Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Mon Apr 22, 2019 5:57 pm  

Automatic promotion looks beyond is now. Easter has been a disaster.

If it stays as it is we'll be the first team to be top at Christmas to not go up automatically.

Very disappointing

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Mon Apr 22, 2019 6:08 pm  

Really flat performance, resting Philips was a mistake, and we missed Alioski's energy.
Still, we get pen in the first half and it's a different game.

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Mon Apr 22, 2019 6:22 pm  

Saturday was devastating.after Sheff Utd easy win today i have been resigned to thinking play offs anyway and that is now confirmed. Not holding out much hope but at least we get another crack.

Wouldn't be a bad move resting a few over next 2 weeks imo, we look a bit leggy and off the pace need to refresh big time.

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Mon Apr 22, 2019 6:55 pm  

Biff Tannen wrote:

Saturday was devastating.after Sheff Utd easy win today i have been resigned to thinking play offs anyway and that is now confirmed. Not holding out much hope but at least we get another crack.

Wouldn't be a bad move resting a few over next 2 weeks imo, we look a bit leggy and off the pace need to refresh big time.

Saturday knocked the cr@p out of them. The squad looks to have reached its limit to me which is third. Let's hope villa lose some form before playoffs start.

I said back in Feb we didnt have enough up front and I'm right. Roofe top scorer with only 14 goals says it all

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Mon Apr 22, 2019 7:00 pm  

All 3 of our strikers have spent a lot of time injured to be fair. At least one of Bamford or Roofe would've scored 20-25 goals had they been fit.

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Mon Apr 22, 2019 7:09 pm  

Bamford doesn't look like a 25 goal striker. Every time I have seen him he looks like he can't shoot.

Overall, I just think they are a bit soft. They have lost too many games against teams we should have done better against

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Mon Apr 22, 2019 7:23 pm  

Bamford is rubbish.

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Mon Apr 22, 2019 7:38 pm  

Agree with a lot of what's been said.
Klich had a good start to the season but has been poor for a while now.
Harrison again has done nothing same as Alioski in the game against Wigan.
Hernandez for all his skills has dropped off these last two games which is probably why we have looked poor as a team.
Poor choice by Bielsa for leaving out Philips.
Agree we should rest several players and bring in the likes of Halme, Shackleton, Brown and Edmonson.
We needed an Izzy Brown out there today.
I fear the worse against more experienced teams in the playoffs and I hope we can get our confidence back and turn it round.

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Mon Apr 22, 2019 9:32 pm  

We needed a good Jan transfer window and didnt get it. Not replacing saiz was a big mistake. Hernandez looks spent and needs a rest. Hes in his mid 30s. Far too reliant on him. If we miss out on promotion the owners need to build on this year and don't let the good work be undone.

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Tue Apr 23, 2019 5:25 am  

Maybe we should have strengthened in January but the fact remains we went into this weekend with it in our hands. Playing a mediocre wigan team near the bottom who have one win away all season and at home for 80 minutes with 10 men and 1-0 up you have to win that game backed up by a lacklustre display against a side with nothing to play for really. Its been a massive choke really this weekend.

We just have to hope knowing now they are in the play offs now rather than suffering a last day body blow will them enough time to recover and get right for that because this current standard will be miles away from being enough.