I cant believe that was given, thought PEH was fouled, and if the ref was given the front view head on, i think he would have seen it was a foul.
I was always expecting good things from this Poch "interview". But him saying nice things about Nigel and his staff is extra special.
I thought it was telling that no team has ever run further than his Saints team. I do wonder how we have further evolved, particularly now under Ralph that our pressing seems not to involve the entire team chasing, but in pockets of pressing, it really is exceptional watching us tonight. I'm also wondering how Leeds play as I haven't seen much of them, and how it differs from us.
Ah, I still love Poch. Great analysis. Could listen to him talk football for hours. Absolutely wipes the floor with the usual Sky punditry offering.
We both lead the way in the pressing stats this season. They've just snuck in ahead us right at this moment, possibly because we didn't seem to do an enormous amount of pressing yesterday (too busy scoring quality goals).
I wonder if the first 2 games were a hang up over fitness levels. I thought Sunday we looked as fit as anything, I actually felt we pressed more 1st half, and dropped it off in the 2ndwhich invited them into it.
Bielsa's more vertical, similar to the Ranieri title-winning Leicester side, but even more aggressive in hunting down the ball. Leeds will overcommit at times and get torched, but they'll also make a lot of teams wary about throwing bodies forward, because one poor pass can quickly turn into three Leeds players running at two very exposed central defenders in no time.
You don't want to leave yourself wide-open at back against anyone, quite obviously. But especially Leicester.
Vardy's going to get at least a couple 1v1s before this one is over. And might run a full marathon in the process.
