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Sheffield Utd v Leeds Utd

Discussion in 'Leeds United' started by ellandback, Nov 28, 2018.

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Scoreline: Sheffield Utd v Leeds Utd (2 votes each)

Poll closed Dec 1, 2018.
  1. 0-0

    0 vote(s)
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  2. 1-1

    30.8%
  3. 2-2 or higher

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  4. Blades by 1

    15.4%
  5. Leeds by 1

    38.5%
  6. Blades by 2

    7.7%
  7. Leeds by 2

    23.1%
  8. Blades by 3 or more

    7.7%
  9. Leeds by 3 or more

    7.7%
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  1. milkyboy

    milkyboy Well-Known Member

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    The Millwall of the north.
     
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  2. OLOF

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    Boro get hammered at home by Villa 3-0
    Thank **** we have BPF and not the Boro calamity keeper <laugh>
     
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  3. 2 pennth

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    You could start an argument with that comment.
    Q LL
     
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  4. OLOF

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    I like a lot of LL's posts, but he aint got a clue about goalkeepers :emoticon-0105-wink:
     
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  5. milkyboy

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    Or the Sheff Utd one <laugh><laugh>

    Thought bpf flapped at a few crosses today... think they were blocking him off where they could as a bit of a game plan. Cracking save in first half from McGoldrick though.
     
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  6. OLOF

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    I agree Milky, he needs to work on that part of his game he's still a young lad, how many seasoned players have come to Elland Road and couldn't handle the pressure of playing in front the masses
    I'd rather have BPF than Weidwald any day of the week, I was chuffed to **** for the lad when he save the pen in mid week
     
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  7. 1964white

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    Well that was probably our most disciplined defensive performance of the season. We kept our shape throughout the whole of the 90 minutes in order to restrict the blunts to limited opportunities. We got a firm foothold in the game once Bielsa moved Pablo playing down the middle with Roofe out on the flank which worked a treat. We also stood up to plenty of dirty tactics from the blunts & as a consequence lost our captain to a bad injury. To come away with three points playing against twelve men is a magnificent achievement from Bielsa's boys

    Positives

    Pontus was like a rock at the back
    The consistency of Kalvin Phillips
    The performance of Stuart Dallas
    Peacock-Farrell's two saves
    Midfield duo Forshaw & Klich protected our defence so well today
    Halme's display v Billy Sharp apart from one error
    The boundless energy of Roofe even out on the flank
    The composure of Clarke for our goal
    Pablo playing upfront & his goal
    Our discipline & shape
    Defensively sound, another clean sheet
    Stood up to some dirty challenges
    Three kids play their part coming off the bench
    Three points

    Negatives

    Cooper's injury
    Appalling inconsistent referee
    Alioski, the less said the better

    Ratings

    7 Peacock-Farrell
    8 Dallas
    9 Jansson MOTM
    6 Cooper
    8 Phillips
    6 Douglas
    7 Forshaw
    7 Klich
    7 Roofe
    3 Alioski
    7 Hernandez
    7 Halme
    7 Clarke
    n/a Shackleton
     
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  8. milkyboy

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    Pretty much where i’m at with him fella. He’s not the finished article, but who is in this league. At least he’s of an age where he can improve and work on his game.

    I get people thinking a safer, more evierienced pair of hands is needed for promotion but given the skill set bielsa will demand, we’d do well to find one... especially as I don’t think we have cash burning a hole in our pockets for January.
     
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  9. ristac

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    I think we’ll have to get a back up loan keeper and if we get promoted then it’ll be time to see who is available
     
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  10. FollowMe&LeedsUnited

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    Sheffield United v Leeds United 1st December 2018 at Bramall Lane

    We caught the coach at Elland Road on another miserable and wet day to head to the lunchtime kick off that had been put back 30 minutes for Sky. Having just read on Twitter that a Leeds fan had arrived at the ground saying it was very quiet, we couldn’t help laughing when it turned out they were at Hillsborough, oops! Our coach driver then forgot to pull off on one junction of the M1 to pick some of our fans up so we had a detour. On hearing some trains were also delayed I hoped that was the end of things going wrong. Luckily we were still in the first group of coaches who got escorted to the ground for the relatively short journey.

