What frustrates me is that there is so many unpunished infringements going on in a game, shirt pulling for example, which is a blant premeditated foul. Every time 100% Then we have the silly new handball law which only makes VAR look even more silly. And yes, the goal celebrations being put on hold...

Hate the fact that fans cant celebrate a goal for the fear the ball has crazily hit somones arm however accidentally ( as in Jesus's goal that was disallowed on Sat for City ) or if a strikers arm is fractionally ahead of a defenders body. Just think back to the play-offs first leg and Derby fans c...

From what I have seen it seems to be improving already although probably now jinxed him. He will start to judge it better, be able to spot opposition players trying to block him, get used to being jumped into as he is about to punch/catch etc. Also his teammates should grow in confidence that when h...

As a defender I would much rather have a keeper that comes for crosses than stays on his line. I would also much rather have a keeper that reads the danger and is alert and on his toes to rush out and clear the danger before it becomes dangerous (i.e before their striker gets to the ball and is clea...

I thought for such a strong lineup Leeds should have romped that match. Last season the U23s seemed to play better when 'first teamers' weren't in the team. Hugely different approach during the games for youngsters trying to prove they are good enough compared to 'first teamers' using it as a fitne...

Bielsa knew Kiko was no mug, signing Casilla was a coup for Leeds Remember how De Gea started his Man Ure career, now one of the best keepers to grace the premiership Indeed. Far harder for keepers to adapt to a new team and way of playing than outfield players. A keeper might go through games with...

I feel the Wigan performance was a more disciplined and cautious one given how we self imploded against them last season. It shows that the team is evolving and hopefully means we will be much calmer in big pressure games later in the season. We seem to be a bit stronger defensively as a team not al...

Another player proving the doubters wrong. When will fans stop judging players on a handful of matches and writing them off as being no good just because it takes them a bit of time to adapt to a new style of football, new tactics, a new country etc

https://vk.com/video-38857083_456240473

Even better save than first thought as Kiko is clearly expecting the shot to go towards the other corner and actually is pushing off to go that way then has to readjust and get to the top corner. No doubt some will moan he didn't catch it.

You often hear commentators saying stuff along the lines of, 'It was a brilliant cross but there was nobody there.' Well for me it is a sh*t cross then because anyone can play a ball into the box without looking. Yes it is good to put the ball into a dangerous area but you need to have a look up fir...

Does Forshaw reduce the change of us getting caught on the break? Hard to say but certainly Forest offered nothing from open play and one of our biggest weaknesses last season seemed to be getting caught on the break. Forshaw possibly helps this as he has stronger defensive attributes and maybe it m...

You just have to look at the abuse Rob Green took at the start of his season with us yet by the end of it I am sure 99% of fans wanted him to stay and probably had him as a contender for player of the year. No keeper is going to save every shot or make every catch/punch just the same as every strike...

Plus the fact that no matter what people may say on here I wonder how many of the Leeds team actually rate Kikos contribution on the pitch as being worth it. As I say fans with an agenda against Kiko. Those that ignore the 5 or 6 good/great saves he made on Tuesday but only chirp up when he didn't ...

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Morning Weasel, the source was Phil Hay, so have to say its pretty reliable!!!

Like I say though unless there are any actual facts to what the clauses/penalties/fees actually are it is meaningless to say it.

Just seen more extensive highlights of the game Fans saying Kiko should have punched the ball further, the one that landed on their strikers head.....it was a fantastic one-handed save from a shot hit with venom & swerve. Really don't think Casilla could do much more there! Some fans are just compl...

Are there any actual facts surrounding the supposed Eddie clause? Or is it just another rumour like the fee we are meant to be paying and the wages we are meant to be paying? People just seem to invent stories and then they are accepted as truth without any verification of facts. If there is a claus...

Yes a lot of artistic licence to account for...not sure Beradi breaking free and delivering a through ball is accurate either It shows the absurdity of stats as the BBC put it down as an assist for Berardi. End of the day the goal was all about Klich, great determination to win the ball when the Sa...

Cup games eh! I was at Histon, Rochdale & Sutton, thankfully I gave Newport a miss I'm at Salford tomorrow night, new ground for all the travelling fans, should be a good atmosphere for obvious reasons & I'm expecting us to win even with a weakened team. Looking forward to seeing our new signings p...

What do you read into the stats? Fairly little. There will probably be more relevant stats that Bielsa and his staff work with. Is Nketiah the answer? Hard to know till we see him play but if him and Bamford could combine to get us 40+ goals (even if it is one starter and one sub) then we should do...

Surely we should select our bench players & a mix of U23's plus last weeks two new signings. I personally wouldn't risk any of those who started v Bristol C/Forest. Yet you have continually criticised managers previously for fielding weakened teams in the cup???? I wouldn't risk any of them either ...