Leeds United (H) | PL | Post Match Thread

[Cobwebcat]

Calling Rodri.

 

[discopop]

Nope. It's not Haaland who makes us a one man team, it's Rodri. By fuck are we missing that fella.

Can’t wait for us to be a two man team we’re going to do the treble again :-)

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

A win is a win but fortunate that Leeds decided a draw was job done because we were that bad second half I think they could have won that with a bit more ambition.

Nunes, O’Reilly and Gvardiol were dreadful second half. Donna had his worst game too.

We certainly don’t like teams pressing us hard,

 

[bluetonium]

Not going to be too harsh on the team, but we need to identify the reason why we went weak in the second half. Thankfully we showed enough character to win it but we should never have been in that position.

Nunes is still capable of the brain fart it seems, maybe that's we get for playing midfielders at full back. Josko I thought was really unlucky, he slipped and knocked the player, who pretty much had little chance of getting the ball anyway, and he made a meal of it.

Should have got that third before half time. This is a very serious lesson and probably the last we can walk away from without significant detrimental impact on our season. Be ruthless. Talk. Be a team from minute one to minute one hundred. Leeds aren't that great and if we're going to crumble like that at a bit of pressure again then we'll have big problems.

 

[KS55]

Well I think we can safely say Arteta and Arsenal have got absolutely nothing to worry about from us this season.

I see Chelsea as their nearest challengers.

 

[moomba]

Job done. Move on to the next one.

 

[Don Karleone]

But are we playing shit? We're 2nd. I don't think we are. I think every game we've won, we deserved on balance to win. Nobody gets lucky in this league, your position in the table largely represents where you should be. By that token, if we are shit, then literally the only not shit team in the whole league is Arsenal.

The truth is that it's a total lack of perspective. We are not even close to playing shit. We are just playing less well than you're used to seeing a City side play, which is a massive fucking difference. People on here expect us to blow literally every team away easily, which frankly comes across as the kind of entitlement we criticise other teams of.

That second half was definitely shit.

 

[mexico1970]

We made heavy work of a poor Leeds side., but was a win and it's 3 points.

 

[bitterblue78]

Onto fulham where no doubt it will be another feeble away performance

 

[Dereck Jeffries 3 wd]

What did Donne get his usual booking for today, couldn't have been time wasting as it was 2-2 at the time of it?

What did any of our players get booked for ask Banks? T.t

 

[heslops barnet]

A reflection of how shite this league is , our teams from the recent past would have won this title in second gear . We’re a million miles away from that standard.

Fortunately most teams are apart from the Tarquins, top 4 and a cup would be a positive from this seas

 

[uwerosler28]

Literally every game this season we have come out for the second half looking leggy and off the pace. Yet Pep just sits there staring into space.

You can accuse pep of alot of thing but sitting there staring into space? The guy never sits down and doesn't fucking shut up mithering everyone around him!

 

[Eaststander1]

we'l have better days than today but not much worse,we'l string a run at some point and arsenal will drop their knickers,allways happens ;-)

They look stronger this time around ...

 

[asahartford1]

Nah, the forum loves to pretend players are shit when they're just not playing well, but quality is not our problem as much as application. We have enough quality to beat most PL sides comfortably.

There seems to be a general malaise around the club. We're only getting 7/10 from most of the players.

Pep said they were scared after Wednesday, I don't think we can know exactly what it is from the outside but they look jaded and low on confidence. Uninspired.

If they were all performing at their best and we were losing, then it'd be a quality issue, but I dare you to pick anyone playing at their best right now.

I dare.

Foden played well, so did Nunes, and Reindjers.

We are not there all conquering team of 2 seasons ago.

And the referee, he also didn't put a foot wrong, whistle perfect.

I sat next to a Leeds fan, who said he was the worst he had ever seen

 

[Earlyriser]

Unless you can find an example of a PL team that has never had ups and downs your argument is nonsense.

And your response demonstrates how prepared you are to accept such situations

 

[The Lightbowne Cowboy]

Can't excuse that 2nd half but the referees performance needs investigating...

This is what happens when you let the bastards get away with last week. Oh, nice nice City, we don't cause a fuss, ooh we're not dippers etc etc. Look where its getting us. Them 2 bookings in the space of a minute were beyond a fuckin joke! I only seen the pen in real time but apparently thats a bit iffy. And yellow for shoulder charge..okaaayyy. Peps sent out a team 2nd half and it was like a team determined to get him sacked, it was fucking atrocious! Reinders? Jesus christ, I'd rather have Judge Reinders. The defence doesn't know how to defend, every hopeful long ball was met with shear panic and our tackling is soft as shite. We got away with it today in a game we should of been out of site at half time. Haaland was very poor today and never looked like getting involved, but he's got plenty of credit,unlike a fair few of em. Thanks Walter, you pulled us out of the shite. Rant over. Going to pick a Chinese on the way home and have a few cheeky ones.

 

[SaintColin]

So awful we are 2nd in the league.

You and way too many others have never seen or lived through awful City sides.

First season was in the championship back in 00, seen shit myself. I can just imagine you, sat there like “oh well we once played York away” when it went 2-2. Yawn.

 

[Luke The Blue]

But are we playing shit? We're 2nd. I don't think we are. I think every game we've won, we deserved on balance to win. Nobody gets lucky in this league, your position in the table largely represents where you should be. By that token, if we are shit, then literally the only not shit team in the whole league is Arsenal.

The truth is that it's a total lack of perspective. We are not even close to playing shit. We are just playing less well than you're used to seeing a City side play, which is a massive fucking difference. People on here expect us to blow literally every team away easily, which frankly comes across as the kind of entitlement we criticise other teams of.

Tbh I shouldn't of said we are playing shit I'm very frustrated. I think we have been very shit against Bayern Leverkusen and Leeds.

 

[blueinsa]

We sit where we do cos luckily other teams have dropped off this season if you can't see that you're deluded.

Ok

 

[Gundoggin]

All too easy first half and we were deservedly 2nil up . However we should have been 4 up ! Complacency set in again in the 2nd half with some terrible defending again just like at Newcastle last week . Great character shown to win the game with a late one from Phil .
Still loads of room for improvement and we somehow look “leggy” imho .
Take the win all day long CTID