Leeds Banter Archive June 21 2020

21 Jun 2020 20:21:41
Mixture of reviews on here as always, but then that’s what makes the site so good,

Really tough day all round things to be concerned about and things to be optimistic about.

However I remain 100% positive that we are going to #get promotion done this year.

Either way it’s never dull being a Leeds fan.

23 Jun 2020 20:52:55
Good to see a forward taking defensive duties seriously. Just a shame old barn door was at the wrong end.

21 Jun 2020 17:22:20
No comment on anyone at Leeds but I have watched most of the Prem live games and have noticed quite a few players with what seems like well trimmed hair?

21 Jun 2020 19:41:23
All premier league's wags are hairdressers?

21 Jun 2020 14:27:36
Footballing tactician I am not, but; I suspect that a game of four halves with up to 5 subs stoppages is going to help our opponents, by stopping us from getting our tempo up for long enough. Further, missing chances all the time is one thing, but actually saving for the other side just sums him up. Bamfs, a grafted by all measures, but a goalscorer he is not. The club need to draw a line on his chapter in the club's history and sell him asap. Bielsa's loyalty will cost us and we need to sell Bamford and replace. We have had and sold better. He is not indespendible.

21 Jun 2020 14:42:36
I saw enough to be positive about our fitness and ball retention but we need to again work on our final ball as it was woeful. Teams returning from lockdown will utilise defensive tactics whilst they try and build their match fitness. Unfortunately we struggle against teams that pack defences and there were too many hopeful crosses knocked into the box. Wingers need to beat players to draw the centre backs out of position. Roberts needs to protect the ball more as he was careless with possession and Bamford need pressure from the bench in order to hit the work rate required. I just felt that we played to Cardiff's strengths with our final ball and missed a golden opportunity to put some distance between ourselves and the chasing pack however all is not lost.

21 Jun 2020 15:07:56
Roberts plays like it's a training match at times, does some goods things but not much in the final 3rd of the pitch. Bamford has frustrated us all season, sadly he has no competitor for his place at leeds, even when he did he got the nod. Bamford only hope of staying at leeds is if we don't get promotion.

21 Jun 2020 15:08:44
Well a least I don’t have to eat my hat, but still hopeful, come on Leeds let's pick it up and go again.

21 Jun 2020 17:20:33
There were a few things not quite right today but glaringly obvious was our final pass and final decision.

22 Jun 2020 17:20:59
Yep Leodis. Crossing, and final ball were very poor.

21 Jun 2020 14:22:35
Cardiff away was always going to be a hard game regardless of when we played it. Under bielsa we only play one way and as good as we have been at times that type of performance is always in our locker. Got to hope we learn from today and don't allow it to turn into something worse. Still in a great position but can quickly turn sour, and if any team can, well as all know the story.
Got to hope we don't allow Fulham to take advantage next week, WBA got Brentford so that would be best if that ends even or maybe a WBA win.

21 Jun 2020 14:10:19
You didn't need to play this game. You could have written the script beforehand. A lot of good possession football but:
1. Bamford appalling again in front of goal and not satisfied with that prevents team mates scoring. 2.Calamity Cooper has his all too frequent massive mistake. 3. Their keeper pulls off game saving save. 4. Final ball from everybody too frequently misplaced 5. It's Cardiff.6. We struggle against physical teams who defend in depth.
Big problem for Leeds is we haven't a decent goal scorer and we haven't anybody else who can do the job that Bamford does everywhere else but in front of goal. In fairness to the lad his overall game today was very poor as well. I was never a great fan of Tyler Roberts but he might do better as the number 9. Hernandez injured. We missed him today but his age is catching up with him all the time so maybe have to carry on without him. If we can't start to score we could miss out again in spite of the teams around us doing their best to help uds out. Is that 9 or 10 games we have lost because we couldn't score whilst being the 'better' team?

21 Jun 2020 14:13:55
agree with everything you said apart from Roberts I really rate him and think he will be a big player for us.

21 Jun 2020 14:17:02
FFS IT'S ONLY THE FIRST GAME IN MONTHS. 7 POINT CUSHION! ANY TEAM WOULD LOVE TO BE IN OUR POSITION! MOT.

21 Jun 2020 14:28:24
Torn about Roberts but today he wasted his chance of cementing a long run in the side. Having said that, unfortunately there were too many off their game today. Roll on Fulham.

21 Jun 2020 14:38:15
true hooksie but every team in same boat. break or not it is a worry of course and keep in mind what they did to us at leeds with ten men when the season was in proper flow so to speak.

21 Jun 2020 14:38:42
You’re right, it’s the first game back, but it is the impact of such a poor result and poor performance from several players that is the biggest problem, doubts set in and other teams may not be as fearful to play us. Too many things wrong about today’s performance; don’t know what to do in the final third, Coopers ability to make a mess of it, Phillips and Costa’s inability to get past the first man when throwing a cross in!
Fingers crossed for the next one that they rectify the problems.
Wish we had got the PPG promotion instead!

