Leeds Banter Archive October 20 2020

20 Oct 2020 19:47:12
Two goals for Edmundson tonight in 7 minutes for Aberdeen😊.

20 Oct 2020 23:11:51
Pleased for him.

21 Oct 2020 06:10:21
Good lad Edmundson.

20 Oct 2020 18:21:01
Phillips out for 6 weeks with shoulder injury (think he got run over by a fast moving tortoise)

be interesting to see how we line up and play now. I hope stuijk comes in and plays as well as I think he can. really high hopes for stuijk in that Dm position.

20 Oct 2020 19:11:11
Llorente, KP, Cooper all out since playing internationals

Hopefully Llorente and Cooper back soon

Will we ever see Forshaw play for Leeds again?

20 Oct 2020 19:53:29
I didn't mind foresaw. liked him in fact but can't see him coming back if honest.

20 Oct 2020 20:51:50
Think foreshaw still coming back from his operation. Struijk in for KP i think but its the back 4 where we are light now.

21 Oct 2020 07:51:11
If Coops is still injured, Pascal will stay at Cb, as I can’t see Cresswell getting a call up just yet. Other option would be Bill at Cb, with Pasc going DM, and Shacks taking RB. So many different options! Glad I don’t have to make the decisions Mb does! 🤪.

20 Oct 2020 13:03:35
Mediocre ex Villa player Gabby Ablonghor spouting off on social media today that ' LEEDS ARE A MYTH and other ruder even more provocative stuff about Bielsa.

God how I utterly detest that vile club and most of those associated with it.

Can't wait for Friday hopefully the lads will respond with a win and make Gabby wince.

20 Oct 2020 15:56:59
I don't get why Villa fans (including Gobby) are so salty when it comes to Leeds. They are doing well but instead of enjoying the moment them seem fixated on us. Something in the water maybe?

20 Oct 2020 17:30:57
Yes Notts. Piss!

20 Oct 2020 17:35:15
Yes Notts well definitely the Leeds Villa game in 2019 got Vile fans, Smith and Terry worked up

plus in the same season they were salty about Leeds coming back to win 3 - 2 at Vile Park.

But there is something more than this to it.

20 Oct 2020 17:36:43
Everyone is obsessed with Leeds the cream team, the history, fan base and just the name Leeds United gets everybody talking.

20 Oct 2020 19:49:23
Oh for a win on Friday to shut the Vile big heads up.

20 Oct 2020 10:56:49
On the whole the team played well enough to deserve a draw. Am looking forward to Koch settling in, with more confidence to show what he can do with long forward balls. A part of his game that was evident previously but now suppressed by short balls to one of the other back four.
It will now be interesting how the line-up settles down. For me the calls of Poveda/ Raphina on the wings seem hard to deny, also, who is the striker going forward Bamford or Rodrigo or further, who is the creative AM?
Whatever the answers are I feel that recruitment has been successfull and we now have a squad there who can certainly gain the longed for 40 points but more than that a top half finish.

20 Oct 2020 11:21:39
I personally thought that Koch's distribution was good last night with plenty of mid range passes finding their mark to wing backs and centre midfielders. Wolves are a more "street wise" team than us at the moment and their system stifled our fluid style. We had plenty of possession and opportunity to deliver the ball from the wings but we crossed hopeful balls into the box rather than picking out players, which made it easier for their rigid back three to contend with. The Bamford discussion is interesting because I personally felt that the movement of Rodrigo as the number 9 could have caused more problems for Wolves centre backs than the physicality of Bamford. Horses for courses as Bamford's style will be an asset against other opponents.

20 Oct 2020 13:34:33
Mistake not to begin the fixture with Pablo. Wolves are a second half side and a poor first half is their pattern so decision not to start with Pablo mystifying.

20 Oct 2020 14:29:13
Thoroughly agree George .

21 Oct 2020 06:15:14
probably guarding against further injury George.

20 Oct 2020 10:11:00
Always going to be a hard game with the way wolves play. First goal was so important.
Never mind lads we played decent and I have every confidence we'll get even better and pick up three points Friday.

20 Oct 2020 10:25:06
I think that’s it in a nutshell.
If we get the first goal it will cause our opponents to be more attack minded leaving us more space.
If they park the bus or grab the first goal then generally we struggle.
We have to make our chance count. There were three that really were down to poor finishing in the first half and that’s why we lost. Not unlucky. Just failed to take our chances to win the gave when they appeared.

20 Oct 2020 09:17:51
lots of negativity on here lads. come on sort it out I am meant to be the negative one. it doesn't work if you all join in with me!

read a lot of natural goalscorer comments on here. leeds fans need to realise it will not happen. never. the next time we get a natural number 9 is when belisa leaves the club. he doesn't like them.

in terms of natural number 9's in our history the best three (for goalscoring) have been
1.clarke
2. champman
3. nekitia

Nikita is a natural goalscorer and just took over shearers record for England. he is that good but bubs didn't play him, it didn't fit his style. So please let's drop hopes and moans about it (again I am allow to bang on I expect better from you lot) even if sniffer Clarke was at leeds bubs wouldn't play him

also I think it was harsh on Bamford he was feeding on scraps last night even arguo wouldn't of scored.

trouble with leeds is belisa's style. he has one way of play. if teams sit back and defend we will have all the ball, create little and get hit at the back. It is very simple to play against and lots of championship teams did it which annoyed the hell out of me

now for the good news, not many prem teams play like wolves, maybe West Ham and burnley might play in a hard way against us but the rest will play football and that suits us which is a good thing

I have said before belisa has many great aspects but he also has flaws and like a marriage we have to accept them and for me belisa's style is far better suited to the prem than the championship so now we are out of that league don't expect too many games like last night, unless we get wigan in the cup

it was one game lads against a good team who sit back and play in a way that will always hurt leeds. onwards and upwards.

