Match Day Thread Leeds v Hull City

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Doesn't look good for Macca's long term prospects with us does it? IF he stays beyond the summer, then it looks like he'd be even more of a bit-part player next season than he has been this. Maybe he's not good enough to help us push on to the next level - but he certainly did a good job for us when we were in the mire last season.
He's way too tall for us. We simply don't need those sort of players.
 
Delap has been a massive miss. However, he got injured at the start of the January window. What some of us can't understand is why we didn't sign another striker when the need to do so was obvious.
Tbf, we did sign another striker.
Rosenior thought Sharp, Ohio and Connolly would be sufficient. And that the money he had to spend would be better spent elsewhere. He was badly wrong, and it's almost certainly cost us a go at the play offs. Well, that and the pitch [HASHTAG]#obvs[/HASHTAG].
 
Tbf, we did sign another striker.
Rosenior thought Sharp, Ohio and Connolly would be sufficient. And that the money he had to spend would be better spent elsewhere. He was badly wrong, and it's almost certainly cost us a go at the play offs. Well, that and the pitch [HASHTAG]#obvs[/HASHTAG].

Negative fans are by far the #1 reason we have blown our play off chances.
 
Everyone needs to stop banging on about how much we miss Delap. Yes he is a big player for us but it’s a team game and we should be able to cope without him. We are Hull City not Delap AFC. Around the Christmas period it was all about how we just missed Philogene and we would be so much better once he’s back. His injury is not what has thrown our season off the rails.

Just you wait till Seri is back from AFCON. Oh hang on a minute he is.
 
Unfortunately, I can see the Middlesbrough game being another ponderous performance. They are making a late run for the play-offs and currently sit just above us, so probably a 0-0 or 1-1 drab affair, which won't tell us anything we don't know already.

I believe if we see this or a repeat of the Stoke performance, Rosenior could be on his way sooner than he thinks!
 
Tbf, we did sign another striker.
Rosenior thought Sharp, Ohio and Connolly would be sufficient. And that the money he had to spend would be better spent elsewhere. He was badly wrong, and it's almost certainly cost us a go at the play offs. Well, that and the pitch [HASHTAG]#obvs[/HASHTAG].

We didn't get Sharp to play, he was brought in to mentor Delap.

So I was told on here, Delap who I think is here on loan and may already have been injured when we gave sharp a contract.
 
I thought last night was a big improvement from the Stoke game. We passed the ball quicker and were braver (but still not quite brave enough). We didn’t deserve to lose 3-1 but as others have said, it’s not the away performances that are worrying.

I think after Cardiff, the next two homes games (Middlesbrough and QPR) are crucial to Rosenior’s fate. They are both winnable games and will of course decide whether we are still in the playoff hunt. I think they may also show whether the players have his back.
Yep. If we win our next three games - which is perfectly plausible - we will probably be back in sixth place, or very close to it.
 
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not a fan - said the same about Junior Bruce and got slated for it - all he could manage when he left us was Bury, Wigan on the bench and Kilmarnock on the bench, which sort of confirms I was right - lets see what happens with Greaves, if we can get good money for him it will be a win win as far as I'm concerned then we can invest in a centre back who can command the box, win headers from crosses and can tackle and not get easily turned and end up tugging shirts


Way way back on this thread Bruce senior was lauded. Both him and junior enjoyed the very best of their respective careers here. Elsewhere the story runs, sacked, walked out, loaned, benched. History now, and that is my take on it.
 
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As someone else has said on another thread... Philos problem and the attack in general is that by the time they have received the ball, the opposition have had time to get into shape...
While it's true that our speed of passing is one of the problems, Philogene contributes to the problem with his slow decision making. Like a lot of talented wide players, he's used to being able to hang on to the ball without being dispossessed, so if he gets it and then takes a few seconds to decide what to do then he's not going to lose the ball (except when he's up against a good FB like last night). So even if we get the ball quickly to him, he's often slow to move on with it. Zaroury isn't as good a player, but at least he makes his mind up quickly.
 
I think this is an irrelevant point as Coyle was imperious in the air as well as covering a number of times with his pace to make recovery

I think the question was whether 3 at the back was wise or whether we should have played with 4 - I was doubtful given the speed of Leeds wide men - however, I think it worked last night until we lost both backs to injury - personally I'd have gone to 4 at the back when Coyle went off to bolster the back line - Rosie didn't do it and the rest is history - at the end of the day, a draw would have been a great result but in reality we needed the three points
 
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We didn't get Sharp to play, he was brought in to mentor Delap.

So I was told on here, Delap who I think is here on loan and may already have been injured when we gave sharp a contract.

Brought in to mentor Delap and for late cameos. On the odd occasion when he has come on, one or two nice touches aside, he's contributed nothing. Not a surprise as his career at this level was over. I thought it was ridiculous at the time that we would bring in a player to mentor someone else, even more so when their game is totally different. Isn't that the coaching team's job?

Rosenior wanted Connolly; largely a waste (as some warned). And then Ohio - what the hell was the point when we needed a striker now, not someone who we might or might not sign for next season. With the money spent on Sharp and Ohio we could have had a decent striker for this 2nd half of the season. And arguably the money spent on Carvahlo could have been used for a striker too as we already had enough players in that mold, even more so when Omur came in. Tufan has bizarrely become a bit part player. Traore doesn't even get a look in.