Quote Originally Posted by Tichi1 View Post
Missed my point [Again] don't know anyone who was glad to see Green or Wood go - not on this site anyway, a couple remarked that we got good money for Wood and had a ready made replacement in Lassoga at the time - but no one wanted rid - the point me and my mate Stomp where making was that GAME 1 against QPR last season YOU where rubbishing both of them.... after one game FFS - just as you do now about Felix and Lassoga - you don't give any players a chance - and yes - the general opinion on this board after yesterday's game was that we where slightly unlucky not to win yesterday, but at least an improvement on recent weeks where we would have crumbled when things went against us - then [After the result is confirmed as usual] you make one post slagging Sako and one other slagging the entire team yet again?

Obviously you weren't there [When are you?] and obviously you didn't see the sky coverage - 'cos if you had you would surely have remarked about our complete dominance of Villa for the first 45 and the fact that we also created the better chances in the second half - surely???? ... you would out of fairness .....wuldn't you??

There's definitely something wrong with you fella !
Trawl back (as your mate WS did/does) and I suspect you'll find plenty who were quiet happy to see Green go, blamed him for the debacle and celebrated the arrival of our hero from Bremen. As for Lassogga, again, trawl back and he was one of the few imports that I thought was worth time and effort recruiting (and congratulated him on his attitude sticking with the team just after his first born arrived). As for the comment made after the QPR game, yes it was knee-jerk, and I changed my opinion, becoming a firm supporter of both Wood and Green by end of season, so?

I haven't "rubbished Lassogga", just suggested that his presence makes us predictable, and the tactics we play when he is in the side have resulted in just about nothing after his initial contribution, no more and no less "opinionated" about the guy, and I suspect you can find plenty who would agree with that view.

Wiedwald on the other hand is a whole different ball game, literally. He was, is and always will be sub-standard, inspiring little or no confidence in his defence that he is competent as the last line. The game against Villa (which I did attend, just so that can be put to bed, but I don't use my phone, I prefer to watch the match), was absolutely no different. He wasn't pressured in the first half, (bit like against Barnsley), and even second half when they actually turned up the pressure was absorbed primarily by the back 4. With one or two very exceptional exceptions, his performance was no better than on any of the previous occasions where he has signally failed to match expectations. This isn't one game in, it was evident in pre-season, continued even during the games we were bossing in the first few weeks of the season, and has continued since he returned to 1st team starting duties. Just how long do we give a trialist to prove their worth (or develop into something acceptable), when they are in the 1st team? Key few games coming up, and the Christmas schedule isn't going to be easy just from a physically draining point of view, couple that with questionable skills and it's not a particularly reassuring outlook.

The GK situation is entirely of the clubs making, even if they wanted/were resigned to losing/getting rid of Green, recruiting someone with zero experience of English football as 1st choice GK from the get go was just plain stupid, bad for the club, bad for the player, bad for the supporters and should be remedied as priority 1 during the January window.

At home, with a howling crowd on their side, and making chances, to come out with a draw rather than scoring again (and I agree, we made good chances) is not a success. Three points were there and at home should have been what we got.

As for Sacko, I can't even be bothered to see what I said, he's not worth the trouble, should not have been given a new contract and if he had to wait until heel freezes over to put on a Leeds shirt again it would be too soon. Can I make my views on that player any clearer?