Not so good that puerta shouldn't even be playing. As some said he should probably be starting over slater at this point.
If real life is like football managers then financially if it kicks in outside of the transfer window then the perm move isn't confirmed until next season meaning financially it'd be in next years' accounts, so there could well be mileage in that suggestion
I cannot see any reason why Slater would start over Puerta, doubly so after today. And I’m not a Slater basher either, he’s just miles off the quality we have in abundance in central midfield.
Not a major thing but in the second half late on Coyle got shoved by one of Stoke’s players after a challenge and Coyle just… meekly walked away. It was Slater who rushed over and shoved the Stoke player back whilst Coyle walked off with his tail between his legs. Why is our captain so meek? I’ve met Lewie a couple of times as I lived on the same street as his late dad (RIP) for a bit and he’s a lovely guy but on the pitch he just seems to avoid confrontation or conflict completely. He’s tough in an endurance sense of the word as he gets hurt and seems to play through the pain but when it comes to confrontation he just goes into his shell. Sorry, but I want the captain to be a bit of a prick who will get in people’s faces, argue the toss with the ref about decisions, stick up for his teammates when there’s pushing and shoving going on etc. I just don’t think he has it in him. He’s too ‘nice’.
This seems to be the new thing to criticise about Coyle lately. We were a goal down in injury time and he wanted to crack on with the game rather than getting involved with some scrote. He's just got his head screwed on.
Probably worth watching the Puerta contractural situation in the coming days. Especially if there's one last loan incoming.
It isn’t a new thing. He’s always been like this. Wilks once shoved him during a game as he wanted to take a penalty even though Magennis was the designated penalty-taker. Wilks got his way in the end because Coyle wasn’t assertive enough.
Drameh scuffed the clearance but it was a free cross into the box and they’d overloaded just behind him. He stopped a certain goal early in the second half so it’s swings and roundabouts
The core of our defence is still that which we came out of league 1 with, and none of those that we've signed since under Acun have worked, for one reason or another. "Lapses" have been a constant theme for years but they're heightened now we're in a relegation scrap
Rubbish. Coyle walked away to save being booked. He's the captain and that's what a captain should do, not get himself booked or sent off.
first team to concede only 9 in the first 30 games of a season. we got one of them. ten 0-0s so far. how exciting is that?
Ironically, Leeds are on course to beat the current record of just 30 conceded in 46 games as well, but they've still managed to score 24 more than Boredrawnley FC
