Leeds banter 9

10 Apr 2024 06:27:53
Could someone enlighten me please. Why did we sign Jaidon Anthony?

10 Apr 2024 10:19:44
Anthony, Spence. etc

Future loan players will avoid Leeds with Farke at helm.

10 Apr 2024 02:07:28
It is absolutely amazing that we can have the ball for so much of the game and only produce one shot on target .

DF prowls his technical area swelling up like an overcooked bratwurst getting angry and agitated. - maybe the answer is right behind you ( cue pantomime chant )

He finally decides to change it up with just 10 minutes left - yes 10 minutes for the subs to shine.

Was he watching the same 82 mins of dross that I was, how could it take that long to realize absolutely nothing was happening - the man is obviously not an idiot so what the heck is going on, ?

The magic 100 pts now out of reach for atleast one of the top three.

10 Apr 2024 02:50:06
. or its as if they don't wanna score.

if you don't shoot you can't score

A truly perplexing game . panto even.

10 Apr 2024 05:56:32
Cue the usual moaners and Farke bashers.
I think the point has been missed that the players were not really at fault although I will admit that some of the passing was poor, but who was beyond poor without any doubt in my mind was the referee.
Sunderland’s tactics of pulling down or fouling our attackers on pretty much every attack we made worked for them.
Two distinct penalties for hand ball not given and no red card for Ballard who’s so called footballing mission for this game was to hack or pull down any player who was advancing their goal.

I can’t believe the difference from the Premiership to the Championship in how lenient the refs are and for the people that don’t want VAR, there would appear that two pens would have been awarded to us.!

Farke and his selection bashing is not the real reason we didn’t win that game last night, a team that played outside the rules and an extremely poor referee
that didn’t do his job properly were.

10 Apr 2024 06:09:25
The usual excuse by OP .

I don't always agree with Connor McGilligan of One Leeds TV but his post match analysls of past 4 games of certain limitations/ issues of DF and Leeds United well worth a watch.

10 Apr 2024 06:42:32
True OP. The ref had a shocker.
Totally agree with Baz too; so many shooting opportunities went begging last night, just to squeeze another pass in, or “make sure”. It’s as if we have to score a beautiful goal every time, rather than just tw4tting the effer on target. Sometimes that’s all it takes!

10 Apr 2024 06:44:57
Op, we had 1 shot on target, also Danny himself said we didn't create anything, that was why we lost game .

Their his words not mine,

Farke has to take some blame last 4 games picking same 11 even though a good few are poor again, people are commenting on game that's current so what else is there to say?

It was woeful football.

10 Apr 2024 07:08:05
We should have had at least 1 pen but not the refs fault that we only had 1 shot on target at home.

10 Apr 2024 07:45:39
Chris there was only one shot because the likes of Jimmy, Rutter, James and Bam were fouled before we could get a shot on goal.
They did defend in masses as well which made it even harder. Every player that had the ball near the box had three defenders on him, too congested to get a shot away or even pass.

10 Apr 2024 08:23:22
All true OP
But you have to concede we were awful AGAIN,

What purpose is served by 3 suns on 82 mins?

He persists with a sub pattern that's ridiculous, (proven many times this season )

Sunderland have been muck since they beat us, yet suddenly we struggle again against them

How have all the other home teams managed since we played them last,?

We continued to play at a tempo last night that was 2 steps up from sleep mode

Op these are managerial issues also, I not calling for his head, just it has been really poor last 4 games

The part he said he revels in.

10 Apr 2024 08:24:04
All the about true but DF messed up on his team selection which he has done time and time again Bamford should not applied simple really when you look at it we complain. The ref team selection is wanting and to change it at 10 minutes to the end of the game is mad it’s bonkers.

10 Apr 2024 10:13:49
I think Sunderland although they haven’t been tearing up the league this season do have a team that is very capable. It was evident that they can’t match us so their tactics were very clear to see and it worked for them, along with an incapable ref who was unable to see two very clear deliberate hand balls in the box.
I honestly don’t think it would have made any difference if his selection had been different, it probably still wouldn’t have changed the outcome of that game.
You could in my opinion repeat that fixture another five times with the same ref and outcome being very similar.

