He didn’t have Coleman and Baines, which gets mentioned quite a lot bizarrely. All through his last tenure, he had Hibbert as right back for about 9yrs and while he’s better than Myko he wasn’t the greatest attacking full back, just a very good defender.
A braver manager or maybe a more tactically aware manager,
Would have gone with our full backs against theirs and still had 2 centre backs v DCL and then
Dropped Armstrong back so we had a midfield 3. Then play Ndiaye and maybe Dibling as inside forward off Barry. This would have caused them a big problem with either the CB coming out to
Ndiaye and Dibling or midfielders dropping back and giving us more space in midfield. But Moyes more concerned with the opposition as per usual did a bit of a hallway house. Getting McNeil and Ndiaye at times to track their wing backs,
Leaving 4 defenders marking 1
Striker and 2 midfielders up against Leeds 3 and sometimes 4 when Arronson dropped back and leaving Armstrong and Barry isolated.
Leeds had played this system for the last month or so and it seemed our manager was the only person who didn’t realise and maybe Irvine( what does he offer?) looks like an 80yr old man who the club have said can sit on the bench.
martinez
koeman
allardyce
silva - gets a pass, got unlucky.
ancelotti - did ok, cut and run for a bit of former skirt like a rat up a drain pipe.
benitez
lampard
dyche
You see, the support, the fan base, the people put through this misery are punch drunk, gun shy, not keen on any more torture. It's not unknown, it's footballing terrorism. A little bit of peace and stability will allow some recovery. Can't keep going back to draw ever deeper from the well, eventually it dries up.
It's January, and we're clear of the relegation swamp. Isn't it nice. For a change. Next step going further upwards.
It was an arm wrestle, which side imposes their way first and gets on the front foot. We weren't even third place in a two horse race. He left it, we conceded, the side didn't wake up, so he changed it. Then we got back into it more. leeds were reeling last 10 minutes or so and we couldn't kill them off. We cannot afford to give an entire half of front foot football away to our opposition, whoever they are. Yesterday was the same shock and awe stuff that buried us vs newcastle and spurs. If leeds were better they'd have been out of sight. fortunately for us they're not that efficient.
No idea what the Irvine stuff is about.
….given his post-match comments, I’d be surprised if Branthwaite starts but I suppose Keane could return.
Little Ralphy
Player Valuation: £15m
lampard
well well well out of his depth! was allowed to go on far to long. awful.
I think with Lampard he recognised we can't dominate a game and he tried to change it too quickly, to try and achieve this. Even Carlo knew we couldn't do this and he had us defend the 18 yard box all game. I remember listening to Steve Bruce when he was maybe at newcastle and he was saying to switch from a team who compete, to a team who dominate, is one of the most difficult transitions in football. Lampard may have been out of his depth but I just wonder if he'd taken the transition more slowly if it could have worked out.
Sharpies volley
Player Valuation: £35m
OMG, he said in his press conference he couldn't put his finger on why we were so bad in the first half. We could all see it. We were getting overrun in midfield. It's as simple as that. What's he getting paid for. I'm shocked. He should have stuck to a flat 3 in midfield with the same guys we had at villa.
I'm so happy he's getting paid millions for this ExPeRiEnCeD ApPRoAcH.
toffeeblue9
Player Valuation: £35m
Wasn't just midfield, the way they set up gave them space and overloads all over the place - our players felt they needed to press and whenever we did it gave Leeds pockets to play into and they ran rings around us
First half was as bad as I've seen for a while and we were lucky it was only 1-0
Watched a rerun of the match and towards the end of the first half Moyes and Baines were deep in conversation with Baines explaining something and gesticulating with his hands while Moyes listened intently. Maybe most of the credit for last night's second half turnaround actually belongs to Baines and not Moyes.
TrixyStevens
Player Valuation: £35m
Tanked by a newly promoted side at home first half and could have lost it late in the 2nd.
Leeds played 1-2s around us all first half.
We don’t have enough good players but it’s also evident we are not coached.
Leeds played 1-2s around us all first half.
We don’t have enough good players but it’s also evident we are not coached.
1-5000 on.
