Leeds United - v - Blackburn Rovers ***Matchday Thread***

[BelfastAndy]

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Leeds United full-back Barry Douglas (knee) could return after missing the past three games.

On-loan Arsenal striker Eddie Nketiah remains sidelined because of an abdominal injury.

Blackburn boss Tony Mowbray has no new injury or suspension concerns as they look to secure back-to-back wins.

Former Germany midfielder Lewis Holtby (hamstring) played 67 minutes in last week's victory over Sheffield Wednesday and should play again.

Match facts:

In all competitions, Leeds have won five of their past six games against Blackburn (W5 D0 L1).

Blackburn have lost on their past three visits to Elland Road against Leeds in all competitions, after winning three in a row between January 2014 and October 2015.

Leeds have conceded just four goals in open play in the Championship this season - fewer than any other side.

Blackburn have not lost four consecutive away league games since losing six in a row between February and April 2013.

Since the start of October, no Championship player has more assists than Leeds' Jack Harrison (four, level with Niclas Eliasson).

Blackburn manager Tony Mowbray has lost on his past two league visits to Elland Road, losing in December 2012 with Middlesbrough and December 2018 with Blackburn.

2 - 0.

MOT.

[asturianblanco]

will be looking for a link again today Andrew, keep up the good work.....

[alfinyalcabo]

Come on Rovers.. :D

[denver11]

It would be nice to go into the!international break with 3 points for a change.

[BelfastAndy]

will be looking for a link again today Andrew, keep up the good work.....

I'm thinking of starting to charge for my services.....

[Rev72]

Just get the win..can't be doing with a loss and having to wait two tw@tting weeks to put it reet..plus it just makes a miserable old tw@t even more miserable than usual :O

[Rev72]

I'm thinking of starting to charge for my services.....

How much for a blow job? XD :O XD :O

[Rev72]

Come on Rovers.. :D

Come on you Hammers..feckin hammer em!

[Rev72]

Same team as QPR match

[BelfastAndy]

How much for a blow job? XD :O XD :O

Give you a fiver?

[asturianblanco]

andy....

[Rev72]

Give you a fiver?

Put a decent link up and I will think about it :)

[BelfastAndy]

https://tinyurl.com/yxlrjj8j

[BelfastAndy]

May be viruses

[Rev72]

May be viruses

You on about the link or the potential blow job :O

[Rev72]

Right..this is it.

Come on Leeds!!!!!!

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

May be viruses

That’s a bit harsh on Alf

[Rev72]

Preston 1 up.

[ColombianWhite]

Come on Leeds
MOT

[Rev72]

https://www.vipbox.live/leeds-united-vs-blackburn-rovers-1-live

Decent link.

[Rev72]

Passing is a bit poor at the minute

[Rev72]

Get in!!!!!!!!!

[Rev72]

Bamford..lovely finish.

[Billyni]

A penalty and bamford scoring??
Whod av thought of either;:D

[BelfastAndy]

Rev. That link is virus central ffs

[Rev72]

Rev. That link is virus central ffs

Working ok for me pal

[Billyni]

2 ehh

[Rev72]

2-0 !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cherrypie7]

Bamford..lovely finish.
Excellent finish, considering he was a good 12 yards out.

[Rev72]

2-1 ffs poor from Ayling

[Rev72]

Nice bit of cheating by the Black Blackburn player there.

[Billyni]

Nice bit of cheating by the Black Blackburn player there.

Have you got a bit of a stutter Rev?B)

[Rev72]

Have you got a bit of a stutter Rev?B)

Nnnot sssure wwwhat yyyou mmmean bbby ttthat bbbilly.

[denver11]

They're goal was Roberts fault, stupidly lost possession in their half. Apart from the goal, which he got lucky, Harrison been s hit. Has ever went round a man? Roberts has been poor, too dozy with the ball. Still, we're in front at HT. Pablo on for Roberts then if still in fron with 20 mins to go, Douglas for Harrison.

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

thought Roberts and Harrison have done okay.

[asturianblanco]

thanks for the link andy. couple of right w@nkers doing the rovers commentary though...

[Rev72]

Next goal crucial.

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

WBA and Preston both winning so we need 3 pts

[Rev72]

Harrison still trys to take his man on too many times for me..just deliver the fecking ball!

[ColombianWhite]

Doing well, then got sloppy, need another goal to settle this, give Roberts to 65 then bring on Pablo
Come on Leeds
MOT

[denver11]

Those commentators couldn't bring themselves to say it was a pen even after seeing the replays which showed it obviously was. A set piece against us is as good as a pen.

[Rev72]

No changes.

[Rev72]

Have to say at times our passing has been woeful..these commentators are a reet pair of bell-ends!

