So dean smith in his interview with AVTV said that leeds doubled up on cash and smith did nothing to help him even the commentators could see matty needed help. I have to say this concerns me. Why did smith not change the formation to help cash and what’s stopping other teams exploiting it in the way that Leeds have.
We win Shakespeare’s a genius
We lose Smith’s a moron
Well raising your own game helps!
Luck might have also changed things, if one of Grealish efforts went in then the whole dynamic changes.
But not getting a grip in the middle and leaving Cash exposed all the time are things that could have and should have been changed.
There is no reason to persist with a game plan that clearly isn’t working.
No, and it’s not venom, it’s almost sheer disbelief really, that 90% of the squad don’t perform for one reason or another, but I would expect better from him (saying that maybe he just isn’t premier league quality) if that didn’t happen then I’d drop him, and I’m basing my 1/10 on last nights performance. Not his last 3.McGinn was disappointing last night as were most of them but think there’s been enough to show he’s been getting back to some kind of form at the start of this season. I really don’t get the venom aimed at some players based on one performance after we’ve won four on the spin when much of what we’ve seen thus far has been pretty decent. Suppose you would drop McGinn next week then based on 1 out of 10?
No, and it’s not venom, it’s almost sheer disbelief really, that 90% of the squad don’t perform for one reason or another, but I would expect better from him (saying that maybe he just isn’t premier league quality) if that didn’t happen then I’d drop him, and I’m basing my 1/10 on last nights performance. Not his last 3.
And just to reiterate, he wasn’t on his own, team performance 1/10
Spot onBesides not having an effective style of play, our second biggest problem is having a useless bunch of substitutes. McGinn has been improving since his return from injury but if his form starts regressing then who do you sub him with? If any player knows that no matter how bad he plays, he is still better than anyone else on the bench and that is why the manager won’t replace him, then he has no motivation to do better.
I think teams are becoming aware of McGinns move, i.e stick your arse out and back into the player and hope the ball runs through, if it doesn’t, and more times than not last night it didn’t, he’s left on his arse or with his back to the action and then we’re one short in defence. 1/10 piss poor.
And don’t forget to rate Dean Smith, 1/10 also, no idea how to change the squad to cope with a 90 min Onslaught down our right side.
To be fair to McGinn I think he has more to his game than just sticking his arse out to block
Sure he lost form however his form of late for us and Scotland has been good with some nice link-up play and he is always a threat in front of goal.
Unfortunately and like too many others, he was tactically nullified last night.
The Saints game has now become massive for the players and coaching staff and let's hope the Villa boys come out fighting to right a wrong.
It's over to you lads?
Now I'm not saying Bielsa is not a good manager but this creaming over a supposed tactical master stroke of making a substitution because a player got booked is horse shit. The world and his wife were saying that player needed hooking. It wasn't tactical other than preventing his team going down to 10 men 20 mins in.
It was not a tactical master stroke it was a preventative measure any manager worth his salt might do.
Not sure if that’s good for the team that they thought they were unlucky or bad for them that they’re deluded, if it helps them, I thought it was very tight game with not many chances and a 0-0 was about right, ahh feel better already.I need to move on from this thread, but listening to Ollie Watkins’ interview where he said we were unlucky as we lost a few in quick succession struck me.
Another similarity to last season, is the lack of leadership. Jack is the captain but he is a leader by example, he’s also a captain who acts petulant it’s just in his nature. He was probably f-ing and blinding under his breath because that’s just who he is.
The likes of Mings (especially), Luiz, SJM and Barkley for me needed to show leadership when we go behind. I don’t mean necessarily almost take over being captain for a few minutes, though that is useful for someone to do that as I think jack needs that help. But those players needed to wise up, get players to sit tight and settle on the ball in possession.
I’ve played a lot of football in my time, and it doesn’t matter what level you are playing at because everything is relative, you need leadership and organisation on the pitch especially when you go behind.
Smith wouldn’tNow I'm not saying Bielsa is not a good manager but this creaming over a supposed tactical master stroke of making a substitution because a player got booked is horse shit. The world and his wife were saying that player needed hooking. It wasn't tactical other than preventing his team going down to 10 men 20 mins in.
It was not a tactical master stroke it was a preventative measure any manager worth his salt might do.