Leeds United 1-2 West Ham United (11th Dec 2020)

	1 - 2 Klich (p)
Leeds United Leeds United	1 - 2 Klich (p)	West Ham United West Ham United

Friday 11th December 2020, 8:00pm

Premier League

Elland Road

n/a

Marcelo Bielsa

Line Up		Nat	Match Events
	Meslier, Illan Goalkeeper
	Dallas, Stuart Defender
	Ayling, Luke Defender
	Cooper, Liam Defender
	Alioski, Ezgjan Defender
	Phillips, Kalvin Midfielder
	Dias Belloli, Raphinha Midfielder
	Moreno, Rodrigo Forward
	Klich, Mateusz Midfielder
	Harrison, Jack Midfielder
	Bamford, Patrick Forward

Subs		Nat	Match Events
	Shackleton, Jamie Midfielder
	Costa, Helder Midfielder
	Roberts, Tyler Forward
	Poveda, Ian Midfielder		Unused Sub
	Casilla, Kiko Goalkeeper		Unused Sub
	Hernandez, Pablo Midfielder		Unused Sub
	Struijk, Pascal Defender		Unused Sub

	References
	LEEDSTATS: Leeds United Season 2020/2021
	Sheridan Dictates: Season Statistics 2020-21
	Leeds United Programme Guide: Season 2020/21

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Irish Ian wrote on 17 Dec 2020 12:27 am

1964white wrote: ↑Wed Dec 16, 2020 3:06 pm What

Are you kidding Peter?

I await his comeback with bated breath.

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Lumiukko wrote on 16 Dec 2020 08:25 pm

onemoreslogan wrote: ↑Wed Dec 16, 2020 5:57 pm
I think our poor form of late owes more to an unsettled back line due to injuries than anything else. Beyond that, I'm tempted to argue they haven't been playing often enough and might have trouble maintaining form with so much time between matches in the PL. Looking forward to seeing how they respond over the next run of games which are coming at a more Championship-like frequency, to see if there is anything to this idea.

This is a good point. Perhaps the frequent matches over the next month will actually play into our hands with the fitness of our team. Certainly showed we were fittest tonight (against a Covid ravaged Newcastle admittedly).

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onemoreslogan wrote on 16 Dec 2020 05:57 pm

Yeah, the "Bielsa sides run out of steam down the stretch" myth was largely exploded his first two seasons at Leeds as far as I'm concerned. Whenever anyone comes out with that line it simply tells me they haven't been paying attention.

I think our poor form of late owes more to an unsettled back line due to injuries than anything else. Beyond that, I'm tempted to argue they haven't been playing often enough and might have trouble maintaining form with so much time between matches in the PL. Looking forward to seeing how they respond over the next run of games which are coming at a more Championship-like frequency, to see if there is anything to this idea.

The Pablo business is a head-scratcher and unfortunately we can only speculate as to why he's been under-employed. I hope we get the whole story at some point because I've been kind of obsessing over it.

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The Subhuman wrote on 16 Dec 2020 05:38 pm

I don't think there's any evidence we ran out of steam first season under MB, we basically played Derby off the park for two games bar 20 minutes and we finished stronger

I think the issue is MB will let players drag themselves out of slumps rather than change personnel....I don't think we'll see changes for the next game even if we're well beaten tonight

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White Riot wrote on 16 Dec 2020 05:28 pm

Peter in Blackpool wrote: ↑Wed Dec 16, 2020 5:17 pm white riot, I look for reasons why all previous Bielsa teams have failed at the death. Why they start well but fail to achieve and then he is off.

Its been an absolute pleasure watching Leeds this last 2 and a half seasons and the credit for that goes to Bielsa. But I believe he has taken us as far as he can, his type of football does not work in the strongest league in the world.

Its true, he has managed national teams with top players, but its not the same is it? getting the players for a few days once every couple of months. you cannot get a team to play bielsball unless you have them for a good while.

I fully accept that without him we would still be a mid table team in the championship and if he ever takes on another championship team i would be rushing down to the bookies with a fistful of cash. But he has never managed a top club team to success. To keep our momentum going we now need a different kind of manager who can build a squad and rest players who drop out of form and does not drop players cos he falls out with them.

A good manager would yell at pablo and say something like....so you think you are too good to be substituted.....right, I disagree, but I will play you tonight, now go out there and prove me wrong or shut the **** up

You make some valid points Peter

I guess only time will tell if Bielsa can keep us up.

Yes, I disagree with the way Pablo has been treated, he's the best player at the club for me and has been for a number of seasons.

My team talk tonight would be "Listen lads you let yourselves, me and the supporters down in the last two matches, so get out there tonight and show these cnuts what we're made of, get stuck in and put the fear of God into them, those three points are ours, so go and fooking get them".

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