What does that game tell us?

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Originally Posted by the other bob wilson

I styi9ll think your comments are very harsh - the whole team were knackered by the time he was brought on. That said, I agree that it was a strange substitution to make. It might have made sense if we were 4-0 up - not for the first time, I was left somewhat baffled by Hudson's substitutions.

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Perhaps harsh but he needs a run of games somewhere. The subs were confusing to say the least.

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Originally Posted by City123

Quite funny that we responded to them bringing on Cody Drameh and Rodrigo by bringing on a bloke we signed from Lewes

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How Drameh is behind that Kristiansen I don't know. Slowest right back in the Prem, surely. Their entire back four is glacially slow.

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Originally Posted by LA Bluebird

Tanner was a bizarre sub to make at that point of the game, tactically and given the size of the ask.

I’m about as far from a Max Watters fan as is possible, I think he’s league two quality but you have to ask why we’ve let him go on loan and then the next game we’ve had to throw on a 20 year old winger for his second professional appearance to lead the line and hold onto a 2 goal lead against a Prem opponent. It really does say everything about the decision making of everyone at the top right now.

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I could not agree more. When I saw him being readied to come on, my first thought was that the rumours of him going to a struggling conference side on loan must be false. Then I saw him play and could not understand why “wild eyes” had brought him on at all.

It also told me that our stadium is WAY too big for us. I don't know what the Grandstand looks like, but the Ninian Stand consistently looks pathetic on TV.

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Originally Posted by NYCBlue

It also told me that our stadium is WAY too big for us. I don't know what the Grandstand looks like, but the Ninian Stand consistently looks pathetic on TV.

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Way too big for a team at the wrong end of the Championship and who have struggled for form and goals all season.
However, it is NOT too big for whenever we get to the Premier League.
It is the right capacity, if we are ever to progress.

I'd only make one change in that team v Wigan.
Began in goal....

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Originally Posted by Tuerto

That if we get players in the box then we can score goals, some great movement from Harris and ojo for the goals, but more importantly, we had other players in the same positions, which pulled Leeds out a bit.

Second half we didn't compete, allowed them possession, or maybe couldn't sustain the discipline and shape of the first half. Probably should have been 4-2 to Leeds.

First half though, encouraging.

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Centre of midfield we looked much improved…until Ralls and Wintle came on

Personally I’d think about dropping both for the next couple of games.

Sawyers did enough to get himself back on the bench. Fair play to him for not sulking

Just managed to bring myself to watch the highlights. They showed me that defensively we were bad for both their goals. Both could have been easily defended which makes throwing away the two goal lead more frustrating.

Would have taken 2-2 before the game of course.

Some harsh comments on here. They brought on a 30m striker ffs and the guy on left wing 2nd half was lightning quick, Sang couldnt deal with him, he was just too good.

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Originally Posted by J R Hartley

Some harsh comments on here. They brought on a 30m striker ffs and the guy on left wing 2nd half was lightning quick, Sang couldnt deal with him, he was just too good.

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Yeah Rodrigo is quality. I think it’s more disappointing that we didn’t quite have the legs to get over the line. Proud of the players though without a doubt. First time I stayed and applauded them off for a few games.

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Originally Posted by EastbourneBlue

Centre of midfield we looked much improved…until Ralls and Wintle came on

Personally I’d think about dropping both for the next couple of games.

Sawyers did enough to get himself back on the bench. Fair play to him for not sulking

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The problem with both Ralls and Wintle is they have a tendency to slow play down.

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Originally Posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five

The problem with both Ralls and Wintle is they have a tendency to slow play down.

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We needed to slow the game down yesterday and get hold of the ball. Ralls played 4 minutes as well, and we were getting absolutely battered by this point so it is a complete nonsense it is their fault. Ralls won that free kick late on deep in their half. Was about the only positive thing we did for the last 15 mins.

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Originally Posted by J R Hartley

Some harsh comments on here. They brought on a 30m striker ffs and the guy on left wing 2nd half was lightning quick, Sang couldnt deal with him, he was just too good.

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Gnonto has 8 caps for Italy. So quick.

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Originally Posted by UNDERHILL1927

Yeah Rodrigo is quality. I think it’s more disappointing that we didn’t quite have the legs to get over the line. Proud of the players though without a doubt. First time I stayed and applauded them off for a few games.

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I thought the players run themselves into the ground, couldnt fault the effort and it was cruel on them to concede so late even though it had been coming. To read comments like "spineless" and "gutless" is incredibly harsh.

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Originally Posted by Pedro de la Rosa

Gnonto has 8 caps for Italy. So quick.

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Mental quick. We could have done with getting Sang some help over there but we were down to 10 men and to be fair to Leeds they used the extra man well.

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Originally Posted by UNDERHILL1927

Yeah Rodrigo is quality. I think it’s more disappointing that we didn’t quite have the legs to get over the line. Proud of the players though without a doubt. First time I stayed and applauded them off for a few games.

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We did switch off at the corner (Which I dont think was a corner) for their first but it was a very clever run.

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Originally Posted by Pedro de la Rosa

We needed to slow the game down yesterday and get hold of the ball. Ralls played 4 minutes as well, and we were getting absolutely battered by this point so it is a complete nonsense it is their fault. Ralls won that free kick late on deep in their half. Was about the only positive thing we did for the last 15 mins.

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You're talking about a particular period of a specific game, whereas
I'm generalising.

That we have to pray Davies stays fit and Hudson is clever enough to pick him.

It tells me that Leeds were hopeless, for a PL team they should have ran the show. No wonder they are at the wrong end of the table.

I think that game tells us how we have been mismanaged as a club in recent seasons.

Take our recent record against Leeds. We have gone from having the measure of them, to suddenly looking light years behind them… all within the relative short timespan of a couple of seasons.

As many people have mentioned in loads of other threads, it seems like the owners of our football club have messed up a massive opportunity to build on recent promotions to the Premier League and all the income that was generated.

I don't think this game has shed any new light on this City squad. They put a decent shift, as they usually do despite confidence slowly ebbing away in league games. Our defence is relatively tight - fewer goals conceded than 3rd place Blackburn, but in all honesty you wouldn't have thought Leeds' 1st half performance was from a PL side - albeit a weakened one. League form and cup form are so different - just ask Blackpool, who were absolute dross against us but put Forest out.
I think we look like a side thrown together quickly, and that's no criticism of Morison, it's just what happened. Morison was probably banking on tweaking things in this window, but I'll stick to my original theme from the start of the season, ie if we stay clear of a relegation battle this season, that's a success. The flip side of course is that relegation would be an absolute disaster.