06 Aug 2018 19:30:34
Well first game of season and we beat what was practically a premiership team 3-1. Not just beat them but destroyed them first half. Excellent team performance yet the experts are out singling out players who are not good enough to be in the team that won . Phillips who has been picked by our last four managers, but what do they know about football. Berardi, who maybe is not best in that position but is the player Bielsa chose to play there and hadfaith in him to do a job. Yes he did make mistakes but that is a new role for him. Douglas made mistakes so should we get him out as well. It was an excellent first game at ER and well worth the money. Think its a bit early to start saying he can't play, he's crap. No doubt players will be rotated playing this style but let's get a few games in before we start slagging everyone off and picking negatives. Plenty of positives on show on sunday, happy with that.

1.) 06 Aug 2018
06 Aug 2018 20:09:38
loads of positives but please can we address Phillips

please someone explain it to me? Last season he was poor then let's look over what he did yesterday

1. at fault for the goal
2. poor pass accuaracy
3. should of been sent off
4. should of been booked after getting sent off
5. 94 minute thought it was ok to flick up ball in penatly area from their corner to then miss air kick the clearance leaving the ball at the mercy of their team in our penatly area

these are not opinions these are things he did, ok he got away with them but will cost us, Phillips gets picked because of injury and/ or lack of quality. there is a reason Veria got sold and no on wants that donkey

I don't need to go into beradi, I have banged that drum enough, anyone not sure look up twitter most fans slating him for what he is passionate but pony

lots of positives but also things went out way and could of cost us on a different day. This current squad will not get promoted as players on fringes still not good enough (roofe, phillips, beradi, cooper, dallas) they are decent but not great and over 46 games at this intensity will cost us as it did last year please remember us 12 games in last year we were all certain we were going up. we need to learn from history no manager can polish a turd and sadly we have a few turds.

2.) 06 Aug 2018
06 Aug 2018 20:17:23
Your opinion BW, i hold a different one.

3.) 06 Aug 2018
06 Aug 2018 20:39:36
Bermondsey, welcome back! I think we’ve had, got rid of or are in the process of getting rid of a lot of turds! But you can’t change everything overnight! The boss has chosen the players he feels he can work with now and most people seem to think that collectively. They did a good job for him! He has addressed some key weaknesses, give the the chance to show what he can do with this team. Phillips could have been sent off, we could have scored 3 more goals, the penalty might not have been a penalty. We won 3-1 against a team thought to be up with the best. Let’s see how we do against Derby at Derby. I don’t think any Leeds fan will get over confident this year, we know it will be a long slog and we will be wary of another collapse post Christmas. But not a bad start!

4.) 06 Aug 2018
06 Aug 2018 20:48:28
I think there are some good facts but I also think that all of these players have potential, as does any one, given the right coaching and mentoring. Granted, some are better than others but you can’t take away a good overall team performance. Mistakes happen and they always will but with confidence comes a belief and that can turn a player around. Yes there are better players out there but slagging individuals off is just unhelpful to the cause. IMO 🤔. MOT👏🏻.

5.) 06 Aug 2018
06 Aug 2018 20:55:50
Phillips played well. He will make mistakes as the seasons goes on but that should take nothing away from yesterday's performance.

6.) 06 Aug 2018
06 Aug 2018 21:00:30
Bermondsey, we won let’s not knock one player getting things a bit wrong, enjoy the moment and leave it at that,

7.) 06 Aug 2018
06 Aug 2018 21:12:31
PPeacock . the definitive term in there is . TEAM PERFORMANCE . the boys fought and covered for each other, a few mistakes from more than KP but Bub expects that . if they were all robots he'd never lose :)

8.) 06 Aug 2018
06 Aug 2018 21:13:16
Great post Bige I couldn’t have said it better myself because basically I’m too lazy to do so!
Bermo I knew it was your retort before I saw your name at the bottom! If the coach can make us play that well then I’m sure he can improve individuals over time. Welcome back by the way.

9.) 06 Aug 2018
06 Aug 2018 21:20:56
By the way Bermo a stoke player did a far worse high tackle before Phillips and got away with it so could of been ten against ten. As for his passing accuracy I don’t know the stats but the manager has the team taking risks in possession so that might account for that.
No defending Beradi with though mate! You.

