I'm going to hold my hands up. I thought Rutter was a waste of money but he's proving me wrong. Long may it last.
Rutter was awesome and some of the stuff he did today means he is more than worth £35m, if he goes he goes for at least £50m based on what we’ve seen so far this season. So Elland you really need to get Victor Orta tattooed on your ball bag
Great team performance today we outclassed a solid championship side but to be fair we have in majority of games this season and we really should have more points on the board. but nevertheless you can see the cogs beginning to work thought everyone did their job today and everyone got over 7/10. Struijk is a confidence man when its up you see a much better player Rutter is starting to show us what we were told he had seems another who needs a arm around him and when things are going well he grows in confidence. Sam Byram keeps surprising me I will hold my hands up for this one I thought wtf are we bringing him in for and now I think he's a vital cog in our current setup. no MOM for me this one goes down as a team performance and we gave them absolute nothing. the goal took longer than i wanted but when it came there was noway back for Watford it was a mauling and we really should of added another 2-3 goals. very happy chappie tonight the cogs are in motion the goals are coming the clean sheets are back time to crack on now and hope ladyluck keeps the injuries away because if we keep 75% of this squad fit we deffo challenging the top 2 spots. apart from Ipswich we have battered every team so far. ok the results might not of matched so far but the teething problems are solving and the transfer saga has settled and the team are now settled and getting better each game. still going to be some ups and downs but we deffo gonna have more ups for sure and some teams are going to get a hiding which is always good for our weekends and feel good factor.
I admit to early Saturday night euphoria. Watched that and was blown away, as good as anything I have seen since the best of Bielsa, literally brilliant. Woe betide any team that concedes two in the first ten minutes against us, if that team is having fun, watch out… Meslier - faultless and great save. Shaks and Coops, 7 or 8, limited, errors but probably as good as most teams have available. Kamara, we didn’t miss Archie, always seemed to be there when a player was missing. Struijk and Byram immense. Someone, can’t remember who () said Ampadu, Rodon and Spence (god help teams when he is fit) were fantastic signings. We will do well to keep Ampadu beyond January too, what a player. Now, from a coaching perspective try and keep Leeds out. Piroe just reminds me so much of Viduka. He’s there, he shields the ball, he lays the ball off, he’s definitely not rapid, decent with both feet but… I said to Ben at half time, we need the one really good chance to fall to him. We know what happens next… so how many defensive players do you commit to him? Georginio (as the spelling police pointed out) took players out at will all over the pitch. One? Two? Three or Four, didn’t matter, he slaughtered them. Surely you can’t have more than two on one at this level but it’s not enough. Jimmy constantly took players out everywhere (for the golden chance he made for himself it was four), so how many to stop him on form? Anthony took two out for his missed chance before he slotted the second so? One or Two? Gnonto? Apparently the most expensive value player in the Championship (don’t personally agree), seems to be a minimum of two clodders every game. But, here is the really funny one, Ben astounded me after the game when he said Dan James has the most assists this season in the Championship (even if Emu tries to take some off him ). Quick? Yep. Skillfull? Erm.. Good footballing brain? Erm…. Best foot? Erm (personally thought one would be a good start but, heh, the game has moved on). Good in the air? Erm…. Strong? Erm… Good balance? Erm… and yet, somehow we could get our money back on him
Georginioooooo Not seen outrageous skill that was so breathtakingly effective like that in a very very long time. Plus he absolutely worked his socks off for the team and all with a massive smile on his face.
Wasn’t he just fantastic mate? I am delighted (and not a little jealous) for you, WJ and Chesh in particular, the guys that are always there because the last two years have been less than enjoyable for me. You’ll need to make the spare bed up for Eire if this carries on
