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Leeds United
Brentford
Elland Road
36,260
Peter Bankes

Leeds & Brentford fought out a goalless draw, in front of a sellout 36,260 Elland Road. Leeds were much the better team forcing fine fine saves from shot stopper Raya on multiple occasions earning him the Man of the Match award'

Marsch's side looked far more comfortable and adept than normal, probably because the partnership of Koch and Wober inspired confidence in the Leeds ranks, allowing them to concentrate of their own roles. Koch kept goal machine Ivan Toney quiet for the most part, restricting the England hopeful (though I wouldn't have a bet on it) to half chances.

Wober too, more than played his part. He was a rock in defence, and will be hard to drop from the starting line up, once Cooper returns from injury.

Line Up
Nat
Match Events
Meslier, Illan
Goalkeeper
France
Struijk, Pascal
Defender
Netherlands
Ayling, Luke
Defender
England
Koch, Robin
Defender
Germany
Wober, Max
Defender
Austria
Roca, Marc
Midfielder
Spain
Adams, Tyler
Midfielder
USA
Harrison, Jack
Midfielder
England
Aaronson, Brenden
Midfielder
USA
Gnonto, Wilfried
Midfielder
Italy
Moreno, Rodrigo
Forward
Spain
Subs
Nat
Match Events
Sinisterra, Luis
Midfielder
Colombia
Bamford, Patrick
Forward
England
Greenwood, Sam
Midfielder
England
Firpo, Junior
Defender
Dominican Republic
Unused Sub
Llorente, Diego
Defender
Spain
Unused Sub
Robles, Joel
Goalkeeper
Spain
Unused Sub
Rutter, Georginio
Forward
France
Unused Sub
Kristensen, Rasmus
Defender
Denmark
Unused Sub
Gelhardt, Joe
Forward
England
Unused Sub
References
LEEDSTATS: Leeds United Season 2022/2023
Sheridan Dictates: Season Statistics 2022-23
Leeds United Programme Guide: Season 2022/23
Leeds United 5-2 Cardiff City (18th Jan 2023)


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1964white wrote on 23 Jan 2023 06:05 pm

Watched the whole game again this afternoon

Loads of plus points for Koch, Wober, Adams Rodrigo & Gnonto, all making solid contributions.

A polished display from our Austrian defender Wober providing a calming influence om our back-four, always positioned well & made defending look simple! Max actually made decent blocks/interceptions on the right-side, even though he was playing as a left-sided CB. Apparently he could be heard shouting out instructions in the West Stand. Captain potential for next season.

Koch also great, after a few lapses in games of late.

Adams won so many balls with his head & feet, tireless workload.

Rodrigo involved in so many moves with his clever touches.

Gnonto is everywhere! Willy never stops running, such a clever footballer for one so young. Gnonto always follows up a shot at the opponents' keeper, anticipating the goalie may fluff it.

Ayling definitely give us much more going forward, defended well apart from one daft moment near the end

Roca, Harrison & Aaronson are all hit & miss, plusses for all three but as many minuses in their play.

Struijk was having a shocker, improved as the game on. I would still stick with Pascal as our LB.

Anyone noticed Rodrigo changed his shirt from a long to short sleeve top after ten minutes

Sinisterra not the right change for me, nowhere near fit enough when we needed a goal.

Brentford kit awful but not as bad as our dreadful yellow top

Referee - Brentford stopped us taking quick free-kicks/throw-ins, by blocking us, the ref showing a yellow card after their fifth incident. Sinisterra was sent off for a similar offence earlier in the season.

1964white wrote on 23 Jan 2023 05:23 pm

Cjay wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 12:56 pm
Go criticise your London clubs --- where the hell did Deeney appear from?

It wasn't as bad as these two goons were making out!

Cjay wrote on 23 Jan 2023 12:56 pm

danhirons wrote on 23 Jan 2023 12:29 pm

though our general performance was very good yesterday and dominated the game generally

but, as everyone has said, in the final third our chance creation was very poor and can't remember us creating a decent chance all game

looked solid at the back though

need to start converting some of these games into wins

1964white wrote on 23 Jan 2023 12:27 pm

Tyzy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 10:48 am Were we the better team? I only watched the highlights so can't really comment .Was it another "we should have won" games,there's been a few of those.
No, even though we were the better team, we didn't create enough to win the game. Brentford came for a draw, hoping to nick all three points on the break. A draw was a fair result.