16 Dec 2020 01:30:37
5 goals in the last 6 games.
Nearly 2 games conceded on average per game .
One win in 6 games
Have no idea which 3 teams if any will finish below Leeds.
Something needs to change in creating, scoring and keeping clean sheets .
Struik, Pablo, Poveda, Geldhart, Davis?
Leeds have always played better with Pablo who is a proven match winner and a talisman in the side who. can unlock defences and score goals . He needs to start not just come on in a second half ( and that hasn't been happening either) .
Bielsa needs to stop the predictability of picking the same failing players like Harrison who hasn't had more than one or two good games all season.
This game is massive as is the three games after Man U, Burnley and West Brom.
The team needs to show far more controlled aggression, passion, desire and enthusiasm than in the West Ham game. What has happened to the team spirit? (, the lack of player celebration when Klich scored was alarming) .
16 Dec 2020 05:19:50
It's called Premiership football, we aeent in championship anymore, you didn't honestly think we would win every other game in this league.
16 Dec 2020 08:48:26
Richie of course not and have never said as much in any of my posts.
16 Dec 2020 09:35:15
I think there are three worse than us
Plus the usual one or two that collapse after Christmas.
But disability to defend as well as no midfielder chipping in with a few a season. We will always be flirting.
To me an attacking mid should get minimum 6 plus a year.
16 Dec 2020 10:23:36
Yes Aus that goalscoring attacking midfielder/ number 10 has been Pablo with 9 to 12 goals a season and numerous assists for the past 4 seasons
Boy do we miss Pablos goals and assists and apart from Bambam no one is stepping up!
Care to say Aus which '3 ( or more ) teams' you believe will finish below Leeds at the end of the season because for me can only say with any confidence right now Sheff Utd.
Next 4 games Newcastle, Man U, Burnley and West Brom for me have become season defining for Bielsa and the team.
16 Dec 2020 10:29:49
rodrigo has 1 goal 1 assist from about 500 minutes. that's roughly 6 games. 38 game season you'd get 6 goals out of him this year. think we all need to stop panicking. If we get a point tonight, it's a good result. any game where you pick up a point in this league is a good result. scrap what happened over the last 2 years, in terms of prem experience now we're a little fish in a big pond. the players are up to it and the belief is there now more than ever. MOT.
16 Dec 2020 10:36:07
Pablo is better coming on after 60 for me.
Much faster and fitter players in thu league than championship and he's a year older.
Harrison has been one of best players until the last couple of games. Poveda and Costa do not have his defensive effort which is an issue with no defensive left back.
16 Dec 2020 10:49:40
Canada how about Harrison at left back/ left wing back instead
As he certainly doesn't impress as a winger, can't beat a man, doesn't score, rarely assists, crosses that mych more often than not find an opposing player.
16 Dec 2020 10:56:13
So it all goes back to, bolster the left with an attacking FB. Make the wingers, full backs get their crosses in not just promise much then fizzle out. Bolster the middle with a strong tall CB (With the feet of Messi) . Stop the intricate passing in front of goal one pass early and just shoot. You never know what will happen if BamBam and Rodri are sniffing around.
I personally am in the Pablo definitely yes camp, but only after 60min. We all said that, before the season started, to protect the little man.
16 Dec 2020 11:10:52
Alot of eggs being put in Pablo's basket, boy if he gets a chance the pressure he will be under as some see him as the saviour.
16 Dec 2020 11:29:28
Burnley. Brom. Sheff. Newcastle. West ham. Fulham. Poss villa and crystal palace to collapse.
16 Dec 2020 12:12:16
Aus lol all of these teams and West Ham? . if only.
16 Dec 2020 12:30:31
That's the crux of the issue Richie other players too should be stepping up to score more and assist more
Last season we relied heavily on Bambam and Pablo for goals. no one else is stepping up this season so far.
16 Dec 2020 13:07:15
I keep seeing all this we are prem stuff we can't win every game
of course we can't but I expect us to play better against the weaker teams. we have better players than palace and West Ham yet still lost both games comfortably
we have an amazing manager so why is this the case. I would say our players are about 10th best in the league. and our manager is class. so we should finish top eight at least right?
wrong because we keep letting in silly goals and making the same mistakes
people keep talking about our style and how nice we are to watch like that counts for anything. it doesn't
we played well against city and got 1 point. West Brom defended and scraped a draw against city they still got 1 point
if belisa is as good as people say he needs to start proving it by getting results against the better teams and beating the weaker ones. at the moment I am not really seeing that
all I am seeing is a lot of very pretty defeats with a couple of awful defeats thrown in as well.
back to basics. it is the basics that get you points not pretty fluff.
16 Dec 2020 17:32:22
Works for me Baz, wouldn't be any worse than Alioski!