Positives/Negatives v Hull (1 of each only please)

[1964white]

Positives............

Negatives.........

[mothbanquet]

This'll be fun.

+ Poveda looks ready

- The weakest, most slovenly performance I've seen since Bielsa took over

[andrewjohnsmith]

+ a run out for all the players that didn't get a preseason
- it looked just like a preseason run out for a few players that are considered first teamers


On the bright side, I made it "Subs Bench" status but that's nothing to shout about on tonights performance

[Smudge3920]

+ Poveda... without question

- Complete lack of enthusiasm.

[SG90]

Positive: Nothing
Negative: Everything

[mothbanquet]

On the bright side, I made it "Subs Bench" status but that's nothing to shout about on tonights performance

Can I change my positive to this?

[YorkshireSquare]

+ Rodrigo got 90 minutes under his belt

- Everything else (Except Poveda)

[Carrick Dave]

Positive: Roberts’ kit won’t need washed.

Negative: Mark Jackson ain’t getting any sleep tonight.

[The Subhuman]

plus - Players got back to shake off some rust and get some minutes under their belt

Negative - None really

[1964white]

Positive - Poveda

Negative - One of the two pieces of silverware we are capable of winning chucked away

[weasel]

Very little in the way of positives, the only real one was that some players got a few minutes under their belts and no one got injured.

Negatives - no one shone. We had some players that should want to play premier league football yet none looked any better than their third tier opponents and most looked worse. I doubt any have given Bielsa a selection headache, Poveda looked likely but had no end product, Rodrigo had a couple of moments where he looked lively and will hopefully be better when playing alongside sharper teammates and Kiko at least had a busy evening so will be a bit sharper if called upon.

[The Subhuman]

Very little in the way of positives, the only real one was that some players got a few minutes under their belts and no one got injured.

Negatives - no one shone. We had some players that should want to play premier league football yet none looked any better than their third tier opponents and most looked worse. I doubt any have given Bielsa a selection headache, Poveda looked likely but had no end product, Rodrigo had a couple of moments where he looked lively and will hopefully be better when playing alongside sharper teammates and Kiko at least had a busy evening so will be a bit sharper if called upon.

A team will always look better than 11 individuals irrespective of quality, without going all reductio ad absurdum

[Smudge3920]

A team will always look better than 11 individuals

Excellent comment faaip... I marked them harshly, because they deserved it the way THAT game was played, but it was only one game. I feel there has been some massive over reactions here to the result.
In other threads most are supportive of the way the "spending" is going... one abysmal result does not a season make... and all teams have them at some point or other. Better now I think.

[Byebyegeegee]

Negative - unfortunately, couldn’t watch the game
Positive - fortunately, didn’t watch the game

[Smudge3920]

Negative - unfortunately, couldn’t watch the game
Positive - fortunately, didn’t watch the game

[mothbanquet]

Excellent comment faaip... I marked them harshly, because they deserved it the way THAT game was played, but it was only one game. I feel there has been some massive over reactions here to the result.
In other threads most are supportive of the way the "spending" is going... one abysmal result does not a season make... and all teams have them at some point or other. Better now I think.

Aye speaking for myself, it was the performance that rubbed me the wrong way, not the result. I'll be happy as Larry if we give Fulham a hiding.

[1964white]

Aye speaking for myself, it was the performance that rubbed me the wrong way, not the result. I'll be happy as Larry if we give Fulham a hiding.

I believe we'll give Fulham a hiding Moth with our tried & tested performers as long as the majority of that lot last night are not involved on Saturday.

Still concerned about our CB's, hopefully a learning process for Koch/Struijk & they'll gel with more games under their belt

[Aussieleeds]

Positive: No first team player got injured
Negative: We can’t win the domestic treble

[Clacton White]

Pos . Fringe players got a look
Neg. Fringe players not up to it in a few cases . Too early for some maybe .

Best get it out of the way in something like this game I guess . You'd still rather win though .

[Eireleeds1]

Positives. Lots of quality penalties taken
Negative. We blew opportunity to get to the latter stages of a cup yet again