    As we got off the coach and headed back to the shop for a Costa, loads and loads of riot police were arriving and it felt very intimidating but also way over the top. As we passed the turnstiles someone with a camera turned to point it at us as we went by but I’ve no idea who it was. If I thought the silly things had finished happening they hadn’t, but as usual I think I surpassed that. As we made our way to the front of the stand, I told the stewards I was going to put my flag at the front. Wrong! I stood there as the realisation dawned on me that the reason my bag felt lighter was, because, I’d taken it out for our home games as it only goes to away games! I couldn’t believe I’d been so stupid but never mind, I got photos of the rest that were displayed including the Remembrance one by one of the Thames Valley Whites. I have to say it is absolutely beautiful. I then heard someone had left their ticket at home too and had to ask for a duplicate to be picked up at the ground. With that I said we’d had our fair share of things not going our way so things can only get better, especially as we hadn’t won here since 1992. There were some Argentinian fans here due to the Bielsa effect so I took photos of them too. I took a photo of the Sheff Utd mascot who then indicated he wanted a photo with me. With that, I think it was our photographer who raced over to get a photo too.

    The team: Peacock-Farrell, Jansson (back after injury), Cooper, Phillips, Douglas, Hernandez, Alioski, Roofe, Klich, Dallas and Forshaw. Subs: Halme for Cooper (went off with a serious injury) (21), Clarke for Alioski (46) and Shackleton for Hernandez (90). Leeds won the game 1-0 with Hernandez scoring our goal (82). Attendance was 25,794 with 2,243 Leeds fan.

    Jansson returned to the defence for the game after his recent injury. At least we didn’t have a repeat of last season when we were a goal down within a couple of minutes. Things were fairly even to begin with although I couldn’t help noticing they had a couple of giant players who were able to bully us off the ball. A couple of times they managed to come straight through the middle to attack us and with one, I can’t remember who, but one of our players tussled with a Sheffield player to win the ball. Cooper behind them went down and I didn’t think he’d been involved in the tussle but I knew he was in trouble when he hit the ground in frustration. What surprised me was seeing him limping off between two of our trainers. With how bad he looked I thought they’d carry him off but they didn’t. Young Halme came on and he straight away got involved. I felt that by having his debut recently, that had helped him because his maturity today showed immensely in my opinion. Apart from one header that put us under pressure and brought a great save out of Peacock-Farrell in the second half, I didn’t think he put a foot wrong which was great to see. Before half time Sheff Utd did put us under pressure and come close to scoring but we ended the half on the upper foot. Our passing was causing lots of frustrations for them with some bad fouls which resulted in deserved bookings for them.

    Alioski had been replaced by Clarke again at the start of the second half. The one thing that I’d noticed about Alioski was him sticking close to one of their giants and although he was bullied a lot, it looked like he was frustrating their player. He was also standing at one or the other of the goal posts when we were defending corners, so I’m glad to see my rants about not having anyone on the line have been listened to lol! The second half seemed to start quietly for us and it was a shame we’d had to stop for the break when we were on the up. Sheff Utd also started to attack us again but my thoughts were that they’d start off well and then calm down again. At that time I thought Bielsa needed to change things but when he didn’t, my instincts were that he knew what he was doing and I had to trust his judgement. We started getting on top and when a great cross was put across the box it was a shame it didn’t result in a goal. The linesman to the left of us needed to borrow my glasses as he didn’t seem to be able to tell when a ball was in or out. With one that gave us an advantage when I’m sure it was out, it would have been a case of poetic justice for once if it had resulted in a goal. We eventually did get that breakthrough when Clarke chased their goalie who took one step too far. Clarke won the ball, passed it to Hernandez in acres of space in the middle, who slammed the ball into the net to send everyone wild in the stand behind the goal. We came under pressure in the last few minutes but were able to see the game out and get the win to the delight of the Leeds fans. My daughter Dani said there were some Leeds fans to the left of the stand we were in who came down doing the Leeds salute. I love the fact that we will always know who our fans are!

