Leeds United - v - Arsenal ***Matchday Thread***

[ozleeds]

Against ten men for nearly the whole of the second half? Yes.

WTF we didn't play well at all but overall we were unlucky should have had 3 in at least. The game says how bad a team Arsenal is.

[WTF11]

WTF we didn't play well at all but overall we were unlucky should have had 3 in at least. The game says how bad a team Arsenal is.

Fed up of hearing how f00king unlucky we are!!!!!!

"We should have.......etc etc et-****ing- c". Why are Everton, Liverpool, Leicester, Chelsea, Tottenham where they are? Because they don't depend on being f00kng LUCKY!

[ozleeds]

Fed up of hearing how f00king unlucky we are!!!!!!

"We should have.......etc etc et-****ing- c". Why are Everton, Liverpool, Leicester, Chelsea, Tottenham where they are? Because they don't depend on being f00kng LUCKY!

Mate, we played a SH-T team and we should have won but we didn't. We have to face the facts we are no good or not as good as most think we are. All this MB bs is getting to them. Goes to show when a real crap team can play one man less and get a result of how bad the other team is also.But wait we have players missing wait till we get Laurente back Wait has he played yet? Costa Casilla Hernandez wait I give up lol

[ozleeds]

Looking at the table freak in Brighton is catching up how is that possible. Thank god for this team's otherwise we would be in strife.
17
Fulham
18
West Bromwich Albion
19
Burnley
20
Sheffield United

[WTF11]

Long way to go but finishing 17th is the dream for us this season.

So no better than a Fulham side that was promoted via the playoffs and have had a worse start to the PL than just about ANY club promoted from the Championship? I suppose you can't expect to be disappointed when you have such low expectations.

[ozleeds]

So no better than a Fulham side that was promoted via the playoffs and have had a worse start to the PL than just about ANY club promoted from the Championship? I suppose you can't expect to be disappointed when you have such low expectations.

Most of us got carried away as prior to the season a lot were predicting around 15th to 17th but then we thought we were world beaters where in reality we are just that a 15th to 17th team. Most of these players will not get us anywhere in this league. They give their all and have improved but lets face it they are just not good enough.

[LeedsFTW]

What lunacy is this, grumbling we got a point against a well established premiership side?

We had just lost 2 on the bounce and only the woodwork and a good keeper performance for them, salvaged a point.

Anyone would have happily accepted a point from this game before hand plus we kept a clean sheet.

Definitely a lot more positives than negatives imo.

[MrsORichSenior]

What lunacy is this, grumbling we got a point against a well established premiership side?

We had just lost 2 on the bounce and only the woodwork and a good keeper performance for them, salvaged a point.

Anyone would have happily accepted a point from this game before hand plus we kept a clean sheet.

Definitely a lot more positives than negatives imo.

Bang on FTW !

As Norfolk White sensibly stated regarding the Millwall,Luton,Stoke days I don't feel we've looked out of place this PL season and quite honestly anything can happen result wise let alone decision wise.

A few facts for the 'usual suspects' to digest ........ positive facts too.

This was only Leeds' third goalless draw in 101 league matches under Bielsa.
Since Bielsa took charge of Leeds in 2018, they have kept 41 clean sheets in 101 league games (excluding play-offs), more than any other side in the top four tiers of English league football in this time.

Can we have 'considered opinion' before turning on players - some of which are still new to the club & system & are being mentored into becoming better players whilst integrating into the team framework to utilise their own developing skills for the benefit of all,a process that takes time may I add.

MOT

[ozleeds]

Bang on FTW !

As Norfolk White sensibly stated regarding the Millwall,Luton,Stoke days I don't feel we've looked out of place this PL season and quite honestly anything can happen result wise let alone decision wise.

A few facts for the 'usual suspects' to digest ........ positive facts too.

This was only Leeds' third goalless draw in 101 league matches under Bielsa.
Since Bielsa took charge of Leeds in 2018, they have kept 41 clean sheets in 101 league games (excluding play-offs), more than any other side in the top four tiers of English league football in this time.

Can we have 'considered opinion' before turning on players - some of which are still new to the club & system & are being mentored into becoming better players whilst integrating into the team framework to utilise their own developing skills for the benefit of all,a process that takes time may I add.

MOT

Seriously MRS O? The players we had have been holding the fort the new ones have done squat. Face it MBs tactics arent working too well at the moment as the experienced managers are showing him up. In today's game, we should have well and truly buried a poor Arsenal side who like MAn city game had a lot of players out. Had a half with one player more and we still couldn't win sad but fact. I don't criticize players simply they do their best but aren't good enough.

[WTF11]

Bang on FTW !

As Norfolk White sensibly stated regarding the Millwall,Luton,Stoke days I don't feel we've looked out of place this PL season and quite honestly anything can happen result wise let alone decision wise.

A few facts for the 'usual suspects' to digest ........ positive facts too.

This was only Leeds' third goalless draw in 101 league matches under Bielsa.
Since Bielsa took charge of Leeds in 2018, they have kept 41 clean sheets in 101 league games (excluding play-offs), more than any other side in the top four tiers of English league football in this time.

Can we have 'considered opinion' before turning on players - some of which are still new to the club & system & are being mentored into becoming better players whilst integrating into the team framework to utilise their own developing skills for the benefit of all,a process that takes time may I add.

MOT

I'll take it that I'm included in the reference to "usual suspects" as I had the temerity to criticise the Brazilian wonderkid Raphina who (according to recent posts from other "usual suspects" was supposed to be our saviour). Seems from both the view of our coach and the rest of the footballing punditry, I'm not alone in my observations. My comments during the match were "considered", against the backdrop of one of our highest paid players getting a team mate booked (Dallas), with a first touch throughout the game that makes my granddaughter a more suitable candidate for the Leeds 1st team, one good pass and one good shot doth not a Leeds 1st team player make.

If he is "getting into the groove" as Tich put it, then FFS play him for half the game, then sub him for someone who already is? For the first half we may as well have had no right sided play, for all the good giving the ball to Raphina did. All remains the same until 10 minutes from the end and Poveda comes on for Harrison (why?), Raphina switches wing and now other than Alioski we have no threat on the left! (And against 10 men for most of the second half!).

As Oz has said, the players from last season are (primarily) those who have managed to do what has been done so far (some of which has been absolutely extraordinary I might add, win or lose). Rodrigo of all the newcomers looks to be the business and was very unlucky not to get on the scoresheet yesterday. Koch needs to get his head together and develop some spatial awareness (there was none yesterday, although tat might be a hangover from the drubbing Germany got from Spain, time will tell). Raphina? Paid a kings ransom for some reason or another, result? Meh.