Leeds Banter Archive January 05 2015

05 Jan 2015 21:36:29
Not sure we need a striker we seem to have a few of those but they never seem to get a run in the side doukra seems to gone off boil sharp who I think would do well with a run in the side dnt get one! Morrison dnt either and he could be a good asset as arial attack as we did with mat smith so strikers ain't our problem midfield and defence need additions a hardman who breaks up play like austin with better engine box to box player and a commanding cb at the back to support cooper

Pete. I like Sharp and I think he's keen to do well. But I see him as a poacher and not sure we have the skill atm for him to be given enough chances to pop em in

At the moment, he couldn't poach an egg!

Ooo harsh Marciare lol
Maybe if he got a few eggs plopped in his pan, he'd poach one or two.
He has had to scramble to get the opportunity. more egg jokes to follow no doubt

06 Jan 2015 14:51:19
Leave the jokes to Mad Mick, at least he has got a SHELL suit.

Ox
That one cracked me up!

05 Jan 2015 11:16:50
Redders in his post match interview:

"I thought Casper Sloth was really good today, he played in that position against Huddersfield and did well, for whatever reason he's been out of the picture but he's took his chance today."

Whatever reason? Unbelievable! Methinks there must be all sorts going on behind closed doors

Same here, he featured in all the games Redders took charge of earlier in the season which equated to 10 of the points we currently have on the board.

It maybe due to the required involvement of Bianchi and Adryan as Mowatt and Cook are the other 2 in the diamond.

05 Jan 2015 11:55:47
Unbelievable is right, school yard stuff, players in form should play and give young ones a rest and I would play Taylor for Warnock with Berardi on bench. A few players been performing well but hardly get off bench, we have a big squad needs to use it

05 Jan 2015 12:44:13
Taylor??, did you go yesterday??, he was worse than poor, faded toa standstill (Unfit?), and his crossing was appalling

It astounds me that it has taken Redfearn 15 games to work out that the diamond formation may not be all that it's cracked up to be. Players like Sloth and Austin will prosper in a midfield 5 as it affords them more freedom with mistakes being mopped up by their team mates. As for reasons why Sloth had not been selected were all because of Redfearn and his blinkered view that only Mowatt, Cook and Bianchi are good enough for his midfield. Hopefully now he has had his light bulb moment he will show flexibility in his formation and the players within it.

It's beginning to make me think that Benedicic might now be fully fit again, but Redders has him locked in the cellar 'for whatever reason' lol

05 Jan 2015 14:07:33
Everyone is picking up on this Redfearn comment - rightly. Proves he is not de facto in charge. Cellino is. Bad for team. Hasn't Redfearn experimented in training with Sloth out wide? He must have done. We don't have wingers. Diamonds are for top notch teams even then as a counter tactic. 442 way to go so is using the squad more. If we get couple new players in to add quality and continue to play 442 we will beat the drop.

Maybe he meant to say " for various reasons" not what he actually said, which like you all say made him sound a bit of a duck.

Either way even though none of us are coaches we all knew that the diamond shape was flawed and he should have at least worked on 2-3 others in training.

Any team should be able to play 442, then if away maybe 4231, or 433 at home, but really I would play the players who are in form and in their right/normal positions, any player who plays poor in 3-4 games (Bianchi, Doukarra for sure and last few games Mowatt/cook not done much, I know Redders likes them but we have no players who are un-dropable in my opinion).

For me any of the team that has us 5th from bottom could not really complain to much if they were "rested"

After Sunderland game, I would bring Bryam back but as Warnock injured that it. Midfield really needs looking at for me, will be an interesting call and I would play Montenegro if we play either 1 or 2 up front.

06 Jan 2015 07:54:25
spw
do you judge all players on one game. Suggest you go watch some U21 games and see how they perform. pressure may have got to him a bit but he his usually sound.

05 Jan 2015 09:46:26
Sounds like we played a 4-4-2 on the weekend and stayed away from the diamond.

I hope we make signings this month that will allow that formation to flourish.

Yes maybe a striker is needed, but we require genuine width and this must be the priority. I see no point in signing more central players seeing as we are adequately covered here.

BTW, where did Adryan play on the weekend, was he on one of the flank as Austin and Murphy were probably in the central roles.

Or did we play a 4-2-3-1

4231 it was with Austin and Murphy as the holders.

So it was Monty, Adryan and Sloth just behind.

I like this formation as it allows us to go to 4-4-2 quickly when needed.

We just need to get in a stronger body upfront, probably why we are courting Pavoletti, can hold it up, strong and 6ft2.

I believe Sharp could do this job too, Atenucci as the "impact" sub

Antanucci's been one of the stand out players in a poor season. Just needs better supply. Hope it comes at Bolton.

Antenucci would be on 15 goals if he was playing for Derby or Bournemouth.