Leeds Utd v Chelsea Match Thread

[1964white]

Is that not nice !

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Hard to believe we are already 7 points clear of Manure & West Ham, 6 points clear of Leicester, Wolves & Everton.

[1964white]

And we are now a threat at set pieces and defend them better !

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All down to Jesse once again.

Our defending today was the best I've witnessed since the Ferdinand/Woody/Radebe years

[Clacton White]

Watching Chelsea fans reaction during match on YouTube ......it's a thing of beauty watching their reactions . Some scream , some having fits . Wonderful .
Thanks Jesse , and of course the Leeds players .

[1964white]

Wow. How enjoyable was that !! The MOM thread is going to be good.

Wonderful Gandi.

Last season, our members struggled to pick two or three players let alone six. Now there are so many contenders it's difficult to know who to omit from our first six.

[John in Louisiana]

Agreed. 2 totally different things.
Faaip should just carry on the way he is. He says it how he sees it. Fine by me.

I'm not pointing fingers at anyone, especially Faaip, who has been a great contributor to this forum for a very long time.

[lufc1304]

Fair enough, you don't rate Rodrigo, Bamford or Gelhardt all of whom are 9's. But your right, maybe it is time I let the idiots push me out of the forum. From this moment I shall refrain from posting on General chat APART from the music threads as I'd hate to leave 64 in the lurch but pulling out of all the polls.

Sincerely hope you don't, faaip. I don't agree with all your opinions but I always enjoy reading them. If some don't like that you are "challenging", that's their problem, not yours. There's very few of the old guard left, I'd hate to see another leave. Mute or ignore those you don't get on with.

[Irish Ian]

Faaip hang on there, another few wins and they might even start accepting Victor is doing a decent job.

Ok maybe not but dont stop saying your piece.

[CHAPELALLMAN]

Thought you had a thicker skin than that Faaip. It’s a place for differences of opinion or it would be boring.

It's one thing to have differences in opinions - that healthy. What is not healthy is to be totally obnoxious and contemptuous to other people when stating an opinion. Faaip is plain rude and gives an impression of total arrogance.

[CHAPELALLMAN]

All down to Jesse once again.

Our defending today was the best I've witnessed since the Ferdinand/Woody/Radebe years

Jesse is going to be one of the best LUFC managers of all time.

[CHAPELALLMAN]

I also thought you can see the confidence growing in these players: Meslier, Koch, Llorente, Struijk, Harrison and James all looked like they had had the stuffing knocked out of them last season, due to the continual defeats and batterings. But they're all playing with a swagger in their step now, which is great to see.

Jesse has achieved a heck of a turn round at this club in a very short period of time, I love his positive and direct attitude

[1964white]

I wonder what Kalvin is making of it all, sitting on the bench for Man City every game so far.
I know he will get his chance there but I get the feeling he will sit out more than he plays this season.

I love Kalvin, he was asked to do the job of two players even when he was recovering from an injury. I always insisted we should play with two defensive players just as West Ham have done over the last few seasons.

Roca & Adams is perfect foil for us, Tyler has impressed me so much he is now more effective than KP

Adams stats today
83% pass accuracy
62 touches
34/41 successful passes
8/10 final third passes
6 duels won
5 ball recoveries
4 tackles won
3 interceptions
3 fouls
2 times fouled
2 chances created
1 block
1 shot

[1964white]

Fair enough, you don't rate Rodrigo, Bamford or Gelhardt all of whom are 9's. But your right, maybe it is time I let the idiots push me out of the forum. From this moment I shall refrain from posting on General chat APART from the music threads as I'd hate to leave 64 in the lurch but pulling out of all the polls.

Thanks mate.

I enjoy your posts even though we don't always share the same opinion.

Please continue to post, Faaip.

[1964white]

what a place to be today. An outstanding performance.
life is good. What’s not to enjoy. It’ll soon be s**t again so make the most of the good bits I say

I'm staying positive

[Jaydog]

I'm staying positive

I was just talking about life btw not football. I’m pretty confident about that

[1964white]

I also thought you can see the confidence growing in these players: Meslier, Koch, Llorente, Struijk, Harrison and James all looked like they had had the stuffing knocked out of them last season, due to the continual defeats and batterings. But they're all playing with a swagger in their step now, which is great to see.

Jesse has achieved a heck of a turn round at this club in a very short period of time, I love his positive and direct attitude

Can't wait for MOTD & watch the whole game again on LUTV (tomorrow)

[CHAPELALLMAN]

Did you notice how many times Chelsea were caught offside, it must have been five or six times.

Koch & Llorente seem to have developed a good understanding & have good organisational skills.

One again, credit to Marsch for sorting out our defence which was a complete mess last season.

It actually makes me think again about Orta, Could it be that some of his signings were simply made to look poor because of the tactics and formations of the previous manager ?

Llorente and Koch suddenly look like much better defenders - and the defence as a whole does not look like one which will come close to conceding 6 goals. Plus we no longer give away daft fouls which made our yellow card count last season ridiculous. And Rodrigo suddenly looks like a really good striker.

[YorkshireSquare]

It actually makes me think again about Orta, Could it be that some of his signings were simply made to look poor because of the tactics and formations of the previous manager ?

Rodrigo was never a 'Bielsa' singing, always felt like an odd one. Just didn't really fit.

He's thriving now up front and is a lot more affective in the attacking midfield role in Marsch's system.

[Irish Ian]

It actually makes me think again about Orta, Could it be that some of his signings were simply made to look poor because of the tactics and formations of the previous manager ?

Llorente and Koch suddenly look like much better defenders - and the defence as a whole does not look like one which will come close to conceding 6 goals. Plus we no longer give away daft fouls which made our yellow card count last season ridiculous. And Rodrigo suddenly looks like a really good striker.

No it means you will acknowledge nothing that doesn't fit in to your narrow, blinkered, tunnel visioned mental map of the universe, but carry on I see you are having fun

[Mountain]

Today was so good that posters who absolutely hated Rodrigo and Orta are now singing their praises! A remarkable u turn.

If this continues, they'll even start praising Bielsa, and then we'll all truly be united in love and respect!

[CHAPELALLMAN]

No it means you will acknowledge nothing that doesn't fit in to your narrow, blinkered, tunnel visioned mental map of the universe, but carry on I see you are having fun

Was it you that was telling people to get on and enjoy the win without any rancour ?

Maybe follow your own advice...