I slagged off Lassoga when he was here but that was harsh, it was a TC issue all along for me with lack of conditioning and poor tactical nous. By the time Heck was appointed Lassoga was done, as were a number of players ..
"Never debate an idiot, they'll only drag you down to their level and they have the advantage of experience"
Lassoga was/is a natural finisher, no doubt about it, but he was never in shape here, and the fault for that must lie with the manager/coach. TC had some nice ideas, but was weak and lacked bottle. Heck was just crap
"When the going gets weird, the weird get professional!" Hunter S Thompson
It is a shame about lasogga as I thought he had 2 feet and was decent in the air. Extra fitness pre season and we may have saved a few bob NOT buying injury prone Bamford. He scored 10 in 30 (many sub apps) in a side finishing below half of the table
My my my, such a lot of guns around town and so few brains
Sounds like a few are doing well and some are beginning to show their potential.
I liked Lasogga but felt he needed to be in a team playing to his strengths and for much of his time with us you could see his frustration, leading to disinterest. When the likes of Pablo and Saiz were linking up with him you could see that he had a good footballing brain. Not sure he would have fitted into Bielsa's system (or TC's for that matter, or even Heck's) as he isn't mobile enough to perform as part of the high press and as such would likely have been the broken link that stopped the machine working as to press effectively needs everyone in the team doing it.
I was disappointed at that Leon but, after 'discovering' Alioski (again) I'm not so sad that we've got yet another workable switch, with potentially better results.
All this angst about players not being available may yet be our salvation. after the New Year.
Wilkes was subbed off on 58 minutes Denton for the first time this season got the nod and reports say he had a great game, long time coming keep it up. Coyle yet again put in a full shift and played well, nothing unusual for this lad. O'Connor was an unused sub again, so struggling to get into a poor Blackpool side. Rey played the full 90 Kitching the 3rd of of CBs out on loan had another steady game Grot came on in injury time De Bock Unused sub Sacko actually got a game for only the 5th time when he came off the bench on 76 mins Ekuban unused sub Anita was subbed in the 78th min Cibicki scored again Machuca was subbed in the 79th min Bilboa was an unused sub Bouy came off the bench in the 65th min Male had no game this weekend Sarkic came off the bench on 75 mins
ideguchi injured O'Kane injured
So yet again it looks like Coyle & Denton are the pick of the bunch along with Kitching again, but good to see Tyler Denton get a game and hope this is the turning point. The rest look like the **** we saw last season besides the kids like Rey, Bilboa etc who are learning their trade.
Ex-Leeds
Doukara also scored again in Turkey
Lasogga - 10 goals in last 12 games
Speculated signing
Prijavic scored again tonight to put his team top of the league unbeaten
SG90 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 31, 2018 11:20 am
I got shot down for saying Lasogga was a good striker last season. Definitely believe he would get 20+ this season if he was still here.
We had him on loan with his wages, I think, semi paid for ....Do you think he'd have signed a much smaller contract and been cheap enough for a player that either couldn't be asked to play for us or was just plain lazy while here. His movement was null, has that changed?
Do you think his work rate would come close to what MB demands ?
And it's been a long time since we played 2 up front other than chasing games
"Never debate an idiot, they'll only drag you down to their level and they have the advantage of experience"
faaip wrote: ↑Wed Oct 31, 2018 11:38 am
We had him on loan with his wages, I think, semi paid for ....Do you think he'd have signed a much smaller contract and been cheap enough for a player that either couldn't be asked to play for us or was just plain lazy while here. His movement was null, has that changed?
Do you think his work rate would come close to what MB demands ?
And it's been a long time since we played 2 up front other than chasing games
The answer to all three of those questions is NO mate