Phil Hay@PhilHayYEP 10m10 minutes ago Bielsa: "When we scored the second goal I thought about putting a defender on but I didn't take the decision because I couldn't find anyone who could be useful at that moment."
Easy tigers! Team still played well. I'd have loved a performance like that any time over the last 10 years. I still thought we could do it right up until the end. When was the last time I felt like that? At least going back to the PL days! This is a crackin' squad, and great football. Enjoy it, for you may never see it again if you manage to moan everyone out of the door. A ray of light for me is that Douglas played a lot better, and sparked with Alioski. Really pleased me. BPF haters, behave yourselves. HTF can you blame him for so much? If we have to blame anyone today, it's Phillips for taking us down to 10 men. Our playing pattern then became unfamiliar, so we were always going to make mistakes. But these things happen. It's football. Our team are not perfect, but it seems some expect them to be. At the end of the day, we're STILL top of the league. 2 points clear too. Which team would you like to swop with?
We didn't play that badly and if it wasn't for the back pass from Forshaw to gift them there first it could have been all different. Maybe a blessing in disguise that we have lost the last two, it might be the difference between signing a couple of players and thinking we didn't need any. BPF errors were down to inexperience, I hope social media doesn't destroy him. We do need better and we need Phillips back in that holding role when he has served his ban, Forshaw didn't come looking for space, he didn't make himself available and he was making mistake after mistake. Douglas needs to be given the corner and set piece role, we need Pablo on the edge of the box for set pieces, he can make something happen from anything that comes back out. Clarke needs to start, Harrison was okay but coming off after 45 is a habit.
Roofe was fantastic second half...virtually unplayable at times. Unfortunately he missed 3 gilt-edged chances which would have made a massive difference.
No complaints Forest scored some good goals. Leeds are capable of beating any team in this league, I still fancy them to win the league. Some of the comments on here regarding Leeds players amazes me.
Should have called the Jamster as I would have told him to put Halme on...6ft 5' defender so probably couldn't see him from his bucket.
Squad too small then, you heard it from the man himself. Sure I'll wake up tomorrow and say well at least we are still top.
Forshaw had a stinker, and Ayling repeatedly went for the more difficult pass instead of the obvious one when trying to play out from Right Back and gave away possession - poor decision making all afternoon, just invited the breakaway. Physically we look ok, but some of the vision is missing, and some are starting to look a bit jaded mentally - poor first touches and casual telegraphed passes smack of too little or too much confidence, and a lack of sharp thinking. At least we gave it a good go with ten men - BPF kept us in contention, and gave us the platform to get back into it. I'd rather see BIelsa going for it than simply accepting a bad day at the office and capitulating, and now he'll have to re-think the DM /CB scenario for the next couple of games with Phillips out, should be interesting. We're still 2 clear at the top (there you go), and have had a good kick up the ass now. On, on, on.
Entitled to your opinion fella but mine is that, sports fans and football fans in particular are often guilty of looking in black and white not in shades of grey. One or two games aren’t a trend. For all the prep in the world there is always an element of luck. Forest scored 5 at villa recently with 10 men, from 5 shots. Villa had 25 and drew. It happens all the time. Some Football fans will tell you they deserved their draw because they were more efficient. I say that’s Bollox because 9 times out 10 they get stuffed. Some days they go in some days they don’t I haven’t seen bielsa’s press conference but he’ll be more concerned with the performance than the result, he’ll think we tried to win and played well. Because that’s what happened. Things didn’t go our way, but this same way has us top of the league.