If we want to take anything positive from last night, that would be that Leicester lost and we gained an extra point in this tightly fought promotion race.
Definitely not over yet!
It wouldn’t surprise me either if Ipswich draw or lose tonight, the nerves are jangling for all involved now.

10 Apr 2024 10:23:24
Leeds were woeful in attack. which is why a club must score from free kicks and corners.

I would prefer even Cresswell up front right now to Bamford . ar least Cressy would have scored in past 4 matches from set pieces.

10 Apr 2024 10:36:58
I should speed type never comes out right 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣.

10 Apr 2024 10:58:22
Keeping faith with paddy + Dan lately is bad

Also we seemed devoid of ideas again in mid

Why didn't he move Archie up and cover from Sammy or Conor a lot earlier, manager has to own up,

If as he says we didn't create, then he is the man who instills change

Look at McKenna few games ago, they were drawing a blank, both his subs score because they had time too

8 minutes is pathetic OP.

10 Apr 2024 11:51:33
I can’t disagree with you on the timing of his substitutions, it does appear to be inaffective with about 10 mins. I think if you’re looking to freshen things up 20/ 25 mins is the standard.
But I still think it would have made no difference with Sunderland’s tactics. Also the way they celebrated at the end to get a draw which changes nothing for them, shows it was a personal so called victory for them and their club, not to lose at any costs, which is a big reoccurring situation in this damned league against a lot of clubs.

I won’t deny either that nerves appear to be affecting our performances as it seems for Leicester as the season draws to its conclusion.

09 Apr 2024 23:28:43
So a week or so ago I got slated for Bamford bashing, seems to have gone a tad quiet now. My PB bashing was about missing sitters and needing a rest to get his mojo back he was good a year or so ago but he is not doing it now, with the exception of the wonder goal what has he done, no contribution and hardly touches the ball. Come on df don't bottle it make changes it's ok playing a settled team but not if they stop performing which sad to say our magnificent run seems a lifetime away. Tired legs and others chomping at the bit to me means changes are needed now not 85 mins in every game.

10 Apr 2024 02:09:20
Just 4 games left

The mojo may have already bolted with the horse

Some blame on players but particularly blame on woeful stubbornness of DF over past few matches when it matters most.

10 Apr 2024 06:48:00
Really don’t think you can single out one player for the last 3 games. Again, every single player is off the boil right now, so why only single out BamBam?
No one is disagreeing that BamFord has been off it in those matches, and everyone was calling for MJ to be starting certainly the last 2.
As Baz rightly said, if you’re not willing to pull the trigger, you ain’t going to score.
I’m going to say it, but Firpo was our best player last night! There! Said it!

10 Apr 2024 08:33:32
Bright I agree Firpo was and that’s sad.

10 Apr 2024 10:23:56
What Whitey said.

10 Apr 2024 10:37:06
I only mentioned pb as I was earlier slated I agree others are not performing but it is goals we need and he is the main striker and he needs resting gio has been disappointing also let's give others a run it may work it may not but sticking to the same players who are currently misfiring is madness.

09 Apr 2024 22:27:56
Twice now we haven't taken advantage, didn't when ipswich beaten too, not firing when it counts and should be beating sunderland at home. Bamford brings nothing and how many years he's haunted me, unsure why Bielsa and Farke rate him, he doesn't even hold ball well, slow and on $50k pw. Now need watford to do us a favor. Thought ref poor, couple pens and only 3 mins.
They had better efforts and hit target more than us.

09 Apr 2024 22:48:54
READ MY LIPS! DF WILL COST US PROMOTION!

09 Apr 2024 23:01:21
Not just MJ issue

The lack of any threat from our free kicks and corners is abysmal.

09 Apr 2024 23:06:25
Df will cost us promotion?

That’s a joke right he has been class we shouldn’t even be there.

Also the only thing costing us promotion is var

Two stone wall pens one the worst I’ve ever seen not given and the ref bottling it for a second yellow when he kicked out on bamford

We have been great! It’s a hard leauge, the quality at top of championship is better than bottom of prem

Farke is amazing

Just hard playing 12 men most weeks.

