1964white wrote: ↑Thu Dec 17, 2020 1:03 pm
Another pop my way
He wasn't always that bad, in fact he saved our bacon on many occasions, the whole team had a stinker in that game, definitely a night to forget
I would have Pontus back in an instant. For goodness sake Bielsa named him as our best player at one stage - are people now questioning Bielsa's judgement on the matter, or do they just have short memories ? Even if he was independent minded and a bit of a character with strong opinions, would we have got rid of Jack Charlton for similar reasons ?
Does everything Bielsa wants a striker to do. All year last year many, many people were saying "he does all the dirty work, he tracks back, he defends corners, he works his tail off, but he can't put the ball in the back of the net." I even fell prey to that line of thinking once or twice, and I have been one of his defenders.
Now that he's doing all those other things AND putting the ball in the net, all we can talk about is what price we could get for they guy?
Seriously?
His finishing was poor last season - 16 goals in a team that finished 10 points clear at the top, and a side which created far more chances than any other team was well below par. This season though he has been a revelation - his finishing has massively improved, and most importantly he seems keen to work hard on improving his game. I have certainly changed my opinion of him as a striker. I wonder what would happen if he got injured though ? Would Pablo take over at no 10 and Rodrigo start as the no 9 ?
' "Football is about the people and the players,” he said. “Then there are those who will mingle in the middle: the coaches, executives and journalists. That last group represents the worst part about football" Marcelo Bielsa
CHAPELALLMAN wrote: ↑Thu Dec 17, 2020 1:23 pm
I would have Pontus back in an instant. For goodness sake Bielsa named him as our best player at one stage - are people now questioning Bielsa's judgement on the matter, or do they just have short memories ? Even if he was independent minded and a bit of a character with strong opinions, would we have got rid of Jack Charlton for similar reasons ?
Fans only remember Pontus's poor games, I tell you something we wouldn't have conceded four goals in that Derby play-off semi-final game had Jansson played, he'd have been right up for that one!
1964white wrote: ↑Thu Dec 17, 2020 9:21 am
We need to address our defensive problems at the back
Cooper & Ayling win very few crosses, both decent on the ground but surely CB's are suppose to be dominant in the air.
To be fair to Ayling he shouldn’t be playing the CB role, Cooper rarely wins anything in the air and he loves going to ground in the tackle far too easily. I’m hoping Koch improves and that by the end of the season we see a solid partnership of Koch and Llorente
Richard wrote: ↑Thu Dec 17, 2020 9:40 pm
To be fair to Ayling he shouldn’t be playing the CB role, Cooper rarely wins anything in the air and he loves going to ground in the tackle far too easily. I’m hoping Koch improves and that by the end of the season we see a solid partnership of Koch and Llorente
that's extremely harsh on coops, he wins a lot in the air
in fact:
coops: headers won 43, lost 30
koch: headers won 31, 25
ayling: headers won 23, 17
DavidH wrote: ↑Thu Dec 17, 2020 10:54 pm
The lament of the football fan of any club, when their team has lost. Could just as easily be a Leeds fan on another day.
Very easily and usually is.
Un Marcelo Bielsa, solo hay un Marcelo Bielsa. Gracias Marcello. Marsching on together.
danhirons wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 8:18 am
that's extremely harsh on coops, he wins a lot in the air
in fact:
coops: headers won 43, lost 30
koch: headers won 31, 25
ayling: headers won 23, 17
...better heading stats than koch
He has a couple of mistakes in him a game, he goes to ground far too often, at set pieces our CBS are too weak. I like him but he has reached his peak, if we want to survive in this division let’s keep him. If we want to finish top 8 in a season or two we need better.
