Welcome to the Matchday Thread, nice to be back after that exciting International break
Anyway on with the thread and hopefully a nice Home Win
Venue...Elland Road... Date...April 2nd...Kick Off...1500hrs
Team News
Leeds United
Leeds United forward Patrick Bamford could miss the rest of the season because of the foot injury sustained during the last-gasp win at Wolves, other reports have said he might be available for the last 1 or2 games.
Captain Liam Cooper, Diego Llorente, Kalvin Phillips and Raphinha should all be available.
Southampton
Southampton have no new injury concerns, while Will Smallbone and Orio Romeu have both recovered from illness.
Alex McCarthy and Nathan Tella are back in training but not yet ready for selection.
Links ......................not televised so.................
http://sw.freestreams-live1.com/epl/ or https://www.releasesky.com/category/soccer/
Hesgoal not showing games and I'm not sure either of the above links are any good but worth a try
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
Leeds have lost just one of their 13 Premier League home games against Southampton (W7, D5), a 1-0 defeat in February 1998.
Southampton can complete the league double over Leeds for the first time in the top flight since 1982.
Saints have only managed three goals in their 13 Premier League matches at Elland Road. They were scored by Kerry Dixon in 1993, David Hirst in 1998 and Fabrice Fernandes in 2002.
Southampton's most recent victory at Leeds was by 1-0 in the Championship in March 2012.
Leeds United
They have won their past two league matches via 90th-minute goals, following a run of seven defeats in the previous eight. No Premier League team has ever scored 90th-minute winners in three successive fixtures.
Leeds have scored six league goals in second-half stoppage time this season, the most of any team. Those goals were worth eight points.
The Whites can win three successive Premier League games for the first time since triumphing in their final four league fixtures of last season, including a 2-0 victory at Southampton.
Leeds' tally of 15 league defeats already equals their final total from last season.
They have lost seven of their 15 Premier League home matches this season - only in 1995-96 (8) and 2002-03 (9) have they lost more at Elland Road in a single campaign in the division.
Their run of 16 consecutive league fixtures without a clean sheet is currently the longest of any top-flight team.
Southampton
Southampton have lost three successive Premier League games, following a run of two defeats in the previous 13.
They can lose five successive matches in all competitions for the first time since November to December 2014 under Ronald Koeman.
Saints have dropped a league-high 23 points from winning positions in this campaign.
They have won just three of their 14 Premier League away fixtures this season.
Southampton have conceded multiple goals in 11 Premier League away games in 2021-22, more than any other club.
James Ward-Prowse is one short of becoming the second person to record 100 Premier League wins with Southampton, emulating Jason Dodd (105).
Armando Broja could become the first Southampton player to score home and away against Leeds in the same league campaign since Paul Rideout in 1990-91.
This could be a massive 3 points for us but not sure what to expect from Southampton they seem to blow hat & cold, since they are playing us they'll probably be on fire
Anyway I fully expect the Lads to get it right this week and come away with a 2-0 win, Raph to show us how much he loves Leeds by scoring both
Over to You............................Predictions etc.................................
Come Onnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeds!!!
MOT
Can we go Live Please Admins
Leeds Utd v Southampton Matchday Thread
posted on 2/4/22
Sky boys thought llorrente hand ball first half was stonewall… and the Leeds shout second half wasn’t.
Haven’t seen either incident my self… just putting it out there
posted on 2/4/22
Watford is a must win now.
Not a good point imo, should have beaten them. They were awful first half, properly bad
posted on 2/4/22
We have got to start a 9 up front. Rods or Joe. DJ is not the right man there. Furious that we dropped 2 points today. There's Brentford going to Chelsea and winning 4-1 . Like Leeds would get a lucky break like that.
posted on 2/4/22
I think Burnley and Norwich are too far behind us to cause us concern but Watford definitely could worry us if we don't get at least a point next week which now KP and Cooper are back gives me a lot more confidence as well as the big improvement in Rodrigo we are looking a lot more solid and harder to beat.
posted on 2/4/22
When I see the difference signing Erickson made to Brentford I’m still staggered by the fact we felt there was no need to do the same in the Jan window. And to prove the point, yet again today we were toothless up front.
posted on 3/4/22
comment by kernowekLeeds (U10930)
posted 12 hours, 29 minutes ago
We have got to start a 9 up front. Rods or Joe. DJ is not the right man there. Furious that we dropped 2 points today. There's Brentford going to Chelsea and winning 4-1 . Like Leeds would get a lucky break like that.
