I know. Trouble is some of them feel comfortable in other divisions so it doesn't really matter where he plays some of them And if you play someone out of position often enough, do they do the footballer version of Chuang Tzu dreaming he was a butterfly?
That pass from Mara was everything we've missed since Tadic left. We haven't played a pass like that since him!
Hopefully someone in the coaching team is going to sort out our non marking at corners. In the first half Leeds nearly scored from a corner where a near post flick on was met at the back post by an unmarked player who fluffed his header. The second goal was identical but was put away. The defender at the back post, I think was Salisu who didn’t have a clue what was going on behind him and the attacker was untracked by any of the little blockers.
What a transformation when we brought on be subs and then changed shape Every one of our signings looks really promising which is a damn good hit rate Green shoots!
Yeah the ref was very inconsistent. How the lino missed that challenge on Che when it was right in front of him I don't know. It nearly took Che's head off!
VAR was never going to overturn but ref got it wrong. That’s how I saw it at SMS & again watching it on motd. Some strange reffing yesterday?
Well that's down to opinion. He did get the ball but it's debatable whether he took Armstrong first. But it wasn't a clear and obvious error so wasn't for VAR to intervene.
This incident was right in front of me and it was a very poor miss, two Leeds players getting in each oither's way. Coming away from the ground, I think Saints could take more away from this match than Leeds. The first half was dreadful to watch with Saints taking until 18 mins to have the first chance on goal. I felt we were too negative and once Bamford was off, we could have been more adventurous, I missed the first goal as I as still wiaiting to get sevred at the bar but the first 20 mins of the second half were, if anything, even worse. If I am honest, Aribo was fortunate to score his goal given the flulff by the keeper and the fact Leeds had 2 players on the line. Once the substitutions had been made, Saints were in control and looked like the kind of footballer side Ralph played when he first became boss and during the pandemic. I thought we were superb. I can see this match as 2 points dropped by Leeds whoshould never have let Saints back in to the match yett, by the same token, the underlying story is that the new signings brought in look like having a genuine impact and that Saints would appear to be moving in the right direction. There is still a question markover Ralph. From Leed's perspective, got to say they look like a team who will struggle to hold an advantage. They looked poor and Bamford will now be a miss. In summary this was a point we snatched to make it appear better when we should have been looking for 3 points at 3pm.
I only just realised on the highlights that Mara made the 1st chance for Aribo with that sublime little drag back. Baller!
I haven't read the whole thread so suspect I'm echoing many but I have just two points: 1. Formation, formation, formation. 2. New signings: A. Lavia looks the absolute mustard. B. Aribo is clearly the handful in the PL that he was in the SPL. C. If that cameo from Mara is indicative of future performances we have a proper talent on our hands.
Last quick word on 5 at the back; rather than have three **** CBs staring dumbly at each other, it’s clearly better to have two **** CBs who at least knows what is expected of them. Especially if one of them may not be ****.
Seems like often in back three the defender just counts on one of the other two being there. Lots of finger pointing. Unless very well drilled
