Leeds Pre Match - Friday 3rd November

[Sir Shep]

We've been a better team than Leeds for over 20 years, it'll be a test but we are far superior in every department. Naturally I've cursed us now but it'll be a shithouse from them if they do win. 

[st albans fox]

1 minute ago, Sir Shep said:

We've been a better team than Leeds for over 20 years, it'll be a test but we are far superior in every department. Naturally I've cursed us now but it'll be a shithouse from them if they do win. 

i reckon their front five are better than ours 

guess we’ll find out ! 

[MattFox]

39 minutes ago, ithuriel said:

Six pointer, not going to be easy but if it was easy, what would be the point of it all.

Six pointer?

 

I’d be pretty confident of finishing ahead of them even if we lose this

[Chrysalis]

Proper test, especially as I think we havent been at our best since the break.

[kyleolly]

Treat this like a cup final get the atmosphere bouncing 

[weller54]

High scoring game I reckon.

3-2 win.

[Harry96]

Can’t wait for this win it and we’re about as good as up imo would take some bottle job to **** this up

[Guest Mee-9]

If we play like we did today and against Sunderland this will be where we come stuck. 

[JimJams]

58 minutes ago, ithuriel said:

Six pointer

Nope.

[cropstonfox]

32 minutes ago, weller54 said:

We need to watch Lorimer..he can hit a ball!!

And watch Norman H don't bite too many legs

[Chelmofox]

First game for me since Stoke. I'm expecting us to drop points at some stage. Think this will end up a draw but hope its a good game. 

[Jobyfox]

The pressure is all on them to win. If we win then we’re a long way in the distance. 

As they currently occupy 3rd place a draw would actually be a pretty good result for us. It would be one more game gone with them no closer. 

[goose2010]

30 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

i reckon their front five are better than ours 

guess we’ll find out ! 

Wingers are but their strikers are definitely not. Their defence is horrific.  expect us to get at least 3 or 4 decent chances. We just need to better in the final third. 

[Jobyfox]

32 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

i reckon their front five are better than ours 

guess we’ll find out ! 

I agree with that. 
 

Fortunately I think our defence and midfield is the best in the league 

[ithuriel]

Definite six pointer, they are third, 14 points behind currently but they win, it's 11, we win it's 17 and they might lose their place.

[Gazza M]

Leeds will come and play as Farke has never shut up shop even with a shite Norwich team he tried to play like Madrid. Expect this to be a basketball match in all honesty if we go walkabout and leave the back 3 exposed. 

[peterborofox]

I'm worried about us getting caught on the counter here, or us dicking about with it at the back when we shouldn't be and getting caught. They have quality to punish us. 

 

Could easily be high scoring, just need to control the ball and take chances 

[Phube]

I can’t work out whether it’s a good thing them coming into the game after a good win and us having a close, not so good game? 
 

 

[STEVIE B]

Would take a draw. Keep the gap to 14. 

Conservative ? Yes, maybe.

 

These & lpswich are probably our only challengers for the title.

 

However, a win & l reckon we're certainties for promotion. 

Edited 28 October 2023 by STEVIE B

[Fox in the North]

Same again folks

 

 

[Jobyfox]

I’ll be interested to see the @StriderHiryu tactical analysis for this one. 
 

Enzo made a tactical tweak for the Sunderland game to deal with Clarke. With their wingers seemingly being quite strong will we see another slight change in how our full backs line up? 

[AKCJ]

Dodgy at the back but shit hot going forward. There'll be goals in this.

[foxfanazer]

51 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

i reckon their front five are better than ours 

guess we’ll find out ! 

The table would suggest otherwise

[sacreblueits442]

1 hour ago, Stevosevic said:

Win and we’re 17 points clear of them. Huge motivation.

 

They will come at us which will give us space. 

...it is also a big weakness for us!!!

We do struggle with a press, even more frightening when we see Winks unable to exert the control that we need. Liverpool pressed us relentlessly and Sunderland was pretty effective as well, QPR exerted the same game tactically and we struggled.

  We are predictable in what we do, going long more often is due to not being press resistant as we were earlier, and all teams will now press us more.

[Ely fox]

Anyone got a good steam? I can’t find one