Leeds United (A) Post Match Thread

Stoned Rose said:
The number of points dropped by the dippers will depend on their injury situation.

So far, they're pretty much injury free.

Let's see how they get on when they face a period with no strikers.
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You quite right in saying that, but they are already building a cushion from us, that's the worry.
 
Blue Hefner said:
I stuck £100 on Liverpool to win the league on 88mins - we simply wont compete for the league this season and I can’t see anyone else getting close to them

To me it’s buying money. Certainly a better interest rate than I’d get from any bank....
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If Everton had any sort of Keeper I would put a couple of quid to get in the top 4, good preseason, good buys and quality manager.
 
One of the stand out things for me is we don't look fit at the moment.
Mahrez, Foden and Torres were awful again.
Leeds had acres of space in midfield.
 
Thought we were very unlucky with the non pen and I feel for Mendy as he looked magnificent before the error. Overall the team looked well balanced with the exception of the zero striker issue. Dias also looked liked a great addition.
 
It was a refreshing change to see a team not park the bus v City, on this basis I hope Leeds survive they will be an asset to the PL but it all depends upon how long Bielsa wants to stay. We need to start to put chances away, thought Kev was off colour and Phil not involved enough. Mahrez is too lazy and greedy we need to get rid
 
Gordyola said:
It was a refresh change to see a team not park the bus v City on this basis I hope Leeds survive they will be an asset to the PL but it all depends upon how long Bielsa wants to stay We need to start to put chances away thought Kev was off colour and Phil not involved enough Mahrez is too lazy and greedy we need to get rid
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I was more annoyed with the result because they didn’t park the bus. Because Rodri was complaining the other week about teams doing it and then as soon as some team comes at us we shit ourselves again. Clearly it’s not just that we struggle against teams parking the bus but just struggle to play football at all
 
The1nvisibleMan said:
I was more annoyed with the result because they didn’t park the bus. Because Rodri was complaining the other week about teams doing it and then as soon as some team comes at us we shit ourselves again. Clearly it’s not just that we struggle against teams parking the bus but just struggle to play football at all
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An on form City firing on all cylinders would have thrashed Leeds yesterday we gifted them the goal
Perversely maybe yesterday will encourage teams to abandon the bus abs drive at us
 
kippax4ever said:
Yeah..
Got a better chance than 34yrs ago,
Having world class players and their hunger,will come through.
We be ok when injured players are back plus back up to fitness levels,
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On the flip side, we haven’t seen anyone look organised or even particularly good yet and of the injured players at the moment only 1 will play. I just worry that we’ll keep making mistakes and dropping points like yesterday
 
Ran out of steam and we don’t have any power in midfield if KDB isn’t on the field.
We NEED to put the money on the table needed to prise AOUAR away from Lyon!

KDB is literally dead on his feet at 80 mins already, because he is the only power midfielder we have. He needs a break, both on and off the field!
 
We have huge problems upstairs but I'd rather talk about the problems we have on the pitch, as they are the ones that can be rectified without huge changes.

Our press. We either ALL buy into it or we don't do it. Yesterday the front 3/4 pressed and we got a lot of joy. Then we went to a single man press. Either Mahrez or Foden or Sterling. They can't do it on their own so they stop doing it. That's when Leeds started to get back into the game. As soon as our press stopped. Are we fit enough to do it for a full half? Or do the players just drop off because they can't be bothered anymore? This then leads to the midfield and back 4 being put under pressure after a relatively comfortable first 20 minutes. And once the opponents start getting some joy and some possession they sense we can be got at and we start making mistakes and inevitably concede. We find it hard to get back into the game after this and become disjointed.

So we ditch the press or we buy into it.
 
The1nvisibleMan said:
On the flip side, we haven’t seen anyone look organised or even particularly good yet and of the injured players at the moment only 1 will play. I just worry that we’ll keep making mistakes and dropping points like yesterday
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Not a personal attack on sterling.but as we no,he's not a out and out strike.
Any off our strikes would off buried the chances,as previously he missed.
Think when he got to more time to decide what to do,he panics abit were kun knows exactly were he be putting it.
As others have said score our chances game would off been over,
Taking nothing away from Leeds they was fast as fk on the break.
 
We are playing catch up because we have started our season behind other teams. Other teams are ahead of us regarding match fitness and it shows , now we have a bloody break which we could have done without and have lost time again in Pep working with the squad.
Any team would struggle without a striker ( should have bought one in is another story )
With both our strikers fit City can play in two different ways depending on which striker is player. Without any striker Pep trys to player the Jesus 'way' 3 fast hard working forwards but this doesn't seem to work without Jesus.
The drop of after 20 minutes is down to not being match fit and no pre season if City are still dropping of after 10 or so games than something is very wrong.
Yesterday's match was a match City will not have been use to , an end to end match which not being match fit suited Leeds.
City normal control the tempo ( or lack of ! ).
Once we have a full squad we should start to control games better, but I still feel this season is going to be a farce, covid19 will play a part which doesnt seem right. As fans we dont know what the plans are for any outbreak, we dont know if games are postponed or not if a large number of players in the squad have it. Going by the league cup if you cant play the team is kicked out so I guess 3 points to the team that can play ! Who knows not us fans.
The one thing City need to do is when on top like the last few games is put the chances away, Sergio normally takes around 5 games to get going so it's not going to be a quick fix.
Yesterday we started will and finished well, perhaps Pep needs to put subs on earlier even in the first half to stop the other team getting a foot hold.
On the plus side Bernie looking good now, eddy about from the brain fart was motm.
I dont buy into this doom and gloom been here to long for that !

CTID :)
 
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