01 Mar 2022 10:23:57
Haven't posted in years, and then 2 posts in 2 days. I may yet become a regular.

Just wanted to say that I was impressed by Jesse's first interview. He's showed intelligence, respect and hunger, and I really hope he's a huge success. Obviously still disappointed to lose Bielsa, but I am pleased the club have gone for someone with a similar footballing style. This was always going to be the next move, so why not just embrace it now.

There are a few things I'd like Jesse to address right away, these are:

1. Squad:
Be more open to having a larger squad.
Make better use of younger players.
Don't wait half a season before playing a new or returning player.

2. Defence:
Don't be so reliant on man-marking. Mix it up a bit and plug the gaps we keep creating.
Teach the team how to defend set pieces.

3. Unforced errors:
My biggest bugbear is the number of times we needlessly give the ball away. Stop this and we'd instantly concede far less goals.

4. Attacking:
Play 2 strikers up top. How many times do we get the ball in or around the opposition's box but then have no one to pass to.
Once fully fit, I'd like to see BamBam and Joffy lead the line. It would be like Becchio and Beckford over again. BanBam holding the ball up and Joffy powering in on goal.

Sorry for waffling on. I don't have any other Leeds Fans around me, so it's nice to share my thoughts.

1.) 01 Mar 2022
01 Mar 2022 10:35:34
Hes already said he won't entertain man 2 man Danny so that's 1 change immediately.
2 up top is a strange 1 now to comprehend 🤣

We were all ao immersed in the bubs vision, will it / can it work with the 2 we have?

You feel it can, paddys work ethic and joffys bullishness .

The squad enlargement is. fundamental and i believe 100% jesse also believes that.

Its a very tough baptism of fire facing Jesse.

2.) 01 Mar 2022
01 Mar 2022 10:39:14
Well said Danny. The only thing I would add/ ask is stop playing Roberts.

3.) 01 Mar 2022
01 Mar 2022 13:20:19
The new approach by JM of 2 upfront will be interesting to see who he chooses straight away although it should be obvious that
Rodrigo and Gelhardt have the best attributes to fill these positions immediately and be a successful partnership.

Therefore Roberts can't be disguarded just yet as we have no other striker options and you never know it could surprise us all that as a sub playing as a 2nd forward up front Roberts could actually flourish. We'll see.

4.) 01 Mar 2022
01 Mar 2022 13:27:08
I agree MW. Maybe Roberts could be more suited to two upfront, so definitely don’t write him off yet. That said, give him time to regain confidence, so it’s Rodders and Joffy for me too!

5.) 01 Mar 2022
01 Mar 2022 13:58:03
The problem we could have with going 2 up top is that we have a very weak midfield, so it can cause us to lose the midfield and that puts pressure on our defence and cuts off the supply to the front 2. I'm concerned at only having a 4 man midfield as we lose the ball all the time already even with 5 in there.

6.) 01 Mar 2022
01 Mar 2022 14:10:03
It is a 5 man midfield but with klich struggling to up to pace with any player he’s instantly out run, Rodrigo and Tyler are never really going to track back like a natural centre mid would and foreshaw did but again doesn’t have the running power to match up man for man. Think zonally marking with make it much easier for the slower players meaning we could probably drop to 4 midfielders no problems if not man marking.

7.) 01 Mar 2022
01 Mar 2022 16:12:27
I would add: ease up the training. We need to have all hands on deck. As we had no incomings this window, and the squad is so thin.

8.) 01 Mar 2022
01 Mar 2022 18:14:32
Good post Danny - Can't disagree with anything you said.

I was just pleased he didn't call it soccer.

9.) 01 Mar 2022
01 Mar 2022 18:58:12
Marsch allegedly still works his players hard but not quite as hard as God.

10.) 01 Mar 2022
01 Mar 2022 20:14:57
From the quote Class posted earlier, it would seem Marsch likes to rotate players too, which we know Bielsa tended not to, which may well also have contributed to the core group being seemingly physically and mentally shot.