Crawley Town v Leeds Utd Match Thread - Cooper returns as Bielsa makes seven changes

[whiteswan]

Any relation to Steve in the afternoon??

Dont think so hector

[Broad Ford]

Hope the pitch is in tip top condition or we could be in for a mud bath. There's no under soil heating, so good news the forecast doesn't favour heavy snow.

Crawley will be up for the televised cup match and the club and players have everything to gain. Good luck to the Red Devils. Their home kit is all red, so could Leeds play in all white?

Here's to hoping Leeds enjoy a good cup run.

[Leeds1000]

Casillas
Ayling-Cooper/Phillips-Struijk
Shack-Jenkins-Alio
Dallas-Hernandez-Harrison
Bamford/gelhardt

Casillas
Ayling-Struijk-Coops-Dallas
Phillips
Harrison-Greenwood-Hernendez-Alio
Bamford/gelhardt

Come on the boys. What do Crawley do? Do they attack....Nar, so they better be good at defending. If we can stick 5 past WB we surly can put Crawley to the sword. We only play one way attack attack attack. In saying that tho, i believe they play 4-4-2 if that's right, lets hope for a better rhythm than against Burnley.

[Chilli D]

Casillas
Ayling-Cooper/Phillips-Struijk
Shack-Jenkins-Alio
Dallas-Hernandez-Harrison
Bamford/gelhardt

Casillas
Ayling-Struijk-Coops-Dallas
Phillips
Harrison-Greenwood-Hernendez-Alio
Bamford/gelhardt

Come on the boys. What do Crawley do? Do they attack....Nar, so they better be good at defending. If we can stick 5 past WB we surly can put Crawley to the sword. We only play one way attack attack attack. In saying that tho, i believe they play 4-4-2 if that's right, lets hope for a better rhythm than against Burnley.

Bielsa has said he won't be handing out any debuts so that means there's no chance of Jenkins/Gelhardt/Greenwood playing

[1964white]

BBC viewing figures will go out of the roof at 1.30pm

[1964white]

Bielsa has said he won't be handing out any debuts so that means there's no chance of Jenkins/Gelhardt/Greenwood playing

Obviously not good enough to get us through to the next round

[YorkshireSquare]

Leeds Starting XI
Casilla, Davis, Struijk, Cooper, Alioski, Phillips, Shackleton, Hernandez, Poveda, Costa, Rodrigo

Subs: Caprile, Huggins, Jenkins, Casey, Harrison, Raphinha, Greenwood

[Chilli D]

Leeds Starting XI
Casilla, Davis, Struijk, Cooper, Alioski, Phillips, Shackleton, Hernandez, Poveda, Costa, Rodrigo

Subs: Caprile, Huggins, Jenkins, Casey, Harrison, Raphinha, Greenwood

Very similar to what I predicted.
Should be more than enough to win this game but this is the FA Cup and this is Leeds.....

[Leeds1000]

Bielsa has said he won't be handing out any debuts so that means there's no chance of Jenkins/Gelhardt/Greenwood playing

Looking at the subs bench. If we are a few goals up, there could be a few debuts second half.

[YorkshireSquare]

Very similar to what I predicted.
Should be more than enough to win this game but this is the FA Cup and this is Leeds.....

Nearly bang on what I had in mind, though I had Bamford up front

[Chilli D]

Looking at the subs bench. If we are a few goals up, there could be a few debuts second half.

Yes, I'd like to see Greenwood get a run

[Irish Ian]

Strong lineup

[The Subhuman]

Looks like 3 across the back? Aliio/Shack at wing back? Or is Alio playing right wing back ?

[Leeds1000]

No excuses today from the lads. That team should be beating Crawley comfortably. I thought Gelhardt may have done enough for a place on the bench. I wouldn't be surprised to see him go out on loan now.

[1964white]

Nearly bang on what I had in mind, though I had Bamford up front

Surely a team good enough to win Adam

[Ron Swanson]

Pretty much the perfect XI.

Cooper coming in, Phillips playing the extra game... with a breather for Klich, Dallas, Ayling & Bamford.

A chance for some lads to play themselves into contention. Or indeed out...

[Carrick Dave]

First proper look at Rodrigo playing as a 9 today, it'll be interesting to see what he can do.

[1964white]

Looks like 3 across the back? Aliio/Shack at wing back? Or is Alio playing right wing back ?

I'd imagine Shacks & Davis will be the wing-backs with Ali pushed further forward

[Smudge3920]

Yes, I'd like to see Greenwood get a run

[YorkshireSquare]

Surely a team good enough to win Adam

You would hope so!