Leeds vs Millwall MOTM - RESULT

[Pullhard]

Ampadu
Rodon
Gray
Rutter
Gruev
Gnonto

Honourable mention for James who was great off the bench

[1964white]

He was at the center of almost everything positive we did going forward today. He took the beatings they were dishing out and kept moving.

There were some horrific challenges on our young stars.

[Jaydog]

The move for our second goal, before the ball was delivered to Georginio was very crisp.

Dirty work matters too!

You can tell I was a defender when I played football many moons ago.

I can hear Hector licking his chops at this one.
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[1964white]

I can hear Hector licking his chops at this one.
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I suspect you're right.

[DDB220]

He did and I'd imagine his pass accuracy was really poor.

But end of the day he created our 2 goals so tiz what matters.

I wouldn’t say he created the first goal. It was a decent lay off to Gnonto, but Gnonto changed an opening to advance with the ball into a piece of virtuoso brilliance.

The 2nd goal is what I would call an assist, brilliant from Geo who managed to break the Tanganga shackles just at the right time.

[Jaydog]

Ampadu
Rodon
Gnonto
Rutter
Gray
Gruev

[mentalcase]

Kamara simply awesome
Gray
Ampadu
Rodon
Rutter
Gnonto

[hector]

I can hear Hector licking his chops at this one.
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He makes it too easy....

[hector]

Having said that......
Deep thought would have trouble calculating how many moons ago

[Barlow Boy]

Gray
Ampadu
Rutter
Rodon
Gnonto
Gruev

Thank you

[1964white]

More controversy

Junior has a very good game.

[1964white]

Ampadu
Rodon
Rutter
James
Gnonto
Firpo

[DDB220]

More controversy

Junior has a very good game.

I am not suggesting Firpo wasn’t decent but what did he do during the game that really stood out. No assists albeit Geo missed a glaring chance. He has the luxury of playing advanced with at least two white shirts with him all the time whether it is Cry and Geo or Cry and Kamara. He just has to be part of a nice triangle and make the overlapping run, which to his credit he times well, but the run is often 10 yards at most. The system is set up for him. Any decent left footed player could do his job.

When I compare what he does in comparison to say Kamara, Amps, Rodon and even Gray, I struggle to understand why some score him so highly.
Oh and he takes throw ins.

[1964white]

I am not suggesting Firpo wasn’t decent but what did he do during the game that really stood out. No assists albeit Geo missed a glaring chance. He has the luxury of playing advanced with at least two white shirts with him all the time whether it is Cry and Geo or Cry and Kamara. He just has to be part of a nice triangle and make the overlapping run, which to his credit he times well, but the run is often 10 yards at most. The system is set up for him. Any decent left footed player could do his job.

When I compare what he does in comparison to say Kamara, Amps, Rodon and even Gray, I struggle to understand why some score him so highly.
Oh and he takes throw ins.

His defensive actions were much better against Millwall.

I will reveal later this morning, when I return home from my work duties.

[1964white]

I am not suggesting Firpo wasn’t decent but what did he do during the game that really stood out. No assists albeit Geo missed a glaring chance. He has the luxury of playing advanced with at least two white shirts with him all the time whether it is Cry and Geo or Cry and Kamara. He just has to be part of a nice triangle and make the overlapping run, which to his credit he times well, but the run is often 10 yards at most. The system is set up for him. Any decent left footed player could do his job.

When I compare what he does in comparison to say Kamara, Amps, Rodon and even Gray, I struggle to understand why some score him so highly.
Oh and he takes throw ins.

See Firpo's thread.

[DDB220]

See Firpo's thread.

I looked at it. Doesn’t change my perspective, incidentally I did not say I do not rate his performance. I just do not rate him as highly as some.
90% of passes he receives when he is in our own half go backwards whence they came. I suspect he is under instruction to just to keep it simple. He is most effective when we are enjoying dominance within a game.
He does make some good defensive actions as do all the other players.
My point was not to down play his contribution- I just do not share the love in for him as IMO the left side is set up to maximise his offensive qualities and mitigate his defensive weaknesses.
It is working at this level and that is what counts, but we all, by and large see a performance differently.

[1964white]

I looked at it. Doesn’t change my perspective, incidentally I did not say I do not rate his performance. I just do not rate him as highly as some.
90% of passes he receives when he is in our own half go backwards whence they came. I suspect he is under instruction to just to keep it simple. He is most effective when we are enjoying dominance within a game.
He does make some good defensive actions as do all the other players.
My point was not to down play his contribution- I just do not share the love in for him as IMO the left side is set up to maximise his offensive qualities and mitigate his defensive weaknesses.
It is working at this level and that is what counts, but we all, by and large see a performance differently.

I'm not Firpo's biggest fan, just thought he was better on Sunday, especially defensively.

Certainly not one for the long term if we have ambitions of becoming a decent Premier League club.

[1964white]

Millwall
75 Rutter
71 Ampadu
53 Rodon
40 Gnonto
39 Gray
24 Firpo
12 Gruev
11 Summerville
10 Kamara
05 James

Man Of The Match
Summerville (Cardiff City)
Ampadu (Birmingham City)
James (West Bromwich Albion)
Rutter (Ipswich Town)
Shackleton (Salford City)
Gnonto (Sheffield Wednesday)
Ampadu (Millwall)
Summerville (Hull City)
Rutter (Watford)
Struijk (Southampton)
Ampadu (Queens Park Rangers)
Rutter (Bristol City)
Summerville (Norwich City)
Rutter (Stoke City)
Rutter (Huddersfield Town)
Kamara (Leicester City)
Summerville (Plymouth Argyle)
Summerville (Rotherham United)
Rutter (Swansea City)
Gray (Middlesbrough)
Rodon (Blackburn Rovers)
Struijk (Sunderland)
Summerville (Coventry City)
Rutter (Ipswich Town)
Rodon (West Bromwich Albion)
Rutter (Birmingham City)
Ampadu (Peterborough United)
Rodon (Cardiff City)
James (Preston North End)
Gray (Norwich City)
Rutter (Plymouth Argyle - cup)
Gray (Bristol City)
Gruev (Plymouth Argyle - cup)
Summerville (Rotherham United)
Gnonto (Swansea City)
Gnonto (Plymouth Argyle)
Rutter (Leicester City)
Joseph (Chelsea)
Rodon (Huddersfield Town)
Meslier (Stoke City)
Ampadu (Sheffield Wednesday)
Rutter (Millwall)

Combined Total After Game 45
1801 Ampadu
1642 Rutter
1539 Rodon
1487 Summerville
1296 Gray
842 Gnonto
821 James
731 Struijk
657 Kamara
625 Gruev
487 Byram
367 Shackleton
332 Meslier
297 Piroe
262 Bamford
207 Firpo
161 Anthony
132 Cooper
129 Joseph
128 Sinisterra
086 Roberts
070 Spence
036 Cresswell
026 Ayling
010 Klaesson
009 Poveda
009 Gelhardt
001 Hjelde

[1964white]

After a glut of votes for Rutter & Gnonto in the early stages of this poll, where it looked like Georginio was going to walk it, there were lots of late votes for our clean sheet specialists Ampadu & Rodon, with Ethan almost catching the long time leader.

Our £7m bargain signing in the summer still holds a good lead at the top of the table, all could change in our final eight games.

[The Subhuman]

Geo is my player of the season, followed by Ampadu/Rodon and Summerville. Geo has a big lead though with the other three bunched up