26 Oct 2025 18:53:45
We've beaten the bottom two, woeful, sides and an at best mid table Everton. As not too good as that may seem if we carry on at the same ratio we would gain 46 points this season, more than enough to stay up.
Jesse Marsch had us on 13 pts I believe in mid table at this point of the season yet we capitulated and went down. Need to start beating some teams like Fulham Brentford etc.
26 Oct 2025 20:13:03
I believe we are now level with what we had under Bielsa in his first season in the prem Corkster and he went on to finish 9th. Can't really compare because the situations/ teams/ opposition are so different. This is now all that was then, but I am convinced we will have a good season and finish comfortably in the league.
26 Oct 2025 20:54:58
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26 Oct 2025 22:13:16
In the last 10 years, no newly promoted side with 11 points after 10 games has gone down. We have that now after 9. Obvs don't think too much can be read into that, but it's a stat that's been thrown around by a few pundits, and motd.
The biggest thing for me is that we have only really had 2 "poor" performances in those 9 games, and statistically it could be argued that we weren't that bad in one of those!
26 Oct 2025 23:22:21
IMO we have been unlucky and coulda had 5 more points than what we have. Our unwanted trend of conceding late goals needs correcting.
27 Oct 2025 02:13:52
The loss at Fulham was certainly down to a freak event, and with a little better game management we could've got 3 points instead of 1 against Bournemouth and maybe more against Spurs.
The big problem is our conversion rate which at only 5.4% (9 goals from 167 shots) is the third worst in the PL, we need to start putting a few more of them away.
27 Oct 2025 09:47:51
For me Bright I think we’ve only had one bad performance so far and that was because we were completely outplayed by the best team in the league so far. You could also argue that being only the second game of the season with a lot of new players in our squad we were quite raw in bedding in our new recruits and were possibly a little disjointed.
Burnley game, arguably as you point out, iI thought it was only a bad game in the sense we didn’t put away our many chances.
Only one defensive error and their wonder goal, I’d say we were very unfortunate to be the losers in that game.
I still don’t understand how we didn’t notch up victories in both of our games against Burnley last season, well dodgy ref being a part of it with two clear as day penalties!
They are are side that is wearing out it’s recent luck against us.
27 Oct 2025 10:07:51
Bright, more unbroken records have been broken by Leeds than any other team.
I think we were the first champo team to be in the top two at Christmas who didn't make promotion.
Sorry to ruin a sunny Monday. On the brightside, other teams around us will collapse as we stand tall and firm because Leeds have team spirit like no other.
27 Oct 2025 11:27:53
100% agreed OP, hence my "almost a" caveat.
Like I said Mo, I don't think too much should be read into it, given our penchant for destroying trends!
27 Oct 2025 12:09:01
Fine margins opti. Burnley beat us fair and square. Getting a 3 point banker for them.
Tap in wonder goal still a goal. Still needs to be canceled out.
Deserved to be beaten. Farkes tactics v gunners was reason we were trounced.
The rest have been 50-50 in my eyes and as I said a little bit unlucky not to get 5 more.
27 Oct 2025 12:57:21
Just depends on how any given fan views a game Aus. Guess you and I just see it oppositely.
27 Oct 2025 13:22:04
Yep opti. You see all our games as unlucky. I see we were well beaten in 2 by teams top and bottom ish and deserved more from the rest.
27 Oct 2025 18:16:24
Not just unlucky Aus and I think you know that, but I think we’ll leave that conversation there as it will go no where to debate it.