Leeds United - v - Sunderland ***Matchday Thread***

[BelfastAndy]

Leeds United v Sunderland
Tuesday 9th April@20:00 | Elland Road

Leeds must recover from their post International Break blues as they prepare for the visit of Sunderland on Tuesday evening.

A very average Coventry side destroyed their 14 game unbeaten run at the weekend, leading to calls for Daniel Farke to freshen his team up! The gaffer is in a catch twenty-two situation. Does he make changes to a side who have picked up thirty eight out of a possible forty-five points year to date, or hope they can rediscover their form, and quickly!

The Black Cats have lost seven out of their last ten games, including a 5-1 thrashing at the Stadium of Light against Blackburn. Their slide down the table coincided with an ankle ligament injury to Jack Clarke late February. He returned to action last weekend, a 0-0 draw against Bristol City.

Jenson Seelt (groin), Dennis Cirkin (hamstring), Former Leeds left back Niall Huggins (groin) and Nazariy Rusyn (knock) are all ruled out for the visitors. Leo Hjelde play play against the Whites for the first time since joining Sunderland in January.

Leeds have no fresh injury concerns. Ilia Gruev, Connor Roberts and Wilfred Gnonto all returned to action on Saturday, having picked up knocks whilst representing their respective Countries. Jamie Shackleton, Pascal Struijk and Stuart Dallas remain sidelined!

Need a reaction and need a win.

Will we see changes?

Sunderland have injury issues.
Nial Huggins
Jenson Seelt
Dennis Cerkin
Eliot Embleton
Nazariy Rusyn

All out or a doubt.

Jack Clarke only recently back from injury.

MOT.

3 - 0.

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

Game at home to settle the nerves. Be interesting to see who starts:

Up front
In midfield
At RB

Watching the weekend game back Piroe looked decent and tends to lose possession less when he gets it so wonder if he will come back into the reckoning!

[BelfastAndy]

I gotta feeling.....

Big one tomorrow evening. 4 - 0, but we shall run with prediction thread.

[WTF11]

Mentioned quite often on a variety of threads that our opponents regard their match against us as their cup final. Also said before (by me at least!) that our players need to play as if its ours. They haven't for some time, about time rocket was inserted into back passage for all concerned.

[Billyni]

Mentioned quite often on a variety of threads that our opponents regard their match against us as their cup final. Also said before (by me at least!) that our players need to play as if its ours. They haven't for some time, about time rocket was inserted into back passage for all concerned.

Or at the very least
A toe up the hole.

[Ozwhites]

Very nervous about Ampadu not training the last couple of days due to illness. 😮Would be a huge loss defensively for this match. Hopefully a quick recovery....otherwise Cooper perhaps??? 🙄

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

Very nervous about Ampadu not training the last couple of days due to illness. 😮Would be a huge loss defensively for this match. Hopefully a quick recovery....otherwise Cooper perhaps??? 🙄

Please not Cooper - what does Cresswell have to do to get game time?

[Pacaman]

Please not Cooper - what does Cresswell have to do to get game time?

Agree, Cooper would slow the game down and only pass backwards, frustrating the crowd and the players in front. He is I’m afraid, the Maguire of the Championship. Cresswell surely has to play - if not what is the point of him?

Joseph in place of Bumfluff who can be the impact player if we need one 😆

If Ampadu plays and allowing for a Mellier flap on a cross I’m going for 4-1

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

Not least as Cooper is supposed to be leaving in the summer.

Like Farke a lot but developing those outside the favoured 14 or 15 appears to be his weakness meaning when people are injured we don’t have ready match fit replacements rating to go.

Shackleton (to be fair he had a few injuries)
Gelhardt
Perkins
Cresswell
Allen
Joseph (less so recently)
Klaessan


must all be wondering what they have to do to play more. To use a bad catholic analogy- it’s like they are stuck in purgatory.

[alfinyalcabo]

Should be a walkover,Sunderland have lost the plot !