Gilbert..
Player Valuation: £50m
I think O'Brien and Ndiaye on the right is ok.
so we had the players to play
..........Pickford
JOB, Tark, Keane, Garner
...........KDH Gana
Ndiaye, Alkaraz, Grealish
...............Barry
Yeah, it's a shame Branthwaite/Myko/Aznou were out but there should have been enough to at least challenge leeds in the first half.
I think most of our issues were down to poor team selection/tactics, and coaching.
We could buy a new RB, LB, RW, Mid fielder and striker and it woudnt matter if the starting XI are told to sit deep and take the sting out of the game but arent capable of switching it up without a 15 min break and a lesson on a whiteboard.
Alcaraz played on the right with obrien. Though him and Ndiaye did switch. Almost everytime tarkowski or keane passed to Garner he checked back onto his right. That was it. Killed straight away any thought of attack. Few times he did go with his left it went to a leeds player. So i cant agree mate that we should have still had enough. The left hand side was completely dead. Easy night for the leeds right back. Alcaraz on the right. Thats a subject all on its own. I think he needs to be central. What im finding with Alcaraz is comments that he's almost expected to do a bit of magic all the time. What i think of him is that at one stage in the game he will provide a match winning pass or goal. I adored his performance through the middle at Newcastle. They never had a clue how to pick him up. I dont see that when he's chucked wide.