Leeds United vs West Ham United Match Thread

[rich_leeds64]

I’m confident we’ll dominate possession, create plenty if chances but converting these is where the problems lie. It’s been said many times on here ”you’ve got to take your chances in the PL”. Otherwise it could be heading into 80+ minutes, West Ham have one good chance, score and it’s game over.
Stats show they’re one of the worst teams in the PL so we need to ensure we don’t miss our chances.

[John in Louisiana]

Farke has been doing a good job so far this season.

Unfortunately his players have let him down at times and now they need to step up with a home win.

I agree.

Unfortunately, the way front offices work, when players underperform it's the manager who has to pay.

[pjm2019]

So reading the West Ham forum, they pretty much have a unanimous opinion that they will lose and appear accepting of what they consider a predetermined outcome. It is quite bleak, they have about 50 members who surely share DNA strands with PJM and CJAY.

Hopefully their forum pessimism has a greater power than ours.

Why don't you keep to stating facts or at the very least stop attacking fellow leeds fans

[DDB220]

Leeds have not beaten West Ham at Elland Road for over 20 years, but they did beat them at their place in 2022, 3-2. I found a pic!!!

Just seen that - you are a WUM on the quiet.

Bravo it did make me laugh.

[The Subhuman]

Wow

6 changes

[The Subhuman]

Kidding

[BlackHillsPaul]

Morning All!!!

Well, today's a new day and we are playing at home! We can use a win to calm many of you down a bit. For some reason the expectations are pretty high around here for a team mostly full of Championship level players. As the Premiership continues to outpace every other league in the world, and is pulling away as the best football league on the planet, recruiting players good enough to keep pace with established EPL sides becomes more difficult. Top level players don't want the stench of relegation on them. So it's going to be a process. My advice is to try and relax. To enjoy the competition. Not to continue to heap unrealistic pressure on the Manager and players. After all, they just earned 100 points and WON the English League Championship. Arguably the 6th best league in the world according to globalfootballrankings.com. They have earned our support.

Enjoy the match! MOT!!!

[The Subhuman]

[The Subhuman]

Struijk benched, Stach benched
Perri starts
Aaronson still starts
New midfield, unbalanced defence

Gonna be interesting

[Irish Ian]

Thems the changes.

[WhiteRose]

I like the lineup especially for a home game - let’s see what happens.

[airedale]

Crunch time for me lose this and heads will go down ,Come on Leeds!

[Lufc76Cor]

Aaronson is definitely his love child

[Finnatic]

I didn’t expect four changes, I must admit.
However, they are the four who I thought might feel slightly uncomfortable based on the last three games.

[The Subhuman]

Fingers crossed for Bijol, tough debut for him playing out of position.

[The Subhuman]

I didn’t expect four changes, I must admit.
However, they are the four who I thought might feel slightly uncomfortable based on the last three games.

Assuming/hoping it's Stach's injury that Farke has decided to rest, also interesting timing for the debut of Bijol. Struijk has played well but I'd imagine the board would like to see some return on their investment

[airedale]

If i was a betting man i would stick a tenner on bowen scoring and Bijol giving away a penalty.
Hope to be wrong.

[John in Louisiana]

Not good that Willy doesn't make the bench. I was hoping he'd be available as an impact sub today.

We had better get goals from the starting eleven today. I don't see any on the bench.

[CUSSIE01]

Interesting, Okafor starting the best for me, worried we may be a bit lightweight in midfield with Aaronson & Tanaka starting as well. Personally I’d have preferred to see how Bijol was coming off the bench in a couple of games before starting but good news that Amps can start.
DF must read this forum as all those changes have been suggested at some point this week by the posters.
Let’s get at them from the start and dictate how we want to play the game instead of having to chase it.

[Finnatic]

Assuming/hoping it's Stach's injury that Farke has decided to rest, also interesting timing for the debut of Bijol. Struijk has played well but I'd imagine the board would like to see some return on their investment

That crossed my mind regarding investment, especially if there was a board meeting today