please log in to view this image Rotherham Utd v Leeds Utd Saturday 26th November 2016 @3pm Streaming links to follow Good Morning Everyone, Leeds will be with Pontius Jansson for Saturdays Yorkshire derby at the New York Stadium. The influential Swede picked up his fifth booking of the season for arguing with the referee after Newcastle's handball incident last Sunday. Cooper is set to deputise. Would it not be better to switch in form Ayling to centre back, so we can give Berardi a game? Stuart Dallas will be pushing for a starting slot following an impressive performance for the under 23's against Huddersrsfield. Talking of which Antonnson will also have his eye on the starting sheet having scored a hattrick during that game. Bridcutt is back in training, but the bench is a good couple of weeks away. We await news of Hernandez' injury, and whether he'll be fit for Saturday.
Morning all, Cooper in and Berardi on the bench for me, if Cooper fades second half then I would do as you suggest Elland. Berardi, Silvestre, Antonsson, Grimes and Dallas I think they will have to wait for the Liverpool game, Bridcutt might be on the bench by then too?
Morning all feels pretty good talking about options doesn't it, because normally we only have a first team and then some bench-warmers. Right now I will go with whatever starting 11 Monk puts out because he usually gets it right
Morning ristac, not too worried about using Cooper for the Rotherham game, but if it were a side in the top 6 we were facing, and a potential 6 pointer I'd be worried.
Morning Doc, in Monk we trust. Pleased he bought Doukara back to the fold 2 / 3 weeks ago, how many of us would have done that?
I think Doukara has been doing okay but... We just have a few too many okay players. We need a midfielder or attacker that is going to have the same impact Jansson had in defence. Sacko, Hernandez, Doukara, Dallas and even Roofe to an extent, you wonder which one will turn up, will they play a blinder or will they go missing. Throw the young lad Vieria into the mix and I don't know about anyone else but I don't really care which three we start with. I would like us to find someone who stands out, the player we know will start every game. If we could find that player it would be good for us to consider offers for the likes of Murphy and Mowatt, I would have said Doukara too but as we are unlikely to sign Sacko and possibly Hernandez Doukara is a handy one to have around.
Not the worst game of the season to be without a couple of first timers. Not expecting and easy game against Rotherham of course, there aren't any, but we surely have enough to see off a team with a mere seven points so far. On another note, watched Sunday's highlights a couple of times and listened to both managers interviews. On another day we'd have got something from that game. Newcastle keeper had a couple of great saves while ours was letting in a howler. Many other refs would have given us a penalty. Even the Spanish waiter described us as a very good side
Hernandez is a level above the rest. He does go missing sometimes but it tends to happen more with attacking players, plus he's getting on a bit now. I do think we need another attacking midfielder because we struggle without him or if he's having an off day. On sacko, I don't see why we wouldn't sign him. We have a deal agreed in principle (similar to Jansson i believe), he's young, hungry and has explosive pace. He'll become a better player than Gradel imo. We should deffo sign him if we have the opportunity.
Talking of clearing things up: I am reading back through this thread and its become obvious there is an "on ignore situation" between Shaks and Kim. So in the spirit of friendship and reconciliation let me be even handed and just ask: Kim WTF did you do to cause upset to Shaks? How are YOU going to put it right?
