11 Sep 2024 07:56:10
Focus back on boys.
I have in the past said that we should win our next five. But one at a time.
If I'm right the only fallen soldier is wober?
So we should be able to field same starting 11.
Bit of a tricky one this as burnley romped off and last 2 games have faltered. We really the opposite. Although we haven't in my opinion played a decent team yet.
So a potential banana skin on Saturday. Shouldn't be. We should win.
As long as we improve week to week I think we will be out in front soon enough. The new additions have proven wise so far. They should get better over the next few weeks/ months. I'm going 2-1.
11 Sep 2024 09:27:37
Home win for Leeds
With Leeds scoring just 1 goal against a strongish Burnley
Key decisions going our way for a change and a tad good fortune
Leeds 1 Burnley 0.
11 Sep 2024 12:42:06
Can our wingers deal with Roberts?
Can our backs deal with Anthony?
We know how they play, so fingers crossed.
With how quick the new signings hit the road running within days of coming to Leeds, they should be firing on all cylinders after two weeks of training.
Maybe Piroe starts, as he will have been training with the squad while Joseph was away. Being MJ on at half time.
11 Sep 2024 13:59:39
So just don’t get that piroe comment. Piroe trained with the squad for months now and average. Mats finally found his feet and firing on all cylinders and you want to drop him.
Please explain?
11 Sep 2024 14:50:09
I don’t get the pirloe comments? Hasn’t he scored the same amount of goals as Jospeh in less minutes?
I’d start Jospeh but pirols goals per minute is as good as any bodies.
11 Sep 2024 15:07:34
And last season goals per games stats Bermo?
11 Sep 2024 15:07:49
That why people saying it.
11 Sep 2024 15:45:33
Or play them both at HOME matches.
11 Sep 2024 16:04:53
A win of any description will do after an International Break.
11 Sep 2024 20:04:38
With the absence of a specialist playmaker
imo LUFC look more dangerous on break . esp with express pace of DJ, WG, MJ, BA etc
I predict that 50% plus of Leeds goals this season will come from counter attacks .
We have already had counter attack goals from BA, DJ, JP etc.
11 Sep 2024 20:13:19
Do not f*ck! ng start Piroe. Have we learnt nothing! ?♂️?.
11 Sep 2024 20:34:11
Piroe is a grrrreat player, a cracking goalscorer, a Dutch dynamite. But he doesn't fit the system so please don't start him. That is all.
11 Sep 2024 22:02:35
Doesn’t really matter if Piroe starts of comes on later if at all, Baz has predicted us as champions and I can take that to the bank ??.
11 Sep 2024 22:43:23
Indeed Class . that's a Baz 100% guarantee!
12 Sep 2024 05:58:07
Piroe has proven to be a solid goal scorer if you pass him the ball when he's in the box. If he has to run for it or make plays, he's crap.
We've changed our play style since last season and the new signings look like players who will get the ball in the box.
I'm a massive MJ fan and a Piroe doubter but I can see him scoring his fair share this season.
12 Sep 2024 07:58:57
Just bring him on late in the game. He'll chip in with goals, especially if we have a lead and there's space for him to work. Let him seal the win for us. But he should be nowhere near the first 11.
What's changed enough that make you think he'd do well starting MoT?
12 Sep 2024 08:01:12
Starting over MJ is just silly tbh. Lad has played well in build up, pressing and he's started scoring for both club and country. Why on earth would we drop him for a guy who has historically been very poor as a starter for us. Doesn't make any sense at all.
12 Sep 2024 08:04:10
Think JP will bag another dozen this season as an impact sub, and I’m happy for him to do that. MJ is the main man now, and no matter what has been talked about or drilled in training, he will be able to slot straight back in. Can’t see Farke dropping a potential full Spanish international to the bench.
12 Sep 2024 10:12:25
Dil
Just for this first game back I would start Piroe, he's had more training chances than MJ. It isn't a knock to the lad, just a tactical decision.
I've always praised JPs ability to knock them in, I've never believed he fit in with our play style or has the work ethic of Bamford (and now Joseph) .
Our play style has changed to suit Piroe's style by default of putting arranson in 10 and bringing in the wingers.
We've lost the one-man-bands of Summerville and Rutter, for better or worse, and now the tactic seems to be "feed balls into the box where a striker will be stood".
Just my two penneth.
12 Sep 2024 12:59:18
It’s a fair two penneth tbh MoT.
12 Sep 2024 13:51:32
Agree bright. Mot got a point about diff tactics. Something I would look at going forward. Also with Baz on playing both at home.
But def not piroe to start over Matt. Atm.
12 Sep 2024 16:31:21
Don't agree at all. MJ is match fit and he's been training while away. Already knows our tactics. He's not going to just forget them overnight when they've been drilling them all summer. And it's not like he's been away and is unfit. There's zero reason to drop him.
But that's not tactical changes, that's just personnel changes. We're playing very similar if not the same tactics as last season, barring Gnonto being freed up a bit. Tactically we are pressing better and more consistently, which Piroe can't do because he's about as athletic as Lizzo.
Build up phases have been the same and as long as we play a lone CF, then Piroe will not work in that system - unless the game is stretched and allows him space to operate inside the lines and box crashing. Which tends to be when we're already winning. He had 33 starts in the league last season and realistically he played well in one solitary game out of those starts.
MJ needs to start.
13 Sep 2024 12:19:01
We're playing different to last season because we have more than one player to feed the ball to.
We've got attacking threats across the front line, a midfield that's pushing forward, a ten that, as much as I loved Rutter, isn't coasting on a guaranteed space.
We've got four new signings, plus Bogle and Rothwell. Each one brings a different dynamic to the team. Solomon showed he's a fast winger but never once went for glory, instead he went for crosses in the box. That helps MJ, Bamford and Piroe more than Somerville and Rutter could hope to do.
Piroe is a statue, but in the box he converts, we have a team that, potentially, will play long balls, crosses and forward play from all angles.
That versatility is something we could have only dreamed of last season, and worse, something that was sorely lacking at the end of the season.
If we have six to eight players hungry to get a starting 11, when we have to rest or change things up, we have the option to.
Lastly, starting Piroe isn't a snub to Joseph and may just give Piroe the confidence and reassurance he needs to start knocking them in. If, a big if, Piroe, MJ and Bamford are on form, we're looking at a bloody lot of goals.