Post by davidm on Dec 15, 2018 19:03:28 GMT
Totally outplayed by a very very OUT-OF-FORM Leeds.
It’s hard to comment on the game because nothing happened.
The summariser on Radio 5 at half time said that the most excitement was when he dropped his pen and the man in front picked it up. It was that bad.
Make no mistake, Leeds were very average but they totally out-passed us.
We played our normal negative style – 1 man isolated up front, 2 wingers playing so deep they were next to the full backs and just no midfield drive at all.
We let Leeds play out from the back but, when we occasionally pressed them, they were poor. On one occasion, Buckley got the ball with a really good chance of a run at goal with the ball but he made no attempt to beat the only Leeds man back. He just ran straight into him and sat on the floor for 2 minutes.
Leeds had all the play but created little so half time at 0-0 was probably ecstasy for our manager.
Second half was little better.
Buckley again had a chance of a break but, yet again, ran the ball straight into the opposition who this broke upfield. We were stretched as players had been attempting to support the useless Buckley and our players are very slow at getting back. This resulted in there being 3 men over at the far post for Bamford to easily score. 100% Buckley’s fault.
So then nothing happened from then on. We brought on 3 subs, didn’t play the ball to them but then we pressed the Leeds defence who got messed up and Noone was in the box and seemed to brought down but the ref waved play on.
We then had what I believe to be our only attempt on goal when Hobbs headed a corner down and it was kicked away from in front of goal.
As I said, Leeds were average but we were dreadful.
Alnwick insisted on hoofing the ball all day.
Lowe and Williams probably less than 6 accurate passes all day.
Our sole idea when we got the ball was just to hoof it forward which inevitably led to Leeds getting the ball. This must be coached into them as no player would choose play like that all game each game.
Buckley and Noone were a complete waste of time. What Parkinson sees in them as attackers, I do not know, maybe he sees them as auxiliary defenders.
Magennis was the headless chicken who won hardly any balls.
And the manager was 100% negative again – dull, dreary football which is killing this club.
I am sick of people defending the manager and saying that he must play that way because we would be slaughtered playing any sort of attacking game. Well we are losing nearly every game playing negative. We have the worst goals difference in the league so would playing an attacking style be any worse.
Alnwick - 4 Not a great deal to do but distribution was shocking. He gave the ball away 90% of the time.
Olkowski - 4 He has lost all his early season drive. Now just a pedestrian defender.
Hobbs - 4 Too many mistakes/miskicks culminating in one in the last minute when we were desperate to get forward and he just shinned the ball out of play.
Wheater - 5 Reasonable but we were wide open for the goal.
Taylor - 4 He is just too slow for this division.
Lowe - 3 Appalling. Some hard tackles but I cannot think of one successful forward pass.
Williams - 3 Whatever we have agreed with Everton, he must be rested. Caught in possession often, poor passing when we had breaks.
Noone - 2 Other than taking all corners/free kicks, I cannot think what he did.
Buckley - 1 Probably the worst display of ball control I have seen this season. Weak, soft – just downright poor. Started the move for Leeds’ goal.
Vela - 3 Not much to say. He ran about but created nothing.
Magennis - 2 Carthorse who was outjumped 75% of the time. Never retained the ball.
Doidge - 3 Little time on the pitch but did nothing.
Wildschut - 3 Apart from one centre, he did nothing.
Oztumer - 3 Hardly got a touch in the few miserable minutes he was given on the pitch.
It’s hard to comment on the game because nothing happened.
The summariser on Radio 5 at half time said that the most excitement was when he dropped his pen and the man in front picked it up. It was that bad.
Make no mistake, Leeds were very average but they totally out-passed us.
We played our normal negative style – 1 man isolated up front, 2 wingers playing so deep they were next to the full backs and just no midfield drive at all.
We let Leeds play out from the back but, when we occasionally pressed them, they were poor. On one occasion, Buckley got the ball with a really good chance of a run at goal with the ball but he made no attempt to beat the only Leeds man back. He just ran straight into him and sat on the floor for 2 minutes.
Leeds had all the play but created little so half time at 0-0 was probably ecstasy for our manager.
Second half was little better.
Buckley again had a chance of a break but, yet again, ran the ball straight into the opposition who this broke upfield. We were stretched as players had been attempting to support the useless Buckley and our players are very slow at getting back. This resulted in there being 3 men over at the far post for Bamford to easily score. 100% Buckley’s fault.
So then nothing happened from then on. We brought on 3 subs, didn’t play the ball to them but then we pressed the Leeds defence who got messed up and Noone was in the box and seemed to brought down but the ref waved play on.
We then had what I believe to be our only attempt on goal when Hobbs headed a corner down and it was kicked away from in front of goal.
As I said, Leeds were average but we were dreadful.
Alnwick insisted on hoofing the ball all day.
Lowe and Williams probably less than 6 accurate passes all day.
Our sole idea when we got the ball was just to hoof it forward which inevitably led to Leeds getting the ball. This must be coached into them as no player would choose play like that all game each game.
Buckley and Noone were a complete waste of time. What Parkinson sees in them as attackers, I do not know, maybe he sees them as auxiliary defenders.
Magennis was the headless chicken who won hardly any balls.
And the manager was 100% negative again – dull, dreary football which is killing this club.
I am sick of people defending the manager and saying that he must play that way because we would be slaughtered playing any sort of attacking game. Well we are losing nearly every game playing negative. We have the worst goals difference in the league so would playing an attacking style be any worse.
Alnwick - 4 Not a great deal to do but distribution was shocking. He gave the ball away 90% of the time.
Olkowski - 4 He has lost all his early season drive. Now just a pedestrian defender.
Hobbs - 4 Too many mistakes/miskicks culminating in one in the last minute when we were desperate to get forward and he just shinned the ball out of play.
Wheater - 5 Reasonable but we were wide open for the goal.
Taylor - 4 He is just too slow for this division.
Lowe - 3 Appalling. Some hard tackles but I cannot think of one successful forward pass.
Williams - 3 Whatever we have agreed with Everton, he must be rested. Caught in possession often, poor passing when we had breaks.
Noone - 2 Other than taking all corners/free kicks, I cannot think what he did.
Buckley - 1 Probably the worst display of ball control I have seen this season. Weak, soft – just downright poor. Started the move for Leeds’ goal.
Vela - 3 Not much to say. He ran about but created nothing.
Magennis - 2 Carthorse who was outjumped 75% of the time. Never retained the ball.
Doidge - 3 Little time on the pitch but did nothing.
Wildschut - 3 Apart from one centre, he did nothing.
Oztumer - 3 Hardly got a touch in the few miserable minutes he was given on the pitch.