I think we deserved to win the game today, so to not take any points is frustrating, however, we are still making good progress under Garry it's been a long time since Leeds have consistently gone to places like Sheffield Wednesday, Cardiff and Derby and outplayed the home side.
I know their goal was deflected, however, Rob Green has to do better there in my opinion.
First half was very boring, however, we had 2 chances just before half time, Woody had a header just wide and Barts hit the bar.
Second half they did start well to be fair and got a goal. Neither side deserved to be winning at that stage, however, we reacted quickly and put Roofe on and we really started to dominate the game, they had a few counter attacks, however, they never got past Eunan O'Kane. There was one occasion when they had a clear offside goal disallowed. Derby defended very very well throughout the game. We had 4 great chances in the second half.
I really don't care were Derby are in the table, I have said from day 1 we cannot expect Garry Monk to have Leeds finishing above teams like Derby this season look at their first 11 and our first 11 look at their bench and our bench. We have done ourselves proud today and were very unlucky to lose the game. We have to be realistic this season Top 10 and continuing to play consistently good football will be a good season for us.
Player Ratings:
Green 5- Should have done better for the goal, rarely tested, however, which shows how much progress we are making.
Ayling 7- Caught out of position too often, got forward well, however.
Bartley 8- Missed 2 good chances, however, this was another great game from Bartley.
Jansson 8- Continues to read the game so well, Pontus really is magic.
Taylor 8- Defended very well against Tom Ince and got forward well one or two poor crosses, however, some good moments going forward as well.
Phillips 6- I have yet to see Kalvin have a 7/10 game for Leeds tbh, he did almost score. However, didn't protect the back 4 well. People on twitter shouldn't be criticising Kalvin he still hasn't played that many games for us and it will take time to adapt to his new position within the midfield.
O'Kane 8- Man Of The Match, what a player his second half performance was absolutely superb the energy Eunan has is incredible. He played the box to box midfield role very very well today. Lewis who?
Eunan O'Kante
Sacko 5- A very quiet game and their left back defended very well against Sacko.
Hernandez 6- Average first half, better in the second half, compared to Butterfield, Hughes and Johnson. Pablo really isn't that amazing to be honest. He is still a good player, however, he isn't a great player so far for Leeds.
Mowatt 6- It seemed a strange time to take Alex off as he was playing his best football of the game before he came off played a lovely through ball to Roofe.
Wood 6- Worked hard and his link up play was ok, he needed to 3 behind him in the first half to play closer to him.
Substitutions:
Roofe 6- We improved when Kemar was on the pitch, however, individually Kemar didn't have a massive impact for the 30 minutes he played, should start on Tuesday, however.
Grimes 5- Wasted 2 opportunities for us to really put Derby under pressure.
Antonsson - wasn't on pitch long enough to rate almost scored.
We should stay with the 4-2-3-1 and
if we play like that against Wigan I can't see anything but a win on Tuesday. We played so much better than how we played against Barnsley and lost the game it's how the championship goes sometimes.
We March On :scarf1: