Leeds United v Chelsea Match Thread

[1964white]

I have been questioning Perri since I first saw him, and I am being proved right it seems.

As I said, did anyone actually watch him before we bought?

Poor signing, should be an improvement on Darlow & Meslier, truth is, he isn't.

[The Subhuman]

Gabby was very good offensively & defensively, his only downfall was not picking up Neto at the back post for their goal, Bogle rinsed, committing himself when he should have stayed on his feet, allowing them to cross the ball.

Also, Perri beaten at his near post again.

As was their keeper for our first, but I don't blame the keeper for either. Good finishes both and to put them down to keeper error lessens both goals.

IMO

[Carrick Dave]

As was their keeper for our first, but I don't blame the keeper for either. Good finishes both and to put them down to keeper error lessens both goals.

IMO

I thought the balance in Neto’s right/left finish was superb. Nonchalant.

[John in Louisiana]

The goal wasn’t Perri’s fault.

The fault was in leaving Neto all by himself in such a dangerous position (I’m looking at you, Gudmondsson).

A shame as Gudmondsson was quite good otherwise.

[The Subhuman]

I rate Perri, tbf. Good keeper

[1964white]

As was their keeper for our first, but I don't blame the keeper for either. Good finishes both and to put them down to keeper error lessens both goals.

IMO

Meslier & Darlow would have been apportioned the blame.

One rule for Perri & another for our back-up keepers.

[Sean_Nile]

An analysis of biscuit-wrists Sanchez.

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[The Subhuman]

Meslier & Darlow would have been apportioned the blame.

One rule for Perri & another for our back-up keepers.

Not by me.. Darlow is well liked here for some reason, only me that doesn't think he's our best keeper. So no, Darlow wouldn't get the blame. I rate Mes too, nothing worse for a keeper than getting the fans on their back. Hope he goes on to have a glittering career elsewhere I think he's done here

[1964white]

If we had played one up front last night, we wouldn't have scored that third goal.

Okafar wins the ball & Calvert-Lewin was there for the tap-in

[The Subhuman]

If we had played one up front last night, we wouldn't have scored that third goal.

Okafar wins the ball & Calvert-Lewin was there for the tap-in

If their defender was halfway competent and the keeper didn't c**k up then we don't score that goal.. If we concede that goal to make it 2-2 could you imagine the fall out and blame casting? I laughed at the time as it was a comedy of Chelsea errors.

[Cowboy Dan]

Meslier & Darlow would have been apportioned the blame.

One rule for Perri & another for our back-up keepers.

I disagree. The people who criticise Perri for every little thing are by and large the same ones who were always attacking Mes, and vice versa.

Perri has played well for us so far: He was better than Sanchez yesterday, better than Donnarumma on Saturday and better than Martinez vs Villa. He's made multiple top class saves, and apart from the odd bit of dodgy distribution hasn't done anything wrong. I'm not sure what more people want, but he looks like a good signing to me.

[The Subhuman]

I disagree. The people who criticise Perri for every little thing are by and large the same ones who were always attacking Mes, and vice versa.

Perri has played well for us so far: He was better than Sanchez yesterday, better than Donnarumma on Saturday and better than Martinez vs Villa. He's made multiple top class saves, and apart from the odd bit of dodgy distribution hasn't done anything wrong. I'm not sure what more people want, but he looks like a good signing to me.

Well said...

[weasel]

29% possession

Just goes to Leeds don't need much possession to win games & have better stats

XG
Leeds 2.82
Chelsea 1.11

Shots
Leeds 17
Chelsea 14

Shots on target
Leeds 5
Chelsea 2

Attempts out of the box
Leeds 6
Chelsea 3

Corners
Leeds 4
Chelsea 2

The possession is greatly distorteb by how the game was. I dare say the first 10 maybe 20 minutes it was fairly even. As the match progressed it was clear that we could really hurt Chelsea by breaking quickly and as such we lost possession quickly even if the move ended in us having a shot (or scoring). It was the scoreline though that dictated the possession, 0-0 and I doubt Chelsea are pushing forward as much so we don't have the same space available to break into so likely we would be holding onto the ball longer.
Stats can distort things very easily. As it was for me we looked the most likely to score all night, had several good chances as well as the goals and fully deserved the win. No smash and grab, backs to the walls type performance etc. We took the game to them, got the goal and were then able to exploit them on the break. Chelsea's goal ironically coming after we committed too many players forward after startign the second half realyl brightly and being unlucky not to have gone 3-0 up.

[1964white]

Re-watch of the game.

Brilliant first-half, minimal errors.

Every player put in a shift.

Gudmundsson outstanding, excelling with 21 very good contributions.

Bring on the second-half again.

[whiteinfrance]

If their defender was halfway competent and the keeper didn't c**k up then we don't score that goal.. If we concede that goal to make it 2-2 could you imagine the fall out and blame casting? I laughed at the time as it was a comedy of Chelsea errors.

The point being made is because we had 2 up front we had more pressure on their defence, which we wouldn't have had with on up front.

So the Chelsea errors were somewhat due to our pressing.

[whiteinfrance]

I think some on here are watching a different game to me .

No good saying Perri makes some good saves, when he has other flaws in his game. Mainly his poor positioning.

Meslier made some good saves but these were negated by his other flaws.

Overall Darlow is our most experienced, reliable keeper.

Also, by the way, Gnonto is not a top class player; frequently running down blind allies and making poor decisions.

[1964white]

Gudmundsson - excellent first-half.

Ampadu - Supreme second-half.

Stach back to his best.

Bijol our most outstanding defender.

Calvert-Lewin a beast upfront.

[Sean_Nile]

Todd Boehly, can you hear me?
Todd Boehly, your boys took one hell of a beating! One. Hell. Of. A. Beating!
In the psst you flew in on your private helicopter, threw another billion at the squad, hired another manager, and still got absolutely battered 3-1 at Elland Road by Daniel Farke’s Leeds United.

Your £100 million midfielders, your £60 million strikers, your endless parade of head coaches, all of them sent home in pieces by a team that cost less than Cole Palmer’s left boot.

Daniel Farke looked at your Chelsea circus, shrugged, and dismantled you with pure football, and walked off with three points and the entire country laughing at you.

Your boys took a hell of a beating, Todd.
A proper, old-fashioned, Yorkshire-style hell of a beating.

Can you hear me Don Revie, Brian Clough and Sgt Wilko. Are you listening David O'Leary, George Graham and Neil Warnock. Support a proper team Prince William.

What a glorious night for football... now take your skelpet arses back doon tae London.

[1964white]

Our freebie strikers looked so much better than Delap who cost Chelsea £30m.

Hard to believe that before this game, Chelsea were 3rd in the table, Leeds were 3rd bottom.

We battered them & they didn't like our aggression, pressing & tenacity.

Chelsea fans must wonder what has hit their multi-billion squad.

Leeds fans over the moon with our best performance of the season.

[GreennWhite]

We beat a good Chelsea side last night, and beat them fairly easily, but yet some fans still want to criticise and look for faults. There will always be faults in games, there will always be players who make mistakes.
Do some of our fans ever watch other teams, because if they do they must miss the fact that even much better teams than us make mistakes during games.
Why cant some fans just enjoy our wins without trying to downplay our win as the other team had a off night or we should have beaten them more convincingly.
Just enjoy us playing well and winning, and stop trying to pick faults in every game.