Match Day Thread Manchester Utd v Leeds Utd Match Thread

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Meslier - 6. Conceded 6 but didn't have the worst game. Distribution hit and miss again.

Dallas - 6. Poor defensively. Scored a great goal.

Cooper - 6. Dived in too much. Good header from a corner. Exposed badly by the poor passing in front of him.

Ayling - 4. Continuously showed Rashord and Martial inside on to their stronger foot. Badly let down by those in front of him.

Alioski - 4. Out matched for pace by James. Tried again but falls short more often than not at this level.

Phillips- 4. Ball watched for the corner. Lost Fernandes too often and hooked/saved at half time. Looked slow.

Klich - 3. His man was McTominay. Didn't get involved. Needs to get back some form or confidence.

Harrison - 5. Wan Bissaka owned him. Played better 2nd half. Missed a sitter.

Raphinha - 6. Too many heavy touches/passes. Tried to make things happen. Got two assists.

Rodrigo - 5. Busy, dangerous going forward but not the tracking back needed. His lack of defensive work left us overwhelmed in the middle.

Bamford - 5. Worked hard. Missed a couple of half chances. Outmuscled most of the time.

Subs.

Shackleton - 6. Did no worse than anyone else. Grafted. Plain to see he struggled at RB.

Struijk - 5. Game was too fast for him in midfield. If he has to play at this level it will need to be at the back. Probably get his chance with Cooper injured.

Davis - 6. 20 minute rescue job at the back. Exposed by lack of protection and it was all hands to the pump. Did ok.

Hard one to mark as we never really passed the ball well enough. That was the team as a whole. We gave the ball away in our half 3 times in the first 60 seconds and that is the worst place we can do that with the way we play. We deserved to lose but should have scored at least 6 ourselves. They had the pace and class up front to take their chances more than we took ours. 6-2 flattered them a little although they had the best chances. Could have been any score today.
 
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Emu said:
Meslier - 6. Conceded 6 but didn't have the worst game. Distribution hit and miss again.

Dallas - 6. Poor defensively. Scored a great goal.

Cooper - 6. Dived in too much. Good header from a corner. Exposed badly by the poor passing in front of him.

Ayling - 4. Continuously showed Rashord and Martial inside on to their stronger foot. Badly let down by those in front of him.

Alioski - 4. Out matched for pace by James. Tried again but falls short more often than not at this level.

Phillips- 4. Ball watched for the corner. Lost Fernandes too often and hooked/saved at half time. Looked slow.

Klich - 3. His man was McTominay. Didn't get involved. Needs to get back some form or confidence.

Harrison - 5. Wan Bissaka owned him. Played better 2nd half. Missed a sitter.

Raphinha - 6. Too many heavy touches/passes. Tried to make things happen. Got two assists.

Rodrigo - 5. Busy, dangerous going forward but not the tracking back needed. His lack of defensive work left us overwhelmed in the middle.

Bamford - 5. Worked hard. Missed a couple of half chances. Outmuscled most of the time.

Subs.

Shackleton - 6. Did no worse than anyone else. Grafted. Plain to see he struggled at RB.

Struijk - 5. Game was too fast for him in midfield. If he has to play at this level it will need to be at the back. Probably get his chance with Cooper injured.

Davis - 6. 20 minute rescue job at the back. Exposed by lack of protection and it was all hands to the pump. Did ok.

Hard one to mark as we never really passed the ball well enough. That was the team as a whole. We gave the ball away in our half 3 times in the first 60 seconds and that is the worst place we can do that with the way we play. We deserved to lose but should have scored at least 6 ourselves. They had the pace and class up front to take their chances more than we took ours. 6-2 flattered them a little although they had the best chances. Could have been any score today.
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harsh that mate very harsh, wouldn't like to be shagging a bird and you gave me scores out of ten i would have to take you to court for bias...<laugh><laugh><laugh><laugh>:emoticon-0136-giggl
 
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Emu said:
Meslier - 6. Conceded 6 but didn't have the worst game. Distribution hit and miss again.

Dallas - 6. Poor defensively. Scored a great goal.

Cooper - 6. Dived in too much. Good header from a corner. Exposed badly by the poor passing in front of him.

Ayling - 4. Continuously showed Rashord and Martial inside on to their stronger foot. Badly let down by those in front of him.

Alioski - 4. Out matched for pace by James. Tried again but falls short more often than not at this level.

Phillips- 4. Ball watched for the corner. Lost Fernandes too often and hooked/saved at half time. Looked slow.

Klich - 3. His man was McTominay. Didn't get involved. Needs to get back some form or confidence.

Harrison - 5. Wan Bissaka owned him. Played better 2nd half. Missed a sitter.

Raphinha - 6. Too many heavy touches/passes. Tried to make things happen. Got two assists.

Rodrigo - 5. Busy, dangerous going forward but not the tracking back needed. His lack of defensive work left us overwhelmed in the middle.

Bamford - 5. Worked hard. Missed a couple of half chances. Outmuscled most of the time.

Subs.

Shackleton - 6. Did no worse than anyone else. Grafted. Plain to see he struggled at RB.

Struijk - 5. Game was too fast for him in midfield. If he has to play at this level it will need to be at the back. Probably get his chance with Cooper injured.

Davis - 6. 20 minute rescue job at the back. Exposed by lack of protection and it was all hands to the pump. Did ok.

