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Thing is you can bring Wilson on after 55 mins in virtually any situation winning comfortably? sub him on for Isak and rest his legs cagey as fuck? bring Wilson on and switch Isak into a 10 or LW to pose a different problem losing and needing a goal? bring Wilson on an go to 4231 with Isak wide or a conventional 442/4411 with 2 central CFs

Been really really disappointing so far from him. Apart from the smart 10 minute debut he's offered, produced and delivered zero. I can make allowances for the change in club and playing philosophy but he currently looks a shadow of the bang average player he was at Everton. Throw in the fact he's already had a strop at Brentford and it's beginning to look like a bit of a rick signing him rather than proven quality for the last 20 games of the season. Far from impressed with him

Think he needs to go back to the tried and tested 4-3-3 and bench Wilson. Get a bit of solidity in CM and bring Wilson on after 60. Got no problem with him giving Isak and Wilson a start, both were in great form before Arsenal and I can understand him doing it, I'd even support him doing it, hindsight is wonderful. But it's not really worked, 1 point from 6 isn't a great return and we've not played that well today. Leeds huffed and puffed but offered little but still scored 2. We looked better moving Isak central but he needs to start as a 9 from now on. Wilson off the bench if needed as a first sub but the experiment hasn't worked unfortunately.

Going into the game we needed 2 wins and a draw and if it turns out that the point today was the draw then so be it. Desperate for top 4 now and we have the perfect chance with 2 home games to wrap it up. If have to go to Chelsea needing a result then so be it. Nothing worth having comes easy and we've got 3 bites at the cherry now. Still pretty confident and glass is still firmly half full.

It's the inconsistencies between, referees, clubs and grounds that's doing my head in atm. Hooper started ok today letting the game flow and waving away soft/low contact tackles - which is fine by me. He kept his card in his pocket - again, fine but for the last 20 mins OF THE SAME GAME he's then giving slight contact fouls and handing out cards like it's going out of fashion. That fat cunt today couldn't even be consistent for 90 minutes. I'm not saying he was cheating or favouring Leeds but you just don't know what's going to happen from one minute to the next. His standards and interpretations dropped massively and for me that's the epitome of a shit, incompetent referee.

We're not playing well here and the tone and tempo of the game is suiting Leeds perfectly. Lots of fouls and it's become a series of set pieces. We now look much better since the change and moving Isak infield. We'll create more chances but we desperately need to convert one of them, not enough quality shots coming in.

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Which match are we watching tonight then?

Suppose we can all look forward to the Champions League final on Wednesday night though

Or booking people for dissent. Players shouting and swearing in referee's faces has become the norm and tbh they can't complain when it happens. They're allowing it to happen. It's almost as if booking no-one, regardless of what's actually happened, is immediately applauded by pundits. "Oh, he's let the game flow, credit to him" - no, he's been verbally abused, sworn at, let players dive, cheat and make dangerous tackles for 90 mins and he's not booked anyone. He's not done his job, no credit whatsoever

Would also be quite nice if he went there and wasted their transfer pot like he did at Everton though. Seems like a canny bloke but I wouldn't want him in charge of my own team

That KdB shot is like a Tiger Wood's 285y, 3 Iron stinger

That's fucking delicious. Wooooof

Pick that cunt out. Ooooooof

Absolutely right. You think this place is a democracy?

I need to hire James Justin's agent

These days if you tackle a player and you're English you'll be thrown in jail.

Real leaving loads of space between their CB's and FBs. Essentially 2 CBs marking Haaland and leaving the run into the channels for City but they're not making the runs. Need to get beyond Haaland, it's all in front of that back 4. Rope-a-dope stuff atm

Vini with an absolute shit-pinger

I actually think there's a pretty high chance that all 3 clubs get 70+ points now tbh. I'm quite bullish about it, Leeds haven't become a good team since that fat cunt walked through the door last week, they're awful. Leicester have looked incredibly poor for most of the season and concede for fun, Brighton look like their bubble has burst and got taken apart by a poor team at home and Chelsea haven't give a single fuck all season and won't want to know on the last day. No reason why we can't win each of those fixtures. 10 or 12 points is more than possible but I'd settle for 7 or 8 no worries

Would be truly awful if he used his gardening leave from Brighton to try and recreate the entire model from scratch for us

Agree with that. Another thing to consider is his contract, age and value. He's been here 4 years and still has 2 years to go on his deal, we're going to have to make a decision to extend his deal when he'll be 28 or try and get the maximin most we possibly can. Letting it run another summer means his value will go down as he inches closer to summer '25. His book value will be rather low right now I'd imagine too. Bought for £18m (ish), 2/3 of the way through his contract, probably 'worth' only £6m on the books with amortisation. Selling him this summer for £30m (or whatever) would be a bit of a shot in the arm for the financial side of things I'd imagine? Think that's how it works but happy to be corrected. If we're going to move him on then dong it this summer seems like the very best time to do it. Could well be best for all parties concerned. His next contract, here or elsewhere, will need to be his best one from his point of view too.

Went to all of those luckily enough for me. Do remember the tickets being a little steep, I've got £35 a pop in my head that was for Gallowgate (middle tier). Doesn't sound too much now but 21 years ago that seemed pricey on top of what I was paying for the season ticket too.

I'd love to hear the defence for watching Pickford assault someone in the box and completely get away with it like Wouldn't have affected the result in any way at all tonight but a 3 match ban might have for the other clubs down there...

Let's hope that's popped Brighton's bubble. Shipping 5 at home to this Everton side is encouraging for us