Leeds Utd v Birmingham City Match Thread

[The Subhuman]

Cresswell tipped to go to Rangers on loan.

Would be a mistake, but one assumes if true we have a CB lined up. It maybe Spence is headed back too? No good reason to drop him today.

[Cjay]

Have you never noticed Rutter dropping into our half and getting the ball? Does Rutter play as a traditional 9? No. He interchanges a lot with Piroe and often drops deeper than Piroe.

My feeling, and I mentioned this a while ago, is that we have nobody up front who plays with their back to goal but looks to actually hold the ball up and lay it off rather than immediately trying to turn with the ball. We are a bit too predictable when teams pack the defence against us. Is Bamford the answer? Possibly not but he could be a useful foil to get the ball, lay it off to midfield whilst drawing players to him, and then a midfielder slides the ball through for James or Summerville to run on to. That likely makes Summerville and James more threatening against a parked bus defence as they are then in a foot race with just their marker and if they get to the ball can cut in to the box which makes a centreback have to come to meet them, this then means the box is less packed and hopefully there is a bit more space for Bamford or Rutter. Admittedly you'd then want Piroe to be the one on the end of the chance rather than Bamford.

We've seen this before with Bielsa and Rodrigo.

Was Rodders a traditional striker? No

But when used up front he was much better than shoehorned in as a 10.

[Kennyb41]

Have you never noticed Rutter dropping into our half and getting the ball? Does Rutter play as a traditional 9? No. He interchanges a lot with Piroe and often drops deeper than Piroe.

My feeling, and I mentioned this a while ago, is that we have nobody up front who plays with their back to goal but looks to actually hold the ball up and lay it off rather than immediately trying to turn with the ball. We are a bit too predictable when teams pack the defence against us. Is Bamford the answer? Possibly not but he could be a useful foil to get the ball, lay it off to midfield whilst drawing players to him, and then a midfielder slides the ball through for James or Summerville to run on to. That likely makes Summerville and James more threatening against a parked bus defence as they are then in a foot race with just their marker and if they get to the ball can cut in to the box which makes a centreback have to come to meet them, this then means the box is less packed and hopefully there is a bit more space for Bamford or Rutter. Admittedly you'd then want Piroe to be the one on the end of the chance rather than Bamford.

He won't understand all that, he relies of other peoples stuff from constant internet surfing and Google.

And i mean 'constant' as in 24hrs of every single day.

[John in Louisiana]

Not surprised Farke is mixing and matching.

We’ve played a lot of games in the last couple of weeks.

Satisfied with the lineup as is. I think it will be enough to win today.

[airedale]

conversions?

[Cjay]

Anyone got a link to work?

[Cjay]

He won't understand all that, he relies of other peoples stuff from constant internet surfing and Google.

And i mean 'constant' as in 24hrs of every single day.

I can do research in minutes

[weasel]

Live Stream: Leeds Utd v Birmingham City

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[The Subhuman]

No working streams yet

[AcrossThePondAsh]

Dan putting in the work there.

[The Subhuman]

Live Stream: Leeds Utd v Birmingham City

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Ta that one does

[Tyzy]

no stream for me today, first time in ages

[Madron]

Given them the ball 3-4 times already

[Ellandback1]

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both working (just checked)

[Tyzy]

Got one cheers

[The Subhuman]

Didn't think Rooney would sit back ..

[CUSSIE01]

Rooney’s had a good Christmas by the look of it

[Scoobychief]

This is a poor Birmingham side. We should slaughter these today

[The Subhuman]

Another good shot blocked

[The Subhuman]

Shot saved