The Official Leeds United Thread

[Killer2005]

Some of the comments towards her have gone a bit too far, and the club have rightly condemned those.

However she made a rediculous comment about how we achieved promotion and she should be called out for it. The Leeds United social media page has done the same with other pudits so she should be treated equally.

[irocfan]

I must admit that I did wonder whether I was missing something. Pundit has a pop, club point out that the pundit might not be 100% correct and suddenly they're the unreasonable ones!

Karen indeed!

[antspants]

irocfan said:

I must admit that I did wonder whether I was missing something. Pundit has a pop, club point out that the pundit might not be 100% correct and suddenly they're the unreasonable ones!

Karen indeed!

Me too, I saw the article and thought "ooh I wonder what the club said" then read it... is that it???

She's entitled to her opinion whether it's right or wrong, but like any pundit if she puts it out there then I'm sure she would expect conflicting opinions in return. Has she actually said if she's bothered by the tweet from the club, or is it just typical mock outrage from others making a fuss out of nothing?

[hepy]

I’m a Blackburn supporter and Leeds were easily the best side we played over the last two seasons, and should have been promoted in 2019. Bielsa probably failed deliberately as part of some master plan.

Love the way Leeds play, and the fact they’re not just trying to finish 4th from bottom.

Hope you batter Chelsea next time, just to upset Lampard.

[BrabusMog]

antspants said:

irocfan said:

I must admit that I did wonder whether I was missing something. Pundit has a pop, club point out that the pundit might not be 100% correct and suddenly they're the unreasonable ones!

Karen indeed!

Me too, I saw the article and thought "ooh I wonder what the club said" then read it... is that it???

She's entitled to her opinion whether it's right or wrong, but like any pundit if she puts it out there then I'm sure she would expect conflicting opinions in return. Has she actually said if she's bothered by the tweet from the club, or is it just typical mock outrage from others making a fuss out of nothing?

Must be mock outrage - she made a quite disrespectful comment and was pulled up on it. People weighing in with sexist comments isn’t really helpful but I’d have been fuming if I was involved with the promotion last season and heard someone say it was potentially down to the lockdown.

[JNW1]

Well, after a good performance at WBA it was back to earth with a bit of a bump yesterday. We didn't seem to create much in the final third and couldn't manage to take any of our (limited) opportunities; in contrast Spurs punished us for our mistakes and ran out easy winners in the only statistic that matters.

Yet another goal conceded from a set piece and, much as I like Meslier as a shot stopper, he doesn't inspire confidence either on crosses or with his distribution - his poor clearance caused the penalty for the first goal yesterday and I thought he got away with one or two dodgy moments against both Burnley and WBA as well. I do think he has potential for the future but can't help wondering if he's a bit out of his depth at the moment; I accept not having experienced central defenders in front of him isn't helping just now but even so.....

[dxbtiger]

I can forgive Meslier, he seems good enough that I can't see that same sort of error happening much beyond this, it ultimately cost us a goal and he'll hate that.

Utterly lost what Rodrigo brings to the side in honesty.

[Drezza]

Rodrigo is a good player, got us the draw with Man City and chips in now and then with goals. I've seen people criticise him for lack of goals for a striker but seems to play more like an attacking midfielder. I'm not sure he's that much better than Shackleton though, would've preferred De Paul for similar money to play in that role.

[Killer2005]

Drezza said:

Rodrigo is a good player, got us the draw with Man City and chips in now and then with goals. I've seen people criticise him for lack of goals for a striker but seems to play more like an attacking midfielder. I'm not sure he's that much better than Shackleton though, would've preferred De Paul for similar money to play in that role.

Unfortunately for us, I think Rodrigos best position is as a 9 but we have Bamford banging them in so clearly not going to move him out.

So the best position for him is a little deeper which means taking Pablos spot, and given his age Rodrigo is the better option to start with Pablo coming off the bench if he is needed.

[snotrag]

Casilla. Seriously!

It's not like we can keep saying "he's only young though" like with Meslier!

[Killer2005]

Well this is a mess.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

snotrag said:

Casilla. Seriously!

Comedy keeping

[Byker28i]

What a second half. Leeds were second to every ball, Crawley well deserved the win

[dxbtiger]

Furious. All sits on Bielsa this one, talked about the purity of the Cup them makes those half time subs and doesn't leave a CF on the pitch?

Brings Greenwood on and persists with Harrison up top?

Kiko needs to die, no one will buy him.

We talk about how close our u23s are to the first team but they are not good enough in the main, even against league 2.

Still no idea where the value in Rodders is.

If we lose Meslier, KP or Bamford for any significant stretch we are fked.

Hope Radz has a stern word with MB about tonight, made us look absolute tts, we have room the the season for a cup run.

[JNW1]

Least said about that the better. Thought we were if anything the better team in the first half but the substitutions at half-time didn't work and we were also rans in the second half. I wasn't actually that bothered about a cup run as for me staying in the PL is the priority this season; however, the manner of the defeat this afternoon was, to be honest, a touch embarrassing.

And Casilla was dreadful; IMO at fault for their first two goals and personally I'd be delighted to see him gone in the current transfer window - just a shame that in all probability nobody will be daft enough to buy him.

[Zad]

Shame it was like that, but...



Hopefully that will help to move some dead wood out, and concentrate minds on more important matters this year.

[Pieman68]

Can anyone tell me what Costa brings to us? From what I've seen of him if he's worth £15 million I'd be worth about £3m - and I'm a 46 year old overweight prop forward

[Killer2005]

Pieman68 said:

Can anyone tell me what Costa brings to us? From what I've seen of him if he's worth £15 million I'd be worth about £3m - and I'm a 46 year old overweight prop forward

I think he can be decent given a run in the team. He's got Raphinha and Harrison in front of him at, the moment so he's not going to get that run.

[Drezza]

I don't rate Costa either, far too easily knocked off the ball and not very good at tracking back. Bit of a championship panic buy I reckon.

[JNW1]

Killer2005 said:

Pieman68 said:

Can anyone tell me what Costa brings to us? From what I've seen of him if he's worth £15 million I'd be worth about £3m - and I'm a 46 year old overweight prop forward

I think he can be decent given a run in the team. He's got Raphinha and Harrison in front of him at, the moment so he's not going to get that run.

I'm not a Costa fan either I'm afraid - there was a reason Wolves were prepared to let him go and personally I just don't think he's a decent standard PL player. Not worth anything like the £15m we paid for him and in addition to the names you've mentioned I'd also have him behind Poveda for a place in the starting line-up.