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purple hands

Double post...

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And now a bit of trouble at Newcastle

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/rafa-benitez-newcastle-manager-future-in-doubt-transfer-policy-a7560331.html

Not a bad evening

Keyzer

Great news on Jansson, quality player and delighted to have him on a perm. Would have been a shame to see him go.

Huddersfield game is massive this weekend, come on Leeds...

NuckChorris1

Keyzer wrote: »

Huddersfield game is massive this weekend, come on Leeds...

Big weekend of games for all the top 6:

Newcastle vs Derby
Wigan vs Wednesday
Ipswich vs Reading
Brentford vs Brighton

Things could change a lot!

Mushy

I can see the gap closing on Newcastle, bar Leeds losing obviously. Hopefully the extra day rest suits us.

KJ

If anybody is interested, Leeds U23's are playing against Shamrock Rovers on February 12th.
http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/news/latest-news/4502-friendly-v-leeds-u23s

Mushy

Reading unexpectedly drop points anyway.

purple hands

"Leeds have won their last two away league fixtures against Huddersfield - they've never won three in succession against their West Yorkshire rivals."

Ugh...same as before Barnsley away

Mushy

purple hands wrote: »

"Leeds have won their last two away league fixtures against Huddersfield - they've never won three in succession against their West Yorkshire rivals."

Ugh...same as before Barnsley away

Ah but they haven't included the Monk effect!

purple hands

I'd still take a draw today, then a couple of decent home fixtures to look forward to

purple hands

lufc v Huddersfield: Green, Ayling, Bartley, Jansson, Berardi, Bridcutt, Vieira, Dallas, Hernandez, Doukara, Wood

Barrow and Pedraza both on the bench. Other subs: Silvestri, Cooper, Coyle, O'Kane, Antonsson.

Little surprised by Vieira in for O'Kane

J Cheever Loophole

purple hands wrote: »

Barrow and Pedraza both on the bench.

Well, at least the option is there to wheel Barrow out if things not going well.

Fingers firmly crossed for today.

MOT.

J Cheever Loophole

J Cheever Loophole wrote: »

Well, at least the option is there to wheel Barrow out if things not going well.

They might decide to spring Coyle from the bench...

J Cheever Loophole

Deleted User wrote: »

They might decide to spring Coyle from the bench...

Touché!

purple hands

Good early pressure here

Mushy

Berardi farting around in the middle, awful stuff!

The Golden Miller

More signature defensive calamities from Leeds

Shlippery

Wood

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Wood walks it in

purple hands

Great block by Berardi to redeem himself

Mushy

My heart

Mushy

Viera finally given a free, they've been at him all game!

Shlippery

Nerves galore, hope can get something out of this!!

purple hands

Wish Jansson would stay on his feet more!

Shlippery

Bastards

Mushy

Thats been coming

Shlippery

Storms a brewin'

Zaph

Mushy wrote: »

Thats been coming

Unfortunately it has. They've looked far more likely to score.

Huddersfield manager has to get a hefty ban for that, running across opponents area to celebrate/goad.

His team worth the win though...

Mushy

Will they show the penalty appeal again?

Wagner must be given a big ban for that!

GoldFour4

Goal was coming but an irritating goal to concede.

purple hands

on the plus side, liked the look of Pedrazza

Zaph

At least Brentford are doing us a favour at the moment, 2-0 up against Brighton.

Jesus lads, 2 defeats in a couple of weeks has knocked the life out of this thread!

We surely all know what it's like to follow Leeds. It's constant disappointment. Monk is performing a minor miracle, we're in the playoff spots still despite facing tough away games like derbies against Barnsley and Huddersfield. At best they were each 1 point missed.

championc

Nice to see Norwich dropping 2 points last night.

Hopefully we kick on from here. In all honesty, one point for each of us last Sunday was no use. It needs 3's to catch Brighton and Newcastle

Ceist_Beag

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Jesus lads, 2 defeats in a couple of weeks has knocked the life out of this thread!

We surely all know what it's like to follow Leeds. It's constant disappointment. Monk is performing a minor miracle, we're in the playoff spots still despite facing tough away games like derbies against Barnsley and Huddersfield. At best they were each 1 point missed.

I think a lot of us are thinking a top 2 spot is achievable Conor which is probably why we might be a bit down at the mo. I still think top 2 is possible and the next run of games gives us every chance of closing the gap. Playoffs look like a good bet at this stage but wouldn't it be lovely if we could pip Newcastle to an automatic spot!

