Welcome to the FA Cup Matchday Thread and the first of two trips down to London for the Travelling Faithful, Great Competition, but to be honest we could probably do without it 🙄 Still I suppose it give Javi another look at the Lads before the game on Saturday
Venue...Craven Cottage...Date...28th Feb...Kick Off...1945hrs
Team News
Leeds United
Gracia will have the same squad available to him as he did for the 1-0 win over Southampton in the Premier League, bar the suspended Sam Greenwood. The midfielder has collected two cautions in the competition to date so misses out.
Pascal Struijk (concussion) and Liam Cooper are likely to be ready for Saturday's match at Chelsea but will not be risked at Craven Cottage, where injuries rule out Luis Sinisterra, Adam Forshaw, Stuart Dallas and Rodrigo.
Fulham
Big-money signing Joao Palhinha picked up his tenth booking of the season against Wolves at the weekend and will miss the game against Leeds.
Aleksandar Mitrovic is currently out with a thigh injury and is not expected to return until 6 March at the earliest, Tom Cairney and Neeskens Kebano are also “ruled out" of the clash in West London (28 February). (Premier Injuries Website). Seen elsewhere that Mitrovic will be playing 🤔
Links.........................BBC1/iplayer.......
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https://footybite.to/premier-league-live-stream ⚠️ Warning don't answer the door if using streams 😂
Match Facts
To be updated when I find em
Apparently Gracia is a huge fan of the FA Cup so I would expect him to take this seriously adding to that another win would keep belief high within the Leeds camp so I'm hoping for a 0-2 Scoreline with Gnonto and Wober Scoring
Over to You..............................Predictions etc...............................
Come Onnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeds!!!
MOT
Can we go Live Please Admins
Leeds Utd v Fulham Matchday Thread
posted on 28/2/23
Big plus tonight definitely Rutter. First start against Premiership opposition & he was a shocking ref & a coat of paint away from having 2 to his name.
The decision to disallow the goal was absolutely diabolical. If you really watch Wilson's dive it was Gordon Watson-esque. It really was that bad. For VAR not to overturn that you end up with more questions than answers.
The free-kick leading to their second goal was also a shockingly bad decision.
Mr Kavanagh was the man in black when Chelsea's man of the match against us at Stamford Bridge last season. I hope it's a very long time before we see him again.
On a different note, looking at our midfield tonight I'm even more baffled as to how & why we let Klich go.
posted on 28/2/23
comment by LufcGermany (U6066)
posted 22 minutes ago
" My favorite Marschian (U19827)
posted 25 minutes ago
It's all in the parenting, Germany. It's taken a lot of hard work to get him to this level."
I know its not easy, I went wrong somewhere along that route, I have a MunU supporting son and an Arsenal son!..
Still wondering where I went wrong, I tried my hardest but unlike you failed!.
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So sorry to hear that, Germany. My condolences to your misses, unless it was her fault. Kids, eh?
posted on 28/2/23
comment by Kebablegs (U17699)
posted 20 minutes ago
Absolutely gutted
Referee bought an exagerated movement by Wilson on the "push" and VAR checked it for about 5 seconds. So frustrating because its so inconsistent. We will see an exact same "push" this weekend and the goal will be given. When you recall the Spurs goal when Meslier was pushed literally into the back of the net and was not chalked off and this one is its absolutely ridiculous.
From there Fulham somehow score two goals from 0.20xg helped by an awful pass from Adams, and the laziness of Summerville who every game fails to close wingers down quick enough.
Dream is over for another year. Absolutely gutted.
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Total neutral, who really enjoyed the game. Thought Leeds were the better team for fair chunks of the game, until the final most important bit, but you had loads of decent approach play.
Game turned on your disallowed “goal”, and I thought Beckford was bang on in calling it for what it was … a massively exaggerated dive by Wilson. Amazed the other pundits seemed happy it was the right call.
posted on 28/2/23
Just come in and watched the highlights. Is it me or was Meslier a bag of sh!te in goal. Those two shots were taken from so far out, he surely had them covered. It was like they went through his arms. Attack-wise, we looked lively up front but again, when it comes to putting it in the net, we are totally clueless. Having said that, we were robbed of a goal but tbh you don't expect much from the ref when playing away from home.
We go again at the weekend.
posted on 28/2/23
Did VAR even check the Rutter goal? I thought the Ref blew for a foul which negates a check.
posted on 1/3/23
comment by Lorralorimer (U18994)
posted 1 hour, 19 minutes ago
Just come in and watched the highlights. Is it me or was Meslier a bag of sh!te in goal. Those two shots were taken from so far out, he surely had them covered. It was like they went through his arms. Attack-wise, we looked lively up front but again, when it comes to putting it in the net, we are totally clueless. Having said that, we were robbed of a goal but tbh you don't expect much from the ref when playing away from home.
We go again at the weekend.
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No it's not you Lorra. Meslier WAS a bag o' sh!te tonight.
posted on 1/3/23
Chris Kavanagh, born in Manchester. Says it all
posted on 1/3/23
I don't think many keepers would have stopped either off those goals!..
As bad as they were for us they were both class!..
posted on 1/3/23
"My favorite Marschian (U19827)
posted 10 hours, 41 minutes ago
comment by LufcGermany (U6066)
posted 22 minutes ago
" My favorite Marschian (U19827)
posted 25 minutes ago
It's all in the parenting, Germany. It's taken a lot of hard work to get him to this level."
I know its not easy, I went wrong somewhere along that route, I have a MunU supporting son and an Arsenal son!..
Still wondering where I went wrong, I tried my hardest but unlike you failed!.
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So sorry to hear that, Germany. My condolences to your misses, unless it was her fault. Kids, eh?"
My wife wasn't a football fan so I cant blame her for anything!..
And the lads, me being me I let them grow up making their own choices, my Arsenal son has always been!..
My ManU son was Spurs, at the time they were the top of the league for a couple of weeks, but than ManU took over and he jumped ship!.
Glory hunters eh?.
posted on 2/3/23
comment by Dave The Jackal (U22179)
posted 1 day, 8 hours ago
comment by Kebablegs (U17699)
posted 20 minutes ago
Absolutely gutted
Referee bought an exagerated movement by Wilson on the "push" and VAR checked it for about 5 seconds. So frustrating because its so inconsistent. We will see an exact same "push" this weekend and the goal will be given. When you recall the Spurs goal when Meslier was pushed literally into the back of the net and was not chalked off and this one is its absolutely ridiculous.
From there Fulham somehow score two goals from 0.20xg helped by an awful pass from Adams, and the laziness of Summerville who every game fails to close wingers down quick enough.
Dream is over for another year. Absolutely gutted.
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Total neutral, who really enjoyed the game. Thought Leeds were the better team for fair chunks of the game, until the final most important bit, but you had loads of decent approach play.
Game turned on your disallowed “goal”, and I thought Beckford was bang on in calling it for what it was … a massively exaggerated dive by Wilson. Amazed the other pundits seemed happy it was the right call.
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Pretty much how most saw it I think. Those pundits have little love for our club. Shearer in particular always got a hard time from our fans.