….somebody suggested Aznou is injured. I haven’t heard this officially but it makes sense given he was substituted after coming on against Roma.
Had Garner played in midfield and James given a free ride, Leeds might have been out of sight at half-time. As it was, Garner filled-in very well and nullified the threat of James.
I’m struggling to see what Moyes did wrong on this and why posters are so angry.
Playing Gana and Iroebugnum together killed any chance to progress the ball up the pitch. Garner is right footed, he receives the ball on the left side and he's naturally facing the center of the field. His options there are Gana, Iroebugnum, Keane and Pickford. None of those guys are passing the ball to the attacker without booting it.
KDH was pushed further back in the midfield in the 2nd half and it was better, but even then we didn't need three in the midfield. Just one that could receive and progress the ball up the pitch.
KDH should have started where Iroebugnum did, and if we're not starting
Grealish (which makes sense given his lack of pre-season) then you put McNeil in one of those spots.
As it was, our outlet for the first half was long balls to our RB. That doesn't seem like a winning formula.