Leeds Pre Match - Friday 3rd November

[Leicesterpool]

2-0 foxes win, confident! stretch our lead to 3rd to 17 points! incredible to think! I wonder what's the earliest time for any team to be promoted?

[fox_favourite]

It's going to be tough and test out defence as they have pace and their movement is good. We have been lax at times, so the back line need to be careful. Going for a draw in this one. But a win would be the biggest statement to the league. 

[Gamble92]

There's a real defeatist, pessimistic attitude with some of our fans. Alright we have been utter shit some seasons, but when we were Premier League title contenders or going for top 4 you'd still have the we're gonna lose this one brigade for every match.

 

You'd think Southampton were prime Brazil if you listened to fans on here, then we played them and destroyed them. 

 

I can only assume it comes from older fans who have that kind of small mentality people like Gary Lineker have about Leicester. 

[MGLCFC]

I've a feeling we may lose one of our two next games (and win the other) - if so I hope it's Middlesboro. I just don't see any team making 17 points up on us over the remaining fixtures, if we beat Leeds

[sacreblueits442]

13 minutes ago, Gamble92 said:

There's a real defeatist, pessimistic attitude with some of our fans. Alright we have been utter shit some seasons, but when we were Premier League title contenders or going for top 4 you'd still have the we're gonna lose this one brigade for every match.

 

You'd think Southampton were prime Brazil if you listened to fans on here, then we played them and destroyed them. 

 

I can only assume it comes from older fans who have that kind of small mentality people like Gary Lineker have about Leicester. 

...just people who have seen it all before and know what can happen when you least expect it!!!

The younger brigade is more gungho, and to an extent naive.

[jayfox26]

43 minutes ago, Leicesterpool said:

2-0 foxes win, confident! stretch our lead to 3rd to 17 points! incredible to think! I wonder what's the earliest time for any team to be promoted?

Burnley last season hold the championship record with promotion with 7 games to spare. 

[MalletFox]

1 minute ago, jayfox26 said:

Burnley last season hold the championship record with promotion with 7 games to spare. 

I love the ads on here, just read your post and then thought I was looking at a league table below showing Burnley ahead …

 

 

[Ric Flair]

I do like the fact we've had 6 days to prepare for this. I'm hoping for a tactical masterclass.

[jayfox26]

1 hour ago, Gamble92 said:

There's a real defeatist, pessimistic attitude with some of our fans. Alright we have been utter shit some seasons, but when we were Premier League title contenders or going for top 4 you'd still have the we're gonna lose this one brigade for every match.

 

You'd think Southampton were prime Brazil if you listened to fans on here, then we played them and destroyed them. 

 

I can only assume it comes from older fans who have that kind of small mentality people like Gary Lineker have about Leicester. 

I think some just like to expect the worst but  hope for the best. Makes a defeat a little more bearable when you can get on your high horse after the game and say "I told you so" 🤣

Edited 1 November 2023 by jayfox26

[jayfox26]

25 minutes ago, MalletFox said:

I love the ads on here, just read your post and then thought I was looking at a league table below showing Burnley ahead …

 

 

Imagine finishing below "free dental implants for low-income" 🤣

[Sly]

We’ve finished above them for about 15 years in a row. 
 

95% of us agree that we m have a better defence and midfield. 75% of us will agree that we have a better attack. 
 

Who out of their team would you swap into ours? 
 

Some of our players that haven’t been getting a sniff walk into their side. 
 

Let’s sweep them aside and stop the Leeds lovin, that seems to happen every year. 

[ChrisFilter]

1 hour ago, Sly said:

We’ve finished above them for about 15 years in a row. 
 

95% of us agree that we m have a better defence and midfield. 75% of us will agree that we have a better attack. 
 

Who out of their team would you swap into ours? 
 

Some of our players that haven’t been getting a sniff walk into their side. 
 

Let’s sweep them aside and stop the Leeds lovin, that seems to happen every year. 

Summerville and Gnonto. 

[Ric Flair]

18 minutes ago, ChrisFilter said:

Summerville and Gnonto. 

Summerville, Rutter and Piroe.

[ALC Fox]

I'm getting pumped for this already. Two teams who won't be scared of each other and who will be really motivated to make a statement win. Can't wait.

[PhillippaT]

4 hours ago, Gamble92 said:

There's a real defeatist, pessimistic attitude with some of our fans. Alright we have been utter shit some seasons, but when we were Premier League title contenders or going for top 4 you'd still have the we're gonna lose this one brigade for every match.

 

You'd think Southampton were prime Brazil if you listened to fans on here, then we played them and destroyed them. 

