Leeds Utd v Wigan Athletic Match Thread - Unchanged Starting XI for Leeds, Berardi on the Bench

[YorkshireSquare]

No idea..I expect those who "understand" these things will be along to explain why it's not a bad result later

Terrible result, poor final ball, poor finishing and conceding from a bloody corner again!

[YorkshireSquare]

Please someone tell me what Harrison does apart from defend. His final ball along with everyone else today is woeful.

I think he's come along way, put loads of balls into the box, just dont have anyone to finish them off.

[Cjay]

Fulham 3 points behind, Forest 4 points behind, Brentford 5 points behind.

next 2 games are Forest and Brentford away.

Remember half time vs Cardiff we were 45 minutes away from going 11 ahead of Fulham

This season really does have a lot in common with last

Concerned.

[joemac]

Can’t believe shots attempts or just attempts are the same as usual , why oh why can’t we get ATTEMPTS ON TARGET FFS.

[Mick Jones shoulder]

Oh that's an easy one, he creates chances in the main, should be on 20 assists plus, clever footballer and worries defences that they have to triple team him ..

Exactly should be.
You sure he'snot a relative as you seem to defend him almost to the point of being creepy.


And another thing please don't tell me new lads have to learn Bielsa ball.
Cobblers

[Overman]

That was utter shite, no two ways about it. A real statement of intent to our promotion rivals.

[The Subhuman]

Sigh ...

Casilla - 5 - Should have done better for the goal. Apart from that he probably could have sat behind the goal for everything else playing Angry Birds.
Ayling - 6 - Poor start and it didn't get a lot better, think he was playing centre defence because don't recall many runs behind the defence today.
White - 9 - Excellent all game.
Cooper - 6 - Meh, is he really captain material?
Alioski - 5 Always better off the bench v tiring teams...
Dallas - 6 - Really couldn't decide where he was playing today..sort of where he felt like it seemed. We lacked structure today and he was a reason why for me
Klich - 9 - Outstanding playing DMF and CMF at the same time. One of the few that puts his foot on the ball and is always looking around for the pass
Costa - 7 - Decent game until the final 20, before then he won a series of corners and was a constant threat
Hernandez - 6 - Passing was off, can't seem to make the impression playing in the middle he does off the wing.
Harrison - 8 - point off for the miss but a good game from the left in general, unlucky not to score off the post in the first.

Roberts - 8 - He's a good player but the wrong choice of sub for me

[Irish Ian]

I wonder what the players really think of our strategy?
That teamsheet goes up today and immediately it gives Millwall a boost.

[apollo]

Impossible to say what comes next.

Awful at the back, toothless up front and an intransigent manager running them into the ground.

I can tell you exactly what comes next, the same F**king starting 11 next week.

Got what we deserved, great performance from Wigan and a fully deserved win. Onwards to next week with hopefully no changes to the team again. Another 10 or 11 good chances for Paddy and he will almost certainly score, proving his doubters wrong yet again. Really don't see any need for JKA, Paddy will get there eventually just need to keep the faith with him.

[joemac]

Week after after week and now season after we just can’t hit the damn target from midfield to the strikers , please don’t shoot if you can’t hit the target , be more accurate and clinical or just give the ball to someone who has the skill to hit the TARGET.

[60sUnited]

Been out all day and got home to this 'shock'........why oh why do we sign 2 supposedly talented attackers, only put one of them on the bench and leave him there......when everything on the pitch is failing !! Surely in a battle you want all of your best armoury available....I sometimes think Bielsa is taking the piss

[Oz Leeds]

Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result?

Bielsa isn’t just stubborn, he’s insane.

[whiteswan]

WHY THE f**k DO YOU HAVE POVEDA ON THE BENCH WHEN THERE'S ZERO CHANCE OF HIM COMING ON. Bielsa having a stinker today, or is he still learning stuff?

Indeed

[apollo]

Been out all day and got home to this 'shock'........why oh why do we sign 2 supposedly talented attackers, only put one of them on the bench and leave him there......when everything on the pitch is failing !! Surely in a battle you want all of your best armoury available....I sometimes think Bielsa is taking the piss

I agree with everything you except for "shock" what was shocking about it?

[joemac]

We are going to blow it because we can’t convert chances into goals , SIMPLES.

[whiteswan]

No idea..I expect those who "understand" these things will be along to explain why it's not a bad result later

I really look forward to reading those comments faaip

[Irish Ian]

Hope the journalists give Bielsa a rough ride in the presser instead of the staryeyed love in we are used to.

Why is he running these guys into the ground?

[Overman]

2 wins from 9 Championship games. The collective arses are clearly starting to flap.

Biesla really does now need to implement some changes, repetition is a defunct method at present.

[joemac]

It’s de ja vue all over again, just can’t score goals and put teams away when we create the opportunities, just get lethal for gods sake. Sick of losing games we dominate.

[BobHirst]

Thoughts after the game.

From Tuesday night "This has become a broken record. Leeds have a great advantage of possession, are playing attractive football, have created more chances, missed more chances and the opposition has sat back and scored with their very few attempts. How many games recently can you apply this description to?

For all the anger and frustration you've got to remember that we are still (at the moment) in an automatic promotion position.

Anybody remember that double digit gap between 2nd and third?

MB really has no excuse not to give the 2 new guys a start.

It feels like we should be 9 or 10 points clear in first if only we could score.

I know I was the only one who thought the ref on Tuesday was not biased but I thought the one today missed booking Wigan players several times when he could have.

Kiko to blame for the goal but I think the wind was a factor too.

This is a frustrating team to watch.

MOT