[color=#FFFFFF].....................................................[/color][b][i][size=200]Brentford v Leeds Utd
[color=#FFFFFF]...................[/color]Monday 22nd April at 5.15pm
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[size=150]Hi Folks
Leeds travel down to West London on Easter Monday for an early evening kick off against Brentford.
We all know that Leeds don't have a particularly good record in England's Capital. In fact Brentford are undefeated at home against Leeds since 1950 (9 games).
No need to elaborate but Good Friday turned out to be a damn awful Friday for the men in White, although looking at the stats, (v Wigan) did Leeds actually play that badly?
216 final third passes (most under Bielsa)
87% pass acc (most under Bielsa)
77% possession (most under Bielsa)
59 crosses (most under Bielsa)
36 shots (most under Bielsa)
30 chances created (most under Bielsa)
Leeds have scored just seven goals in their past 11 league matches against Brentford
Should the gaffer make alterations to our forward line?
Leeds will be without Club Captain Liam Cooper who is nursing a muscle injury sustained in the warm up at Preston earlier in the month. Once again, Berardi will deputise!
The usual suspects - Alioski and Harrison were slated for their performances against the Latics. Will Bielsa shuffle the pack?
Should Clarke start?
Forshaw and Shackleton are fully fit. Would they improve our midfield?
Has Bielsa missed an opportunity not playing Izzy Brown?
Brentford will be without suspended defender Henrik Dalsgaard following his sending off against Millwall.[/size]
I suspect it'll be the same team. Bielsa doesn't seem to change it much.
I don't think Brown will get a sniff, complete waste of time he's been. It's too late to play him now anyway.
I thought Alioski and Harrison were crap on Friday and would love to see a change. But as I've said, bielsa doesn't seem to like changes.
Think you are being harsh on Forshaw.... And Brown....
However.
Same team is more or less expected. Though Pablo needs a rest. But with noone to bring to the party anything like his flair that cant happen... Same mindset.... please no.
If Leeds have any psychologists I hope they are working overtime. It usnt skill we lack it is what is going on between the ears...
If Blunts aren't 3 points ahead by KO we have a chance but it could all be so tricky if they beat Ull
' "Football is about the people and the players,” he said. “Then there are those who will mingle in the middle: the coaches, executives and journalists. That last group represents the worst part about football" Marcelo Bielsa
Biesla needs to learn not to hit the panic button and make pathetic substitution at half time, why bring on Forshaw and Roofe at 1-1? Roofe looks of pace and did sweet F all, lost the ball to easy and missed a sitter in front of goal.
I'm expecting Brentford to win the best we can hope is a draw but would love to be wrong.
Irish Ian wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2019 9:53 pm
Think you are being harsh on Forshaw.... And Brown....
However.
Same team is more or less expected. Though Pablo needs a rest. But with noone to bring to the party anything like his flair that cant happen... Same mindset.... please no.
If Leeds have any psychologists I hope they are working overtime. It usnt skill we lack it is what is going on between the ears...
If Blunts aren't 3 points ahead by KO we have a chance but it could all be so tricky if they beat Ull
If the blunts win vs Hull play off's it is for us they have Ipswich at home the week after.
We need to win all our last 3 games to have any chance.
1964white wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2019 10:04 pm
What does the injury prone Forshaw give us ?
Does he score goals, does he create chances, does he protect the defence well ?
As for Brown there was talk he'd be ready to play after Christmas, three games to go & where is he ? a pointless signing
I don't get how you can be so scathing of players who haven't had a regular run of late.
Forshaw was defacto Motm v Derby before he got crocked and we haven't saw Brown apart from a last desperate 5 mins v QPR. What more can he do?
We have at least two problems.
1. No squad rotation means it is hard to integrate substitutions.
2. The versions of anti football that we come up against. Not just 10 men behind the ball but 10 men in the box. It is ridiculous
We need to find a way to break these sides down. Pace, power. Aggression. But no-one plays against each other in this league like they play against us.
' "Football is about the people and the players,” he said. “Then there are those who will mingle in the middle: the coaches, executives and journalists. That last group represents the worst part about football" Marcelo Bielsa
Irish Ian wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2019 10:15 pm
I don't get how you can be so scathing of players who haven't had a regular run of late.
Forshaw was defacto Motm v Derby before he got crocked and we haven't saw Brown apart from a last desperate 5 mins v QPR. What more can he do?
