Leeds Utd v Hull City Match Thread - Phillips in for Alioski

[BGwhite]

Great night for the whites ! Couldn't really have been better.

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[mothbanquet]

Christmas comes early for us this year. With the OG and other results going our way, I said this game would show our promotion credentials but the fine print on those credentials always has to have in fine print: lucky barstards.

[Irish Ian]

Fulham lose

[whiteswan]

11 points clear of 3rd.....Fantastic!

Great result and great company tonight. Thanks guys, very enjoyable evening.

[weasel]

Probably the worst we have played since Bielsa took control in terms of how often we underhit or overhit passes or simply mis-controlled the ball. Very unlike us but full credit for the team for working so hard and still carrying a threat even when Hull were on top.

The second goal was superb and would have been goal of the season, for me, if Bamford had scored after he helped clear it off the line and then ran the length of the pitch to get on the end of the cross.

[mothbanquet]

This is weird. I'm actually getting pretty confident we'll win games. What's happening to me?

[60sUnited]

Great win despite a lower table performance !! We have to get automatic this season its such an average league and I think we will !!

[gessa]

I'll take a lucky win over an unlucky defeat anyday.

[paddy parrott]

Surely no one but none can question Bamfords committed and never give it up efforts for this team.

[The Subhuman]

Great work from Dave Meyler on Talksport, enjoyed his commentary tonight...

[mothbanquet]

Surely no one but none can question Bamfords committed and never give it up efforts for this team.

I think slowly but surely people are starting to come around to his role in the team. He could do with sticking his chances away but when the goals are coming from elsewhere then his off the ball contributions can be fully appreciated.

[The Subhuman]

Never questioned the commitment I do question the quality ...As long as we don't need our striker to score I can ignore the weaknesses in his game.

[dezzy]

Felt a lot of players were below par, but we were still in control for large parts of the game, the work rate for the second goal was immense. This team looks to have that thing that teams who get promoted had. 11 points clear of 3rd is great and I still think we’re yet to see the best this team has to offer. Exciting.

[rab_rant]

The second goal was superb and would have been goal of the season, for me, if Bamford had scored after he helped clear it off the line and then ran the length of the pitch to get on the end of the cross.

Yes but no but yes but how much ground did Alioski cover to get on the rebound off the post.
Was it comparable to the lung busting run that Harrison made to score his goal a few games ago?
Ï will have to check that out... since we were defending a corner I guess he must have run the length
of the pitch as well.

[mothbanquet]

Also worth noting Huddersfield threatened more than Hull. Some defensive slip ups marred what was otherwise a great marshalling of Bowen and co.

[paddy parrott]

Do keep up rab...!

[The Subhuman]

Thought Struijk looked promising in limited play, MB getting a little cannier giving his kids (Casey/Struijk) cameos in the last couple of games..

[SG90]

A very poor performance, but we got the luck with the breakthrough and a massive win given the 3 below us all failed to win. How many points has Kiko won us this season? That's Reading, Huddersfield and Hull in such a short of space of time.

Pros:
Ayling
Dallas
Kiko
Struijk debut
Won on an important night
7 in a row
6 home wins in a row
4 clean sheets in a row

Cons:
Sloppy, constantly giving ball away
Phillips, Klich and Costa all poor
Hull got in behind us many times
Hull time wasting and injury feigning
No Nketiah

[gessa]

Thought Berardi was immense tonight.

Dallas, we didn't see a lot of but more importantly we saw little of Bowen, that was down to Dallas, unsung hero type of game.

[The Subhuman]

A very poor performance, but we got the luck with the breakthrough and a massive win given the 3 below us all failed to win. How many points has Kiko won us this season? That's Reading, Huddersfield and Hull in such a short of space of time.

Pros:
Ayling
Dallas
Kiko
Struijk debut
Won on an important night
7 in a row
6 home wins in a row
4 clean sheets in a row

Cons:
Sloppy, constantly giving ball away
Phillips, Klich and Costa all poor
Hull got in behind us many times
Hull time wasting and injury feigning
No Nketiah

Yet Klich's carry and run split them open for the important second..Thought he had a good game again tonight