[ColombianWhite]

thanks for the link andy. couple of right w@nkers doing the rovers commentary though...
Real ****ers slaggig off White clearly have not a clue

[Rev72]

Should be 3-1 up!

[Rev72]

Ref is sh1t!

[WTF11]

How many more times are we going to waste brilliant delivery from free kick and/or corner? Never anyone in the end them!

[WTF11]

Harrison, first touch like a f00king elephant

[WTF11]

Can you be offside from a ball played from your own half?

[Rev72]

We seem more likely to concede from our poor play than them creating something.

[Rev72]

Here comes 'Red Card' Berardi'.

[BelfastAndy]

Nervy

[BelfastAndy]

Very unconvincing

[WTF11]

Here comes 'Red Card' Berardi'.


Or "Bercardi"! See what I did there? >;)>;)

[Rev72]

Or "Bercardi"! See what I did there? >;)>;)

Very good.

May need a few this last 15 mins

[WTF11]

Who are these f00kwit commentators?

[WTF11]

Hernandez on, see if he can work some magic

[Rev72]

My Hemorrhoids are starting to flare up.

[Rev72]

Harrison you greedy tw@t..just square it and its game over ffs!

[WTF11]

Sure as hell wont get any from Harrison, jeesus christ!

[WTF11]

And the feed goes, FFS!

[WTF11]

Rebooted and back! ;D

[Billyni]

A thankful 3 pts.

[WTF11]

Is there supposed to be any semblance of balance from commentators?

[Rev72]

And breathe.....

[Rev72]

Right..see you in 2 weeks for more madness ;D

[ColombianWhite]

3 points I just wish we started finishing teams off, Harrison should have made it 3-1 but still keeps 7s up there
MOT

[asturianblanco]

thought we were poor today, so good win. can anyone explain to me how the boy costa is worth 15m quid?

[denver11]

Don't know how Harrison stays on the pitch. You can see the frustration from the players and Bielsa with him, but he still plays him. He gave Dallas a leg breaker of a pass too. Then the 'cross' that bypassed the box and went out at the other side. I could go on and on. Sheff Wed late equaliser.

[Rev72]

thought we were poor today, so good win. can anyone explain to me how the boy costa is worth 15m quid?

Same kind of explanation needed as to how Jack Harrison is paid 52 grand a week by citeh?

[alfinyalcabo]

W
Come on you Hammers..feckin hammer em!j

We certainly did Hammer the Hammers Rev.. Could have been seven or eight.. Watch MOTD tonight to see two goalkeeping howlers and a cracking Wood goal disallowed by VAR ..

[mick64]

Same kind of explanation needed as to how Jack Harrison is paid 52 grand a week by citeh?

Obviously you weren’t at the game, the team played well as did Harrison. Bit fed up of people always finding negatives instead of highlighting the positives. OK Harrison could have scored another goal or two but FFS we are nicely placed in 3rd and are the best footballing side in the division by a country mile. We could have given Blackburn a real hammering today and on another day would, don’t see us finishing outside the top two MOT.

[norfolk white]

Nice to see a positive thread from someone who was there, and that's not an insult to those who weren't ( including me ).

[WTF11]

Obviously you weren’t at the game, the team played well as did Harrison. Bit fed up of people always finding negatives instead of highlighting the positives. OK Harrison could have scored another goal or two but FFS we are nicely placed in 3rd and are the best footballing side in the division by a country mile. We could have given Blackburn a real hammering today and on another day would, don’t see us finishing outside the top two MOT.

Harrison DID NOT PLAY "WELL

He was greedy, his first touch was like that of a f00king elephant, his passes were appalling and he wasted so many chances to assist I lost count. No I wasnt at ER, but I'm not f00kung blind and I can watch the game as well as anyone else with eyes to see.

The reason we aren't so far ahead in GD is because we have players like Harrison starting week after week for no discernible reason whatsoever.

[UbiqueLUFC33]

Harrison DID NOT PLAY "WELL

He was greedy, his first touch was like that of a f00king elephant, his passes were appalling and he wasted so many chances to assist I lost count. No I wasnt at ER, but I'm not f00kung blind and I can watch the game as well as anyone else with eyes to see.

The reason we aren't so far ahead in GD is because we have players like Harrison starting week after week for no discernible reason whatsoever.

Although Harrison's contribution is assists and goals is far superior to many others - Klich, Roberts, Costa etc.

[WTF11]

Although Harrison's contribution is assists and goals is far superior to many others - Klich, Roberts, Costa etc.

He has played in EVERY f00king match he was available for, the law of averages says jelly do something right some time. Ffs Roberts and Costa have only been available this season! Talk about lies, damned lies and statistics......f00king real life is what relevant on the pitch

[WTF11]

Bloody predictive text...."jelly" equals "eventually"

[UbiqueLUFC33]

Bloody predictive text...."jelly" equals "eventually"

I preferred the "jelly" answer.

