On court, finished at 20:00, then tried to rush home watch teh match.
Heard Fulham had scored but commentators saying how exciting Leeds are, how many chances, unlucky to not be level.
Got home and wondered if I was watching a different match.
Fulham carved through us at will, we appear to have zero plan up front whereas analysis showed second goal carbon copy of what he did last match.
We looked second best just about everywhere.
Ayling looks lost compared to under Bielsa, Summerville and Gnonto looked lightweight and easily nullified, Bamford lost in this system, Koch looked ok, Adams looked overwhelmed in midfield. I just didnt see anything in Rutter second half, maybe he was better first half, but for 35m you expect more than that. Palhinha was 20m, Solomon was a loan.
Not trying to knock him, but we have to stop this getting up to speed stuff, for 35m, young, fit player needs to be showing more for me.
The team just doesn't feel right.
The players, the balance, the system, whatever it is, it just doesn't click and fact that we laboured to try and best bottom team Southampton at home is the reality of our situation.
Always going to be a tough ask against Fulham away despite so many fans saying Fulham would go straight back down.
There is genuinely something wrong when new team can come up, make their signings and more than hold their own yet us, who have had 2.5 years of Prem League riches look as disjointed as you can be.
Don't get me wrong, this is not Gracia's fault, he has just gotten here and he has to make do with the payers at his disposal, but I'm really not sure if we have enough in this squad.
Earlier in season I asked where Dallas would fit in, the general response was he wouldn't get back in side as they were so good......
Right now I would say we're crying out for him, BUT I feel the Bielsa players were great because of Bielsa and they seem bang average under anyone else.
What a miracle Bielsa worked.
I'm not expecting anything to of Chelsea match and its not much easier then with Brighton at home, Wolves away and then Arsenal away. If we get a point out of these next 4 fixtures we're doing well and that is simply not good enough for us to stay up.
Thoughts from last night
posted on 1/3/23
We were headless chickens...
posted on 1/3/23
Disagree Milky - Calmness and control leads to better clarity of thought and decision making and generally more incisive football. OK it wasn't perfect last night but it is definitely pointing in the right direction.
posted on 1/3/23
A big problem with us seems to be completing simple passes. Their first goal was Addams fault entirely. Mes didn't have a chance, really don't think there's a goaler in the world who would save that.
If we were awarded our perfectly good opening goal who knows the outcome.
Fulham definitely not all that and they're in sixth?
The damage that marsch did will take a real manager a little time to get the players to unlearn. We were headless chickens but no more.
posted on 1/3/23
comment by LeedsFanFor47Years (U6871)
posted 5 hours, 32 minutes ago
I think we were relatively solid defensively - the two Fulham goals were superb strikes from outside the box. I can't recall Meslier having any other saves to make except the odd catch to his midriff.
Our set pieces are mostly embarrassing - nothing ever comes from them and they usually disintegrate after the first touch.
I remember seeing Rutter on-screen when he took his seat in the stand after being subbed. He looked like he'd been out for a gentle stroll - not tired, not sweating, not like he'd given everything on the pitch.
Bielsa would have had him running circuits.
I hope for the best, but fear the worst - going down. I wonder (with Radz out of the way) whether the 49ers would try to get MB back next season to get us back in shape and get us back up?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
So you can judge how much effort a player has put in from a quick glance at his demeanour on the bench?
Surprised the club don't already employ you as some sort of fitness guru 🤣
posted on 1/3/23
I would say last night could best be described in the words of the late great Eric Morecambe, but paraphrasing slightly, " We played all the right notes but not necessarily in the right order" 😂
posted on 1/3/23
comment by Lorralorimer (U18994)
posted 4 hours, 56 minutes ago
I've never known another side (Leeds or otherwise) who are so utterly hopeless at set pieces. Was it the last game where we started by taking our corners short. This wasn't working so we... carried on taking short corners. Another unfathomable aspect of our set pieces is our inability to get crosses over the head of the first man. This happened in Bielsa's time, too - no-one has ever addressed this. It's f@©king infuriating.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Oh yeah we have this weird short goal kick routines come back......do they really have so little confidence in teh keeper to kick it out?
posted on 1/3/23
Thoughts from tonight, Wolves and Everton did our goal difference good tonight!..