10 Apr 2024 02:12:50
' Farke is amazing '? .

Tell yer what genuinely is amazing if McKenna guides L1 Ipswich to Champo title over 3 premier league budget teams Leicester, Leeds and Southampton

# perspective # realism.

10 Apr 2024 06:54:23
The biggest questions for me re Ipswich, are quite simple.
Does every team in the league set out to play them in the same was as they do us and Leicester? Time wasting, fouling repetitively, 11 men behind the ball; No.
Does that then give them an advantage? Yes.
I would go as far as to say that Ipswich are not seen as being as much of a threat, and a better chance at 3 points, so teams play more openly against them, even now, while they are up top of the division.
Has McKenna been amazing; probably yes. Do I rate him in the same bracket as Farke? Most certainly not, and not by a country mile.

10 Apr 2024 10:25:10
Good teams and good players with the right attitude, desire, nous find a way to score.

09 Apr 2024 22:26:26
Definitely looked leggy tonite and devoid of ideas. It's starting to annoy me now.

10 Apr 2024 02:18:24
Lack of creativity from our midfield is significant . we rely on Rutter but he loses ball a lot.

Maybe that Amari guy would have got us over the line.

10 Apr 2024 06:59:05
100% agree. Gio has been targeted for weeks now, just as Cree and DJ have gone off the boil. The axis of Gruev and Kammy is too defensive for the circumstances right now as there is no other creative force from the centre to take the pressure off Gio. An extra threat, like Archie alongside him would reduce the focus on Gio, and create space for both. If Sipsvitch win tonight, then we have to go for it with an attacking CMF line up.

10 Apr 2024 10:28:09
The lack oc Lèeds creative midfield is a killer.


Leeds hierarchy were after CAM Amari!

No plan B alternative CAM player recruited!?

Costly mistake.

09 Apr 2024 22:23:36
Very very disappointing performance and result.
Farke has to take a lot of the blame. Trotting out the same eleven more or less every game and the timing of the subs are horrendous.
How Rutter stayed on the whole ninety is baffling. It's time he is replaced by Gnonto or Piroe. At least Piroe is a goal threat.

09 Apr 2024 23:07:02
Not the ref… he don’t take the blame

We win 2-0 tonight providing bamford don’t take the pens.

10 Apr 2024 02:23:03
Berm . one shot on ay home
against a mid table Champo team is tne major issue

Also the" best Champo Manager ever" 😕 needs to perhaps be far more proactive with his subs . not. waiting 83 mins . don't yer think?

10 Apr 2024 03:10:24
It's basic mathematics end of day. You can't roll out same players week in, week out, midweek, many playing international fixtures, some players getting roughed up, some carrying injuries for a whole season. Exhaustion inevitably sets in. Madness. Rotation is required. The balancing part of the equation was Cressy and he'd have brought set piece goals and freshened up other players adjacent to him on the pitch. Our subs haven't quite contributed enough whereas the other 2 clubs subs have especially the 🚜🚜. Farke got his math wrong, if he even calculated at all.

10 Apr 2024 07:03:59
I get what you’re saying George, except Cressy, for reasons already written.
In all honesty, I think we would have seen more, and needed rotation, but for other injuries, niggles, sickness. Roberts not fully fit, nor Gnonto, and Piroe proven to not deliver what’s required to open up games. None of the rest are game changers; with a stronger bench / greater strength in depth, we would probably have seen the rotation (except in central defence) you rightly call for.
Pascal has been a big loss, denying us Amps MF involvement, and a set piece threat.

10 Apr 2024 10:30:10
Brigty . stubbornness of Farke is now still playing Bamford . it will be a major reason for missing out on promotion.

09 Apr 2024 22:02:37
So many corners tonight but the 6 foot 5 powerhouse who could've scored from one of them sat on the bench. Handbrake one trick pony football. Pathetic.

{Ed025's Note - not good George i must admit, very lacklustre performance and a few of them look tired, DF needs to freshen things up mate..

