Good Morning Everyone Following QPR's victory over Portsmouth in the FA Cup, Leeds league match at Loftus Road has been bought back ten days to Tuesday 26th February. This will mean that Leeds have three league games within six days including a six pointer against West Brom on Friday 1st May. Is it just bad luck that the EFL have scheduled a weekday game on the only week that Leeds also have a Friday evening kick off or is there something more sinister going on? Leeds should hear today what punishment if any they will receive regarding Spygate!!! According to reports coming out of Elland Road Kalvin Phillips is 100% fit to start against Boro! Does that mean he was injured last week? French World Cup winners Frank Leboeuf and Christophe Dugarry offered a highly critical opinion of Bielsa on a French sports radio station recently! “He’s somebody I don’t like,” Leboeuf said. “I don’t like his life philosophy. I don’t like how he manages a group and for me he’s shown nothing." “No, no, no, that’s not true, Guardiola just said he spoke with him a bit,” said Leboeuf. “They were inspired by certain things, but he isn’t their mentor at all,” said Dugarry. “He’s not their mentor at all. They were also inspired by [Jose] Mourinho, by all the other managers. “But there’s dozens of them who mock him. Who’s he respected by? Because he’s crazy? Because he’s sat on a cooler? That’s why he’s respected. The number of people who mock him, thinking ‘how can you play like this?’ Who has he inspired?”
Good morning Matt & everyone That's the championship for you Had our bosses prepared our club for a long old season last summer & during the January window our fans may not be having kittens about playing so many games in such a short period. I suspect Boro', Derby, West Brom, Swansea, Brentford, QPR & Millwall all involved in the FA Cup this week will also have similar tight schedules.
I doubt it For some strange reason Bielsa prefers Forshaw to one or our most improved players, a player who has given his all for his beloved club & shown true professionalism in adversity on at least three occasions this season We had a Forshaw v Phllips poll on MOT, guess what our fans called it right ......19-4 to KP
Morning all... Would we swap Bielsa for any other coach at the minute? Who cares what two French guys think, they’re just bitter from their time at Marseille under him, for me Bielsa has taken a bunch of average players and turned them into promotion contenders.
Good Morning Well at least we don’t have to play to games on the same day and that is somewhat considerate of the EFL. No don’t think he (Philips) was injured last week, if he was he should not have been on the bench. The reason he was not playing are because Bielsa rates Forshaw higher than Philips. We as fans have been crying out for Philips to replace Forshaw in the line-up. One thing I fear is that Bielsa have dented Philips confidence and that he won’t be as good in that position as he was before.
Morning all. Not fussed what anyone thinks of Bielsa. Were blessed to have him or wed likely have had an even worse season than last year. Footballs been hugely enjoyable 90% of time. Only time will tell if hes successful this season with promotion
Oh and on the French guys, I have never liked Frank Leboeuf and Christophe Dugarry and really don’t care what they say. Come to think about it and I can’t think of any French player I like.
good morning all if Bielsa has one failing it is his belief that he can make a player better than his limitations .Forshaw has made too many lazy mistakes leading to goals against and he is offering nothing in attack.so in this case bielsa has failed with his coaching as forshaw appears to not have any go in him. Kalvin Phillips on the other hand has been a sucess for Bielsa and his coaching methods.Kalvin needed a guiding hand to steady him down and by placing him in a set role in front of defence it has worked out great.another plus from kalvin is his ability to pick a pass and take the pressure off putting us on the front foot.he is by far the most improved player in our squad.yes he can put a foot in at times and has been sent off but who cares.i would rather have someone who tackles hard and lets the oppo know hes there. if Phillips does not start against boro then i will know Bielsa and all his statistics and data he keeps for reference are a load of bull.there comes a time when a coach has to be ruthless and stand aloof from the players to make the hard descisions .i have three players who are not doing enough in my opinion. no surprise first up is Forshaw or as i call him "the crab.second is our worst defender Ayling the weak link at the back.third is a player that should be nowhere near elland road and surprise it's Harrision.
Laughed my ass off at the frogs stupid, childish comments, especially when Marseilles fans called those 2 fat and the fans loved Bielsa but didnt like those 2 for not trying. Salim Lamrani then weighed in saying he found it funny that 2 fat players didnt think Bielsa was a good coach and posted some photos of the crowd with cards which read Bielsa in massive letters. The fans at Marseilles and Athletico Bilboa will lynch anyone slagging off their hero. This is a non story because it was an interview these 2 gave to Eurosport which pushed them where they didnt want to go and slipped up because the bit then went viral and hey presto it gets used by our shyte media.
He has to take players who aren't big time Charlie's,they think they know it all so learn nothing.Now they are just washed up,trying to be controversial to earn a quid.
QPR game set for 10 days after the original date,strange one this,because if their cup games a draw,that's when the replay will be.
Good Morning to Matt and co from a mild sunny Bardsey First of all why hasn't the body on the plane been identified I don't understand this stance Secondly Boro may regret playing at Newport .There plane broke down and Hughill and Assambalonga were taken off with injuries coupled with Saville being injured it looks like lady luck maybe smiling on us at last Still don't know what the spygate fuss is about as we haven't broken any rules instead they should be taken seriously diving in the game eradicate this at once but using their brain doesn't suit them I see another future star is having trials at TA I wish him well
No FA Cup replays from round 5 onwards. This was originally planned to be in effect from next season but has now been brought forward.
The games are coming thick and fast and should we beat Wimbledon there will be another game to rearrange. https://www.millwallfc.co.uk/matches/fixtures/
We underestimated Rochdale last season and missed out on Spurs at home, so Harris will have to play his strongest side this time around.
Makes no difference whether they do or not anyway. WBA ground last night was virtually empty. Fa cup is dead
The call of Wembley is too strong southernwhite, its nearly two years since we were last there, we won't blow it this time
They have even managed to kill the lure of Wembley,just where Spurs play there home games now with half the fookin league having a game there.
