Leeds Utd v Everton Match Thread

[whiteinfrance]

Heading into europe at the moment!

[Cjay]

Massive to get the three points early on. Takes a bit of pressure off for Arsenal.

Very important imo.

Easily our easiest on paper fixture for a good while.

Yay

[CUSSIE01]

Struijk for me.... outstanding in defence and attack

Was scared he was going to step up for the penalty. Loved it when Nmecha stepped up & buried it.

[JoeDenver]

Nah they'll be fine. Wolves, West Ham, Brentford more likely.

Burnley look strong candidates, as well.

[CUSSIE01]

We're 7th!!!

Joint 6th

[Cjay]

Solid performance largely.

Nice to see some bite in the team from Tanaka and Stach and Gudmundsson especially.

Lacking quality in attack but hopefully can be fixed with transfers.

Very pleased

Main gripe is Harrison clearly preferred to Ramazani, don't understand that at all.

[JoeDenver]

Above scum in the table

Let’s keep it rolling!

[andrewjohnsmith]

Easily the best team in the first half. We weren't in the 2nd. Great that we scored against the run of play at the time. Great subs helped change the momentum back in our favour. Nmecha, Gruev, Harrison, Aaronson very worthy squad players and all contributed when they came on.

[STLWhite]

Happy happy happy

[JoeDenver]

Well I haven't been this excited about the start to a premier league season since the Jesse Marsch relegation season

Let’s try and not repeat that!

[whiteinfrance]

Football (Soccer) is a team game - and that's what we are!

[The Subhuman]

We're off and running.
It would have been a missed opportunity if we hadn't won that.
Tanaka outstanding.
Ampadu, Stach and Struijk all very good as well.

It was must win for me... a loss or draw and we go to Arse then Newcastle lacking confidence and points on the board.

[andrewjohnsmith]

Was scared he was going to step up for the penalty. Loved it when Nmecha stepped up & buried it.

Not me. I had Strujik down for the first goal.

[SG90]

Burnley look strong candidates, as well.

I meant outside the promoted clubs

[The Subhuman]

Burnley look strong candidates, as well.

Burnley are in massive trouble, they've had a bad preseason

[JoeDenver]

Solid performance largely.

Nice to see some bite in the team from Tanaka and Stach and Gudmundsson especially.

Lacking quality in attack but hopefully can be fixed with transfers.

Very pleased

Main gripe is Harrison clearly preferred to Ramazani, don't understand that at all.

Am wondering if another outburst similar to Matteo’s occurred behind the scenes.

[Carrick Dave]

We needed that. Shows we belong ok, but also how even lower PL teams have serious quality, and can put us on the back foot.

Tanaka was superb, he’ll be targeted by the elite before long. Gird your loins 49ers.

[andrewjohnsmith]

Solid performance largely.

Nice to see some bite in the team from Tanaka and Stach and Gudmundsson especially.

Lacking quality in attack but hopefully can be fixed with transfers.

Very pleased

Main gripe is Harrison clearly preferred to Ramazani, don't understand that at all.

Was worried Tanaka might be a little light weight. But he got really involved in the physicalty late on.

Harrison was preferred to Ramazani in preseason. Was pretty clear. Has more experience at this level. Might not have Rama's flair. But does cover the left flank from back to front. Happy to have JH around, especially with Gnonto ahead of him.

[andrewjohnsmith]

Let’s try and not repeat that!

I was thinking about all the buzz after we beat Chelsea

[SG90]

Pros:
We won
Defended well
Subs looked good
Atmosphere will be our 12th man

Cons:
Missing a Pablo/Raphinha/Solomon type
Players looked tired
If we're banking on James, then we're sadly mistaken