Leeds Utd v Valencia CF Match Thread

[The Subhuman]

Very good performance.. Jut need 3/4 new players in tout suite

[andrewjohnsmith]

TBF the defence must be a mess now... don't really have the depth atm

Obviously need another full back

[The Subhuman]

Obviously need another full back

Centre back too ... Central Mid and a winger.

[Cjay]

Fine performance generally

Basically same setup as last season but worked today vs a Valencia side prepared to come out.

Will be interesting to see what happens vs lowblock.

Press seemed more coordinated and more width in attack which was nice.

Georgie and Joseph worked well.

Bogle injury is the worry but we knew the risks when we signed him, hopefully recovered fir next weekend.

Squad is clearly 3, 4 light

[Sean_Nile]

Regardless of the contempt some people show for Bamford on here, the crowd at the stadium was chanting his name... how galling that he is still held in high regard... that crowd should been silenced, don't they know they spoil the match day experience for Bamford haters.

[The Subhuman]

Regardless of the contempt some people show for Bamford on here, the crowd at the stadium was chanting his name... how galling that he is still held in high regard... that crowd should been silenced, don't they know they spoil the match day experience for Bamford haters.

I'm not a Paddy hater, I like him as a person. I just don't think he should be starting for us, this season or last.

[andrewjohnsmith]

Centre back too ... Central Mid and a winger.

Center back is fine

Farke last week said FB, MC. Now Summerville is gone, add a winger

If we sign a midfielder, it allows us to use Ampadu as an emergency 4th choice in defence.

[Cjay]

Regardless of the contempt some people show for Bamford on here, the crowd at the stadium was chanting his name... how galling that he is still held in high regard... that crowd should been silenced, don't they know they spoil the match day experience for Bamford haters.

I don't think suggesting Bamford should have been moved on and saying he has struggled to justify his status as the highest earner at the club for years makes someone a "hater" myself.

No one is attacking him as a person, that's different

[mentalcase]

Regardless of the contempt some people show for Bamford on here, the crowd at the stadium was chanting his name... how galling that he is still held in high regard... that crowd should been silenced, don't they know they spoil the match day experience for Bamford haters.

Football fans are like sheep sean, they simply follow along.
Someone sings about jimmy saville and they all join in.
Sing about "Yorkshire pirlo" same thing, some fans are clueless.

[The Subhuman]

Center back is fine

Farke last week said FB, MC. Now Summerville is gone, add a winger

If we sign a midfielder, it allows us to use Ampadu as an emergency 4th choice in defence.

Rodon, Struijk, Wober.. think we're one light. I don't like Amps in CD, we miss him too much in midfield.

[The Subhuman]

Rodon, Struijk, Wober.. think we're one light. I don't like Amps in CD, we miss him too much in midfield. Last season's emergency turned into half a season and we had Coop and Charlie available

[andrewjohnsmith]

Rodon, Struijk, Wober.. think we're one light. I don't like Amps in CD, we miss him too much in midfield.

Wober is better than Cooper. So Ampadu wouldn't have to drop back as often. Last season he was 3rd choice CB. Currently he's 4th behind Wober.

I fear a 4th CB would be in the same situation as Cresswell last season. Never used. I think Debayo could play the minutes Cresswell did last season.

[AcrossThePondAsh]

DF on Bogle's injury:

“I was really concerned about Jayden, we are still a bit thin at full-back,” said Farke after the 2-1 win that ended Leeds’ pre-season. “It was a dead leg, not capable to stay on but it's normal after a few days it's gone. I'm not too concerned that he'll be not available for next week, I'm cautiously optimistic.”

Source: https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/ ... st-4728243

[weasel]

Jesus how good was Orta, 7 of this team are his ...

Did a decent job at building just over half of a half decent championship team.... his 7 championship players costing

Messlier £7m
Firpo £13m
Struyjk £500k
Gnonto £5.5m
Joseph £900k
James £25m
Rutter £35m

£87m for 7 championship players - so £12.5m per championship player - think most of us on here could have bought 7 decent championship players for £87m. Of course looking solely at Orta's players on display today conveniently makes no mention of the dross he signed oh and the 1 player he bought that we sold for profit.


Rodon £10m
Ampadu £7m
Gruev £5m
Bogle £5m

By contrast Farke's 4 championship players in the starting line-up cost £27 so just a touch less than £7m per player. Interestingly we have only sold 1 Farke signing and we sold him for profit. If we sell the next 100 or so Farke signings at a loss or release them on frees then I am guessing you will start singing his praises?

[andrewjohnsmith]

DF on Bogle's injury:

“I was really concerned about Jayden, we are still a bit thin at full-back,” said Farke after the 2-1 win that ended Leeds’ pre-season. “It was a dead leg, not capable to stay on but it's normal after a few days it's gone. I'm not too concerned that he'll be not available for next week, I'm cautiously optimistic.”

Source: https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/ ... st-4728243

But will hopefully convince our DOF's to get moving on the 2 or 3 extra squad players we need

[andrewjohnsmith]

Did a decent job at building just over half of a half decent championship team.... his 7 championship players costing

Messlier £7m
Firpo £13m
Struyjk £500k
Gnonto £5.5m
Joseph £900k
James £25m
Rutter £35m

£87m for 7 championship players - so £12.5m per championship player - think most of us on here could have bought 7 decent championship players for £87m. Of course looking solely at Orta's players on display today conveniently makes no mention of the dross he signed oh and the 1 player he bought that we sold for profit.


Rodon £10m
Ampadu £7m
Gruev £5m
Bogle £5m

By contrast Farke's 4 championship players in the starting line-up cost £27 so just a touch less than £7m per player. Interestingly we have only sold 1 Farke signing and we sold him for profit. If we sell the next 100 or so Farke signings at a loss or release them on frees then I am guessing you will start singing his praises?

I was going to make the point that 4 of those were signed for the premier league. And theoretically, the other 3 were signed with the hope we'd be in the premier league by the time they made the first team. So, in theory and actuality, all 7 were signed for the premier league. Most (Meslier and Strujik being exceptions) never became regulars in the premier league. So they weren't good enough for the task ahead. And they should be top players in the championship. Getting overly cynical now: Full credit to Orta for signing top championship players, at PL prices, when we needed players that were ready for the PL.

[mentalcase]

We haven't stopped selling yet this window imo.

[Barlow Boy]

A nice day out in the sun, a couple of pints with the lads with the usual friendly fare on offer (although the Valencia players hadn’t got the memo and were getting stuck in).

Rutter my MOM, with nods to Joseph and the usual suspects Rodon and Ampadu. Thought Bogle did well too, hoping the injury isn’t serious.

[1964white]

A nice day out in the sun, a couple of pints with the lads with the usual friendly fare on offer (although the Valencia players hadn’t got the memo and were getting stuck in).

Rutter my MOM, with nods to Joseph and the usual suspects Rodon and Ampadu. Thought Bogle did well too, hoping the injury isn’t serious.

WOW WOW WOW!

Just seen the highlights, mate. I'll watch the full replay tomorrow.

How good was that, we appear very strong & dominant.

Georginio took the p*ss out of the Valencia defenders.

What a goal from Mateo

Was the cause of Bogle's injury when he was fouled off the ball?

[Reedy]

A lovely afternoon and good to be back.

Thought we looked pretty good first half, Joseph looks like he will be getting a lot more minutes this year - he put himself about and took his goal well. Georgie’s goal speaks for itself!

Still think we’re a couple short though unless playing some of the younger ones is in Farke’s thinking.