Strange, but thats usually a moaning thing for us!..
posted on 1/3/23
comment by White as Snow (U22893)
posted 2 hours, 29 minutes ago
comment by LeedsFanFor47Years (U6871)
posted 5 hours, 32 minutes ago
I think we were relatively solid defensively - the two Fulham goals were superb strikes from outside the box. I can't recall Meslier having any other saves to make except the odd catch to his midriff.
Our set pieces are mostly embarrassing - nothing ever comes from them and they usually disintegrate after the first touch.
I remember seeing Rutter on-screen when he took his seat in the stand after being subbed. He looked like he'd been out for a gentle stroll - not tired, not sweating, not like he'd given everything on the pitch.
Bielsa would have had him running circuits.
I hope for the best, but fear the worst - going down. I wonder (with Radz out of the way) whether the 49ers would try to get MB back next season to get us back in shape and get us back up?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
So you can judge how much effort a player has put in from a quick glance at his demeanour on the bench?
Surprised the club don't already employ you as some sort of fitness guru 🤣
----------------------------------------------------------------------
It doesn’t take a “guru” to notice if someone’s knackered or not. Perhaps you need to take less snow?
posted on 2/3/23
comment by LeedsFanFor47Years (U6871)
posted 8 hours, 3 minutes ago
comment by White as Snow (U22893)
posted 2 hours, 29 minutes ago
comment by LeedsFanFor47Years (U6871)
posted 5 hours, 32 minutes ago
I think we were relatively solid defensively - the two Fulham goals were superb strikes from outside the box. I can't recall Meslier having any other saves to make except the odd catch to his midriff.
Our set pieces are mostly embarrassing - nothing ever comes from them and they usually disintegrate after the first touch.
I remember seeing Rutter on-screen when he took his seat in the stand after being subbed. He looked like he'd been out for a gentle stroll - not tired, not sweating, not like he'd given everything on the pitch.
Bielsa would have had him running circuits.
I hope for the best, but fear the worst - going down. I wonder (with Radz out of the way) whether the 49ers would try to get MB back next season to get us back in shape and get us back up?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
So you can judge how much effort a player has put in from a quick glance at his demeanour on the bench?
Surprised the club don't already employ you as some sort of fitness guru 🤣
----------------------------------------------------------------------
It doesn’t take a “guru” to notice if someone’s knackered or not. Perhaps you need to take less snow?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
How could you tell how knackered he was? What do you want him to do, collapse?
posted on 2/3/23
comment by White as Snow (U22893)
posted 4 hours, 8 minutes ago
comment by LeedsFanFor47Years (U6871)
posted 8 hours, 3 minutes ago
comment by White as Snow (U22893)
posted 2 hours, 29 minutes ago
comment by LeedsFanFor47Years (U6871)
posted 5 hours, 32 minutes ago
I think we were relatively solid defensively - the two Fulham goals were superb strikes from outside the box. I can't recall Meslier having any other saves to make except the odd catch to his midriff.
Our set pieces are mostly embarrassing - nothing ever comes from them and they usually disintegrate after the first touch.
I remember seeing Rutter on-screen when he took his seat in the stand after being subbed. He looked like he'd been out for a gentle stroll - not tired, not sweating, not like he'd given everything on the pitch.
Bielsa would have had him running circuits.
I hope for the best, but fear the worst - going down. I wonder (with Radz out of the way) whether the 49ers would try to get MB back next season to get us back in shape and get us back up?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
So you can judge how much effort a player has put in from a quick glance at his demeanour on the bench?
Surprised the club don't already employ you as some sort of fitness guru 🤣
----------------------------------------------------------------------
It doesn’t take a “guru” to notice if someone’s knackered or not. Perhaps you need to take less snow?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
How could you tell how knackered he was? What do you want him to do, collapse?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Yeah maybe he's just really in great shape.
I guess some like to see Bamford looking like death warmed over when he comes off.
Must have had a good game.