Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Sun Feb 28, 2021 6:48 pm  

Very sad to hear how poorly Peter Lorimer is now.

Been a grim year or so for the legends.

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Mon Mar 01, 2021 9:08 am  

Mark Laurie wrote:

Very sad to hear how poorly Peter Lorimer is now.

Been a grim year or so for the legends.

Very sad Mark.

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Mon Mar 08, 2021 7:23 am  

2 very tough games coming up. West Ham tonight and Chelsea Saturday. Will do well to get a win from either imo. Hopefully Rodrigo and Phillips back.. if no Phillips I think we lose both.

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Mon Mar 08, 2021 12:18 pm  

I would go with the following but Bielsa wont of course.

Messlier
Ayling, Llorente, Cooper, Berradi
Philipps
Raphina, Gehldart, Rodrigo, Dallas
Bamford

Probably too many coming back from injury in there I know.
No doubt places will be found for Harrison/Costa and Roberts.
If so I hope they show what they can do.

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Mon Mar 08, 2021 10:09 pm  

As stated Costa and Harrison don`t make a decent player between them and neither should be in the squad.
Roberts average championship player.
And if Bamford can play for England so can I.
Before the stats appear again they do not show how poor Bamfords first touch is.
A decent striker would have had a hat trick tonight.
Personally I would give Rodrigo a shot up front.
Why keep picking Klich if he is unfit?
He`s done nothing for 2 months and Hernandez must have killed Bielsa`s cat not to get into that midfield.
Better second half but pish poor finishing.

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Mon Mar 08, 2021 10:15 pm  

Awful finishing tonight. Should have got something from the game

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Mon Mar 08, 2021 10:33 pm  

We were alright in open play, but our defending from set pieces especially in the first half was a shambles.
Ayling was abysmal, and Klich could barely run, we looked much better with Dallas in there.
The finishing was shocking all round, Costa, Raphinna, Bamford, and especially Rodrigo should have scored. He missed from a yard!
I also thought the VAR offside decision was very harsh. The whole thing just looks amateurish with the lines, and cctv monitor at the side of the pitch

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Mon Mar 08, 2021 11:06 pm  

For me, there are things that are down to Bielsa.
We don't have a big enough squad with many options to change a game from the bench. We persist with mediocre players like Roberts and Costa.

The defending is better than it was, not that you'd know from the commentary, but we are still week from set pieces.

Overall though the reason that he attracts little criticism is that in less 3 years he's changed the whole club from top to bottom. We have gone from mid table championship, to mid table premiership. He's earned enough credit to have a few issues. We need to see some things addressed over the summer though if we are to move forward

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Mon Mar 08, 2021 11:22 pm  

Before tonight, I think we've only conceded 1 goal directly from a corner in the last 10 games. Not having our 2 tallest players in koch and Strujik means we'll always be up against it against a side like WH who have 4 or 5 players that are at least 6'3

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Tue Mar 09, 2021 10:39 am  

The Eagle wrote:

Awful finishing tonight. Should have got something from the game

Very much so. Really annoying that result. They weren’t great at all and Moyes agreed.

Ayling isn’t good enough imo defensively he’s a liability. Keeper at fault for the second. He should have waited for the ball not gone at it. Down to inexperience that. Dallas much better in midfield than Klich. We’re going to be fine but that table is tightening. Lots of work to be done in summer to progress.