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it's called 'eriksen' world class
posted on 3/4/22
comment by Lorralorimer (U18994)
posted 8 hours, 12 minutes ago
When I see the difference signing Erickson made to Brentford I’m still staggered by the fact we felt there was no need to do the same in the Jan window. And to prove the point, yet again today we were toothless up front.
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we spent a lot of money on james, the board have to try justify it, said before think they see him as a possible owen? however i think we must start with joe & rod up front. what with raffi & jack i don't see where he fits in right now. may be different when raffi goes though?
posted on 3/4/22
comment by kammys left foot (U21862)
posted 1 hour, 20 minutes ago
comment by Lorralorimer (U18994)
posted 8 hours, 12 minutes ago
When I see the difference signing Erickson made to Brentford I’m still staggered by the fact we felt there was no need to do the same in the Jan window. And to prove the point, yet again today we were toothless up front.
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we spent a lot of money on james, the board have to try justify it, said before think they see him as a possible owen? however i think we must start with joe & rod up front. what with raffi & jack i don't see where he fits in right now. may be different when raffi goes though?
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Very true. DJ just does not have a strikers instincts at all.
When he is in front of goal I never have any confidence that he will choose the right option. As you say we overpaid for him and have to shoehorn him into the side somewhere.
posted on 3/4/22
comment by tslufc (U12903)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by kammys left foot (U21862)
posted 1 hour, 20 minutes ago
comment by Lorralorimer (U18994)
posted 8 hours, 12 minutes ago
When I see the difference signing Erickson made to Brentford I’m still staggered by the fact we felt there was no need to do the same in the Jan window. And to prove the point, yet again today we were toothless up front.
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we spent a lot of money on james, the board have to try justify it, said before think they see him as a possible owen? however i think we must start with joe & rod up front. what with raffi & jack i don't see where he fits in right now. may be different when raffi goes though?
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Very true. DJ just does not have a strikers instincts at all.
When he is in front of goal I never have any confidence that he will choose the right option. As you say we overpaid for him and have to shoehorn him into the side somewhere.
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yup, i now see him as a provider, as you say makes too many un-instinctive decisions
posted on 4/4/22
comment by kammys left foot (U21862)
posted 1 day ago
comment by tslufc (U12903)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by kammys left foot (U21862)
posted 1 hour, 20 minutes ago
comment by Lorralorimer (U18994)
posted 8 hours, 12 minutes ago
When I see the difference signing Erickson made to Brentford I’m still staggered by the fact we felt there was no need to do the same in the Jan window. And to prove the point, yet again today we were toothless up front.
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we spent a lot of money on james, the board have to try justify it, said before think they see him as a possible owen? however i think we must start with joe & rod up front. what with raffi & jack i don't see where he fits in right now. may be different when raffi goes though?
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Very true. DJ just does not have a strikers instincts at all.
When he is in front of goal I never have any confidence that he will choose the right option. As you say we overpaid for him and have to shoehorn him into the side somewhere.
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yup, i now see him as a provider, as you say makes too many un-instinctive decisions
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I see the opposite - he makes far too many instinctive decisions which are invariably the wrong choice. If he could be more clinical in his thinking then maybe his decisions would be better.
Personally I would use him as a second half sub, as someone we can hit long balls to so that his pace can be exploited. Before that happens though we need o teach Meslier how to hit a long ball without it holding up in the air. Far too many of his kicks out are merely chips to the wing, which I guess is coached into him for some reason.
James is a conundrum. I really rated him at Swansea but since he went to the dark side he’s lost something.