20 Oct 2020 08:08:16
Reading a few posts this morning, and tadge confused, thought we played well, deserved a draw.

Yes strikers were quiet, but Wolves are very well organised team, prematch Carragher said Wolves will soak up the pressure and counter. Look at there back 3, young lad MOTM, Coady probably most inform CD in league, Boly is no donkey.

So even thou MAYBE it's a point dropped, Wolves are are good team,
Was amused reading the 'win tonight will be 3rd comments', the days of just turning up and winning are over gents, sorry, prem is hard league, but we have enough
Koch already looks quality, Rodders getting up to match fitness
MOT.

20 Oct 2020 10:31:02
agree mate 100%.

21 Oct 2020 10:43:19
Wait a moment we are well organised team as well, but need a striker and that is it, MB said so him self but in a different way ( we played well First half but didn’t the chances we had) So give it a rest and pull your neck in.

20 Oct 2020 06:01:09
This Wolves match has resurfaced my fears for Leeds Achilles heel having incredulously NOT signed / possessing proven prolific natural goakscorer (s) .

It should have been. the major PRIORITY transfer requirement in the summer window.

One player who is reasonably proficient in scoring as well as excelling in creating is Pablo.

Pablo 💜 must START matches ( even if it is for just the first 60 to 70 minutes) it is imperative that this Leeds team scores the first goal preferably in the first half.

AS this Leeds team will get very few points after conceding the first goal.

20 Oct 2020 08:31:44
And the negativity starts.

20 Oct 2020 09:21:58
I agree BV about Pablo but fear that half a yard will mean Pablo is not a force in the prem

last year in the championship Pablos skill meant he scored a lot of great goals but in the prem he will not get that time. look at last night Pablo did what Pablo does created a chance and got shot away, last season that goes in, this season it got closed down and blocked and went over the bar

I love Pablo I really do, but I fear he is not the answer in the prem at 35. good news I think costa, Poveda, Rodrigo, Bamford and raophinia are

Harrison had a poor game last night but previously he had also been playing well. I think it was more a bad night at the office with wolves sitting back, a belisa team will never play well against a team who sits back. I think we will be ok no need to panic and bring in big sam just yet.

20 Oct 2020 11:01:55
I agree Bermo that Harrison was not at his best but he still put in some fabulous crosses. He reminds me of Beckham in that respect.,

20 Oct 2020 13:10:18
true cork Harrison hit one cross in particular that was begging to be put away. I was not sure about Harrison at all but he has had a good season so far just last night was bit below recent performances but that happens.

20 Oct 2020 18:14:12
Bloody hell bermo it’s becoming a habit if yours admitting when you’re wrong. Next you be saying Phillip is the new Hoddle!

20 Oct 2020 01:58:36
Same problems as last year. Dominate first half. Should of had 3 with bam costa and Rodrigo. Commentator said we had second most chance in first half to any team other than chelsea. Yet we scored none.
We play good football. Pass the ball well but drop points cause lack of killer instinct. Did there keeper make a save?
Ours made 2 good ones.
Overall thought Rodrigo played well and costa and struik and Koch. He will be next captain I reckon. It's was good performance but we can play well and be admired by others all season. Don't mean rubbish if we miss so many chances. Deserved at least a point but got none.
Phillips poor tonight.
Let's hope we can bounce back at villa.

20 Oct 2020 06:02:47
Agreed Notts playing good football means nothing if you don't score.

20 Oct 2020 06:37:19
Agreed Ausman rather too.

19 Oct 2020 23:40:56
I always post win or lose. For those that said Wolves couldn't have scored two or three. One goal they scored, Good save by Meslier before half time and what would have been an excellent goal ruled offside by millimetres (it would have counted in the championship - no assistant ref would have spotted it) . Jimenez could have scored as well. We didn't create much. As I said we are very entertaining but we are not clinical enough in front of goal. We've started very well but it's maintaining it that will be difficult. A lot of premiership teams will be solid and if we don't score enough and can't keep a clean sheet (which we won't do very often) we will lose more than we draw. Just a fact of life. Nothing to do with being positive or negative. Spelt it out before the game.

20 Oct 2020 06:19:37
Agree that Wolves potentially could have scored 3 goals but they could equally have not scored at all last night but for that fortunate soft deflected goal.

You stated the Wolves deserved to win ; don't agree ; neither team deserved to win; a draw would have been fair.

Obviously agree with your point that we are not anywhere near clinical enough in front of goal and that without keeping clean sheets defeats rather than draws will be the outcome like today.

# a tad concerned after this performance.

21 Oct 2020 17:54:18
Hesslian, thank goddess for a great post Keep all those who moan about Fans being negative say like it is. Boot boys on here don’t like it.