Wilder Bottled It

[Bell4]

There is a presumption (and misconception IMHO) that going to 3 at the back was a negative and more defensive move. I don’t necessarily agree.

I thought with Hamer and or Cal OH combining with a higher up the pitch LWB rather than a LB, we would expose the known defensive frailties of Bogle.

It can also be argued that, putting square pegs in square holes, all of the back 5 players are specialists in their respective positions.

Burrows IS a LWB.
Alfie is not a RWB. Shacks is.
Harry plays as the central CB in a 3 for his country.
Anel is the best RCB in the division.
If Robbo was fit, he would have been LCB. RND is an able deputy albeit I’m personally unsure whether his best position is LCB, LB or LWB.

THAT would have been the gaffers thinking. Also freed up Gus to be a bit more central although he was well marshalled all game and had limited impact. Can’t imagine why Farke tasked his players to watch Gus like a Hawk .

Moore started superbly but faded as the service and our overall possession waned.

The gaffer made a judgement call. I for one was not as surprised by this as others seem to be as it compacted the space in the middle areas of the pitch, where Leeds can hurt any side in the division.

We have lost a game of football. One shortly after a the desperately sad loss of a much loved recently ex player that has had a profound effect on management, players and supporters alike.

A few might do well to take a different perspective in this before jumping with both feet into the “blame game”.

We all experts after the event.

Except we are not. Emphatically not in fact !

UTB

Thanks for the detailed and thoughtful response

Good on yer

IMO

He fkd up

 

[Davalon]

On train back and can't get too annoyed under the circumstances.

Probably would be more pissed off if the last week or so had been different.

Plenty I could pick at but all that matters is we got the result we deserved.

On to Stoke.

 

[Nelson1889]

On train back and can't get too annoyed under the circumstances.

Probably would be more pissed off if the last week or so had been different.

Plenty I could pick at but all that matters is we got the result we deserved.

On to Stoke.

We just writing off boro as well as tonight then?

 

[Davalon]

We just writing off boro as well as tonight then?

Why?

 

[Loco Blade]

Yep having to front those bellends as I was right next to corner flag was not pleasant. Seems the impact of the loss of George and the dreaded international break didn’t help us . But yes Wilders team selection was bizarre considering our league position. We showed them to much respect

 

[Nelson1889]

Why?

Well we play them before Stoke

 

[Addison]

CW tried to be too clever aiming to copy Burnleys early season performance in nicking a 0-1 at Elland Road. Burnley stopped Weeds playing for 90 minutes but they didn't change formation in a 4-2-3-1. The threat of Gnoto needed to be dealt with but surely keeping with the formation that had seen us start the season so well was a no brainer. One change to the previous line up that had put in the best performance of the season, managers words, starting Burrows to shore the left side up for Brewster should have been the one sensible change imo. Hamer could have been saved for the second half where we could play a more expansive game after stifling their pace threat.

Going to a back three. Bringing in Shackleton and RND who were short of match fitness against a top team was just suicidal. Manager got it wrong. Just admitting it was a mistake post match would deflect the amount of criticism he is currently getting. Unfortunately he doesn't do that. Instead he chose to describe Weeds as the new Barcelona which may explain the mind set of the manager and players because we were beaten before we got on the pitch.

Its been a difficult time off field whether that has affected performance tonight its hard to evaluate. Changing a successful formation will not have helped. We fell well short tonight. How we react next game will go as long way to defining our season.

 

[blader]

That was an absolute classic Warnock away performance

 

[Keen Blade]

Hindsight is great in defeat, but I agree, we were too cautious tonight

Whaddya mean hindsight ?
We all knew that was a defeat from 7pm tesmsheet

 

[Keen Blade]

Don't get the "cowardly" stuff. If he thinks that the shift in formation gives us the best chance to win, do you think he shouldn't do it because it looks negative?

What planet are you on ?
You can't win with no shots.

 

[Rodley]

Mistake in changing things, but a lot has happened this last two weeks and no idea where the players / staff heads were at. CW gets a pass for that alone.

 

[AWetFlannel]

What planet are you on ?
You can't win with no shots.

The planet where we took five shots.

Was the reason we only took five shots the formation or the sloppy passing and Leeds' press?

 

[Keen Blade]

Op is a bedwetting....again. fuck me some of our fans genuinely think we're entitled to win every game

Not bedwetting to expect a fighting chance in every game.
Don't expect to win all games but do expect a sensible lineup and perhaps one shot on target in 90mins.