09 Apr 2024 22:19:00
Ed025 Exactly 💯 what I foresaw. My pre-match suggestion not adopted. It probably would have worked. Depressed 😞.

{Ed025's Note - its a point George but you will have to do better than that to keep the pressure on the other 2 mate, not a disaster as it turned out but certainly better is needed thats for sure..

09 Apr 2024 22:22:07
Cresswell ain't starting so probably be an idea to get it out of your head, mate instead of harping on about it. He's not going to start a lad that's played 8 mins in last 40 games is he. Let's be realistic.

09 Apr 2024 22:23:16
3 subs on 82 mins Blanco 🫣
Absolute woeful game management.

09 Apr 2024 23:51:42
True definition of insanity is doing same thing over and over again but expecting different and better results. Lack of squad rotation doubly manifested in late substitutions costing us. That stat of 8 minutes in 40 games may well be accurate but should never have occurred in first place. We are very close to bottom in stats for set piece and corner goals. Irony is you score one of those and game opens up to your advantage. It was there for the taking.

10 Apr 2024 02:26:00
Indeed George. the irony is that one could suggest now that Farke is as stubborn as Bielsa with diminishing returns arising now.

10 Apr 2024 07:07:36
I’ve explained the lack of rotation as I see it up above. No one is going to deny it’s been needed, so in that aspect, we agree I think.
Cressy ain’t going to change the outcome of those games, except to possibly weaken us defensively tho, and diminish the ball playing ability from the back we rely on so much.

09 Apr 2024 22:02:34
Been at work this evening so got my brother to keep me updated. Didn't sound great from his report.
With Ipswich losing on Saturday and now Leicester losing tonight we really are looking gift horses in the mouth at the moment and doing nothing with them!

{Ed025's Note - pretty poor fayre to be honest Cleggy..

09 Apr 2024 22:01:00
That was farken bad . nutter back to his old self, bamford just to slow, james was back to his old self- yes it was a pk but we can't rely on the ref to give us the game . changes needed to be done much earlier

MOT.

09 Apr 2024 22:07:21
Farke fork up again on team selection, tactics, subs


Players half arsed . dreaming of their next moves when Leeds don't go up

Reminds me of last season.

09 Apr 2024 22:21:11
Poor poor poor, nothing more to say, even your mate Stan James was woeful.

09 Apr 2024 22:25:36
I agree Baz apart from the part about not going up. Still very much in it for autos. Top 3 form has been all over the shop. As frustrating as that was to watch we still have eyes on auto spot because we can still get one.

Last 5 games:

Leicester 5 points
Leeds 8 points
Ipswich 9 points.

09 Apr 2024 22:55:33
Dougie. most of play went down left
. how about team pass it more down right.

09 Apr 2024 23:35:05
This time of the season can be crushing for the players and the fans (and the manager) . None of the top teams are coping well with the situation.

For the first time (in my opinion) the players were playing within themselves, preferring to not to make THE mistake rather than take that risk.

To much dross around the back, but to be fair to the back three, Gray and James offered nothing on the right. When the ball eventually got to them after beating the initial Sunderland press, they just turned back and put back into our home third. Rutter shouldn’t be playing; he was well of it (again) . Up the left was “best’ option, but Sunderland knew that and flooded that side.

The ball over the top to Bamford might as well have gone to my granny and she hasn’t been around since the 70’s.

Farke must have had his reasons for the initial selection (even I was surprised) and for the late substitutions (baffled me completely this time) . I don’t want to be critical because it’s clear the pressure is on and no one is coping well

Another chance squandered …will we get another?

10 Apr 2024 02:28:12
In a word " maybe " . but it will be squandered again as DF is as. stubborn as a mule.

10 Apr 2024 07:09:54
Indeed Baz. I really did not get the fascination on focusing almost solely on the left? Did the team have no trust in Archie and DJ, or what? Now that baffled me!

09 Apr 2024 22:00:31
What I call 👻⚽. Only interested in possession. Farke Out.

09 Apr 2024 22:08:13
Farke overrated in this league.

Buendia and Pukki got Norwich up.

10 Apr 2024 07:10:15
Twice?