3 up. Easiest Christmas schedule I've seen is several years. And pepe had the absolute gall to whinge about it and his squad.
City 7-0 up. Poor Leeds, been hit hard by injuries but they are just so open against the big teams. Reminds me of Bournemouth, used to play nice attacking football but when go toe to toe with big teams get ripped apart. And this is why teams sit back and play 10 behind the ball v us, city etc. how can anyone ever complain when they do that because if they try to toe to toe, this is what happened. On the other side, Raphinha might be looking for a new club in January.
They have just played a team that is tactically and technically way beyond anyone else in the PL yet still tried to attack on the odd occasion they had possession of the ball, brave but costly.
Leeds have shown why side part the bus i expect. Leeds are infamous for being an easy touch as beilsa plays with defenders always in a one on one. however the res tof the side don't hunt in packs so its easy to get round. Diego is right, leeds have put out the same old system against a team technically beyond "them" then they get hockeyed and don't change the approach. This is pure stubbornness. City will change thier system to play cheslea or liverpool. 100%, thye do it. We do it when we play them etc etc. This guy is a hero in leeds fans minds but he is a stubborn fellow and they will end up going down. as of now there are 3 worse sides than them. maybe 4 but after january they could be looking at mbappe playing for newcastle leeds need to make a deciaion here. They either back their man with money to improve the playing staff to play his game or move on to the next manager. in the mean time villa now round out the top 10 having won 3 in 5 games having only lost to city and liverpool since they changed thier manager. leeds are only 6 points off villa. That shows how tight i is and how easy it is to shoot up the table right now. sides need to get on with it now.
Joe Matip Is considering playing in the AFCON starting in January .Losing four players to AFCON in January is not my cup of tea.
Putting aside the fact it helps us. It doesn’t make sense to have a major tournament right now in the midst of the new variant around etc. tbh it doesn’t make sense to have any international football for the last couple years but there we go. Be a shame to a lot of players and fans who would love to be at the tournament if it is cancelled though
he can be dropped for the rest of the season. konate and gomez are dying for a chance to replace him. The only issue we have is salah. Jota and firmino can play the few games but then the right wing is just not fixable
Its a real shame they didn't get it done in the summer but thats the breaks, it is really risky as a sizable proportion of the continent is in a bit of covid bother. you would think they could do the hotels and isolation and no fans in gorunds but then again if you look at the rugby I think south africa and ireland had a major issue with games recently.
Manchester City scoring seven goals against Leeds yesterday Liverpool's goals difference is still better with a game in hand.
