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19 Sep 2018 06:34:24
Fantastic performance and really pleased for Roberts. Delighted for Cooper, last season when he kept getting sent of I agreed with a post that he was possibly the worst CH to wear the white shirt. Whilst he will never turn into Paul Madely what character and leadership to come back. Finally, I had honestly never heard of Bielsa before and was both excited and intrigued when Ed001 was saying how fortunate we are. My Dad always spoke of seeing John Charles play like watching an immortal? Well I will be boring my grandsons with tales of how the ‘great Bielsa’ came to manage us!

19 Sep 2018 06:31:52
How fabulous! The football is beautiful to watch when we are at our sparkling free flowing best, quick one touch passing, movement, pace, pressing, tackling, we have toughened up this year as we proved last night and against teams like Middlesbrough and Millwall its a joy to watch at the moment, really chuffed for the boy Roberts watch him fly now! Outstanding performances from all the players and looking confident and Solid at the back! Not getting carried away yet on to brum come on you super whites! MOT brothers 😎.

18 Sep 2018 23:42:20
Did not go to the match tonight so would be interested to hear. After reading a few pundits scores there appears to be one who, tho not low, is regularily the lowest score. Alioski. Does he deserve it?

19 Sep 2018 00:15:19
He was probably the poorest player tonight. He does lots of good stuff, but it’s often let down by the final ball, offside or ball going out of play. He was stronger earlier in the season. I’ve seen Jack Clarke play live three times now and against obviously weaker opposition, he has looked as good a player but with perhaps a more consistent final product. Clarke’s weakness is probably his fitness, he’s still building it up and I’m not sure he could put in a full shift in that position in the way Bielsa wants him to play. I’d like to see him gradually coming in for Alioski and getting some magnets time as the season goes on.

I think from memory that Alioski, struggled a bit last year after the international break, in fact I think he was given a few games off.

19 Sep 2018 02:37:51
i am baised, i like him

offers pace, can beat a man, hit a pass, get an assist scores (all facts) . he is caught offside and can get final ball wrong which frustrates. but he offers a lot. i would also like to say he worries oppents and is busy. I use last week as good example, every time aliski and saiz got the ball wall fans worried. for me this speaks voloums. also said I can see why some would get annoyed with him. but for me one of our better players as he makes things happen. this said harrision was different class tonight and saiz is one of best in the league.

19 Sep 2018 08:34:43
I like Alioski a lot too! Saw him in his first few games and immediately thought as you. Just wonder if he might need a rest every now and again to freshen him up and show him that there is some competition for his role. I think there are a lot of similarities between Alioski and Jack Clarke, Alioski just has the physical edge and experience at the moment. At the moment we’re comparing them against different opposition, but I think we’ve got cover for the position.

19 Sep 2018 08:48:54
Alioski is frustrating at times but does a lot of work for the team and has the class to be better than he is at the moment. Saying that Clarke will be playing in his place next season, maybe end of this one.

19 Sep 2018 09:22:55
Ali a better player this season than last, he has stopped the rolling around, but I do think he needs to be rested .
Every time he goes off on Inter break he comes back off, whether Clarke is worth a go as Spanish suggested then I'm sure Mb will give it a go .
Really pleased for Roberts to.

18 Sep 2018 23:41:14
Just got back from Elland Road, wonderful night! So pleased we got Preston back for the cup defeat. They were another good test for us, needed to hang in there and Coopers goal gave us a bit of breathing space.

Great team performance, Saiz, made things happen, Harrison had a superb first half, and Roberts! So pleased, klich´s night to miss a couple. Cooper and Pontus awesome!

Bielsas approach is so straightforward . The players know the roles and where they fit in, so players coming into the team fit into a slot and the plays remain the same.

Let's not forget that Roberts is the third choice striker, and Harrison is deputising for Hernandez.

Clarke and Edmondson never warmed up, so it looked like, Dallas, Forshaw and Baker were the only subs that were going to come on. He's just warming them up and giving them exposure to match day experience.

18 Sep 2018 22:55:52
Watched the match live and must say was a solid performance again. BPF and Harrison improving every game. Made up for Roberts, deserved his goals and think he will push on from now. So impressed with the style of play. KP, Coops and Pontus looked solid. Everyone free to attack. Fair play to Preston they came to play football and gave us a couple of scares but we just bossed it again. Good to see Forshaw getting some time on pitch. This Bielsa guy certainly knows what he is doing. Onwards and upwards.

