Leeds United (A) Post Match Thread

[Brendan110_0]

Not playing Fernandinho in evey game in midfield is a massive mistake that Pep cannot see. Same issue with not having another striker, he's left us short now and that's on him - can he rebuild a team? Never stuck around long enough. Can he buy a quality striker? Not sure he ever had to.

Some big questions to answer - if we continue in this vein of form is 2 good seasons from 5 good enough?

 

[OB1]

They were, but teams still pressed us from the front.

What we are now seeing is a consensus not to press Eddie and let the centre backs come up to halfway with the ball before they then engage our full backs or winger.

The play becomes less stretched out and our players are compressed into tighter areas, hence why our passing is allowed to go side to side.

Sane and a prime Fern would still have little impact on what other teams are now offering.

We have a plan A which can be visibly contained, barring a moment of brilliance or them also getting lucky in both refereeing decisions or snatched half chances.

Pep has got to respond to this. I think your point about running the clock down in our own half may need to be part of the solution. We have got to start keeping more men behind the ball more often, especially if we have a lead.

It's too easy to play through us so Pep has got to organise differently and the players have got to work harder out of possession.

I think Rodri is a talented player but he needs help from the other forwards and midfield.

Hopefully we can have the quadruple season Bernie back and get him playing regularly.

 

[Tokyo32]

Not playing Fernandinho in evey game in midfield is a massive mistake that Pep cannot see. Same issue with not having another striker, he's left us short now and that's on him - can he rebuild a team? Never stuck around long enough. Can he buy a quality striker? Not sure he ever had to.

Some big questions to answer - if we continue in this vein of form is 2 good seasons from 5 good enough?

Not sure if you are serious because you can’t hope we play a 35 year old man every game. How can you blame not getting a striker on only pep? Do you think he is refusing to buy a striker

 

[OB1]

When the situation allowed for it, yes.

However, we don't play counter attacking football and never have looked to play it under Pep, barring the initial naivety teams some showed against us.

I've always argued we are even more devastating on the counter than Liverpool, but they are but brief moments in time (Bournemouth and Stoke home wins spring to mind) rather than any direct gameplan set up to orchestrate the counter.

We are a front foot team and always have been under Pep.

Unfortunately for him and us, it now has us on the back foot.

This is Pep's biggest test because, with this set of players, playing the front foot game as per normal is not looking like the solution so he has to adapt and play in ways he would not normally choose to. It's not about complete abandonment of principles but it is about adapting them. If he can't adapt, we have a problem. I do think he deserves some serious patience too because it may be hard for him to accept.


One thing the players should be doing is going and engaging in extra shooting practice of their own volition every day.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

This is Pep's biggest test because, with this set of players, playing the front foot game as per normal is not looking like the solution so he has to adapt and play in ways he would not normally choose to. It's not about complete abandonment of principles but it is about adapting them. If he can't adapt, we have a problem. I do think he deserves some serious patience too because it may be hard for him to accept.


One thing the players should be doing is going and engaging in extra shooting practice of their own volition every day.

I'd have Sterling doing an extra hour a day learning how to use his fucking left foot!!

 

[LIBlue]

our second halves of games have been bad. Every other team seems just more fit. If they can stay in the game first half against us it’s been a problem

 

[Phil1]

our second halves of games have been bad. Every other team seems just more fit. If they can stay in the game first half against us it’s been a problem

The strangest part of that is we actually come back to life in the last 15 mins. It seems the drop off is always for the first half an hour after half time.

 

[Del_Bosque]

I'd have Sterling doing an extra hour a day learning how to use his fucking left foot!!

Arteta used to do a lot of the 1 on 1 training apparently

Peps lost 2 assistants in the time he’s been here, can’t help

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Pep has got to respond to this. I think your point about running the clock down in our own half may need to be part of the solution. We have got to start keeping more men behind the ball more often, especially if we have a lead.

It's too easy to play through us so Pep has got to organise differently and the players have got to work harder out of possession.

I think Rodri is a talented player but he needs help from the other forwards and midfield.

Hopefully we can have the quadruple season Bernie back and get him playing regularly.

Funnily enough I think we tried to be more cautious against Leeds after we had taken the lead. We weren't as wide open as against Leicester. Leeds had to work much harder for their chances than Leicester did. We'll never know what would have happened if Ederson had not gifted them one.
With a few more games I reckon Dias and Laporte could hugely change things for us. Let's hope Ake can do well at left back. He's a proper defender.

 

[mancityscot]

i just think we're in for another really disappointing season. yesterday's result was expected, and not saying i expected us to get humped by leicester but i had a feeling we'd drop points.

This is a team lacking in ideas, most teams have sussed us out.

Dont get me wrong, i think we'll have some great results this season but i think we'll be very inconsistent. Can see us dropping a lot of points to mediocre teams