Ratings & Reactions: Leeds v Villa

[Enda]

4 minutes ago, thunderball said:

But it’s not about “concluding”, it’s about what he has actually seen and as he didn’t elbow him in the nose as he gestured to the ref he has had a player sent off for something that didn’t happen and could not therefore be seen

If you can't see my point at this stage we'll have to just leave it 

[romavillan]

11 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said:

Phillips really does want a smack in the mouth for that. The more you see it, the more you can see it's him thinking he's clever.

I hope he does his ACL getting out of the bath.

 

Yeah it's filth, he does basically tell the villa players around him that it's going out, then slips the through ball through like he's the smartest of the smartarses.

[mjmooney]

My Leeds-supporting son-in-law is coming round this afternoon. Words may be exchanged. 

[OutByEaster?]

It doesn't help that Klit was also offside for the goal apparently. 

 

[CharlieAitken59]

Apart from the obvious unsporting behaviour I think Klich was well offside!

[romavillan]

1 minute ago, OutByEaster? said:

It doesn't help that Klit was also offside for the goal apparently. 

 

Thought that immediately when he receives it he's a couple of yards off, not sure when the ball gets played. Great day all round for the assistant if he was off when the genius pops the bal through.

[hippo]

I thought we were poor in the final 3rd. We need TA fit so badly. ....and Steer

[screwdriver]

Connor Hourihane was fantastic in his reaction to the leeds goal. I've always thought he didn't really give a shit but that was tremendous.

I thought we were very comfortable today and we could of nicked it Kodjia has had a few sniffs and was getting nearer. We were easily the better side in the first half.

2nd Leeds pushed up the pitch and smith didn't take action. but we still looked like we could do something.

Very suprised that bielsa ordered his side to conceed. That derby training ground incident must have rattled him? or does he have links to spread betting gangs in china?

I would have thought Sky Sports would want the title race to go down to the wire?

I would have been pissed off if Villa manager did that and it cost us automatic promotion to the premier league.

[Jareth]

3 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said:

It doesn't help that Klit was also offside for the goal apparently. 

 

I was trying to find him on screen but kept missing him, the wife was spot on though. 

[Thug]

3 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said:

It doesn't help that Klit was also offside for the goal apparently. 

 

Yh, the linesman missed THAT

[sne]

Just chatted with a buddy of mine who is a Leeds fan but who wasn't able to see the game.

Word on the Leeds forums is that Grealish is a diving cheat apparently

Showed him the goal and all the brouhaha and he said it was the most bonkers thing he ever seen.

[CharlieAitken59]

3 minutes ago, mjmooney said:

My Leeds-supporting son-in-law is coming round this afternoon. Words may be exchanged. 

Try not to kill him as you'll miss the play-offs!

[Thug]

Just now, CharlieAitken59 said:

Try not to kill him as you'll miss the play-offs!

Do it.

They show the football in prisons these days.

Prison aint what is used to be

Edited April 28, 2019 by Thug

[Delphinho123]

My take on things!

Leeds. Leeds are a good side and I wouldn’t want to face them over two legs. They press well and play with a good intensity. I thought we held our own but they nullified Grealish and in turn, nullified our attack. 

The goal. Make no mistake, it was a disgrace. I’m all for ‘playing to the whistle’ but that’s not the argument here really. The Leeds player slowed the game down with 3 Villa players around him as if to kick it out and then played a through ball instead. Nice one, mate. Klich (If that’s how you spell it) took it well and looks a decent player. 

The melee that followed. Inevitable. You can’t score a goal like that and not expect it to kick off. Bamford embarrasses himself with El Ghazi the victim. I’m fairly sure it will be overturned but absolutely no retrospective action will be taken against Bamford which is a separate discussion. I’m hoping the incident fires El Ghazi up for the playoffs.

Our goal. World class. I lost count, but Adomah took it round at least 7 players before beating the keeper at his near post. Justice served. 

The performance. Mings and Tuanzebe were the best players on the pitch. What a pairing that has the potential to be. If we go up, we should absolutely be looking to make those two permanent, or at least keep them together for another 12 months. I can’t see it myself as Bournemouth wont let him go. At least, they would be stupid to. The other players were all a bit meh, no real stand out performers with everyone chipping in to keep the score line at 1-1.

The injuries. I’m not too sure who even ended the game but the priority must be to start the playoffs with Mings, Grealish, McGinn, Tuanzebe, Abraham and El Ghazi. They are our most important players at present and we must wrap them in cotton wool for the Norwich game albeit I don’t think we will!

All in all, a great advert for the championship today. That match, even before it was played, is bigger than most premier league fixtures. Both teams should really be in the Premier League.

UTV. 

[Jareth]

5 minutes ago, mjmooney said:

My Leeds-supporting son-in-law is coming round this afternoon. Words may be exchanged. 

he could say he'd cheated on her, or slept with a horse, but there is no reason to def him off more than what you just said. 

[Delphouneso]

Phillips is getting a lot of stick here - not that he doesn't deserve it for other reasons - but it was Roberts that feigned putting the ball out.

[Spoony]

12 minutes ago, thunderball said:

But it’s not about “concluding”, it’s about what he has actually seen and as he didn’t elbow him in the nose as he gestured to the ref he has had a player sent off for something that didn’t happen and could not therefore be seen

Harsh on the linesman that. He probably thought he did see him elbow him in the face, as a lot of us would at full speed.

The lino isn’t the one at fault here. It’s the cheating player, who has tried to con the referees and succeeded.

[thunderball]

In fairness, we struggled to get any rhythm due to Leeds man-marking and pressing tactics, but Leeds looked a bit toothless and we defended well. 

I feel Grealish plays better with Whelan at the moment, and Kodjia hasn’t seemed to have adjusted to our system and looks a misfit, Davis would have fared better, but I expected Kodj to offer a lot more threat today than he did (which was none).

if we face them at Wembley it will be very tough unless we bring our A-game, unlike last May. I also want Grealish to step up and prove his doubters wrong, one thing for certain, he is now Leeds pantomime villain. Incidentally, what’s all the fuss about Hernandez, he looked ordinary, he also looks like my cousin who is serving 6 concurrent life sentences.

[Thug]

I've been a big supporter of Kodjia, but I have to admit, we're toothless with him up top.

It's like a  whole dimension to our game goes missing.

Tammy has his flaws but he brings so much to the team.

 

[CharlieAitken59]

2 minutes ago, Thug said:

Do it.

They show the football in prisons these days.

Prison aint what is used to be

Are you Paul Mitchell in disguise?