Hard one to mark as we never really passed the ball well enough. That was the team as a whole. We gave the ball away in our half 3 times in the first 60 seconds and that is the worst place we can do that with the way we play. We deserved to lose but should have scored at least 6 ourselves. They had the pace and class up front to take their chances more than we took ours. 6-2 flattered them a little although they had the best chances. Could have been any score today.
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I usually disagree with one or two of your ratings but I have to pretty much agree with those comments. If anything I’d probably score every player one less than you did but the difference between each would remain the same <ok>
 
Makemstine Roger said:
harsh that mate very harsh, wouldn't like to be shagging a bird and you gave me scores out of ten i would have to take you to court for bias...<laugh><laugh><laugh><laugh>:emoticon-0136-giggl
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I can't fault the effort for most of them. The quality wasn't there today. The system we play is great to watch and is pretty much unstoppable if we can keep the ball. It all goes to **** if we lose the ball too often. It leaves us massively exposed at the back as we have already committed all the lads forward. That's what happened today...we just couldn't nail the pass that breaks through the initial press. When that happens we concede chances.
 
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It could have been 10-5 in the end, but reality is they scored 4 goals from their first 6 shots. The first half was pretty even but we were 4-1 down. That’s how it goes. We played some nice stuff at times, but gave the ball away too cheaply and their pace and quality killed us.

we gave them a 2 goal start - handed them the confidence to play on a plate and they took it.

It happens, we take it on the chin and come again. Burnley and West Brom are our bread and butter games.
 
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Emu said:
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I can't fault the effort for most of them. The quality wasn't there today. The system we play is great to watch and is pretty much unstoppable if we can keep the ball. It all goes to **** if we lose the ball too often. It leaves us massively exposed at the back as we have already committed all the lads forward. That's what happened today...we just couldn't nail the pass that breaks through the initial press. When that happens we concede chances.
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I can see lots of positives from today, sort the defence and we are like Barcelona. Lol
 
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ristac said:
I usually disagree with one or two of your ratings but I have to pretty much agree with those comments. If anything I’d probably score every player one less than you did but the difference between each would remain the same <ok>
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now if the players read these pages which they might, they could think why should i bust a gut for these ****ers, we are all human and take criticism to heart, but the performance i saw was guys below their standards of skill give their all for the badge never give up and keep trying, there are loads of teams who would be overjoyed to be in this position right now , yes disappointed but happy with the performance
 
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Bielsa when asked for an assessment;

“First half we had similar options and we failed to score from them, we had combination attacks, their ones came from us losing the ball.”

Phillips Klich - We were losing by a big margin and thought we needed to make changes to win the ball easier.

Did we fall into Man U trap - No

Does this make him think about his approach in future - No

“We failed to neutralise them, I will correct the issues, I will not abandon the way we play.”
 
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Bielsa when asked for an assessment;

“First half we had similar options and we failed to score from them, we had combination attacks, their ones came from us losing the ball.”

Phillips Klich - We were losing by a big margin and thought we needed to make changes to win the ball easier.

Did we fall into Man U trap - No

Does this make him think about his approach in future - No

We failed to neutralise them, I will correct the issues, I will not abandon the way we play.
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love that guy what a manager
 
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Makemstine Roger said:
now if the players read these pages which they might, they could think why should i bust a gut for these ****ers, we are all human and take criticism to heart, but the performance i saw was guys below their standards of skill give their all for the badge never give up and keep trying, there are loads of teams who would be overjoyed to be in this position right now , yes disappointed but happy with the performance
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If they get upset by my comments they better stay off Twitter then. They were not good enough today, they’ll know that.
 
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milkyboy said:
It could have been 10-5 in the end, but reality is they scored 4 goals from their first 6 shots. The first half was pretty even but we were 4-1 down. That’s how it goes. We played some nice stuff at times, but gave the ball away too cheaply and their pace and quality killed us.

we gave them a 2 goal start - handed them the confidence to play on a plate and they took it.

It happens, we take it on the chin and come again. Burnley and West Brom are our bread and butter games.
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No bread and butter games in PL pal.
 
Somebody called Talksport calling for Bielsa's head

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“If we leave Bielsa in charge, we’ll go down. I think it’s time for him to go.”<br><br>“Thanks for the memories Marcelo, but it’s time for a change.”<br><br>“I’d try get Rafa in, but we’ve missed out on Big Sam!”<br><br>Danny the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc^tfw">[HASHTAG]#LUFC[/HASHTAG]</a> fan wants Bielsa sacked before it’s too late <a href="https://t.co/MnqxHwNBtF">pic.twitter.com/MnqxHwNBtF</a></p>&mdash; talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) <a href="
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To be honest all this Leeds being everybodies favourite team because of the exciting way we play is wearing a bit thin.

I wasn't expecting a win against Manure but thought a draw (before the game) was within our reach or a narrow defeat which I would have had no problem with but 2-0 down after 3 mins or whatever that was shocking.

6 ****ing goals conceded to Scumchester is not what I wanted to see.

I do think Burnley and West Brom are the games we need to win and should if we are to survive this season.

Not given up hope but stinging from the ****e scoreline.
 
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Mr Wolves-White said:
Somebody called Talksport calling for Bielsa's head

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“If we leave Bielsa in charge, we’ll go down. I think it’s time for him to go.”<br><br>“Thanks for the memories Marcelo, but it’s time for a change.”<br><br>“I’d try get Rafa in, but we’ve missed out on Big Sam!”<br><br>Danny the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc^tfw">[HASHTAG]#LUFC[/HASHTAG]</a> fan wants Bielsa sacked before it’s too late <a href="https://t.co/MnqxHwNBtF">pic.twitter.com/MnqxHwNBtF</a></p>&mdash; talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) <a href="
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Danny the not Leeds fan needs a kick up the arse. Raffa since he left Liverpool has been sacked everywhere except Newcastle where he did a runner for Chinese money, Leeds have one of the best managers in the Division and are not swayed by one scroat who is upset to a loss at team who has one player that cost half of the leeds team
 
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