We were playing better before they had a player sent off. We're now in better form than Southampton, should Adkins be sacked?
Every team has a bad run at some point, only Leeds fans would be so quick to declare that it was the end of the season, the manager should be sacked etc.
I was listening to the game, and we were the better side between Austin missing the first chance and Trippier getting sent off, and then for the rest of the game.
I think him being 35(?) and putting in a big shift at barnsley less than 2 days ago may lead to grayson making that decision. i would agree with him
Was just about to say the same. He fielded a good team, and any prick who didn't go to the game and slags him off before the match even ends needs to eat some humble pie. Buzzing after that win.
At least we have two weeks now to put some new shape on the team. Should be enough time for Larry or whoever to get in whatever new recruits. Arsenal game is probably coming at the right time. Nobody expecting anything from it except a good hiding and to be honest, the result of that will be pretty irrelevant. Pity we can't string four wins together because with the even nature of this league, a playoff place looks very reachable
I think the pricks that did not go to the game still deserve to have their point of view! We need a CB, RB and DM. The defensive problem we have had for over 12 months...Grayson has done nothing about that. seeing the goal today another poor defensive header from odear. One lucky win does not change the fact that we need a change... yours faithfully Prick (who did not go to the game)
Of course they do, but how can they possibly pass informed comment on the game that's going on? To start a thread before the match even ends (a match we end up winning by putting in a very passable performance) is really cringeworthy and screams of an overzealous desire to see Grayson sacked. And yes, I think that premature 'whey look he's getting sacked' stuff comes across as a bit prickish. SG's decisions were spot on today and not many teams have the spirit within them to crack a side like Burnley who are high on confidence. We do have that spirit, and that comes from the manager. We need a creative midfielder. Brown, Pugh and Thompson all look good enough at tackling in the middle. Someone to push Nunez and Clayton for their places is needed most of all, and another person to convert the chances wouldn't go amiss either. Get rid of Forssell and Paynter and get someone to vie with McCormack and Becchio. It was NOT a lucky win, and that's another comment I consider very presumptuous and totally unqualified. Burnley would have been extremely lucky to win today after doing nothing all game. It was a fully deserved win and our team's football being played was very promising. Yeah O'Dea could have directed his header better, but it was one minor mistake during a very good game for him. Austin fired in a great finish, and even the most pushing fans in this division could hardly say it was a goal that was Leeds United's fault, it was just a good finish from Burnley. There's only one way the defence will get solved and that's investment. But that's a discussion for another day. Yours faithfully, Someone who doesn't make knee-jerk, pessimistic reactions when he hasn't seen what actually happened. Now. I hope there'll be some humble pie being eaten by those who dismissed Leeds United today.
My point is a win is a win -but i believe this has papered over the cracks of a worrying situation... I hope like we all do that it is a bad run, we get over it and everything turns out rosey but to have the same issues for 3 yrs is not good enough at any level. We have been lucky that we have had players like Beckford, Gradel who scored a good amount of goals but you cant do that season after season relying on the front men to score 3 a game just in case.... We dont need to spend silly money or do a Risdale but you cant tell me there isnt one defender in League 1 or even 2 that isnt better than O'Dea, Bruce, Bromby, Kisnorbo or the like..
So just for clarity you don't see any issues with the performances against Reading,Derby,Barnsley. Alos the defence could get sorted out - plenty of loan players out there also a good defensive coach. We have been giving goals away for 12 months! So you will only comment now when you go to a game! is this a new part of the forum???
The notion that Grayson has lost the dressing room can now be put to bed after today's result. No team battles till the 97th minute to get the 3 points unless they're fully behind the manager.
Of course I do, but then again, there are Southampton and West Ham fans who would be equally pissed off with their own team's poor runs. Every team in this division is - as everyone keeps saying - consistently inconsistent. Leeds are no different, it's just that our performances on our bad days are more passionless than those of other teams which makes our situation look worse. It isn't. I think any team composed almost entirely of freebies and rejects is bound to have major slip-ups from time to time, and I don't think anyone could disagree with that. It's impossible to know the situations with every loanee. No doubt some parent clubs will want major wage contributions which Bates won't stump up for. No doubt our scouting team will have missed some. No doubt some won't want to come to a club where Ken Bates is in charge. Yeah, we should have got a new defence coach. Can't disagree with that. But I don't think the grass is that much greener - we have a lot of average defenders and realistically, they're not playing much below their maximum capacity. Lees is the one we have to be careful with, but I think he's progressing alright. No, but I'll never make presumptuous comments about a game I don't go to. I'll pass on and listen to thoughts of people who have gone to the game, look at match reports, maybe add the odd small thought from what I've heard from radio/TV pundits. I didn't go to Derby and I never pretended that it was a good or bad performance, just pointed out some facts and asked some questions. I don't mean to say you're a prick, you're a decent poster, but I think you need to lighten up a bit after Leeds appear to have turned a corner. Grayson's doing a good job and was rightly praised by the Kop today while Bates got a good slagging off.
To those who are so upset we won,lets hope you continue to be upset at our Win's for a long time to come.
How was that not a lucky win? The sending off was pathetic. Neither foul was a yellow card. Then after the sending off, predictably we dominated possession. Nothing surprising about that, because we had more players. But did we actually create any chances? We got a lot of corners, due to blocked crosses and their defenders heading away, but how many chances did we create? We had Nunez with a decent freekick and then Forsell missed that chance on the volley. A few long range shots - like the good one from Thompson that nearly went in - but we never really tested their keeper with much. Then we get an own goal, and a goalkeeping error. We put them under pressure but didn't create anything. And the goal was our fault - O'Dea with typically weak defending that lead to the goal. How can a player have a 'very good game' when he makes the mistake that leads to the goal? Bruce had a good game, but O'Dea had a poor game because he made the mistake that gave them a goal. I was delighted with the win, but it was anything but convincing.
Wow! I think you've been on too much of the lightening up juice, Leeds18! Turned a corner? When was that? Or do you mean scraping a win against 10 men today? One swallow doth not a summer make! 4 points out of 15??? Grayson's doing a good job?? Am I to assume that his 3 years working on our defence is going to produce results at last? I think not. We have a right to be down about our club and it's situation, and Grayson's not helping. Pity you weren't about when the Titanic went down - you could have conducted the orchestra.
