Wolves 1-0 Leeds: Verdict Thread

[Deutsch Wolf]

Carl Robinson. One of my most disliked central midfielders and that's up against some serious competition. Did Ferguson and him ever play together?

Would have been very briefly, he didn't play much in 97/98 and I don't think at all after that.

That's a horrible pairing. He was better than Dave Edwards though.

 

[sycophantia]

I thought Robinson was starting to improve.......then Rae arrived and he was never getting into the team after that

 

[Templeton Peck]

You always assume coaches know best but you could have pulled anyone out of the stadium at random in the 90s and the first thing they'd have done was sign 2 CMs.

 

[northfield wolf]

Darren Ferguson OMG, i remember Mark McGhee saying he had great talent and we will unlock it. He never did though. McGhee was another wanker, he upset more people than the Government. One game i remember, we were going all out for promotion, we were playing Reading away. MGhee said "Reading were in far better shape when i was here than they are now". What did the Reading boss do, he pinned the article up in the Reading dressing room to wind his team up. Yes they beat us, and another promotion died miserably.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS TAT : #6 : DARREN FERGUSON

You know how fans often shout “I could have done better than that” at footballers? When it was aimed at Darren Ferguson, I think they were mostly right.

oscillatingwildly.net

Every time.

Possibly the best thing I've ever written.

Fat prick.

 

[HanDoJin]

Sounds like his management.

A couple of weeks back he said Silva doesn't look like a striker and should be out wide. Imagine.

Better than Macmanaman (I think it was) who said "Silva won't get much time on the ball, not like he's been used to in Spain"

 

[leedswolf]

That's Leeds everywhere on the pitch at all times

Indeed.

 

[AndyWolves]

Robinson wasn't anywhere near the worst players we had during the 90s, for me anyway.

 

[Tredman]

THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS TAT : #6 : DARREN FERGUSON

You know how fans often shout “I could have done better than that” at footballers? When it was aimed at Darren Ferguson, I think they were mostly right.

oscillatingwildly.net

Every time.

Possibly the best thing I've ever written.

Fat prick.

Christ I hated him.

 

[Tredman]

Robinson wasn't anywhere near the worst players we had during the 90s, for me anyway.

That’s like saying being hit by Frank Bruno isn’t that bad when you could have been hit by Mike Tyson.

 

[AndyWolves]

I thought Robinson scored a few times for us, 19 by the looks of it. Does this laughably make him one of more prolific midfielders from that period?

Edit. Were there any midfielders who scored more than Robinson for us?

 

[Deleted Cyber]

Gentlemen

the last time I looked this was the Leeds verdict thread not the reminiscing over shit teams thread.
Anyhoo

returning to the verdict. I think we have stumbled on something swapping the wingers around. A shame it had been suggested by several before Xmas!
I am not getting too carried away. Cooper should have scored at least two. Both close to Patricio and not difficult saves when really he should have buried them both. Fabio or WJ would have had serious stick for missing those two chances . Semedo chances were harder and he should have done better.
Our set pieces are absolute parks standard. Awful lack of creation given the brains behind them. Something to work on in training this week

 

[Kenny]

Our set pieces are absolute parks standard. Awful lack of creation given the brains behind them. Something to work on in training this week

On this, I was surprised to see how high up were in the list on goals scored from corners last week. Considering we all think they are shit, especially when we go short.
For me, as long as the ball gets into an area that worries the opposing defence we are winning the battle. The conversion rate of set plays to goals is always stupidly low but fans seem to think teams should score from everyone. Yesterday we had 2 or 3 (corners and free kicks) that didn't and the least said about the decision to time waste when we won a free kick in the 87th min the better.

 

[Deleted Cyber]

On this, I was surprised to see how high up were in the list on goals scored from corners last week. Considering we all think they are shit, especially when we go short.
For me, as long as the ball gets into an area that worries the opposing defence we are winning the battle.

Agreed but the short routines often fail to deliver that and the long ball fails to beat the first man too often

Yesterday we had 2 or 3 (corners and free kicks) that didn't and the least said about the decision to time waste when we won a free kick in the 87th min the better.

That was awful. I was howling with derision at that. Especially when 30 seconds later they get a chance!

 

[YoungWolf]

On this, I was surprised to see how high up were in the list on goals scored from corners last week. Considering we all think they are shit, especially when we go short.
For me, as long as the ball gets into an area that worries the opposing defence we are winning the battle. The conversion rate of set plays to goals is always stupidly low but fans seem to think teams should score from everyone. Yesterday we had 2 or 3 (corners and free kicks) that didn't and the least said about the decision to time waste when we won a free kick in the 87th min the better.

I think our conversation rate is one of (if not the) highest in the league. They were woeful last night for sure

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Carl Robinson. One of my most disliked central midfielders and that's up against some serious competition. Did Ferguson and him ever play together?

He was a seriously "meh" midfielder, however i was surprised to see how many goals he was involved in when watching some season reviews from the late 90s/early 00s last summer.

Also noticed that Stowell got beaten from distance over his head a HELL of a lot.

 

[Kenny]

I think our conversation rate is one of (if not the) highest in the league. They were woeful last night for sure

Not as bad as the Albion one from earlier. Overloaded the 6 yard box and put the corner on the penalty spot where zero Albion players were stood.

 

[Dire Wolf]

I think our conversation rate is one of (if not the) highest in the league. They were woeful last night for sure

We have such a high conversation rate because we are such a friendly, amiable bunch...

 

[Paul]

Can i just ask, Bielsa is ten years older than me, how the hell does he sit on his haunches on the touchline like that, one I'd never be able to get up with any kind of panache, without some Scooby Doo running in mid air weight balance transferal thing and secondly I wouldn't be able to walk for five minutes after !!

 

[Kenny]

Can i just ask, Bielsa is ten years older than me, how the hell does he sit on his haunches on the touchline like that, one I'd never be able to get up with any kind of panache, without some Scooby Doo running in mid air weight balance transferal thing and secondly I wouldn't be able to walk for five minutes after !!

Apparently he does that due to extreme pain in his back.