Zatman Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 4 minutes ago, avfcDJ said: Pundits when Leeds go down: “is now the time to award a trophy for going down? Leeds certainly deserve one for their incredible performances” One of the greatest relegations in football history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 1 hour ago, av1 said: The best thing about this implosion is that the media and more importantly the Leeds fans still love him, so he isn’t going to get sacked. 4 pages in 3 hours on Leeds forum "Is it time?" Most blaming recruitment guy but lot complaining about murderball and man marking and easy to play against. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 They've only beaten Norwich, Watford and Palace this season, and even then it took a penalty four minutes into injury time to beat Palace. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancvillan Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 1 hour ago, MaVilla said: tbf its not just Phillips is it?, arent they missing something like 7 players? Yeah but the stat that they have an average of 1.6 points per game with him vs 0.5 without is pretty indicative of how important he is. Most teams can sustain a few injuries and not be absolute dog shit, but Leeds look lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Quote Leeds fan arrested in connection to alleged racist abuse of Arsenal players Police have arrested a Leeds supporter in connection to alleged racist abuse of Arsenal players during this evening's match at Elland Road. The Athletic understands that the players targeted by the alleged racist abuse were the substitutes Nicolas Pepe and Nuno Tavares and that it happened while they were warming up in the corner to the left of the dugouts in the first half. The Arsenal substitute Rob Holding was pictured talking to the fourth official before a member of Leeds staff was notified. Leeds have confirmed that an investigation is underway and that one arrest has been made in connection to the allegation. A Leeds statement said: “Racism will not be tolerated at Leeds United and any supporter found to be using racist language will be subject to a life time ban for all Leeds United games.” https://theathletic.com/news/leeds-fan-arrested-in-connection-to-alleged-racist-abuse-of-arsenal-players/qf93AsJDz57Z/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 9 minutes ago, Vancvillan said: Yeah but the stat that they have an average of 1.6 points per game with him vs 0.5 without is pretty indicative of how important he is. Most teams can sustain a few injuries and not be absolute dog shit, but Leeds look lost. They used to say Villa were a one man team They also said he was a show pony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 26 minutes ago, sne said: https://theathletic.com/news/leeds-fan-arrested-in-connection-to-alleged-racist-abuse-of-arsenal-players/qf93AsJDz57Z/ Good - charge them, ban them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 This might be the least experienced bench ever in PL history? Got a decision to make here; either St Marcelo gets over the 'prefers to work with a smaller squad' thing, or they run the real risk of relegation. This bench ain't it lads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 That £30m on Dan James looks great in hindsight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moustache of Teale Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nepal_villan Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Arteta was pretty much left for dead and has turned things around. Not ready to write-off Leeds and Bielsa just yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Shomin Geki Posted December 19, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 19, 2021 2 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: This might be the least experienced bench ever in PL history? Got a decision to make here; either St Marcelo gets over the 'prefers to work with a smaller squad' thing, or they run the real risk of relegation. This bench ain't it lads. Sometimes a pop star, surfing on a wave of self-importance, releases an album ostensibly crafted by a flamboyant alter ego. The dark or wild side of said pop star is explored. Nay eviscerated. It is a boundary-pushing deconstruction of a life smelted under the searing lights of ultra modern hyper fame. I'm astonished one 'Crysencio Summerville' has yet to be essayed over a bloated 72 minutes of over-produced, autotuned 'bangers'. As for Leeds... well, it's just heartbreaking that the wonderful uncertainty and randomness of football simply won't bend to the will of its most beautiful and visionary theorists. If somebody can recreate the final episode of Blackadder with messrs Klich, Ayling and Bamford slo-mo fading onto an empty field of misspent sweat we can all get the closure we deserve. 3 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 8 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: This might be the least experienced bench ever in PL history? Got a decision to make here; either St Marcelo gets over the 'prefers to work with a smaller squad' thing, or they run the real risk of relegation. This bench ain't it lads. They’re very unlucky with injuries (or maybe over-trained? No idea) - I think they’ve got 12 squad players out which is pretty ridiculous and just gets heightened when the squad isn’t that big in the first place… …but that bench absolutely IS it. Personally, think they should play them until the end of the season to blood them into PL football properly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Yeah their injury list is absolutely ridiculous, no mid table team have a squad big enough to cope with that level of missing players. A Covid pause to the season would be very welcomed for them. Feels like a big risk/chance that Bielsa will be gone in the summer or before that and that the likes of Phillips and Raphinha will follow him out the door. Not sure how they would cope with that even if those 2 will bring in a lot of dosh. Rodrigo is 31 in a couple moths, Cooper and Ayling too. It's not a total disaster as the squad is still OK-ish with some OK-ish younger players but they probably need to strike gold with the next manager appointment too or they will be in (even more) trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted December 19, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 19, 2021 good to see a pundit (souness) finally lay into bielsa. "what's more important to him? playing good football or getting results" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 One thing I’ll say about Leeds fans is that they stay with their team. Had a few good hidings this season but still back them until the end . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Zatman Posted December 19, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 19, 2021 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Rugeley Villa said: One thing I’ll say about Leeds fans is that they stay with their team. Had a few good hidings this season but still back them until the end . They haven't posted on here the main Leeds forum for weeks Edited December 19, 2021 by Zatman 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWARLEY2 Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Bielsa is a good man with the correct moral compass. Bielsa is a shit manager with the incorrect tactics to luck out and survive multiple seasons without threatening injuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 My message to cheer up and give Leeds' fans hope: You've lost just four of the last ten, but those defeats were to Spurs, Chelsea, Man City and on form Arsenal, Chelsea games was a valiant effort, and Arsenal and Man City will beat other teams by similar scorelines never mind teams missing many of their key players. You're still five points clear of the botttom three, yes Watford and Burnley have games in hand, but Watford have lost seven of the last nine, and I don't think games being called off will help their situation, both had a favorable run of fixtures coming up which could well have presented them with a good chance of going on a run, if those games are now to be called off and rearranged at random dates spread across the season rather than one after the other then that takes away the chance they might have had to build some momentum from those games. Some important players to return from injury, the small squad is always going to be a problem, but should have enough to at least finish above three teams in the league this season, in fact a lower to midtable finish is still what I'd expect. But my warning would be that need to strengthen in January and try and spend more wisely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Latest links are Weston McKennie and that Brereton guy from Blackburn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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