Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Sun Nov 21, 2021 10:26 pm  

chapylad wrote:

Think Raphina would make the difference today and for me Shackleton or Drameh at RB with Dallas taking Klichs position in midfield.
First half performance needed again against Brighton Saturday with Rodrigo and Raphina back.

Raph would have had a field day against their back 4.

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Sun Nov 21, 2021 10:31 pm  

Trebor1 wrote:

Raph would have had a field day against their back 4.

Agree with that especially their RB who was really off it.
Yeh read Bielsa tried different options in midfield and we missed Forshaw towards the end.
Maybe Greenwood would have slotted into midfield but his lack of experience might have caught him out.
Such a shame we didn`t get Gallagher.

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Mon Nov 22, 2021 9:35 am  

Couldda, Shouldda, wouldda. The Leeds Utd mantra.

Spurs was pathetic 1st half but came away with 3 points and thats all that counts really at the end of the day.

Leeds need to start winning. Leeds are far better than some teams like Watford, Norwich and Newcastle but need to start climbing away starting at Brighton.
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Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Tue Nov 23, 2021 2:11 pm  

chapylad wrote:

Agree with that especially their RB who was really off it.
Yeh read Bielsa tried different options in midfield and we missed Forshaw towards the end.
Maybe Greenwood would have slotted into midfield but his lack of experience might have caught him out.
Such a shame we didn`t get Gallagher.

That is turning out to be a huge miss. But we should have had a plan B. Phil Hay is now thinking we may well spend in Jan which i found interesting. He did say though Orta needs to convince Bielsa before it will happen.

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Tue Nov 23, 2021 2:14 pm  

Marty Grrrrrrrrrr! wrote:

Couldda, Shouldda, wouldda. The Leeds Utd mantra.

Spurs was pathetic 1st half but came away with 3 points and thats all that counts really at the end of the day.

Leeds need to start winning. Leeds are far better than some teams like Watford, Norwich and Newcastle but need to start climbing away starting at Brighton.
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Agree Marty.

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Tue Nov 23, 2021 4:18 pm  

quote: He did say though Orta needs to convince Bielsa before it will happen: quote
And that`s the problem unfortunately.
Persisting with Roberts and not signing someone is going to get us in trouble.
Teams below are getting better and teams above are scraping draws/wins.
I hear what some on here are saying that we have had injuries.
But at the end of the season with not enough points regardless of injuries we will get relegated.
I think Brentford will falter and it leaves Burnley hard to beat at home, Newcastle who might get some decent players in, Norwich who might string a few wins and possibly Watford who hammered MU along with us.
Fingers crossed.

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Tue Nov 23, 2021 5:08 pm  

We've never had a big squad, but last summer we shrank rather than grew.

We lost alioski, Costa, poveda and Hernandez, with only James and Firpo coming in. Whilst none of those were to players, they gave us attacking options.

What I think we struggle with is that firstly or small squad can't cope well with the level of injuries. Secondly, we have none coming off the bench who can make a difference. Runners tries hard, but delivers little. Aiden from geldhart he's our only attacking option

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Tue Nov 23, 2021 8:41 pm  

The Eagle wrote:

We've never had a big squad, but last summer we shrank rather than grew.

We lost alioski, Costa, poveda and Hernandez, with only James and Firpo coming in. Whilst none of those were to players, they gave us attacking options.

What I think we struggle with is that firstly or small squad can't cope well with the level of injuries. Secondly, we have none coming off the bench who can make a difference. Runners tries hard, but delivers little. Aiden from geldhart he's our only attacking option

True and with a fully fit squad we would probably avoid the drop.
The Spurs subs totalled over £209 million whilst ours cost less than 5 million which says it all.
With Bamford missing Rodrigo with his international pedigree should have slotted in along with James for Costa and Firpo for Alioski.
But we needed more cover in that squad.

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Tue Nov 23, 2021 9:10 pm  

chapylad wrote:

quote: He did say though Orta needs to convince Bielsa before it will happen: quote
And that`s the problem unfortunately.
Persisting with Roberts and not signing someone is going to get us in trouble.
Teams below are getting better and teams above are scraping draws/wins.
I hear what some on here are saying that we have had injuries.
But at the end of the season with not enough points regardless of injuries we will get relegated.
I think Brentford will falter and it leaves Burnley hard to beat at home, Newcastle who might get some decent players in, Norwich who might string a few wins and possibly Watford who hammered MU along with us.
Fingers crossed.

Agree pal. I think there’s a touch of concern from the board about the thin squad. January will be interesting

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Tue Nov 23, 2021 9:15 pm  

The Eagle wrote:

We've never had a big squad, but last summer we shrank rather than grew.

We lost alioski, Costa, poveda and Hernandez, with only James and Firpo coming in. Whilst none of those were to players, they gave us attacking options.

What I think we struggle with is that firstly or small squad can't cope well with the level of injuries. Secondly, we have none coming off the bench who can make a difference. Runners tries hard, but delivers little. Aiden from geldhart he's our only attacking option

Agree. If you want to stay in the premier league and progress you must have quality across the bench and even with a fully fit squad we don’t really have that. Injuries always happen and you’ve got to cope and pick up points. Yes we’ve lost our main men lately but that shouldn’t result in sitting near bottom 4. We should have been better than that