18 Sep 2018 22:33:54
Total football, sexy football, heavy metal football. Whatever you want to call it that was a jolly good show.

19 Sep 2018 01:28:12
Bielsaball.

18 Sep 2018 22:16:01
Happy with result and performance. For me I'm absolutely delighted for Roberts . I Was worried about roofe and bamford being injured and Roberts hasn't looked great to be honest but to come up with 2 goals at Elland Road tonight I was absolutely buzzing for him . With the likes of foreshaw coming back in to fitness and Hernandez bamford roofe and berardi all missing and we still have Izzy Brown to come in and some of the u23s look good as well I'm just starting to believe.

18 Sep 2018 22:01:56
Morning guys, beautiful day here and it's made all the better by being top of the league. Happy days MOT.

18 Sep 2018 21:47:06
What do we fans know about football!, Bielsa appears to be the real deal, small squad, injuries galore yet he still gets a tune out of the squad. Well done everyone connected with the team, does bode well that we got some good players to come back in. Please, please let's beat the bluenoses this weekend!

18 Sep 2018 22:33:29
Great post mess.

18 Sep 2018 23:43:37
A win against Birmingham would be brilliant, especially against the Monkman. Great performance tonight some excellent football, and how good it is to see an obvious Team Spirit there. A fully fit squad further on in the season is a very exciting prospect.

18 Sep 2018 21:43:43
ok as some of you may of picked up on my subtle hints. i'm not a fan of kp but what a pass for the assist.

for me he has no positional sense, can't tackle, gives away too many fouls and is about as mobile as a concret bollard but the lad does have a wonder pass in his locker. still weakest link in team by a country mile though.

18 Sep 2018 22:21:11
Respect your right to your opinion Berm, but the lad has done well so far this season and has been part of our unbeaten run, Bielsa is no fool and on the occasion that KP had a stinker he was taken off. He is doing the job asked of him by Bielsa, let's support the guy.

18 Sep 2018 22:36:33
Bermo I think you’re watching the wall too much!

18 Sep 2018 22:38:48
sorry mezzer I can't i said when wrong about harrision who was great, i even said when beradi was motm and great but phillips until i see otherwise is pony.

and before you quote MB being good let me just tell you i am currently 18k out of 5.6 million players at fpl and just won a thrid league title and champs league on football manager so if anything I am more qualified to judge than MB!

18 Sep 2018 23:32:23
I’m pleased Bermondsey, you seem to be warming to KP. Earlier in the season you were saying we wouldn’t get promoted with him playing, now you seem to have uprated your opinion and now he’s only the worst player in the team.

If we keep on doing what we’re doing, it won’t really matter. There’s always going to be one worst player in any team and as you must know from experience you can never please every reviewer!

19 Sep 2018 01:34:36
Too right Spanish. I'd always rather be the worst player in the best team than the best player in the worst.

19 Sep 2018 02:42:01
this is very true spanish can't please them all (read reviews for my show, i don't please many! )

i do think we have a chance now and slowly warming to going up despite having him in the team, a mate who watched with me tonight (arsenal fans who I hate Arsenal not my mate) is an fa qualified coach so undersatdns the game, said it was like playing with ten men, which is great we can still win with ten men or despite phillips

still i am warming, although to be fair to me i have always said he can play and has qualities bit like mowatt, not awful just not worthy of leeds shirt.

{Ed001's Note - I really feel like I should have removed the m from many in that first sentence as it was clearly a typo.}

19 Sep 2018 07:19:37
I’m an F. A. Coach, understand the game, and Phillips is a vital part in the coach’s system

Bielsa has also spoken very highly of him

A team needs players to fulfill certain roles for it to work

Philips is still young and improving under Bielsa, he’ll never be messi, but an outfield of 10 Messis wouldn’t work anyway.

19 Sep 2018 08:39:45
What’s Bermondsey’s favourite group from the seventies?

KP and the sunshine band!

Fave snack? KP’s nuts!

Fave cricketer?

Kevin Pieterson

Have I missed any?

19 Sep 2018 09:01:10
Got to laugh ain't you. Never had the worst player rating in any game this season or last by any pundit or match reviewer or analyst. Not really interested in what Arsenal and Millwall fans think of our players. Young lad started season in a totally foreign role and made it his own, who else we got to play there, maybe Foreshaw. Done everything asked of him and his coach speaks highly of him.