should have been would we have won,
posted on 7/8/16
Personally, I though that Viera did pretty well in a shambolic midfield. Not sure why he deserves a one as part of a sh*t midfield, when Bartley/Bamba deserve a six despite both being part of a cr*p team!
Taylor looked well off the pace to me, his first three crosses were awful and even Tony Currie said on the pitch at half-time, when asked about Leeds' threat, "Well, if the Leeds left-back could cross a ball.... well, I'm right aren't I?" The crosses got a little better, but it wasn't the Taylor that we know.
As for Big Dave, the less said the better. A truly terrible performance. Passes going astray, underhit, overhit, ignoring the forward pass to turn around and pass sideways. Every time it got to him whilst we were attacking, he'd turn and pass sideways or backwards taking all the pace out of the attack. I thought he was atrocious.
And Green, well, he looked very ill at ease to me. He flapped at the first goal, didn't catch the ball until the second half and can't kick. His left foot is clearly non-existent (note to Charlie, don't pass it back to Green!) and even a pass-back to his right foot resulted in a really poor clearance. He made a couple of saves in the second half, which were right down at the other end so I couldn't see that well, but there reports suggest they were pretty good. But the rest of his game, I thought, was very poor.
Grimes did very little, Sakho looked bright and energetic when he came on and Antonsson (?) looks as if he knows where the goal is, but can't shoot straight. Also thought Coyle generally did well once he replaced Berardi. But overall, we were pretty poor. We certainly didn't look like a team who had been prepared thoroughly for the new season.
So, apart from the sunshine (and I was basking in it on the front row of the upper tier) the day was a shambles.
Although, what depressed me most was that on only two occasions did I hear "Time to go, Massimo" and on both it petered out immediately with only about ten or twenty joining in. A case of happy with him here or a case of utter despondency based on what was being served up on the pitch?
posted on 8/8/16
Personally, I though that Viera did pretty well in a shambolic midfield. Not sure why he deserves a one as part of a sh*t midfield, when Bartley/Bamba deserve a six despite both being part of a cr*p team!
----
Perhaps a one is overally harsh. My view though is that the centrebacks weren't at fault for the goals and actually defended well. The game was lost in midfield and the reason they were constantly under pressure was the failure of Diagoura, Viera and Grimes to get any sort of hold on the game. The midfield needed to be strong, calmer on the ball, to demand the ball off the defence and create chances. They didn't do that, it seemed like we had a giant hole in the centre of the pitch.
posted on 8/8/16
Fear Me Neo (U9135)
posted 12 minutes ago
Ohhhhhh Jimmy Jimmy
_________________
Jimmy Jimmy Tamperson
Ohhhhh Jimmy Jimmy
Page 2 of 2