The problem with Ezgjan ‘Gjanni’ Alioski is that he’s incredibly frustrating to watch. We’ve learned to accept many of his flaws because he does just enough to redeem himself. He has zero awareness of the offside rule, would rather take a 1:100 chance than square the ball to a better place teammate and will invariably do…
“This is the Leeds United I fell in love with” is the tired trope we fall back on when tragic things happen at Leeds United. Jamal Blackman breaking his leg when on the cusp of unseating increasingly error-prone Bailey Peacock-Farrell was unfortunate, leaving Leeds with only 1 recognised senior goalkeeper. The Peacock then getting an…
When you talk about ‘bogey’ configurations, Millwall away is horrendous. Leeds have won at the Den once in the last decade – in 2012 with the game’s only goal coming from Ross McCormack. Before then you’re looking back as far as April 2008 during our League One campaign before our previous win. To say it’s an…
The obvious criticism of our recruitment (and perhaps Bielsa himself) is the comfort the club professed of a small squad. Marcelo didn’t want an enormous roster full of players he’d struggle to deploy when required – instead he preferred to train a smaller but more purposeful set of players. But – as we’re now finding…
With an exciting game against Sheffield United looming so soon after a spirited win against Bristol City, it was rather interesting that TC elected to label the game as a 6-pointer. For so many years we’ve been taught to expect very little from Leeds United – how many consecutive seasons were managers and head coaches…
We’ve had a week to lick our wounds and argue on Twitter, so it’s only right we anticipate tomorrow’s unexpectedly high-profile clash with Bristol City through the lens of tactical changes. It’s clear that TC needs to shift tactic and presumably formation too in order to right the obvious wrongs that several teams have now…
I often think we build football games up too much, especially at this end of the season. Tonight’s Cardiff game marks our 10th league game and you can make an honest argument for either end of the importance spectrum. Yes, 10 games is still early in the season and squads are only now starting to…
It’s strange that we sit on the cusp of evaluating ourselves. A win tonight against Ipswich and it’s a good start to the season, a loss and it’s disappointing. Funny how after 6 games we’re not really sure how things are going. On the one hand we’re undefeated, on the other we do look rather…
Ignore for a moment that Brentford are 18th (they have a game in hand, 3 points would put them right up with us) and look a little closer at their statistics. Reptuations aside, Brentford are going to give us a tough game. Guaranteed. What makes me say that? I’ve taken a look at the statistics…
Sensationalist headline aside, it’s actually not a troubling statistic. We’ve only played Fulham at the Cottage 3 times and the most recent of those was almost exactly 11 years ago. That was a Leeds containing Alan Smith, Mark Viduka, James Milner and other fond memories. We lost, too. It’s fair to say that Fulham haven’t…
