Leeds United - v - Brentford ***Matchday Thread***

[WTF11]

To not get at least 5 points from our last 3 games is really not good enough. We have wasted a real opportunity to pull clear from the survival pack. Current form is a real worry and we just don't look like scoring , 4 pts from a possible 18 is relegation form.

The next run of games for those in the mire ,

Scum v Leeds
West Ham v Wolves
Scabs v Villa
Sunderland v Spurs

We won't get feck all at scum.
West Ham will beat Wolves
Good time to play Villa so fancy they will get 1-3 pts.
Sunderland are dreadful but so are Spurs , 1-1 draw.

Calling it now , we are sleepwalking back to the Championship.

That's as maybe, results like today make any prediction "difficult", to say the least!

Thing is, even if we survive, is it credible to suggest that we won't be in exactly the same position at the end of season 26/7?

[norfolk white]

Exactly, if we do by hook or by crook survive, and I really don’t think we will, then I believe we will be in this same position again next season, battling for survival week upon week is not enjoyable, but going down all we’ll be doing is trying to get back to where we are now, basically I’m losing interest rapidly and thinking what’s the point in all this.

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

We should be pretty much save by now if we had taken the opportunities by being a bit more bold in selection and tactics on the pitch.

Tanaka was excellent when he came on and James showed that he can me more direct and effective than Aaronson.

Still not sure what Gnonto has to do to get minutes Farke must be killing his soil.

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

Tanaka was excellent when he came on and James a a lot more effective than Aaronson. Not sure what Gnonto has to do to get game minutes - Farke is ruining him.

[MrsORichSenior_]

its the implementation of Law 3 which requires a team to have a goalkeeper at all times,Billy.

any player can replace a keeper but a team is never forced to operate with a temporary empty net while a keeper is treated off field so is exempted from the removal rules that state outfield players must leave the pitch after receiving on field treatment, the goalkeeper is specifically exempt from this requirement by the International Football Association Board, IFAB.

certainly Farke would not accept that from one of his players faking injury as an excuse for a tactical chit chat but have seen enough oppo coaches screaming at fourth officials of our current keeper holding onto the ball for an alleged more than eight seconds which is now punished with a corner for the opposition. all rules rightly introduced to clamp down on time wasting, so for some coaches all those elements appear to be now taken advantage of Billy.

certainly most keepers of character would not feign injury and certainly not my son who has suffered a broken nose, teeth and a ruptured testicle to name a few all successfully healed now.

MOT

[spaldy]

Kelleher is a stain on football. The whole tactic is reprehensible.

Simple is better in this case. You go down without any contact you have to be replaced for the match. Allows the coach to still do it but there is a cost. If you've used up all your subs then it's a field player. No exceptions. if you go down after contact you must sub out until the next corner kick. if a foul is called on the offense on the contact play then rule does not apply.

Even VAR / prem refs can't screw up something this simple and straightforward.

[spaldy]

Of course, as always, these rules don't apply to Leeds opponents or any future "super league" teams.

[spaldy]

Tanaka was excellent when he came on and James a a lot more effective than Aaronson. Not sure what Gnonto has to do to get game minutes - Farke is ruining him.

+1

I think we stay up since we have the best defense of the relegation battling teams. I think that Farke has a lot to do with that. However, his player management skills on offense are as bad as any prem coaches. it's crazy how much Tanaka changes a game tempo and James bothered them right away. I have no idea what Gnonto did to get himself banished and we've lost Longstaff somewhere along the road.

we've become "stale" with the same players over and over and other teams know it. You can see their confusion when we sub in the above mentioned players.

It's also time to sit DCL, Aaronson and Gruev and give someone else a chance. Bijol shouldn't sit another minute on the bench this season. He's a superstar in the making.

Darlow is very solid

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

Crikey I?d forgotten about Longstaff who was also excellent against Norwich.

Farke has done pretty well this season but often it seems despite himself.

Needs to throw off some of the caution and negativity. Wolves and Burnley are there to be won but not if we play like we did against Brentford and Sunderland.

[norfolk white]

Wolves and Burnley will have nothing to play for but pride when we play them, which means they will play without fear, both will be difficult games

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

Wolves and Burnley will have nothing to play for but pride when we play them, which means they will play without fear, both will be difficult games

We are in the best position and have the easiest run in of those trying to avoid 18th.

Completely in our hands now.

[ozleeds]

We are in the best position and have the easiest run in of those trying to avoid 18th.

Completely in our hands now.

We farked than lol

[MrsORichSenior_]

Kelleher is a stain on football. The whole tactic is reprehensible.

Simple is better in this case. You go down without any contact you have to be replaced for the match. Allows the coach to still do it but there is a cost. If you've used up all your subs then it's a field player. No exceptions. if you go down after contact you must sub out until the next corner kick. if a foul is called on the offense on the contact play then rule does not apply.

Even VAR / prem refs can't screw up something this simple and straightforward.

I see Dermot Gallagher stated the ref cannot do anything because God forbid if the referee says get up and the goalkeeper is really injured obviously then he would be in big, big trouble.
stating further that one of the leagues are going to experiment next season where if a goalkeeper goes down like that it will be a minute out when a player goes off and it will have to be an outfield player

better if that when a goalkeeper goes down, the players have to stay in the centre circle so they cannot come to the manager of whoever and get instructions, however the physio no doubt will pass on info regardless.

MOT

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

I see Dermot Gallagher stated the ref cannot do anything because God forbid if the referee says get up and the goalkeeper is really injured obviously then he would be in big, big trouble.
stating further that one of the leagues are going to experiment next season where if a goalkeeper goes down like that it will be a minute out when a player goes off and it will have to be an outfield player

better if that when a goalkeeper goes down, the players have to stay in the centre circle so they cannot come to the manager of whoever and get instructions, however the physio no doubt will pass on info regardless.

MOT

Great suggestion on a podcast - get all the Leeds players to go to the side and listen in - nothing to stop them and would be hilarious.

[spaldy]

dermot

speaking of stains on football. He's like the skid mark that won't come out after numerous washings and bleaching.

To listen to that guy make the prem officiating as if it's the best in the world is enough to make anyone sick. So far not one officiating error all year. Just ask him. He'll tell you.

wonder why his mom hated him so much that she named him dermot?