Leeds United - v - Birmingham City ***Matchday Thread***

[BelfastAndy]

Andy going on hole too. Someone add pre-match review please. MOT. 3 - 0 again!


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[Tichi1]

Hope to put one over old 'Arry tomorrow night - should do, but he like Warnock has been a bit of a bogey man for us in recent seasons

2-0

[costa_blanca_white]

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LEEDS UNITED will host Birmingham City on Tuesday night knowing victory could put them top of the Championship table – depending how current leaders Cardiff City fare at Preston.
Harry Redknapp fielded six debutants in Saturday’s 1-0 defeat to Norwich City so it’s not easy to second-guess his line-up tonight but Birmingham’s midfield will doubtless be warned about the havoc wreaked by Pablo Hernandez against Burton on Saturday.
Hernandez’s free role was a mystery to Albion and set them up for a hammering. Can Birmingham keep him quiet?
Birmingham's danger man appears to be Jota - Middlesbrough wanted him, Birmingham got him for £6m and very few Championship managers would say no to the opportunity to bring Jota on board. The Spaniard’s skill and versatility shone through in his career at Brentford and his ability to both score and create goals should not catch anyone at Leeds unawares. Norwich kept him in check over the weekend.

The last encounter at Elland road finished Leeds United 1 Birmingham City 2 so we will be hoping to fare better this time around.

MOT

[t_bird7982]

I just got banned from the Birmingham forum (not Footy Mad) for registering & then posting a 3-0 win to us on their game-day thread :O:P not a friendly lot.... :D:D

[Orgoner]

2-0 to us

[BelfastAndy]

I just got banned from the Birmingham forum (not Footy Mad) for registering & then posting a 3-0 win to us on their game-day thread :O:P not a friendly lot.... :D:D

Lol!

[pilgrimwhite]

Wiedwald, Ayling, Jansson, Cooper, Anita, O'Kane, Phillips, Alioski, Saiz, Hernandez, Lasogga.

[pilgrimwhite]

Subs: Lonergan, Berardi, Vieira, Roofe, Dallas, Cibicki, Grot

[pilgrimwhite]

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/k-s-sports

[t_bird7982]

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/k-s-sports

:star:

[CromerWhite]

Get the feck in

[CromerWhite]

1-0 Saiz

[galwaywhite]

Decent first half again, brummie having a lot more ball than burton but we've been playing some good stuff. 1-0 can't complain come on leeds

[OldWhiteTaff]

Need another goal early in 2nd half, and maybe Roofe for Alioski quite soon in ?

[magnificowhite]

Cardiff losing so top of the pile at mo.

[Jezleeds]

I'd appreciate a second goal please. :s

[magnificowhite]

Antonsson scores again for Blackburn.

[OldWhiteTaff]

Yep the longer this stays 1-0 the more Brum are going to come at us, this is going to be a proper challenge, lets see what we're really made of.

[CromerWhite]

Antonsson scores again for Blackburn.

Chuffed for him, never got a fair crack of the whip with our system last year.

Way it goes I suppose.

[Rev72]

2nd goal needed asap.

[Jezleeds]

Listening to this it sounds like Weidwald isn't having a great game.

[Rev72]

They have a goal disallowed for off side.. :s

[Rev72]

Backs to the wall time lads.

[magnificowhite]

Preston 3 up now come on Leeds . One more to calm the nerves.

[Rev72]

Last 10..Dallas on..come on you whites.

[ColombianWhite]

Backs to the wall time lads.
Come on lads stay strong
MOT

[Rev72]

5 mins to go..not that i'm counting like :O

[OldWhiteTaff]

This is going to be a f00kin long 5 minutes.... We've looked tired this half

[Rev72]

kin ell 5 mins injury time

*The Rev pours himself a rather large whisky*

[Jezleeds]

there will be a lot of games like this this year, and we need to win them to go up auto - will be a telling 5 mins of injury time as to what kind of season we have

[magnificowhite]

Get in

[Jezleeds]

you f ing beauty

[magnificowhite]

Dallas you beauty

[ColombianWhite]

Stuarty Dallas
Get In
Come on Leeds
MOT
;D

[Rev72]

you lot worry too much :D


GET IN YOU FECKIN BEAUTY LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CromerWhite]

Oh my god, get in, Dallas

[Jezleeds]

there will be a lot of games like this this year, and we need to win them to go up auto - will be a telling 5 mins of injury time as to what kind of season we have

I like what this injury time has told us.

[Billyni]

Stuarty my boy :D:D

[OldWhiteTaff]

Thank f00k for that !!! fkn outstanding, this is the type of performance I really wanted to see, a hard fought hard battled proper tough Championship win against a tough opponent. The sort of game we'd have lost in any of the last ten years. Brilliant !!!

[ColombianWhite]

Top of the league
MOT !!

[magnificowhite]

A gritty win puts us top of the league and another clean sheet.
MOT

[do_ron]

Great result well done Dallas, top of the pile MOT

[Billyni]

Whats goin on, dont we usually concede in added time. Im scared im gonna wake up and its still last season.

[Rev72]

Top of the league
MOT !!

Top of the League..beautiful B)

[fredlufc74]

I don't fear the last 10 minutes anymore as this team doesn't try and defend a 1 goal lead. We actually go out and try and score more. How many goals have we scored late on this season already.

Well Done team and management for their workrate and vision.