    As I waited for Dani to come out of the stand, Steph passed me and told me I wasn’t allowed to bring my flag anymore and Paul also said the same thing to me outside too. Some lads said “we need to get a photo, this is from the Leeds 1919 site”. As we got back on the coach someone shouted that we had to sit at the back of the coach again next time which we’d had to do, as someone had already been in our regular seats. I’m not sure if we’ve been relegated or promoted to the back, but all these superstitions were seen coming out again today. Old habits die hard I’m afraid as a Leeds fan. We were back in Leeds in no time and I had another detour to make to Guiseley to a family 18th party before getting home. I’m sure we will have another full house against QPR at Elland Road now, especially as we had a brief spot of being top of the league before Norwich snatched it back off us. It is very tight at the top but as I’ve said before, anyone can beat anyone in this division. We just need to keep up there with the others challenging and see where we are in the coming months. Just get as many points as we can and who knows at this point where we will be. See you next week, LUFC – Marching on Together!
     

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    Just read that the Blades 'keeper was on loan from scum. Makes a memorable cock-up even more memorable, doesn't it? <laugh><laugh><laugh><laugh><laugh>
     
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    Tyson Fury just given Wilder a boxing lesson in his own back yard What a last round unfuckingbelievable, what a story
     
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    ****ing robbing bastards<grr>
     
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    Reading everyone’s thoughts on the game, they differ from mine slightly. I didn’t feel Forshaw and Klich had their best games. I know we had a back three with Phillips slotting in but I felt we lacked a bit of creativity with Klich and Forshaw. I don’t think they played bad, just average and on another day we could have lost that, we seemed too weak through the middle?

    Maybe it was just the physicality of the game as to why they were selected ahead of Saiz. I guess without the knowledge of team talk we’ll never know what rolls they were in the big wheel.
     
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    To be honest I get my rolls from the bakery but perhaps I've been missing a trick when the funfair is in town.

    Seriously though I agree with your reservations about Klich and Forshaw and your point is backed up by our goals per game ratio falling dramatically since Siaz dropped to the bench. It would be even worse without Siaz's assists after coming on as sub.

    However considering the disruption caused by all the injuries then I guess it's all part of the balancing act to get the best results possible whist still playing a possession based game.

    Taking everything into account we are overachieving with the players we currently have available so everyone involved deserves massive credit. Bielsa and his coaching team deservedly get the most credit but without the commitment and desire of the players it would all count for nothing.
     
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    The reason I say Bielsa and his coaching team deservedly get most of the credit is the only League we would have been near the top of last season would have been the Pantsorama League...or should that be the bottom.

    Anyway either way virtually the same group of players have been totally transformed. Interestingly I don't think any of the players have become better from an ability point of view but have been given clear guidance from day one about exactly what is expected of them both collectively and individually.

    We all know how this season would be going without the change of head coach and thank god (Radz) that the right appointment was made.
     
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  19. Doc

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    Bielsa knows he has a problem with the goalkeeping position so is bringing in a new keeper in January, if Kinnear is to be believed. he knows he also has a problem on the wings because Harrison after a promising start hasn't delivered. He played for the U23 earlier in the week and was unplayable, but got injured and had to go off at half time. We also see Bielsa's favorite Alioski being brought off in the last 2 games and a kid being brought on. However we also know that Cibicki was brought back early from his loan spell because Bielsa wants to have another look at him? We also know that the flying winger Ibai Gomez has also been considered as Bielsa likes to have an attacking winger and Gomez has played for Bielsa. So will Bielsa be happy with Clarke, Cibicki, Harrison or go for a newbie in January. By the way Izzy at Newcastle on Friday night was moved from the Saiz role to the wing and was exceptional and he got into the game a lot more?

    Anyone remember what Wilder said about Blackman a couple of weeks ago? He said he thought jamal was a great keep and hoped he got better soon, but said after he played 30 games for the Blades last season that he had decided to go for Henderson as he was better with his feet <laugh><laugh><laugh><laugh> have some of that you gobby git
     
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    The MOM awards recently have been dominated quite rightly by Pablo, Phillips, Cooper and Pontus but I think this kid deserves some credit. He had a fairly easy ride against Bristol but yesterday he was managing to keep Sharpe out of the game..... 20 year old

     
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