Leeds United vs Crystal Palace - Match Thread

[The Subhuman]

Midfield poor today apart from Ampadu.

Tanaka better than Amps for me, would have been MOTM probably had he stayed on

[1964white]

Brenden coming on

Poor substition, should have been Longstaff or even Gruev in attempt to compete with their midfield.

Aaronson wasn't the answer again st those bruisers.

[Orange Box]

Just got in and the revelation of today is that there isn’t enough beer in Leeds to disguise how BORING that game was. Ampadu apart there wasn’t a single player earned his corn today. No fighting for second balls, no closing down, no composure on the ball. No urgency. It seemed as though every surge forward was halted prematurely to pass it back again. I thought those days had gone? Did we have a single shot on target? I can’t recall one.

[1964white]

Their passing is much more accurate today. DCL not holding the ball well at all. Very sloppy display from us

Palace were very slick at times, we just passed the ball backwards, sideways or to the Palace players when we attempted to pass the ball forward.

[1964white]

Absolutely brilliant recovery Justin

Justin so reliable & consistent.

[1964white]

Tanaka better than Amps for me, would have been MOTM probably had he stayed on

Wasn't it Tanaka who committed the silly foul just outside our box, the one with Trafford making a fantastic save?

[Orange Box]

I thought tanaka was mainly ineffective, with a couple of nice moments thrown in. Not his best game, second to Ampadu but miles better than Stach, who I think is only on the field for his free kicks right now. Aaronson offers nothing against a physical team.

[1964white]

Tarik absolutely saves us again

Lord knows how we aren't behind tbh

Tarik is already our Player of the Season, and we're not out of September yet!

Outstanding again.

[White Riot]

I have to say that the substitutions coming on today did nothing at all to improve or change matters on the pitch. If anything it made our poor display even worse.

Payless passed the ball better and, far from being knackered due to their European adventure on Thursday, they finished the match stronger than us. I thought we were second best all match.

Yes, I was surprised how poorly we matched up against them. I did make the point that they survived last season due to their away form as they were terrible at home.

Glasner's continued that at Forest. Even though it was Lampard, I was really glad for Coventry and their fans with that spirited win at Forest last night.

I thought we looked very flat today and more like a team suffering a European hangover.

[1964white]

Aaronson has been very poor since he came on

Was always going to be bullied by this lot.

Pointless substituion.

[1964white]

Within a few seconds of each other Bren Dan both lose possession.

Aye, I noticed both flying through the air like little birds.

[White Riot]

Hopefully a bit of a wake up call today as we can't be complacent. As for Arsenal, we need to get into em from the start, physical game and unsettle the twats. We've been far too timid against tgem in the past

Exactly, I remember O'Leary getting Bowyer and co to rough them up and it knocked them out of their stride.

I vaguely remember Robert Pires shouting "Dirty whore" in French at DOL as he was frustrated at the way we ruffled their feathers

[White Riot]

Aye, I noticed both flying through the air like little birds.

They are so easily knocked off the ball it's not funny Leon. They are not up to this standard of football and should have been shipped out already.

When people are braying about a strong bench that includes Zetterer, Longstaff, James and Aaronson they must still think we're in the Championship.

Pray that we don't get injuries

[Tom the Cat]

That was the worst performance by Leeds that I have seen in ages, and against a side that we should have beaten. We were very very lucky not to loose. No closing down, far too many loose passes and if memory serves me right one shot on goal in each half. If it hadn't been for Trafford we would have been stuffed.

[1964white]

Poor game,dissapointing after the Newcastle game

Palace were much better than I initially thought.

[DDB220]

Tarik is already our Player of the Season, and we're not out of September yet!

Outstanding again.

That is the biggest small suggested upgrade I can remember.

[1964white]

Just got in and the revelation of today is that there isn’t enough beer in Leeds to disguise how BORING that game was. Ampadu apart there wasn’t a single player earned his corn today. No fighting for second balls, no closing down, no composure on the ball. No urgency. It seemed as though every surge forward was halted prematurely to pass it back again. I thought those days had gone? Did we have a single shot on target? I can’t recall one.

Calvert-Lewin shot saved at the kop end.

We love passing the ball backwards.

Sorry I missed you & Mrs OB.

[Orange Box]

Calvert-Lewin shot saved at the kop end.

We love passing the vall backwards.

Sorry I missed you & Mrs OB.

That wasn’t a shot.
Sorry, couldn’t hold the watter in any longer! Next time

[1964white]

I think we stole a point tbh, very poor performance.

Arsenal will clatter us if we rock up like this at their gaff.

We got away with one there, James.

Thank god the Palace goal was ruled out.

[foxy]

I was surprised farke didn't switch to a back 4 to try and shake things up. both teams cancelled each other out but they seemed quicker to the loose balls and technically better but equally as toothless up front. farke's substitutions have so far been more timely and effective this season but sadly not today. he should have made the changes earlier though in reality it would have made no difference without the system change as they were totally ineffective. not sure why bahoya was given so little time as he looked as if we could cause trouble but difficult to make a judgement on 90 seconds.

this was never going to be the walk in the park that some thought after the Newcastle victory and perhaps the dampening of expectations is a good thing. we are still finding our feet in this league and we will need luck and opponents under performing to achieve results like Monday nights. the important thing is we didn't lose and if we can keep that up then this can be a really good season.