[fredlufc74]

12 points clear of relegation spots!!!!!!!!! ;D

[Rev72]

12 points clear of relegation spots!!!!!!!!! ;D

11 more wins and I think we will be safe :)

[Tichi1]

Just back - nail biter tonight - well second half anyway - but we showed true grit and resillience - something we haven't seen for a few seasons - dig in get the result - oh and the keeper did his bit tonight - whats that now....6 clean sheets on the spin for this untested German muppet?
Inspired substitutions, and a good move in giving Dallas a new contract - the work rate we are showing to perform as we are will mean that we have to rotate players to rest them - especially when the games are coming thick and fast.

I keep marvelling at the improvement in Cooper since making him captain - he has deserved his place in every game he has played and it's a shame he may miss out at Milwall

The team are doing us proud - as are the crowd - 31000+ tonight for a midweek game FFS!

Away on me jollies tomorrow so will miss the next couple but hopefully we will ease past Millwall and Burnley....

[Sheffield Utd are the other surprise team so far this season don't you think?]

Where's Wally?[Funny how he's suddenly vanished?] not heard from him since we went on this winning streak LOL, Oh and the **** team Preston that we could only manage a draw against stuffed the top team [now second] tonight - putting us well clear, when was the last time we where top of the Championship?? O:)O:)

[galwaywhite]

Super result and a good performance in a tight dogged game. Every player showed they are prepared to fight and work hard for the team. Another clean sheet as well
A different type of win to sat but just as impressive for me. MOT

[MrsORichSenior]

Another great team performance - looked jaded but an inspired substitutution as well.Terrific to be top !
Coped well when we had to reorganise too.
Different perch for me tonight in WS upper corner block as Saturday was in ES lower central and we really do move well as a team - balanced with pace and always players available ............ Difficult to judge our new keeper but appears to be sound although I've not seen him pressured yet.Another great crowd too so Millwall 'ere WE come.

Still positive & really excited to see how we do this Saturday (my first away day this season).Will be interesting to see if the team is 'freshened' up too and if it is what effect it may have on our momentum.

MOT

[BelfastAndy]

Brill! Was unable to listen or see result on the high seas. Good to wake up to!

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

This is exactly the sort of game we would have lost or drawn in the recent past - I really liked TC's post game comments too. Hopefully, this is the season the touch paper has been lit!

MOT

[CLIVETHELEEDSFAN]

Pleased to get one over redknapp as well, I actually rate him as a manager but his comments were bitter and he just complained about his late signings, probably due to what happened to de Boer being sacked after 5 games, that beats cellinos record lol

[leedsutdman]

Pleased to get one over redknapp as well, I actually rate him as a manager but his comments were bitter and he just complained about his late signings, probably due to what happened to de Boer being sacked after 5 games, that beats cellinos record lol

I really don't like Arry sadsack it looks like someone's set fire to his face and put it out with a golf shoe. 😠😡

[t_bird7982]

I really don't like Arry sadsack it looks like someone's set fire to his face and put it out with a golf shoe. 😠😡

haha XDXD

[whitestomper45]

I really don't like Arry sadsack it looks like someone's set fire to his face and put it out with a golf shoe. ����

He received serious facial injuries when injured in a fatal motor accident in Italy 1990 during World Cup, which killed former Villa player Brian Tiler.
Harry hasn't been lucky with motors... he managed to badly injure his wife, dragging her along the road as her foot got stuck in his famous Range Rover about a year back.

[pilgrimwhite]

10 minute highlights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBUuMsJMzRk

[pilgrimwhite]

or watch the full game

https://www.leedsunited.com/video/89479/full-90-leeds-united-v-birmingham-city

[Billyni]

10 minute highlights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBUuMsJMzRk

You can even see Wieldwald making a save.

[OldWhiteTaff]

Jeez our goal led a charmed life at times, against a team with better attacking players we'd have probably been in a bit more trouble, and Brum got behind us worryingly regularly, and also won high balls knocked forward a bit too easily for my liking. I do think we are still very much a work in progress, and will actually get a better as this season progresses, which is of course a very good thing given where we are now !

(and is it heresy on here to say that I'm really still not convinced by Wiedwald)

[fredlufc74]

Jeez our goal led a charmed life at times, against a team with better attacking players we'd have probably been in a bit more trouble, and Brum got behind us worryingly regularly, and also won high balls knocked forward a bit too easily for my liking. I do think we are still very much a work in progress, and will actually get a better as this season progresses, which is of course a very good thing given where we are now !

(and is it heresy on here to say that I'm really still not convinced by Wiedwald)

I think the team will improve over the course of the season.

No, It's not heresy to say that. I think quite a few have doubts about him. But with each clean sheet, confidence will build within the back 5.

Might be that because of last season he lacked quite a bit of confidence with the amount that went passed him but it is a team game.

A lot are saying he really hasn't been tested but that in my eyes is a positive to our defence plus I quite like his distribution.

[OldWhiteTaff]

Definitely agree re. his distribution, which given the style of play and the performances of the last four games is probably as important (if not moreso) than how good he is at keeping goal ! And he's by and large done everything he's needed to, and not dropped any costly clangers, so no problem ! And lets be honest, Rob Green hardly started last season in commanding form........

[Rev72]

Cheers for the highlights pilgrim..our goal lived a charmed life at times but to be fair brum are in a false position and it wouldn't surprise me if they are in the mix at the end of the season as they have got some quality players,a cracking result for us all things considered.

Some real testing games to come in this month and October..bring it on!

[george_kaplan]

Right on Rev :) sounds like song!

We are at present a scalp for sure, can work both ways though, this guy gets the right attitude into our squad, which I think he is doing we will be hard to break down. Early doors for sure and as we all know this is a honest league. So far so good, getting the results and doing it in style, all round our club looks like the real deal at long, long last! As you say we have some battles to sort out, bring em on...