Dumble
Vital Squad Member
I doubt Smith sent them out with an attitude, he's a humble guy and serious about his football. What is clear last night though is he sent them out without a proper plan. Leeds had a clear plan for Grealish and rendered him ineffective for the vast majority of the game. Then they had a clear plan for exploiting our flanks.
We didn't have a plan for any of their players. Harrison did as he pleased, we also had no strategy for getting Watkins in behind what is a fairly slow centre half pairing. We didn't have an answers during the match for stopping Leeds exploiting wide areas, specifically the right hand side.
I can’t imagine we had no plan.
And Smith isn’t the first manager to not change things when they aren’t working (Klopp v us)
We aren’t going to suddenly be a team that outwits everyone we come up against.
I’m not trying to suggest we played well, but only last week Smith was hailed as some as a tactical genius.
Also not suggesting people are wrong for saying we were totally outclassed.
But it is just one game and I can’t see how suddenly we are a shambles
not yet....