I'm not making one you lazy bastards.
Good day out. 0:0 would have been a fairer result. Baldock should have come on. Adam should have come on earlier. Olise looked class in bits. Chants of the day - "Wheres your famous atmosphere?" "Jimmy Saville - he's one of your own". Home fans very quiet until the goal.
Also Moore playing as striker instead of bringing Baldock on seemed an odd shout.
Thought we started the first 30/40 quite well. Deep runs from Pele, Rino, Swift and Olise was successful and all that was lacking was that end product Until Phillips got injured, then Leeds did a re jig and put White as CDM which is a completely different proposition. We failed to adapt, and their goal was unfortunately inevitable However, what I found disappointing was the response to their goal. There was no urgency, no pressure and other than the last few minutes, no real chance of the equaliser. Away from all the Leeds chat that’s been going on for ages, they are a good side but we showed them too much respect. Let’s not… More →
Great summary. I was also miffed that Bowen tried Liam Moore as a makeshift striker at the end. I like Bowen but whenever we go a goal down it feels like we are destined to lose because we create few chances. We created virtually zero in that game, next to nothing at Barnsley except our equaliser, at Stoke, Millwall, Cardiff or Nottingham Forest. We haven't lost many of those games as we are hard to beat. But a switch in tactics in a game could have won us a few extra points. Leeds, Forest and Millwall are fairly decent sides but are no world beaters. Might be a controversial opinion but I'd consider getting a new manager in the… More →
Agreed. Be interesting to know MB’s reasoning behind that but then bringing Adam on for Swift was also a bit strange when you’re looking to create a goal.
Think the Adam move is for his ability to ping a 40 yard diagonal with precision and experience. Not necessarily the right move, but not one I find difficult to understand the logic on. Assuming Moore upfront over Baldock is also about going more direct. Sam isn't going to win much in the air or hold up the ball under pressure from big CBs. Again, not saying the right choice, but I can see some logic.
That was my thinking regarding playing Moore up top as we don't have any sort of physical presence on the bench. Didn't really work as you know Moore isn't really a striker. Also think having Sam on chasing down and harrying defferenders would have been much more effective.
Wouldn't disagree. Big job for the summer to pick a plan a and b, then bring in the right players to make it happen. For years there's been too much change and too little coherency to who we bring in so we end up with 3/4s of an XI for one system, 3/4s of an XI for another and the key pieces for both missing. See not really knowing where to play Meite, Ejaria, Swift etc. Not knowing whether to play 2 or 3 CBs, 2 or 3 CMs, 1 or 2 strikers, wingers or inside forwards or wing backs.
Thought we looked fine. Didnt have any problems with our play. Second half they came out and played with much more intensity and we struggled a bit to impose our game on them. Cant pinpoint any big issues really. Genuinely cant fault a single performance.
Must say I thought Leeds looked very average. Feel like in last years Championship they would have been a fringe play off team as opposed to 2nd. Didn't look particularly threatening at any point and their forwards were about as ineffective as ours. Contrast that to the team that tour us apart at the Madesjki last season.
This really. We tried to take the game to them but our decision making in releasing the pass or making runs wasn't good enough. They scored following a good finish after a bit of luck and that was that. No-one could have been surprised with a nil-nil.
Days since This Championship game took place 2374 days ago in the 2019/2020 season. ID: 1342