[Jezleeds]

Nice to see a positive thread from someone who was there, and that's not an insult to those who weren't ( including me ).

lol

[pete1967b]

Harrison DID NOT PLAY "WELL

He was greedy, his first touch was like that of a f00king elephant, his passes were appalling and he wasted so many chances to assist I lost count. No I wasnt at ER, but I'm not f00kung blind and I can watch the game as well as anyone else with eyes to see.

The reason we aren't so far ahead in GD is because we have players like Harrison starting week after week for no discernible reason whatsoever.

Harrison is frustrating at times, but he does the ugly things also and his work rate is phenomenal, in the main compared to the rest of the team HE DID PLAY WELL AND WAS MAN OF THE MATCH.

[Rev72]

Obviously you weren’t at the game, the team played well as did Harrison. Bit fed up of people always finding negatives instead of highlighting the positives. OK Harrison could have scored another goal or two but FFS we are nicely placed in 3rd and are the best footballing side in the division by a country mile. We could have given Blackburn a real hammering today and on another day would, don’t see us finishing outside the top two MOT.

Watched the game via stream and as usual Harrison worked hard but yet again he tried to take his man on too many times,am I being negative by having a view/opinion on a player???..answer is no..I say it as I see it and its your perogative to either agree or disagree.

Agree we are one of the best Footballing sides in the division..but we said the same thing last season as well.

Hope you are right and we finish top 2.

MOT

[spaldy]

Pains me to say it but think WBA is better right now. We beat them but if we played thdm 10 times i think they would beat us 6 or maybe 7. We are very good and press better than anyone in the league but struggle on finishing. Its why we cant put games away like other teams can in the league

FWIW I think that harrison has the best work rate in tne league. Just tries a lttle too hard to beat his man one on one. However, how many years did we beg for effort and pride in wearing the shirt. Harrison, and this team, have that in spades

[asturianblanco]

just missing the creative spark that Pablo brings, fact is we have been winning in his absence whilst not convincing.I'll take that, because sometimes when Hernandez is out injured, we come off the rails completely. Regarding the 2 wingers, both have certain qualitites, but its a shame that neither seems to have the ability to frequenty get round the last man and whip a killer ball in, something which is an important part of a wingers repetiore.
Feel we have to make space for the Arsenal lad in the side too, otherwise its goals that will cost us promotion, same as last year.

[UbiqueLUFC33]

just missing the creative spark that Pablo brings, fact is we have been winning in his absence whilst not convincing.I'll take that, because sometimes when Hernandez is out injured, we come off the rails completely. Regarding the 2 wingers, both have certain qualitites, but its a shame that neither seems to have the ability to frequenty get round the last man and whip a killer ball in, something which is an important part of a wingers repetiore.
Feel we have to make space for the Arsenal lad in the side too, otherwise its goals that will cost us promotion, same as last year.

Fair comment but, as I think we are all aware of, there isn't much point in a killer ball without someone to get on the end of it and finish it off. If we had someone like Wood in the middle then the crosses would be valuable.

[denver11]

I suggest people go to the LUFC highlights and look at Klichs reaction to BOTH Harrison's misses in the 2nd half. That's exactly how I felt.

[UbiqueLUFC33]

I suggest people go to the LUFC highlights and look at Klichs reaction to BOTH Harrison's misses in the 2nd half. That's exactly how I felt.

Surely not the same Klich that volleys over the crossbar from 4 yards out? ;)

[asturianblanco]

Fair comment but, as I think we are all aware of, there isn't much point in a killer ball without someone to get on the end of it and finish it off. If we had someone like Wood in the middle then the crosses would be valuable.

funny how things pan out, i remember being the only defender of Wood on here when everyone said he was cr@p....

[pete1967b]

funny how things pan out, i remember being the only defender of Wood on here when everyone said he was cr@p....

Not me...

[Billyni]

Bamford needs to learn how to score off his bum and his shins like Woods did during his best season.

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

T
funny how things pan out, i remember being the only defender of Wood on here when everyone said he was cr@p....

Wood was symptomatic is the way the club was run. We seemingly bought players without thought to their skills, the system we played and how they would fit in together.

he didn’t really have the players in the team to bring the best out of him but not sure he has been close to 30 goals since

[BelfastAndy]

Bamford needs to learn how to score off his bum and his shins like Woods did during his best season.

'Wood'.....

[alfinyalcabo]

'Wood'.....

perhaps we should call him Billynis Andy..

[BelfastAndy]

Yeah, or just Billy the ballroot.....

[Billyni]

'Wood'.....

Are you making a wish Andrew?