Keyzer

I'm still very positive in terms of the outlook for this season - consistency, which is one thing Leeds have not have for a number of years, is key and thankfully, bar a couple of narrow defeats, the team is getting results.

Marry that with the permanent signings of hernandez and pontus and the load signings of barrow and pedrazzo, I think the future looks bright.

That said, I hate the play offs. Absolute lottery in my opinion. Auto promotion would be uber sexy...

purple hands

What is this positive outlook lark....

In fairness, haven't lost two matches in a row since August-September as far as I can tell. Cardiff at home this weekend looks like it'll have a big crowd too

Anyone heading over before season is out?

Mushy

purple hands wrote: »

What is this positive outlook lark....

In fairness, haven't lost two matches in a row since August-September as far as I can tell. Cardiff at home this weekend looks like it'll have a big crowd too

Anyone heading over before season is out?

I'm awaiting to see what sky do for the Newcastle game before heading there. Mate is a Newcastle fan so should be fun. It should be left on the Saturday, most games are the Friday but this still shows up as Saturday.

Shlippery

Definitely hoping to get a game in. Had flights booked for the forest game but couldn't go cos the FA cup rescheduling wrecked it!

purple hands

Apparently there'll be streams today

funnights74

0-2 a bad day, and at home:( .

Zaph

Ffs, 2-0 to Cardiff. :mad: Awful defending from a free for the first (although admittedly it was a very good cross) and one of their players just waltzed through the defence and passed to an unmarked team mate for the second.

Kristopherus

Bridcutt now sent off !!!!

10000maniacs

Zaph wrote: »

Ffs, 2-0 to Cardiff. :mad: Awful defending from a free for the first (although admittedly it was a very good cross) and one of their players just waltzed through the defence and passed to an unmarked team mate for the second.

The final ball letting us down. Not good enough. Our annual meltdown begins.
Simply put there are too many weak links in our team who can't pass a football.

purple hands

purple hands wrote: »

In fairness, haven't lost two matches in a row since August-September...

My bad

Poor all around today, can only hope they bounce back quickly on Tuesday

Ceist_Beag

Think we can safely say top 2 is gone now. This will be a test of Monk, 4 defeats in 6 is poor form and might be hard to turn around in time to maintain our playoff challenge. Bridcutt will be a loss and I can't think of anyone who is to come back into the team who can help turn it around. This run of games are all winnable so a win on Tuesday is crucial.

Keyzer

Poor result, hopefully we can turn this around with a win against Bristol City who are in 20th position who've had 2 wins and 2 draws in their last four games.

45pts up for grabs in our remaining 15 matches. Some really critical matches though including the top two and a number of the teams around us.

Barring a complete implosion from all teams above us, automatic promotion is highly unlikely. Remaining in the playoff places come end of the season would be a great achievement but, aside from lip service, it means nothing given we head into the lottery of the playoff's.

February 2017
Leeds United v Bristol City Tue 14 Feb 19:45
Ipswich Town v Leeds United Sat 18 Feb 15:00
Leeds United v Sheffield Wednesday Sat 25 Feb 12:30

March 2017
Birmingham City v Leeds United Fri 3 Mar 19:45
Fulham v Leeds United Tue 7 Mar 19:45
Leeds United v Queens Park Rangers Sat 11 Mar 15:00
Leeds United v Brighton & Hove Albion Sat 18 Mar 17:30

April 2017
Reading v Leeds United Sat 1 Apr 15:00
Brentford v Leeds United Tue 4 Apr 19:45
Leeds United v Preston North End Sat 8 Apr 15:00
Newcastle United v Leeds United Sat 15 Apr 15:00
Leeds United v Wolverhampton Wanderers Mon 17 Apr 15:00
Burton Albion v Leeds United Sat 22 Apr 15:00
Leeds United v Norwich City Sat 29 Apr 15:00

May 2017
Wigan Athletic v Leeds United Sun 7 May 12:00

10000maniacs

10000maniacs wrote: »

The final ball letting us down. Not good enough. Our annual meltdown begins.
Simply put there are too many weak links in our team who can't pass a football.

Oh I'm not sure I agree with that. Or at least, after following Leeds for over 30 years, I'm not sure I would condemn this bunch...believe me I have cursed and sworn at plenty in the past! Far from it, they have exceeded my expectations and actually given us plenty to cheer about, and have played with a tempo I haven't seen in a long time. It was bound to hit a rough patch, but 2 of the 3 recent losses were away to other clubs doing well, Saturday's result was the first really bad one in a long time.

Shlippery

WOOD

and brighton and newcastle losing...(so far.)