Leeds United (A) Match Thread

[Parsnip]

Haha Bamford what a bell. Hope that costs them.

[RoyMac5]

1 minute ago, Pottig said:

What makes you think "the best" is beating a strong Leeds team? We don't have the players.

We have the players to put on a better show than this.

[nottingram]

2 minutes ago, Tyler Durden said:

Yes but we are still seeing the same result with a side full of regular first teamers today

God help us if we had a smattering of youth players in the side today it would have been a cricket score by now 

Okay so should we be playing them or not? Not really sure what point you are making...

[Andicis]

Just now, SaintRam said:

Performance against Cardiff was alright imo

I think Cardiff was part of that, they looked absolutely shocking.

[wixman1884]

going in 1-0 at half time will be robbing them blind. i'd fancy our chances to steal a point late on 

[Remy the hare]

There was so many posters posting prior to 12.30 saying we’ll get drilled today, no chance of anything today, hope we can keep the score down, etc.  So Isn’t this what we expected today?

They are top of the league, we haven’t won for ages, are bang out of form and confidence is very low. I’m not surprised ? 

[EraniosSocks]

Just now, wixman1884 said:

going in 1-0 at half time will be robbing them blind. i'd fancy our chances to steal a point late on 

What chances, we can’t even make one 

[Pottig]

3 minutes ago, Andicis said:

We signed Cocu to minimise disruption in style of play. We have a squad with a lot of players that finished in the top 6. I'm not saying we have to be in the playoffs, but our performances are shocking, our results are shocking, and there is little to no signs of improvement coming. Not sure why it's bold to ask questions about what's going on. We're getting mocked by the opposition who are telling us we're getting relegated.

How many games in are we? How much of a pre season did Cocu get? Did you see us under Lampard at the beginning of last season? Look where we ended up.

[CornwallRam]

How are Leeds only 1 up?

[AndyinLiverpool]

2 minutes ago, Andicis said:

But we're not showing any improvement. That's the issue. The performances aren't getting better.

Cardiff was ok

[Anag Ram]

I just feel sorry for the fans who have travelled to wstch this. 

There has been nothing to applaud. 

We look frightened to take any responsibility and are so far apart it's impossible to string passes together. 

[Andicis]

Just now, Pottig said:

How many games in are we? How much of a pre season did Cocu get? Did you see us under Lampard at the beginning of last season? Look where we ended up.

Yes, the beginning of the season under Lampard was much much better than this. 

[MK-Ram]

Just now, Andicis said:

We signed Cocu to minimise disruption in style of play. We have a squad with a lot of players that finished in the top 6. I'm not saying we have to be in the playoffs, but our performances are shocking, our results are shocking, and there is little to no signs of improvement coming. Not sure why it's bold to ask questions about what's going on. We're getting mocked by the opposition who are telling us we're getting relegated.

I want Cocu to succeed but I think the problem here is that the players simply are not of the level required to meet his expected style of play.  It's something I've often wondered about what would happen if you put a 'top' manager in an average side (how would Pep do at Burnley as a higher level example). The question them becomes how long do you let the manager try to bring the players to that level before the damage is already done?

[nottingram]

Just now, Andicis said:

I think Cardiff was part of that, they looked absolutely shocking.

We play well = opposition are turd

We play badly = we are turd

Have I got that right?

[AndyinLiverpool]

Just now, Anag Ram said:

I just feel sorry for the fans who have travelled to wstch this. 

There has been nothing to applaud. 

We look frightened to take any responsibility and are so far apart it's impossible to string passes together. 

We've been afraid of Leeds for a while now.

[SaintRam]

Just now, Remy the hare said:

There was so many posters posting prior to 12.30 saying we’ll get drilled today, no chance of anything today, hope we can keep the score down, etc.  So Isn’t this what we expected today?

They are top of the league, we haven’t won for ages, are bang out of form and confidence is very low. I’m not surprised ? 

Seemingly, they must have assumed we'd lose 3 or 4-0 while playing well. 

[Tyler Durden]

1 minute ago, nottingram said:

Okay so should we be playing them or not? Not really sure what point you are making...

Am saying that I could just about tolerate this level of performance if the kids were playing but Cocu is playing regular first teamers 

[Tombo]

8 minutes ago, NottsRam77 said:

Anyone else getting frank de boer at palace premonitions?

this attempt at a total Dutch football utopia doesn’t seem to work with sub standard players 

 

 

 

In what regard are we attempting Dutch total football other than our manager being Dutch? I mean Cocu spent most of his career at Barcelona playing nothing like a total football style. And we're not attempting that either.

At best, this is ignorant. At worst it's a lazy stereotyping job.

Our first foreign manager ever and we're trying to guess what style of football he'll play by his nationality despite plenty of football evidence to the contrary.

Lovely stuff.

[Andicis]

Just now, nottingram said:

We play well = opposition are turd

We play badly = we are turd

Have I got that right?

No, we did alright vs WBA and they're decent. Cardiff and Huddersfield, not so good. Swansea was a good result.

[Owd miner]

I'm fuming ... I'm fuming that much I've pinched sum o Hildas chewing bacca and I cant stop spitting ont dogs head ....