 

I can only assume it comes from older fans who have that kind of small mentality people like Gary Lineker have about Leicester. 

So who's going to volunteer to perform in their underwear if we win the league this season? 😋

[cruzFOX]

Right then we’ve been saying for a while now that we have several more gears which we’ve used momentarily in some games.

Against Leeds I hope to see us go into TOP gear and see what that looks like. My guess is it will pull apart Leeds apart. They’ve shown many more vulnerabilities than us from their past games. Leeds attacking trio are only a threat if they see the ball and have time and space to do something with it. We can effectively choke them out like we did in the premier league. COYF!

[Bob Hazels shorts]

8 hours ago, Gamble92 said:

There's a real defeatist, pessimistic attitude with some of our fans. Alright we have been utter shit some seasons, but when we were Premier League title contenders or going for top 4 you'd still have the we're gonna lose this one brigade for every match.

 

You'd think Southampton were prime Brazil if you listened to fans on here, then we played them and destroyed them. 

 

I can only assume it comes from older fans who have that kind of small mentality people like Gary Lineker have about Leicester. 

…and that children is why you shouldn’t do drugs 🦊💙

[CrazyKopCorner]

Huge game and test for us. 

 

I've gone a day early as I'm absolutely buzzing for this one and it'll get me through the next 2 days of work grind

 

With our quality in midfield I'm hoping we get them in a strangle hold and wear them down under constant pressure. 

 

COYB

[Stadt]

3 hours ago, Bob Hazels shorts said:

…and that children is why you shouldn’t do drugs 🦊💙

If you’re the poster child for anti-drugs I’m off to huff a big bag of PVA

[Finnegan]

6 minutes ago, Stadt said:

If you’re the poster child for anti-drugs I’m off to huff a big bag of PVA

 

 

[FoxyJim1987]

Back from the ridiculous and unwarranted ban 

 

 

Mads 

JJ

Wout 

Maldinigaard 

Ricardo

 

Winks

Ndidi

KDH 

 

Mcateer

Vardy

Fatawu

 

 

Very tough game would be happy with a point but there's no team I'd love to beat more after their comments all week. Beat Huddersfield and think they're the best around. 

[FoxyJim1987]

11 hours ago, Sly said:

We’ve finished above them for about 15 years in a row. 
 

95% of us agree that we m have a better defence and midfield. 75% of us will agree that we have a better attack. 
 

Who out of their team would you swap into ours? 
 

Some of our players that haven’t been getting a sniff walk into their side. 
 

Let’s sweep them aside and stop the Leeds lovin, that seems to happen every year. 

Haven't you heard, Summerville scored twice against Huddersfield so he's better than prime Neymar. 

[SpacedX]

2 minutes ago, FoxyJim1987 said:

Back from the ridiculous and unwarranted ban 

 

 

Mads 

JJ

Wout 

Maldinigaard 

Ricardo

 

Winks

Ndidi

KDH 

 

Mcateer

Vardy

Fatawu

 

 

Very tough game would be happy with a point but there's no team I'd love to beat more after their comments all week. Beat Huddersfield and think they're the best around. 

The issue here is that, as I pointed out in the QPR post-match thread, the return of McAteer means that if Fatawu is to retain his place it means that he starts on the left, which we've seen before and clearly isn't his preference. He's more combative and direct than Mavididi, which is one of the main reasons that I think people prefer him, but any edge that he has over Stephy is likely negated by playing him out of position. Also, I don't think that Wilf is fully fit for this one so expect Casadei instead. 

[Stevosevic]

Why is everyone shitting themselves? 
 

We have scored more goals than them and conceded less goals than them this season.  
 

You’d think it was the other way round the way some people are talking about their attack and how they’re going to rip through our defence. 

[Ric Flair]

21 minutes ago, SpacedX said:

The issue here is that, as I pointed out in the QPR post-match thread, the return of McAteer means that if Fatawu is to retain his place it means that he starts on the left, which we've seen before and clearly isn't his preference. He's more combative and direct than Mavididi, which is one of the main reasons that I think people prefer him, but any edge that he has over Stephy is likely negated by playing him out of position. Also, I don't think that Wilf is fully fit for this one so expect Casadei instead. 

I think the performances of Fatawu since McAteer got injured might have changed the pecking order a little. With Ndidi being out I can see it being much easier to shift McAteer in to the 8 role, or Yunus and Fatawu still claims the RW spot.

 

It's all competition for places, McAteer might score again and it becomes very hard to leave a player out who has a knack of scoring most times he plays. I'm looking forward to his first goal at the KP, as opposed to his 5 all away from home to date.