21 Jun 2020 15:32:59
Hooksie, thing is after having the luxury of playing last, and seeing how our closest rivals had messed up, there really should have been a better display from us today, knowing that a win would have sent us 10 clear, surely we messed up terribly today and we shouldn't sugar coat a great opportunity with condoning comments of game rustiness or not being fully fit.

21 Jun 2020 14:06:20
That was a painful watch lads. Bam bam a big disappointment especially that fine defending he carried out on the line again if my memory serves me right. Cardiff had played a friendly where as our boys looked sluggish . Mind ya, cut the 2 errors out and we would have got a point. Onwards and upwards to ER and Fulham . MOT.

21 Jun 2020 14:01:37
Undone by two very poor errors, and two great finishes.
Too many players off their game. Poor crossing.
Only Ben White at the races.
Pov and Gotts looked handy.
As deflated as a pierced condom.

21 Jun 2020 13:36:32
I have seen this game before. I know what happens. It always happens. It was never ever in doubt. Shame Bamford didn't use the CV19 break to get some practice in. Lots of talk and FA else.

21 Jun 2020 13:01:03
On dear, it's the old Leeds that needs 20 chances to score but the opposition score because of one mistake. Come on boys get a grip.

21 Jun 2020 13:32:37
Sadly true mezz, jack + paddy very very poor imo today, and sadly the sub situation is a bit baffling again, what does Ian have to do to get a run? Doing nothing up top and Marcelo brings on a wing back?

21 Jun 2020 13:39:06
3 attempts on target 75mins into game . Lovely stuff altogether.

21 Jun 2020 13:41:13
Nowt changes with Leeds or Bamford get ready for the Leeds are falling apart again it could happen.

21 Jun 2020 13:42:04
Done like kippers today, no great harm done today except to pride but can't afford many more days like this.

21 Jun 2020 13:44:57
So much possession and corners, but not a lot to offer in front of goal, and final ball in has been poor. Very disappointing afternoon.

21 Jun 2020 12:56:50
so can we go back to PPG?

in all seriousness it is hard t judge at the moment with everything that has gone on

I thought we played ok, I thought harrision and roberts were very good.

trouble is a lot of our play is wide corsses and cardiff will love that. we need to cut inside and keep ball low (and bamford needs to get the f@@k out of the way)

I am sure most of you think I will jump on Phillips. and you would be correct. of curse he is rusty and the miss placed pass and poor free kicks is understanble (although his free kicks are normally poor) however his in ability to get back, make up the ground and put in a tackle coupled with his late tackle for the yellow card sums up for me all of his short comings. bit like arsenals luiz yes the virus break is an excuse but for me it is same old same old

anyway positive thoughts. leeds to blitz them second hafl and win 1-3.

21 Jun 2020 13:09:57
Your back on KP just like pre corona mate . He may get sent off as his head could be elsewhere re that terrible giveaway . Anyone think keeper could have done better?

21 Jun 2020 13:35:59
kepper could of done better with both sadly. Cooper and Phillips mistakes costing us. all i need now is a beradi sub appearcne leading to a 3rd and red card and we have a BW tri-factor on.

21 Jun 2020 14:19:15
Sorry Bermo got to slightly disagree. Harrison was ok but Roberts was a disappointment sill hopefully Pablo will be back next week. Poveda whilst not turning the game around looked to have potential. I would be strongly considering giving him a run. Finally if only we had another striker, today was just another failed trial for Bamford. I would ask for JKA but just don't know what's happening with him, is he a walking sicknote or maybe just not good enough?

21 Jun 2020 11:42:56
Tyler will star today and score in a win!

21 Jun 2020 11:01:52
Remember on the run in there will be days of despair, there will be days of questioning.
Confidence will ebb and flow; for you know, and I know, to win it with games to spare is just not the LEEDS way!

21 Jun 2020 09:01:22
Who do we think is most likely to get the most points from this 9 game finale. (Not counting us) . Brentford look like they can go on a roll if they take the Baggies.

21 Jun 2020 09:41:23
Brentford looked good yesterday, but how bad were West Ham and Bournemouth? Let's hope we can start well today. Come on you Whites!

21 Jun 2020 00:44:56
Good morning whites fans on a wet Sunday morning. We do have some advantages over here as we can go the pub to watch the football and down a few pints to calm the nerves. I'm stoked that we have got back on the field to hopefully clinch promotion sooner rather than later and to ensure that we cannot add PPG to the anti LUFC chants that resonate at some many grounds.

It does however make life as a Whites fan never dull or boring. So bring on Cardiff and a win to restart our final push. I'm sure that when the day does come that we will have a promotion party here in Sydney anyway. I wish all here all the best and hope all our hearts survive the next few weeks . 2-0 to the whites is my prediction.