Match Day Thread Leeds Utd v QPR

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Been out all day celebrating the rugby, 4 generations of SA in a Belfast hotel? <laugh><laugh>

Looking forward to seeing the Leeds highlights, any lessons for Bielsa or us to learn?

<cheers><cheers>
 
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Davy said:
Been out all day celebrating the rugby, 4 generations of SA in a Belfast hotel? <laugh><laugh>

Looking forward to seeing the Leeds highlights, any lessons for Bielsa or us to learn?

<cheers><cheers>
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Winning is a good lesson but the best one is trying really hard not to lose. Once again England forgot the second one and were so sure all they had to do was turn up.
 
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A excellent performance from our boys. Same old problem though so many wasted opportunities in a game that should have been over at half-time.

Positives

We actually shot first time without taking a extra touch for both our goals.
WE scored more than one goal in a game
Yet another clean sheet, defensively sound again.
Relief when we scored our second goal
Three points.
Once again we get a result even though we had a similar amount of possession as the opposition.
Our moves were a joy to watch.
Tyler Roberts, MOTM for me
Kalvin's delicious pass for TR to blast over the bar plus his wonderful cross for Ayling's header that also flew over the bar.
A goal & assist for Jack.
White & Cooper hardly gave the hoops a sniff.
Dallas contained eze magnificently.
The return of Pablo.
Arguably our best LB Leif Davis getting a chance to shine in the final ten minutes.
Top of the league.

Negatives

So many chances flying high & wide.
Took us 40 minutes to score after so much dominance, game should have been put to be bed by half-time.
At 80 minutes we wer holding onto a slender lead even though the hoops didn't look dangerous.
Was Bamford's goal offside? felt sorry for him as Paddy was unlucky not to score again in consecutive games.
The announcement of Nketiah's injury prior to the game.

Ratings

7 Casilla
8 Ayling
8 White
8 Cooper
8 Harrison
8 Phillips
7 Costa
7 Klich
8 Dallas
8.5 Roberts
7 Bamford
Subs
7 Hernandez
7 Davis
 
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1964white said:
A excellent performance from our boys. Same old problem though so many wasted opportunities in a game that should have been over at half-time.

Positives

We actually shot first time without taking a extra touch for both our goals.
WE scored more than one goal in a game
Yet another clean sheet, defensively sound again.
Relief when we scored our second goal
Three points.
Once again we get a result even though we had a similar amount of possession as the opposition.
Our moves were a joy to watch.
Tyler Roberts, MOTM for me
Kalvin's delicious pass for TR to blast over the bar plus his wonderful cross for Ayling's header that also flew over the bar.
A goal & assist for Jack.
White & Cooper hardly gave the hoops a sniff.
Dallas contained eze magnificently.
The return of Pablo.
Arguably our best LB Leif Davis getting a chance to shine in the final ten minutes.
Top of the league.

Negatives

So many chances flying high & wide.
Took us 40 minutes to score after so much dominance, game should have been put to be bed by half-time.
At 80 minutes we wer holding onto a slender lead even though the hoops didn't look dangerous.
Was Bamford's goal offside? felt sorry for him as Paddy was unlucky not to score again in consecutive games.
The announcement of Nketiah's injury prior to the game.

Ratings

7 Casilla
8 Ayling
8 White
8 Cooper
8 Harrison
8 Phillips
7 Costa
7 Klich
8 Dallas
8.5 Roberts
7 Bamford
Subs
7 Hernandez
7 Davis
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Another positive, Kilch's pass to set up Bamford.<ok>....to miss:)
 
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Whitejock said:
Great game today. Really enjoyed it. Only the ref spoiled it. B'stard! The first 20 mins or so were fairly frantic & scrappy, before we took control.

A very odd lineup today. Dallas did a marking job on their playmaker, whose name escapes me, so he was all over the place & did a grand job on the guy. Left us a little lopsided. Harrison was LWB & on his own on the left. On the right we had the standard pairing of Ayling & Costa. Casilla played what might be his last game this year, & Cooper came in for Berardi to pair up with White, with KP sitting in front as usual. Big change was Roberts coming into the middle to pair up with Klich, and it appeared to be the missing link. Lots of wonderful, dynamic football today & no point in awarding marks out of 10, as it was probably our first and certainly best team performance this season. Well, it felt like it, even if it wasn't. It was a comfortable victory against a free-scoring team. Only controversy really was the ref. Some strange decisions, and a reluctance to use his cards, unless your name was Klich. I heard Noel Whelan on the radio say that he had a good game. That's not what the crowd thought, & let him know almost every time he made a stupid decision - which was most of the time. Seemed to allow QPR to foul time & time again. For me, when someone is going full pelt & an opponent tries to dislocate his shoulder as he passes, he should be off the park - or a yellow at the very least. Not with this guy. At best, the QPR players got the proverbial 'see you in the showers - your soap or mine'-type of 'lecture'. They really could have caused serious injury and to me, it was clearly planned, as it happened so often. Most of that is down to the referee allowing them to get off with it. Lots of other weird & wonderful decisions from him too - including 3 shouts for a pen, 2 of which I thought were nailed on. Think it must have been Whelan's love child with the whistle for him to think he did ok.

Got to mention that Bamford put in another sterling performance, as he has consistently done so all season. Nope, no goals though. Did have one in the net, but ruled offside. We were at the wrong angle to judge. In the first half, he was clean through the middle. 2 months ago, he'd have successfully chipped the 'keeper. Today, he tried to go round him, probably trying too hard to make sure. I blame the haters for this - and they were on the radio again. Don't they ever learn? Had a good chance with a header too. Whatever happened to heading into the ground in front of the 'keeper. Don't they teach that any more?

Btw, apparently Eddie got a 'lower abdomen injury' last night at home & was taken to hospital. No further detail given, though requested on radio by Popey.
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If Harrison and Costa continue their improved contributions I think we may start to see goals coming from Roberts and Bamford. I'm wondering if Eddie has thrown the towel in.
 
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w.c.dukenfield said:
If Harrison and Costa continue their improved contributions I think we may start to see goals coming from Roberts and Bamford. I'm wondering if Eddie has thrown the towel in.
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I agree they have improved but today the difference yoday was two players. Ayling was great getting forward and was unlucky not to score if the ball had been a touch lower it was in the net. Roberts was born for that position and ive wanted him there for some time. Pablo will make a good sub when we need him to come on and do his magic. Wrap him in cotton wool and use him well. Roberts is not a striker yet. He might be in the future. His pace is something we have missed. I wonder what Eddie would have done with team playing like that.
 
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