10.) 06 Aug 2018
06 Aug 2018 21:30:19
Every player no matter who they are will make mistakes. That’s the nature off a footballer. And the position they play. Some mistakes will be more costly than others . let’s just be happy with the team performance and take it for what it was. A surprisingly great performance in the 1st day off season. Let’s be happy with that instead off nit picking faults. MOT. I’m one off Phillips biggest critics and that’s being nice about him. But I’m more than happy with the effort. MOT. ⚽️⚽️⚽️👌😀.

11.) 06 Aug 2018
06 Aug 2018 22:10:27
AL you do realise that I was replying to Bermo🤔.

12.) 06 Aug 2018
06 Aug 2018 22:13:44
Whiteman has someone hacked your account?

13.) 07 Aug 2018
06 Aug 2018 22:41:07
I do agree and I am happy (just hiding it well) thought we would get smashed yet we were the better team and deserved to win. Loved the performance and I am being picky and moany but I honestly don't get phillips and how anyone with eyes and/ or brain can say anything other than donkeyturd!

Bige it is not opinion he should of been sent off fact (yes so should of their guy but i don't care about them going forward I care about us) this is not opinion it was as red as man u's shirt

he did flick up the ball at thier corner and then air kick a acrobatic clearnace in the 94th minute again not opinion he did do that.

his pass accuracy was poor (ok this could be down to tactics)

I don't understand how anyone watced him (please watch it again) and say . yeah going forward we will be ok with him in the team. He is just not good enough

we have good manager (unproven here but undoutbaly good) we have some great players (aling, douglas, saiz as good as anyone in this league) we have some very good players (rest of squad)

my only worry is Beradi, Phillips are not good enough and should never wear our shirt again

cooper can be great but can be a donkey chops, roofe while very good doesn't score enough

i don't mind us not getting promoted, i like us being champ team, what I do mind is the thought we can't go up and to me beradi and phillips playing more than 10 games for us this year = us not going up

this is my opinion. however what Phillips did yesterday is not. he was a massive pile of pony with a dodgy barnet. I also suggest if he was not leeds, if he was not local and come thorugh youth. if he was a VO signing (I don't mind VO either contraversially) everyone would be on Phillips back. leeds lads get a lot of leaway and personally I don't understand it?

that said of course i loved the performance just but feel we played well despite phillips and beradi not because of them

sadly for a load of I told you so. i hope I am wrong but as the wife will tell you. i am never wrong.

14.) 07 Aug 2018
06 Aug 2018 22:49:49
Yes PPeacock, I just wanted to emphasise the importance of it being a team performance :)

15.) 07 Aug 2018
07 Aug 2018 07:47:07
Bermondsey, probably never have a team or squad of players on which all the fans agree. The keys for me are performance and results. In the first game we delivered and looked like a team. That team spirit can make an enormous difference and help those fringe players perform to a higher standard, look at Leicester in the prem. Berardi, is cover, who loves the team and shows the right spirit. Phillips seemingly has been earmarked for a very specific role and time will tell if he can deliver, but give him and Bielsa some time and let’s see what happens. I’ll be interested to see how Phillips and this defence copes with Derby!

One of our weaknesses over the last few years has been the ability to genuinely compete with the top teams and pick up points against them. Most people would think Stoke would be top six, so that’s a good start, Derby gives us another chance to rate our style against another favoured team.

If we play like that against some of the weaker teams in the division, we should get some good victories this year.

We need some luck with injuries to key players and we need some discipline, to avoid the damage that red and yellow cards did last year. I’m excited!

16.) 07 Aug 2018
07 Aug 2018 08:00:18
From being at ER and seeing them guys run and chase for every ball, I don't think we should be picking out the players that made one of two mistakes and wanting their heads. Yes we have some players who may not be as technically gifted. But what I watched on Sunday was a group of players, many of them frustrating to watch last season actually playing as a team. Let's get behind them, we won well for God's sake. Enjoy the moment.

17.) 07 Aug 2018
07 Aug 2018 09:14:42
Martyn I was thinking the same! Like the positivity whiteman.

18.) 07 Aug 2018
07 Aug 2018 09:56:14
fair enough I shall drop it for now. I do hope i am wrong but think there will be a lot of I told you so's

I think I was the first one on Beradi and got a lot of stick now most tend to agree he is useless, now for me it is KP turn

I think it is the Bermondsey Millwall in me sadly, where I am from you have to hate at least one player or you ain't seen as a proper fan, when at millwall i blend in by slagging off the team

I shall just be happy with the win and try not to worry about the season ahead. so anyway my wife is proper fat and aged badly.

19.) 07 Aug 2018
07 Aug 2018 12:49:20
To cut a long story short, I'm with BIGE here!