Cagliari v Leeds Utd

More like stage fright cooper gets that often

 

To be fair to old Calamity I didn't see that mate, he's always got a ****up or two in him, lets hope he gets them out of the way early doors this season and not at the business end eh

 

Which Calamity, Cooper or Kiko?

 

Actually Casilla had a good game

Now that's out the way.....

 

Still want to see the team be on the same page with Costa. Still see some great patterns but seem to over play it like Wenders Arse were doing, we need final ball and Bamford confident.

Bogusz excellent again, Pablo, White did well again up against a Seria A attack, Klich excellent, Phillips was Phillips and Kiko dod well too. Clarke shone when he came on for 10 minutes too

Douglas, Alioski, Harrison and Co to mix in with this lot

 

Red card in a friendly what the fook is that all about
Report says ya keeper possibly MOM did he play well or were the rest that sh1te ?

 

Not sure I agree with you about Clarke. I want to, but just didn't see it myself.

Just made some comments on one of the clickbait jobs. They scored Davis a 5, "even though Bielsa shouted 'very good' every 2 minutes". I maintain that Davis had a brilliant game, and the congratulations were genuine, but also a hooded criticism of those not following the game plan. And by that I mean Costa in particular. I don't think it's a coincidence he got hooked after an hour or so. Not convinced it was planned. I'm now beginning to worry about him & my concern is that like Douglas, he shone doing a particular job with Wolves. I'm not convinced that either is versatile enough to shine in our team in the same way, with a whole different way of playing expected of them.

 

Possibly overthinking it WJ, I felt Bielsa was just encouraging a lad who could easily have felt out of his depth/overwhelmed in the exalted company, having been called in to do a job. He seemed to be shouting after Davis lost possession or wasn't on the same wavelength as Costa.

I just thought he wasn't shouting at Costa as he expected him to thrive in the surroundings.

Just my take.

 

I think you're actually on my wavelength.

I agree that the encouragement was over-frequent, and fairly under-deserved.

Also agree with you about Davis not being on the same wavelength as Costa. And that's my whole point! I think Bielsa was pointedly drawing everyone's attention to the fact that Davis was in fact in the right place at the right time, as per plan - but the experienced guys (especially Costa, imo), weren't playing their part.

Put another way - Davis was doing exactly what he was supposed to be doing, but was being made to look stupid & naive by players that were failing.

Controversial, eh? 30 bob kid makes £15m star look like an arsehole by doing his job properly.

 

Morning all. I only saw the second half but I thought Baradi had a good game, I havn't seen much of Costa but what Iv'e seen has not impressed me.

 

Hopefully this week we see for the first time how this group train together properly. Never seen a pre season when we haven't seen the 11 we will be putting out for the opening match. I didnt see the match against Saiz but they must have played well to beat them from the first minute to the last. But thought we played some good stuff in Sardinia and that means the team playing in Bristol will be interesting to see.

WJ is probably close as Costa has hardly had the time with Bielsa because of this pre season programme and Bielsa must be fuming.

Still worried at CB but White is better than Pontus on the ball and positionally. But any team bombarding us with high balls from set pieces will have an advantage

We need Bamford to score because the lad is getting desperate. He maybe should have taken the penalty as its a freindly. His head seemed to drop late on

 

Forshaw getting well and truly slated on social media for yesterday’s performance, Bogusz getting lots of praise

 

Did Bamford get you a hat-trick ?

Keep out of the sun Ristac

 

Not seen any of the games as internet around apts is dire. Where we are is very rural. Is phillips banned? Or dont friendlies count and was the ref conned.

 

Apparently no ban applies. Fortunately.

 

Thanks doc i cant see the games in rural kefalonia.

 

The Italians should have been banned decades ago....cheating, diving, corrupt (apologies Essex)

 

Are you suggesting that LiE is a Wop? Is that not a racist thing to say these days?

Oops! Did I say that out loud?

 

Essex knows what I mean... Everyone's a racist in today's snowflake generation.

 

Italian? ffs nope half English half French as it happens