Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Sun Oct 31, 2021 2:20 pm  

Pretty amazing decision to not give that handballl by James. Seemed clear to all amd sundry except VAR. Staggering.

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Sun Oct 31, 2021 4:01 pm  

Well, that was a poor performance. We were basically playing 5-1-4, and even Raphinha wasn't great. But a massive result

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Sun Oct 31, 2021 4:14 pm  

Right we looked ok considering the team we have available. Seemed to dominate position and chances. Two decent goals, and a big the points

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Sun Oct 31, 2021 4:17 pm  

Very poor today and both teams looked like Championship teams to me.
How the feck does Harrison keep getting in?
Surely it`s not for his defence as he was abysmal both in attack and defence with James not far behind.
At least Bielsa dropped Klich but why bring on Roberts yet again.

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Sun Oct 31, 2021 4:20 pm  

The Eagle wrote:

Right we looked ok considering the team we have available. Seemed to dominate position and chances. Two decent goals, and a big the points

But a lot of that is down to Bielsa who wants a small squad.
There`s Ayling, Firpo and Bamford missing and in fairness they were not that good at the start of the season.
When you say we looked ok.
We were playing Norwich who are the worse team in the league by far.

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Sun Oct 31, 2021 4:27 pm  

chapylad wrote:

But a lot of that is down to Bielsa who wants a small squad.
There`s Ayling, Firpo and Bamford missing and in fairness they were not that good at the start of the season.
When you say we looked ok.
We were playing Norwich who are the worse team in the league by far.

Agreed. We're not at our best. We also have Koch out too. Lots of players not on form. thought James looked dangerous, but Harrison was terrible.

Defensively I thought they never really troubled us, aside from the goal. You can see why they haven't scored many. They'll be down by Christmas at this rate

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Sun Oct 31, 2021 7:36 pm  

The Eagle wrote:

Agreed. We're not at our best. We also have Koch out too. Lots of players not on form. thought James looked dangerous, but Harrison was terrible.

Defensively I thought they never really troubled us, aside from the goal. You can see why they haven't scored many. They'll be down by Christmas at this rate

Agreed right back at you
I was never impressed with Harrison but this year he seems to have gone backwards.
I would have preferred Summerville on the wing today.
Thought Stuijk was a bit of an unsung hero today.
Also thought Shackleton could have let the ball go out for a goal kick which Messlier put out for a corner which they scored from.

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Sun Oct 31, 2021 10:45 pm  

The Eagle wrote:

Agreed. We're not at our best. We also have Koch out too. Lots of players not on form. thought James looked dangerous, but Harrison was terrible.

Defensively I thought they never really troubled us, aside from the goal. You can see why they haven't scored many. They'll be down by Christmas at this rate

Agree. James was decent today and looked dangerous. Phillips very rusty, worst I’ve seen him for a long time. Thank the lord for Raphhinha.

Harrison is a shadow of himself at the moment, needs to find form fast. Thought Dallas much better today. Great to hear fans chanting his name after his tough personal issues. Top lad.

It was ALL about getting a win today. We were very nervy. Hopefully that will help relax the lads and let them get back to playing good football. Tough game v Leicester next but they’re very beatable this season

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Mon Nov 01, 2021 9:58 am  

Leicester have a game Thursday tho in Europa League. Decent team Leicester tho, tough game but you guys have a chance.

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Mon Nov 01, 2021 10:26 am  

I'm not confident, Leicester are another team who play 2 up front, so that means we'll drop a man from midfield and play 3 at the back, which never seems to work for us.

I'd start Forshaw in place of Harrison, and Firpo for Dallas, but we'll probably go with the same 11.

It's a shame Spurs couldn't have kept Nuno for a couple more games, as we play them after the international break, but hopefully Ryan Mason will be in charge