very good start last season playing average teams, this season an exceptional start that has got many non Leeds sitting up and taking notice and talking about us and a bench that includes the likes of Pontus, Harrison and Bamford, not Sacko and Grot. I’m trying to keep my feet on the ground but the performances are looking too special to ignore.
Good for you. No disrespect and I was mightily impressed when I watched your game at Derby on the box, but you caught Stoke cold and Rotherham will do well to avoid the drop. Having said that, there is very little more you could have done and the very best of luck to you (especially tomorrow evening )
Next three games are very difficult ones, especially against the biggest club in Wales tomorrow night. Norwich !!! Pink dressing room!!! Got to be kidding, I would defo have a big black felt tip pen and give old Delia some stick.
Morning Simon, well said, must admit, I am so pleased for Klich, he was not given an opportunity last season - now he is one of our stand out players.
Listened to Noel Wheelen on radio Leeds before the game,he said Philips is the player who lets our wingbacks get forward,and we would have much less of an attacking threat without him.Bielsa said Rotherham tired 2nd half allowing us to play much more,think this is the way it could be against many of the big player,hoof type teams.
Good morning all on another great day to be a Leeds fan (long may it continue) Totally agree Eire,why change a winning formula,the more the players play together the better they will get,the best teams are used to playing together,you never saw the great Don ever change things unless he had to, so why now. Bielsa is building a great side not just for the future,but also for now,because he knows we must get back to the premiership,it's something every leeds fan has craved for,and i am sure Bielsa will do it.I havn't seen the match,just brief highlights,but what impressed me more than the performance (from reports & what i could see) was at half time we seem to have had a plan B,and how long is it since we had one of those ?,on many occasions this season were gonna have to change our tactical formation & grind out a result,and both Bielsa & the team appear to be able to adapt to a new test when & if required.So the long & short of it is,stick with the same team as much as possible,cause they will get us promoted.
Morning all Fatigue won’t be a factor especially after four games Bielsa himself said fatigue is a state of mind, and in any case his system allows each player to take a breather during play So not a problem
I'll have another go. Brian Clough twice won the European cup with Notts Forest and players who would not have got a place in the Leeds team.
Good report on the game and you saw it as i did on my computer.i also think calamity cooper is not up to it and phillips is hit and miss.replace both i have to agree with you and of course beradi is just filling in anyway.
Bielsa Pre swansea presser That's it from Bielsa Jansson out the big news. But praise from Bielsa from Berardi who looks certain to start his fourth league game in a row at centre-back. Plenty of praise for Swansea and Graham Potter too. Bielsa faces the press please log in to view this image Jansson out Pontus Jansson is out of Swansea game. He had a back problem in training yesterday. Bielsa: "We'll see if he can play in the next game." Were you close to becoming Swansea coach in 2015? Yes, it was a real possibility. I was willing to work in Swansea but at the end they choose somebody else. I don't remember very well. I think that I wanted to start at the start of the season, not come in the middle of the season and the contact I got was in the middle of the season. I have good memories of the Will he have to make changes? It's not convenient to talk about the second game of the week when we haven't played the first game. After the game against Swansea it will be the right moment to think about which players are going to play. On the prospect of a mid week league game There are differences between the weeks where you have one game and two games. The chance to make corrections (in training) are less frequent. And you have less time to watch the rival in their preparation. The good thing about it is that we like to play games. We prefer to play rather than training. Any signings news? Nothing new for now. On Graham Potter I know that he is an English coach that had success in football of the north. He has new ideas, I know he is young, and I know he is admired by national football. He is a modern coach, more than modern, he has new ideas. It;s very difficult to create something new in football but it's possible to take things from the past that you don't use anymore which will be the difference between modern and having new ideas. Taking new ideas from the past. On Swansea This competition has different kinds of difficulties. And you have to face each difficulty. The first game we played was against a team that was similar to Swansea but we played at home. The second game was against a team that belongs to the top six. The third game was against a team that just got promoted from League One but all games were difficult. All games were very demanding and I imagine the same for the game tomorrow. On training.. "Yesterday we dedicated the training session to the organisation of the team, the collective work, because you don't need to use a lot of energy to work on these topics. This is necessary, especially when you only have 48 hours between games." Bielsa on his bucket: It belongs to folklore that you find in football. I just see it as part of anecdotes, things you find in football. My two colleagues take care of the equipment and chose it. You want me to tell more than what it is - it's just a bucket, a comfortable bucket.
