Leeds now

EEPW

heyho I have a feeling that KP will be on the bench on Saturday. Maybe Marschs idea of being match fit is not as stringent as Bielsas?

heyho

EEPW i was wondering that as well

heyho

white_dragon that's sad to here. he was a bloody good player

Harvest

Good summary by Adam Pope on Twitter of JM's first presser. Man marking's binned and Bamford's about ready.

Jon

Harvest He loves working with young men.

white_dragon

Anyone else listen to, All stats aren't we, podcast . They did quite a deep dive on J M's previous tactics and formations. If they are right, it looks like we will see a different form of high intensity football. More attacks through the middle, getting the ball in dangerous areas in the box . Not so much building down the flanks . Pressing the ball when losing possession , but not man to man .
How quickly he changes the mind-set, will be interesting.

Bod

white_dragon yeah I heard that, won't suit Harrison who is more like a traditional winger, likes to play wide

Mitaman

Reggie_Perrin Leicester has no international reach

Err, they are Thai owned and would likely have a significant following in SE Asia?

Reggie_Perrin

Mitaman ok, a little hyperbole on my part, but do I have to explain the difference in Leeds reach across the globe compared to Leicester to a Leeds fan?

king_of_the_slums

Mitaman they have a big superstore in BKK airport, but then Fox Power (sponsors) run all the duty free shops in Thailand, so could be a loss leader shop. I really doubt they get much interest outside of Thailand.

Jon

Reggie_Perrin Go on.

For context. I knew two Man City fans in New York before they started wining things consistently. Now they’re a big draw.
I think Leeds fans have a different idea of the size of the club to how others perceive us. I’ve never cared if we were a big club, a small club or somewhere in between. They’ve always been my club, that’s all I care about.

I’ve seen a lot of clubs play over here, there’s only Man Utd and Liverpool you’d have trouble getting a ticket for. Spurs, Leeds, Everton, even Celtic, Juventus, Boca Juniors, Porto, plenty of tickets available right up to the day of the game.

New fans, abroad, in the main, are drawn to successful clubs. Success seems to mean regular league titles, European campaigns and rhe odd cup maybe.

I just don’t see Leeds breaking into that group. We might be well known around the world but that doesn’t equate to new fans.

Mitaman

Reggie_Perrin No you don’t, I was just being a pedant. Likely its only Thailand of course.

Reggie_Perrin

Jon OK

Jon

LUFC, big draw in DC.

Foxy_Dread

Marsch's Leeds stop up. A re-energised squad buy into his methods and have the structure to pick up points.

I do think the club's (most of them) who would have set up to stop Bielsa's team will find it harder now.

The interesting thing for me is if he goes 4.2.2 2 how midfieldy will the pair linking DM to attack be. That's an unknown to me. What role will the full backs play? How much will the DMs sit?

I'm not sure we have the players for that attack support role position, creative grafters. Klich is probably a given, the other for me would be Dallas or Raphinha.

The opportunities for widemen are probably diminishing.

Lot of guesswork here. I should just listen to All Stats Are We.

heyho

Foxy_Dread should be interesting though. The likes of James, Raphinha and Harrison are very good going forward but because of a target man lack that final ball. To play more central might worry defenders who are cautious challenging rather than allowing a cross come in.

Mitaman

Foxy_Dread The interesting thing for me is if he goes 4.2.2 2 how midfieldy

Presumably he picked this formation up when he worked under Rangjik?

white_dragon

I've been one of Rodrigos biggest critics. Lately though I see him as our most creative player and maybe he could flourish in a central role where he's not expected to battle it out man to man . Here's hoping anyway .

Mitaman

white_dragon Totally agree, theres a good player in there somewhere, I am convinced of it.

Foxy_Dread

Mitaman yes though I also think it's a Red Bull thing.

heyho

Remaining matches and renewed optimism following Saturdays unlucky defeat

Aston Villa H - hard to call this one - point
Norwich H - a must win - 3 points
Wolverhampton A - nahhhhhh - loss
Southampton H - doable - 3 points
Watford A - a must win but Watford turn up (they looked ok v Arsenal in attack) - loss
Chelsea H - definitely nothing
Crystal Palace A - tricky to predict - a point at best
Man City H - lets just sit back and enjoy the way Citee play
Arsenal A - nope
Brighton H - must win - 3 points

So that would mean 10/11 points and we would be on 33/34 points BEFORE the last match. Hopefully 4 points from relegation

Brentford A - hope it doesnt come down to this one.

Bod

heyho you're wrong about Wolves, they are inconsistent and they are not that good, definitely a draw there or even a win

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