[color=#FFFFFF]..............................................................[/color][b][i][size=200]Leeds Utd v Aston Villa
[color=#FFFFFF]...........................[/color]Sunday 28th April at 12.00
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[size=150]Hi Folks
The penultimate game of Leeds 2018-19 season sees the visit of high flying Aston Villa to Elland Road for a Sunday lunchtime kick off.
Dean Smith's men have won 10 on the bounce elevating themselves and guaranteeing 5th place in the table.
Bearing this in mind, will the former Brentford gaffer want to rest his star players for the play offs?
Bielsa will surely be thinking the same. Leeds are 3 points and have a -9 goal handicap than their South Yorkshire rivals Sheffield Utd but are 5 points clear of the Baggies with two games remaining!
It seems a foregone conclusion that the Blades will beat Ipswich on Saturday. Bearing this in mind, what team would you put out against Villa?
Will Brown finally get a chance, show his class and win us the play offs?
Alioski is having surgery on his ankle. With Douglas out of action too, who would you like to see at left back? Laif, Dallas or Berardi?
Does Shackleton deserve a chance to show what he can do?
Probably rest a couple had Appo Halmd been fit I'd rest Pontus, Berardi for Alioski..Dallas can come on, Shack should be starting anyway. Rest pablo too.
Izzy fit izzy not should get a starting game also. Its but's maybe's and could have's I know but playoffs it is..
Probably they will wait until wether this game has significance... but as other has said a chance to rest/rotate a few players.
Also a massive opportunity for the support to give the team a massive lift in our final home fixture of the regular season.
' "Football is about the people and the players,” he said. “Then there are those who will mingle in the middle: the coaches, executives and journalists. That last group represents the worst part about football" Marcelo Bielsa
Remember Smith slagging us off after the draw whilst he was Brentford manager, then again moaning that we over celebrated the comeback win at Villa Park, he really doesn't like Leeds so will do all he can to win the game, I'll be surprised if he plays anything but a strong team.
If there is one bloody team I detest in the Championship its this lot !!!! God help my nerves if we end up playing them at Wembley in Play off Final.
The arrogance of their fans just makes me so angry
Really hope we can rise to the occasion and do the double over them on Sunday. It will also hurt them psychologically if we did that ahead of any possible 3rd meeting.
Gurj wrote:If there is one bloody team I detest in the Championship its this lot !!!! God help my nerves if we end up playing them at Wembley in Play off Final.
The arrogance of their fans just makes me so angry
Really hope we can rise to the occasion and do the double over them on Sunday. It will also hurt them psychologically if we did that ahead of any possible 3rd meeting.
With Villa already assured of 5th place I expect them to wrap Jack Grealish in cotton wool until the play offs.
He'll either start and be taken off early of start as sub in the final two games.
He makes them tick and their 10 game winning run has coincided with his return from injury.
As others have suggested, our team should depend on the result of the Blunts game.
But knowing MB it will be 'as you were' for both games.
The flowers of common sense do not grow in everyone's garden
No point in naming anything but our strongest team given that there is still a chance for automatics (even if Sheff do win). I'd only change Klich for Forshaw as Klich was looking drained on Monday and I think Forshaw and Phillips might be a more physically imposing pair.
If you drop a load of those players it doesn't give them a chance to redeem themselves and also robs them of the last (regular) home game a season in ehich they deserve massive plaudits.
If it's gone by Ipswich then by all means shake the squad up - rest Hernandez, who has put a right shift in.
