Morning Everyone, Liam Cooper is expected to keep his place in the back line in the absence of Giuseppe Bellusci, who is suspended for one more game after picking up 10 yellow cards for the season. Sam Byram and Steve Morrison are also expected to be fit for the visit of the Hornets with the former rested in midweek as a ‘precaution’. Moro has been starting in attack for the Whites, and although he is yet to score but has contributed with two assists and fantastic work rate. Billy Sharp and Mirco Antenucci could also make appearances with there also being a starting place up for grabs with Solumayne Doukara also making an appearance in midweek. The problem for the Whites is that next up is a resurgent Watford side, who got over their 3-0 defeat to Norwich City by beating Rotherham by the same score-line earlier this week. Watford are currently sixth in the championship, while Leeds slipped to 14th after losing their first away match in four. What excuses will Redfearn come out with if we lose this one? Is it likey that he'll play the same 'knackered' starting XI that were destroyed midweek by an average Brighton side? Leeds predicted lineup Marco Silvestri Sam Byram Charlie Taylor Liam Cooper Sol Bamba Scott Wootton Rodolph Austin Lewis Cook Alex Mowatt Luke Murphy Steve Morison
Redders has been talking about Sloth... He told BBC Radio Leeds: "To be fair to Casper he worked hard as he could, but it didn't quite happen for him. "As soon as Casper plays, that's the last recognised midfield player out there on the pitch. You've got four strikers, two defenders and a goalkeeper, and the two you leave at home Adryan and Montenegro are attacking type players anyway."
Morning El, morning all Another tough one, we need to bounce back with a win, but I think its going to be a draw.
Morning all, a win would be nice to virtually cement our survival this season into place but I would again take a draw.
Slow morning Hope your still enjoying the weather ristac. Its much nicer daan saaaf today which has cheered me up. Hows the family holiday going? I love the idea of a holiday with the extended family, but worry I may need another holiday to get over the it!
Can someone answer me a question, Cook has 5 yellow cards, how come he hasn't served his suspension? or is Redders allowing Cook 10 yellows this season.
Redders, as the majority of footballers, fans and commentators know, if you play a player out of position chances are you won't get the same performance as you would if he played in his natural position.................just a thought Redders. P/S, both Adryan and Monty can play in midfield, with our so called No1 striker always striking out when it comes to scoring, do you think attacking mids would be of valuable help.........just another thought Redders. Apologies for the thoughts Redders as I know your thinking process is impaired, oh yeah, your transparency is becoming more transparent.
This is a link for the list of players and yellows / reds this season. http://www.espnfc.com/club/leeds-united/357/squad
Yes mate, back into the swing off things. Using the gym twice a day as the workload is light at the moment so thats a bonus. Roll on the weekend, off to london to catch up with the fam
I'm worried about our strikers, Sharp blows hot and cold, Moro works his hole off, but he's meant to be a striker, but can't score, Cani(early days I know) seems to be a bit lightweight (for such a big fella) Antennucci (**** the spelling) seems to be sulking and not working for the team and Doukara is useless(never warmed to him) So we seem to be relying on goals from other areas. This match can go either way, a goal fest or a tight game with few chances. I'm tired of trying to predict a result because we are so unpredictable.
I actually don't mind Doukara from what I have seen of him. Theres something there to work with. He seems to have good work rate, strong on the ball, pacey and gets a decent finish now and then. His movement doesn't seem bad either. Needs to work on his ariel game a bit and maybe his first touch also but he is still only 23, seems like the only other player who can play as a lone striker (other than Morison and Cani). Antenucci is the only other striker we have that I like but to be honest he seems incapable of playing up front by himself at least without attacking midfielders getting forward quickly for him. As I have said a number of times, the team seems unbalanced. Redders can't take the blame for that but he could also utilise some of his players a bit better. Still no need for doom and gloom coz we lost one game. Been one of the best teams in the league since the new year (think we are in top 3 or something) and at least thats a positive.
Great so far thanks Bucks but I will definitely need a holiday to get over it, never done so much walking
Not that it make any difference in this league, but I think you will find that 6 of the top 8 clubs have gained more points than LUFC since 1/1/15 and forest have the same number of wins, just 1 less draw.
While I'm reluctant to say it, I think this could be our walloping coming up. Brighton sort of gave us a thumping, but this is Watford and they have some dangerous strikers. Watford have set their team up to be attack minded at the small expense of their defence, 40 goals conceded and something like 66 goals scored, and it's working for them at moment. Leeds have conceded more goals than scored. We need our defence and keeper to be as solid as they were against Middlesbrough, and then better. Watford have the strikers, we don't, our best strikers are bench warmers. Possession and shots on target are going to be the key here I think; we have very few shots, and even less on target per game, which is no where near good enough for this league, or future promotion chances. If Watford over run our midfield, like Middlesbrough and Brighton did then we may be in for a hammering. Should Redders play his tired and Jaded team from the Brighton game, which seems likely knowing Redders, then all hell could break loose. On paper I can't see us winning, but that's been the case in past too. If our keeper and defence are solid then we could scrape a draw. A win looks highly unlikely (realistically speaking) but that's also been said in past too. Unless Watford are way off their game, I can't see a win. We don't have a venomous attack, and we don't have a striking Cobras head in midfield. We've been lucky in past beating other top teams and Lady Luck seems to have moved on if the Brighton game is anything to go by. We've entered the part of the season where most teams start upping their performances, and Watford want a top 6 finish, a top 2 finish is well within their grasp; they have more incentive to gain, and win than we do. Feeling safe mid table, with nothing else to gain can make some teams, and players complacent. I think we'll get beat, by how many depends on the solidarity of our defence and keeper.
