Re 4, did Watkins mean to do that - drag defenders with him to leave the space for JJ? I think he was just after the pass, himself, tbh. Looked jealous when the goal went in, too.
Quote from: eamonn on February 11, 2022, 11:45:10 AMRe 4, did Watkins mean to do that - drag defenders with him to leave the space for JJ? I think he was just after the pass, himself, tbh. Looked jealous when the goal went in, too.It's academic really, for our third goal he made a good run. He could either recieve the ball or open space. In that instance it opened space brilliantly. The first two goals, I can't see his involvement all, other than existing on the pitch which is not a tricky skill.
A few points to make on the comments in this thread. 1. Leeds were good. They were good against the Hammers and they were good against us - a great improvement on earlier in the season, even without key players; so it's not a case of why can't we beat a team so low in the table.2. Leeds scored one quality goal (the first) - the other two were the result of fortuitous bounces, deflections or clearances. Our goals were all absolute class (I know they all count the same).3. For all the criticism on here of Mings, he cleared brilliantly off the line, cleared more than one dangerous shot over our bar, had a couple of very good chances to score himself. and showed good ability in the attacking third (yes I know he's a defender). He was a bit stranded in the move leading to the first goal, can't be blamed for their second which was very lucky/unlucky and was also unlucky his clearance for their third went straight to a Leeds player.4. Having watched MOTD, an interesting point was made by Dion Dublin, where he logically singled out Coutinho and Ramsey but also the way Ollie was key to their success, with runs which created the space for the first two to work in. Worth a mention as Ollie has been getting a lot of stick on here.Just a few of my thoughts to respond to some of the scathing comments about our performance in general and some of our players in particular.