We have at least two problems.
1. No squad rotation means it is hard to integrate substitutions.
2. The versions of anti football that we come up against. Not just 10 men behind the ball but 10 men in the box. It is ridiculous
We need to find a way to break these sides down. Pace, power. Aggression. But no-one plays against each other in this league like they play against us.
They really dont do they, teams are absolutely terrified of us and set up as if we are Man City, its ridiculous and because we arent Man City we struggle at times.
Which is exactly why we needed to add the qualities you highlight in January.
We needed to add more pace and guile especially after letting Saiz go.
As far as i am concerned if we dont go up it will be once again down to January for the 3rd season in a row.
But nothing we can do about it now.
Ironically the side we need to beat are loaded with pace and guile, its steel they lack.
We are in a battle, level on points with second, three games to go and people have given up and are slagging off the players and board.
Spend more money, buy more players put yourself in debt, look at Villa, Stoke, West Bromwich etc, all expensive squads, it’s no garunetee of success. We were already 4 million in the red from last year, please tell me what you expect?
We’re all gutted after Friday, but there is three games to go, please stop slagging off the squad of players for a few weeks untill it’s over.
I realised I was dyslexic when I went to a toga party dressed as a goat..
dezzy wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2019 8:04 am
We are in a battle, level on points with second, three games to go and people have given up and are slagging off the players and board.
Spend more money, buy more players put yourself in debt, look at Villa, Stoke, West Bromwich etc, all expensive squads, it’s no garunetee of success. We were already 4 million in the red from last year, please tell me what you expect?
We’re all gutted after Friday, but there is three games to go, please stop slagging off the squad of players for a few weeks untill it’s over.
"A mind is like a parachute, it doesn't work if it's not open"
dezzy wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2019 8:04 am
We are in a battle, level on points with second, three games to go and people have given up and are slagging off the players and board.
Spend more money, buy more players put yourself in debt, look at Villa, Stoke, West Bromwich etc, all expensive squads, it’s no garunetee of success. We were already 4 million in the red from last year, please tell me what you expect?
We’re all gutted after Friday, but there is three games to go, please stop slagging off the squad of players for a few weeks untill it’s over.
Well said dezzy
After the Brum game we were useless, then after 2 wins, we were going to finish top 10 in the prem next season, now we're shite again.
Every single one of us would have taken where we are at the start of the season.
Keep reading how Sheff are more consistent than us, how can they be, being on the same points.
gessa wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2019 9:12 am
Well said dezzy
After the Brum game we were useless, then after 2 wins, we were going to finish top 10 in the prem next season, now we're shite again.
Every single one of us would have taken where we are at the start of the season.
Keep reading how Sheff are more consistent than us, how can they be, being on the same points.
It’s crazy, such a defeatist attitude from some, this league is a long hard slog and I’m proud of every single person associated with Leeds United this season. No man is without mistakes and we’ve made plenty but bloody hell our backs are against a wall here, the only thing you can do is fight on until the end not give up.
I realised I was dyslexic when I went to a toga party dressed as a goat..
Much easier to be less critical when you don't see our poor performances & not spending a fortune supporting Leeds season after season. I've been there when I was living in the south & working in retail & was impossible for me to see every game, when we lost it was like water off a duck's back to me, never use to hurt as much when I wasn't at the games especially in the mid-80's
At times on Friday our football was like a Sunday league stuff
dezzy wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2019 8:04 am
We are in a battle, level on points with second, three games to go and people have given up and are slagging off the players and board.
Spend more money, buy more players put yourself in debt, look at Villa, Stoke, West Bromwich etc, all expensive squads, it’s no garunetee of success. We were already 4 million in the red from last year, please tell me what you expect?
We’re all gutted after Friday, but there is three games to go, please stop slagging off the squad of players for a few weeks untill it’s over.
You say this after every poor performance Dezzy but we never learn from our mistakes, there's always another stinker lurking round the corner, yes our squad is full of heart but we are inconsistent & we lack quality in depth, same old problem all season with no game-changers on the bench. Without Bielsa at the helm, this set of players wouldn't be sitting 3rd in the table, a remarkable achievement from the man in charge.
Just hope Marcelo is with us next season or else we'll be back to square one !
Btw Norwich & Sheff Utd haven't spent a fortune on their squad or nor did we but we missed out in the January window again & that lack of shrewd business could sadly come back to hurt us
