Leeds Pre Match - Friday 3rd November

[coolhandfox]

2-2

 

First draw of the season.

 

We will miss Ndidi if not fit....

[grobyfox1990]

Leeds have hit form against terrible opposition, ie other teams in the championship. No need to worry, if we play like we can be bothered we’ll win 2/3-0 

[Guest Kopfkino]

They were pretty dire against Southampton and Stoke, by most accounts not great for 60 mins against Norwich.

 

We’re not gonna adapt the way we play so they can absolutely hurt us out wide - it could well be similar to Sunderland but they have quality to finish a few.

 

Hope we look a little more on it. Wouldn't like to call it, we’re gonna have a bad result at some point and these are the best bet to do it. Should be a top Championship game anyway, glad we have the week to prepare.

 

Was there any further news on Ndidi? Hope we’ve got Yunus back at least.

[Pliskin]

[orangecity23]

Looking forward to the inevtiable influx of Leeds fans on this forum this week telling us all just how good Farke is, and how dangerous their wingers are, and how much better than Ricardo Luke Ayling is, whilst being super patronising about our players/manager/ground/ownership/fans/city etc.

 

Hopefully followed by us getting a win, and them all disappearing, or re-appearing to tell us how hard done by they were by the ref, and how deflected or lucky our goals were, and that they "definitely won the singing".

[ALC Fox]

3-1

 

They'll come to play, maybe even take the lead. But we'll push and pick them off.

 

Vardy, Dewsbury-Hall, McAteer the scorers.

[fuchsntf]

2 hours ago, sacreblueits442 said:

...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.

That is what makes it interesting…Not only players but coach has to find solutions as the season advances…

This season is far from over,our squad in collecting experiences,and advance on the back of it..

 

We should be smacking our lips,and not throwing around doubts on obvious errors

as we grow..

[ARM1968]

Can’t see past and absolute thumping here. Leeds think they’re a team. Genuinely see themselves as top 2. They will play, we will cut. 

[alanf0x]

2-2 - still don’t think we have been tested fully by a team that attacks us…Leeds will do this 

[baldeagle]

If we play like we did today we’ll get dicked . That said said every game is different as I’m sure the team will be . Funny thing is as much as I hate us losing if we do lose I’m not overly concerned. 

[Bob Weasel Fox]

Toughest game of the season so far . . 

[WigstonWanderer]

Have to play much better than against QPR

[filbertway]

Probably win it. Assuming we play the good players.

 

If we joke around and play clowns like Hamza then it could be a draw

[Lambert09]

it’s the pace up front that worries me. 

 

Id personally consider a coady faes pairing to try and counter that. 

 

 

[Happy Fox]

I am not at all worried we will beat them comfortably imo.

 

Yunus will be back which will be a boost.

[SemperEadem]

Should be good noise on the night.

[Sunbury Fox]

14 hours ago, st albans fox said:

i reckon their front five are better than ours 

guess we’ll find out ! 

By front 5, I assume you are including their two 8s as well as the 2 wingers and strikers. So the match ups are, as follows?

 

Ndidi v Kamara

KDH v  Piroe 

Mavididi v Summerville

Fatawu v James

Vardy v Rutter

 

Which of these match ups do you think Leeds win?

[st albans fox]

11 minutes ago, Sunbury Fox said:

By front 5, I assume you are including their two 8s as well as the 2 wingers and strikers. So the match ups are, as follows?

 

Ndidi v Kamara

KDH v  Piroe 

Mavididi v Summerville

Fatawu v James

Vardy v Rutter

 

Which of these match ups do you think Leeds win?

I meant the five they can choose from for their attacking players 

Summerville, gnonto, Rutter, piroe, James, gelhardt, poveda, bamford, 

 

ndidi and kdh are not natural ‘attacking players’ 

 

their defensive abilities are not on our levels 

[Jazzy_Jeff]

This will be a tough game but they should be the ones worried about us more than the other way around. 
 

We have 6 days rest now so should go into the game fresh with hopefully 1 or 2 more back from injury. 

Hermansen

 

Ricardo

Faes

Vestergaard

Justin

 

Winks

KDH

Ndidi/Casadei

 

Fatawu

Iheanacho

Mavididi 
 

Going for a 3-1 win.

[whoareyaaa]

will be more like the Sunderland game in terms of quality of the opposition, but they could play into our hands like Southampton away, I think we are the better team though.. still a tough test.

[Daz93]

They're going to come and press us like Sunderland did but have the quality up front to actually finish their chances. 

 

However, they are very fragile at the back. Sounds like Meslier dropped a clanger again yesterday and Rodon went off injured, so as long as we cut out the mistakes and sloppy passing we will have enough to beat them. Could be a high scoring game though.

[FrankieADZ]

hopefully Ndidi will be back to go straight back into the team

fingers crossed Yunus is too

id have Faes, Ndidi and Kel coming into the starting 11

 

still think it will be too soon for Cannon to make the bench, 

[Scanchez]

MUST DRAW

[Sunbury Fox]

40 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

I meant the five they can choose from for their attacking players 

Summerville, gnonto, Rutter, piroe, James, gelhardt, poveda, bamford, 

 

ndidi and kdh are not natural ‘attacking players’ 

 

their defensive abilities are not on our levels 

KDH has the most goal contributions in the league, though....

[LCFCJohn]

57 minutes ago, Sunbury Fox said:

By front 5, I assume you are including their two 8s as well as the 2 wingers and strikers. So the match ups are, as follows?

 

Ndidi v Kamara

KDH v  Piroe 

Mavididi v Summerville

Fatawu v James

Vardy v Rutter

 

Which of these match ups do you think Leeds win?

Summerville and Piroe walk into our side. Not sure really of the others. 
 

They seem to have a lot of talent in those areas thought whereas we are a bit lighter.

 

Of course the table shows that in terms of a consistently performing side, we are very much ahead. But if we are not on it like we haven’t really been these last couple of games, they could easily turn us over. If we are on our game, we should also have too much for them. Overall, to keep the 14 point gap, I’d be quite happy with a draw. Main thing is not to lose.