What can you say about Farke

That's your opinion LIW which I disagree with fella because if you read again what I highlighted it wasn't about having more of the ball but it was about having more physical presence at set piece situations which the giant Millwall defenders were able to deal with comfortably
admittedly the delivery was mostly poor but there were
still a few times the corner got above the first Millwall defender and we needed more than just Struiyk and
Rodon because we were getting out muscled and so too
lightweight with the likes of Aeronson offering no theat
and getting bullied quite easily so that's what I would
have liked to have seen with 30 minutes to go aswell as
give Joseph a decent amount of time too.

comment by Macca & The Rhythm Sticks : aka Lucky Chai... (U8194)
posted 58 minutes ago
That's your opinion LIW which I disagree with fella because if you read again what I highlighted it wasn't about having more of the ball but it was about having more physical presence at set piece situations which the giant Millwall defenders were able to deal with comfortably
admittedly the delivery was mostly poor but there were
still a few times the corner got above the first Millwall defender and we needed more than just Struiyk and
Rodon because we were getting out muscled and so too
lightweight with the likes of Aeronson offering no theat
and getting bullied quite easily so that's what I would
have liked to have seen with 30 minutes to go aswell as
give Joseph a decent amount of time too.
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He’s scored 10 goals in 16 years. What threat would he really provide.

One nil down, 80% possession and you think the answer is taking off attacker and bring on a defensive midfielder.


Utter madness

comment by LIW 100 Points, champions, Lose two games only (U8453)
posted 1 minute ago

comment by Macca & The Rhythm Sticks : aka Lucky Chai... (U8194)
posted 58 minutes ago
That's your opinion LIW which I disagree with fella because if you read again what I highlighted it wasn't about having more of the ball but it was about having more physical presence at set piece situations which the giant Millwall defenders were able to deal with comfortably
admittedly the delivery was mostly poor but there were
still a few times the corner got above the first Millwall defender and we needed more than just Struiyk and
Rodon because we were getting out muscled and so too
lightweight with the likes of Aeronson offering no theat
and getting bullied quite easily so that's what I would
have liked to have seen with 30 minutes to go aswell as
give Joseph a decent amount of time too.
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He’s scored 10 goals in 16 years. What threat would he really provide.

One nil down, 80% possession and you think the answer is taking off attacker and bring on a defensive midfielder.


Utter madness

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in all honesty it depends - often I'll criticise Farke throwing forwards on with no real plan..

if subbing on a DM has a tactic or reason behind it, fair play... maybe that could have let us play a certain way to try score.

am not saying thats the case - I didn't see the game, just saying I can see where Macca coming from.

comment by The Spanish Italians - Its all coming home aga... (U21595)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by LIW 100 Points, champions, Lose two games only (U8453)
posted 1 minute ago

comment by Macca & The Rhythm Sticks : aka Lucky Chai... (U8194)
posted 58 minutes ago
That's your opinion LIW which I disagree with fella because if you read again what I highlighted it wasn't about having more of the ball but it was about having more physical presence at set piece situations which the giant Millwall defenders were able to deal with comfortably
admittedly the delivery was mostly poor but there were
still a few times the corner got above the first Millwall defender and we needed more than just Struiyk and
Rodon because we were getting out muscled and so too
lightweight with the likes of Aeronson offering no theat
and getting bullied quite easily so that's what I would
have liked to have seen with 30 minutes to go aswell as
give Joseph a decent amount of time too.
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He’s scored 10 goals in 16 years. What threat would he really provide.

One nil down, 80% possession and you think the answer is taking off attacker and bring on a defensive midfielder.


Utter madness

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in all honesty it depends - often I'll criticise Farke throwing forwards on with no real plan..

if subbing on a DM has a tactic or reason behind it, fair play... maybe that could have let us play a certain way to try score.

am not saying thats the case - I didn't see the game, just saying I can see where Macca coming from.
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I totally get that, but that game didnt warrant another defensive midfielder. We constantly had the ball

Right I think we're getting our wires crossed here so I'll try again and reitterate what bringing on Guilavogui with 30 minutes to go and taking Aaronson off was meant to achieve. Yes he is a DM and yes that would be where he played with either Rothwell or Tanaka alongside him and
the other one probabyTanaka playing his usual more forward midfield role like the number 10 role Aaronson has been given.

Okay so then Gnonto and James as they were and
Joseph replacing Piroe in attack on 60 minutes so pretty
much the same shape Farke favours and the purpose of
Guilavogui is not for him necessarily to score which as
LIW correctly points out is a rarity but at least at corners
he can be the extra big physical presence we lacked alongside Rodon and Struiyk to give the giant Millwall
back line something extra to worry about and cause a
nuisance and confusion for Millwall creating space and
an opportunity for another Leeds player to poke home or
head home or Guilavogui himself might as rare as it may
have been in the past use his strength to out muscle the
Millwall defenders to head home.

I don't know for certain if it would have made a
difference or not but it would have at least been worth trying in my opinion because a team like Millwall are so
expert at nullifying the tippy tappy stuff that we were
constantly serving up for them that I think you need to
fight fire with fire at lesst at corners and have an equal
number of big sh1tbrickhouses as they do in the 18yard
box and when they outnumber opposition teams in that
department which they did against us and Burnley they
very often score and win their games ugly.

I would have sacked him after the play off final.

Don’t like his subs, don’t think we have any attacking patterns and relies a lot on moments to score.

But this season we are so dominant in games that it won’t matter. We barely ever concede a good chance. And our possession and territory inevitably will lead to more than enough goals.

We will get games where it looks very blunt but it’s not going to be often enough to matter.

We have our problems and areas that could and maybe should be better but every other side has bigger deficiencies.

Elland Road is pretty dead though, and that’s in part due to the style we play. I think it will be really effective and produce a comprehensive goal difference but will rarely wow/excite.

Personally I think criticism of a coaches substitutions is a pointless exercise, it’s something I’ve never bothered with…trying to second guess what player you should substitute and at what time, by the coach, are issues that fans are never privy to.
If the team wins then opinions on substitutions are positive….lose the game and the coach is facing the sack.
How can you, the fan, possibly know what’s behind his decisions he makes to replace a player, is it tactical, is the player feeling an injury, or just playing badly?
Ask any number of fans who would they substitute and when should be the time in a game to make a substitution…you would get so many different opinions.
When you have 10 outfield players the coach has so many options, it must be extremely difficult to make the right call…I find it a waste of time trying to second guess the coach’s mindset…sack him and find another coach, back to square one probably.

You don’t need to second guess anyone.

If we consistently look worse after he’s made changes then it’s not a good thing.

You wrote many comments second guessing Bielsa, pretty odd comment from you!

Ok 👍