 

[Bartleby]

Come on, take those rose tinted glasses off instead of throwing abuse . 90 per cent of people thought it judging by the comments. He just happened to say the straight to the point version

90% people thought what? That Wilder's a knobhead? Take the shit tinted glasses off pal

 

[petcharlie]

Not bedwetting to expect a fighting chance in every game.
Don't expect to win all games but do expect a sensible lineup and perhaps one shot on target in 90mins.

I dont expect any shots on target when playing Moore as our main striker .

 

[Tickhill Blade]

That was an absolute classic Warnock away performance

Warnock would have had at least half a dozen centre forwards in the squad though. This squad barely has 1

 

[Bladeslife]

90% people thought what? That Wilder's a knobhead? Take the shit tinted glasses off pal

No the other part. I don't think I noticed the knobhead part. So it might be my bad. Sorry

 

[Eskimo]

I was happy at half time. Leeds had huffed and puffed but hadn't done much, we had defended well. I would have liked to have seen a change on the hour with a more attacking formation, Rak Saki coming on and maybe Brewster for O Hare and Shackleton to scare them . Was Hamer injured

 

[Bartleby]

No the other part. I don't think I noticed the knobhead part. So it might be my bad. Sorry

Was about to say that, then seen that you edited it so fair enough. Think I do usually notice when I call someone a knobhead but hey ho.

 

[Bladeslife]

Was about to say that, then seen that you edited it so fair enough. Think I do usually notice when I call someone a knobhead but hey ho.

I think I must of just skim read over the part he called wilder a knobhead . Apologies anyway

 

[Bartleby]

I think I must of just skim read over the part he called wilder a knobhead . Apologies anyway

Yeah you must of. Fair enough.

 

[Keen Blade]

I dont expect any shots on target when playing Moore as our main striker .

He really gets worse doesn't he ?
Passing to a player in a worse position when he could take responsibility and shoot himself.
Passing backwards to a Leeds attacker when under no pressure creating a chance for them.
I reckon he is very slow-witted and there's no way of coaching an improvement to that.

 

[Nonamedhorse]

Keeping RND for 77 minutes was criminal, keeping KM till the end was a dereliction of duties. Wilder out!

 

[Wincobank S9 Blade]

They were just better than us, to get something we needed to be at our best and we wasn’t. We go again.

 

[Kenworthy’s Tash]

Ey up Tony! T’internet back on in S6?!

Boring fucker.

 

[Alfiesdad]

And here they all are at last, the Wilder haters. Watching through gritted teeth every time we won or didn't lose, exasperated at another missed opportunity to have a go at him.
But finally the last unbeaten record in the league falls to the most expensive squad with the biggest budget and it's time to vent your collective spleen.
We watched games last season expecting to get hammered every week, but suddenly now we expect never ever to lose a game of football.
The goals came from obvious defensive errors and the players were collectively poor in possession. That's why we lost.
No doubt the Prince will have read your learned comments and will shortly be in touch with you about managing the team for the rest of the season.

 

[Nonamedhorse]

And here they all are at last, the Wilder haters. Watching through gritted teeth every time we won or didn't lose, exasperated at another missed opportunity to have a go at him.
But finally the last unbeaten record in the league falls to the most expensive squad with the biggest budget and it's time to vent your collective spleen.
We watched games last season expecting to get hammered every week, but suddenly now we expect never ever to lose a game of football.
The goals came from obvious defensive errors and the players were collectively poor in possession. That's why we lost.
No doubt the Prince will have read your learned comments and will shortly be in touch with you about managing the team for the rest of the season.

My comment was ‘tongue in cheek’(the last bit).He went for the draw tonight, it backfired. We move on.

 

[Davalon]

Well we play them before Stoke

Fair play

 

[Younger Dryas Blade]

He admitted in his presser he got it wrong with changing the formation.

Lesson learned hopefully, be bold, be brave do not change a good thing for any opposition.

 

[RecordBreakers]

And here they all are at last, the Wilder haters. Watching through gritted teeth every time we won or didn't lose, exasperated at another missed opportunity to have a go at him.
But finally the last unbeaten record in the league falls to the most expensive squad with the biggest budget and it's time to vent your collective spleen.
We watched games last season expecting to get hammered every week, but suddenly now we expect never ever to lose a game of football.
The goals came from obvious defensive errors and the players were collectively poor in possession. That's why we lost.
No doubt the Prince will have read your learned comments and will shortly be in touch with you about managing the team for the rest of the season.

What a load of bollox! Nobody's hating on him nobody thinks we're the next invincibles. He gets praise when it's deserved so should rightly get called out when some fans think he's got it wrong and tonight he got it massively wrong and I'm sure we'll hear him admit that. A defeat can be swallowed but it's the manner that we conceded to it that is the problem.