Leeds United - v - Everton ***Matchday Thread***

1. Tyler Roberts is not good enough for the Premier League, at the moment.
2. Leeds appear to have difficulties against teams that spread the ball wide and cross. Leicester did not and do not do this with regularity. Brendan Rodgers teams don't do this much. Crystal Palace, Everton and Wolves are the other teams that do this regularly. We have now lost to all of them. Its the understanding between centre backs that is the problem. Burnley tend to cross diagonally and early, a little different.
3. Very tough to beat a good Premiership side twice in the same season.
4. Struijk a little casual at the start. This is a problem he seems to have.
5. Wonderful to see how consistently well we attack now. Raphinha, Bamford, Harrison are a good attacking trio.

Thanks for the link Oz! missed the game though.i bet i can say without doubt that Roberts and Costa were shighte without even seeing it!
regarding waiting for fans to return before resuming games, give your heads a wobble, fans are never returning, clubs are already actively looking for new ways to bleed fans without the bother of having the filthy wretches in the staduim.

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Originally Posted by UbiqueLUFC33

Have you been drinking meths? Costa was he usual woeful self - I really don't see the point of even bringing him on. Roberts was marginally better but you just knew he was going to sky that late shot into row Z. Pablo gave away several sloppy passes and even though he chased back one of his mistakes he then seemed to give up and Calvert Lewin ghosted past him and should have scored their third.

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Lol, I never said they were amazing or outstanding, just decent. They did their jobs without being outstanding or making mistakes.

Yes I would like Costa to beat 3 or 4 players and smash the ball into the back of the net and Roberts to score a hatrick but that's not realistic.

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Originally Posted by LeedsFTW

Lol, I never said they were amazing or outstanding, just decent. They did their jobs without being outstanding or making mistakes.

Yes I would like Costa to beat 3 or 4 players and smash the ball into the back of the net and Roberts to score a hatrick but that's not realistic.

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Whatever the grumbles about those two what seems clear is that Raphinha is the best player we have signed in many a year - the quality of his vision and passing is a huge step up from most of the others.

If we can add two or three to support him of similar quality then sure we will play scintillating stuff next year.

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Originally Posted by hopelesslyoptimistic

Whatever the grumbles about those two what seems clear is that Raphinha is the best player we have signed in many a year - the quality of his vision and passing is a huge step up from most of the others.

If we can add two or three to support him of similar quality then sure we will play scintillating stuff next year.

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I thought he looked good when he first came on for a few late appearances off the bench. That doesn't always translate into being a good player but in his case it has done. He is easily our best attacking threat and, unlike too many others, is willing to have a shot and, more often than not, he manages to get on, or close to, the target. I also like the way he sprints back when he loses the ball and always tries to defend and tackle back - very un-Brazilian of him.

If only we had a strong demanding couple of centre halves.

Struijk and Koch may grow into that role. Would love to have a Jack Charlton character at the back and be a fly on the wall when he was discussing tactics with Bielsa.

Outside of Leeds big Jack as a player was so underrated. Sure I have mentioned this before but Beardsley recalled a training session when Beardsley was at Newcastle where the ball from a set piece wasn’t being delivered where Jack wanted it. The big man taking training in a suit took of his shoe and sock on his right foot delivered the ball on a six pence and whilst he was putting his shoe back on the players were picking theirs jaws off the ground.

All a bit weird for me.

I was able to watch the first half live and then had to be somewhere else (and so in communications lockdown!), so only saw the second half four or five hours later.

Definitely a game of two halves for me, in more ways than one.

I'd say we deserved a point, but better to win one and lose one to them over the course of the season, so let's take the positives and move on.

I hope they bought a Zamboni for the pitch...

Mate of mine is an Evertonian, needless to say he was extatic last night especially with Liverpool getting beat again too, but he did say that was the best they have played in the last three months, and thought we deserved a draw, also said we deserved the points at Goodison, seems that we are definitely most peoples second team now, so whats not to like?

Personally thought weve played a lot worse and won games [Burnley] so as per most of this weird season [Five away wins in the prem last night???} nothing to get worried about, its what we do, win two lose three win one lose one.... Just need to keep up the record of not losing twice to any single team come Monday.