By the looks of that photo it appears to be a reckless challenge from Begovic with studs up, had he actually connected with Bamford’s knee it would have done a fair bit of damage. I think Bamford threw himself, awkwardly and apparently theatrically, onto the floor to avoid Begovic’s lunge which, to ...

Weirdly, I have never seen an opposition keeper waste time when their team are 1-0 down, Begovic took his time with his goal-kicks in the second-half often slow to place the ball down to the ground, kicking the posts or pulling his socks up Good spot 64. Yes, I noticed that too. Unusual, no doubt, ...

4 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats is not bad but not great, in fact it’s distinctly average and would have us anywhere between 5th and 10th at the end of the season. We had a lot of disruption to contend with at the start of the season which affords the team a bit of mitigation but the poor loss against...

Nobody played badly tonight (apart from Piroe who was completely invisible), but nobody really shone either, so very average marks from me this time: Meslier 6: didn’t have much to do but what he had to do he did competently enough. Ayling 5: heavily involved most of the time but his poor ball contr...

Not sure I like Rutter out on the right, he totally disappeared when Anthony went off. Scrappy game but 3 points is 3 points and a win on Saturday will keep us in the hunt.

We need a win tonight and another win on Saturday, anything other than that will see us slip further behind the front runners and, before you know it, automatic promotion will be an impossibility (if it isn’t that already).

Come on Leeds!

I wouldn’t be averse to Stuey Dallas morphing into having some sort of coaching roll at the club, perhaps with the youngsters. He’s a consummate professional, has the right footballing mentality (never give in, never stop trying), knows the game and has been and, I presume still is, as loyal as anyo...

Professional football is a results based business just like any other and the idea is to do everything in your power to try to win games. I’m not sure that being kind to players at the expense of victory is the way forward. On the other hand, I’m not sure that demoralising players and destroying the...

We were very slow out of the blocks on Saturday, in fact we barely got out of 1st gear in the 1st half, we just weren’t on our game. Southampton, by contrast, were straight into top gear, credit to them, we barely got a kick in the 1st 45 minutes. 2nd half was a bit better, but even then we were not...

Sorry Byebye, I missed your post with so much going on here, yesterday. Thank you for your comments on our three recent games. I trust you had a great time in Crete :sun: Yes thanks 64. Mid to late 20s most of the time, rained a bit for the last 2 days but not a problem. First time in Crete and we ...

Meslier 5: Just not at the races today. The whole team looked flat and lethargic. No chance with the goals and he punched a couple well clear. Shackleton 4: There was one moment late in the game that took me back to last season. The ball floated over to an unmarked player on the left and Shacks and...

As far as I’m concerned we were just beaten by a better team on the day, simple as that. We huffed and puffed a bit in the second half but it was too late by then and Southampton were still in control of the game. Had we scored a second with 10 or so minutes to go, it could have been interesting, bu...

Our only chance maybe if they go down to 10 men, they’ve had 3 or 4 booked already. Clutching at straws really!

I managed to stream the 3 recent games whilst in Crete with fewer interruptions and blockages than usual, so here’s my take on them: Millwall - We were the better team by a long chalk and played some really good football. The 1st goal was a joy to behold, from one end of the pitch to the other with ...

No surprise that Firpo has had to substantially reduce his international aspirations and has had to settle on The Dominican Republic rather than Spain. It may be as a result of him now playing (not playing yet) in the Championship or it may be the realisation that he is miles off being good enough t...

This is purely Ben comparing how each team has done in the transfer market, Rab, not necessarily where teams will finish in the Championship at the end of the season. There will be some correlation there, obviously, but the main thrust of the exercise is to try and assess the amount of improvement a...

The Subhuman wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2023 3:34 pm My post in the end did the job of presenting my standpoint without actually saying anything

No it didn’t! Because you haven’t actually said anything, I, for one, have no idea which topic you have a standpoint on let alone what that standpoint actually is.

The Subhuman wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2023 2:25 pm Not a lot of point me having an opinion here, it would be counter the forum standpoint for the most part....

Thank you faaip, for that useful contribution, much appreciated

Ellandback1 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2023 9:24 am It was a tongue in cheek comment taking the p*** out of Roma to be fair...

Ok Elland, understood, but it allowed me to have another thoroughly deserved pop at our friend Victor .

Have Roma invested heavily in Kristensen and Llorente? All they are committed to is paying their wages for a season, or less, if they want. Unfortunately, we were the ones to invest heavily in these players, to the tune of £30m, and like most things stemming from Victor Orta’s invaluable work, we wi...