Leeds 0 Gerrard Out XI 0 Post Match Thread

[RichardBatchelor]

I wonder if the stats were studied over the seasons since we came up whether we have THE worst record against ten men? Have we even won a single game?

[Chris_Jephcott]

It was turgid…

But we have only conceded 1 goal in 3 games now.

We’re just so ballachingly toothless - with such talent up front, we must be doing better than we are.

[Flin5tone]

Good performance, 19 attempts
Got in all the right areas but we don't have a striker . Watkins works hard but can't score

Thought Coutinho was better today

[SamTheMouse]

In the cold light of day, a point away to the dirty racists isn't bad.

Although we really do play some truly shit football.

[eamonn]

An absolute gimme of a three points once Luiz won us the red card (imagine if that had happened to us, we'd be rightly fcuekd-off with the decision). We were already on top, Leeds showed us too much respect once down to 10 but we just didn't have the quality to make it count.

Did Konsa really used to be a right back? His awful touch and technique in possession was painfully highlighted every time he got the ball in the second half. He cannot be our fill-in fullback regardless of injuries.

I also thought that the obvious last change was surely Ings AND Archer. Ings is only gonna provide the final touch but Archer would have scared them with his all-round play.

Ultimately another black mark against Gerrard as the full points were there for the taking.

[Legion]

Good performance, 19 attempts
Got in all the right areas but we don't have a striker . Watkins works hard but can't score

Thought Coutinho was better today

Yes we do. Gerrard is just not brave enough to play him.

[tomd2103]

Thought we were OK in the first two thirds of the pitch and obviously them going down to ten helped with that.  I thought Buendia looked bright when he came on and he created a few opportunities. 

We were, however, poor in the final third with Ollie Watkins being the main culprit unfortunately.  He got into good positions on a number of occasions, but his touch is so loose that he ends up making chances much harder for himself.  Would have brought Ings on for him a lot earlier.

[Lastfootstamper]

So boring and predictable.

It is, isn't it. So fucking boring.

[Bobby Boy]

Good performance, 19 attempts
Got in all the right areas but we don't have a striker . Watkins works hard but can't score

Thought Coutinho was better today.

'Good performance'? I'm sure you don't really mean that.

[jwarry]

Did Jesse Marsch just say Villa slowed the game down to a snail pace and that’s why we didn’t win! Or could it have been your fucking dirty bastards hacked everyone on the pitch.
Knob

[SoccerHQ]

An absolute gimme of a three points once Luiz won us the red card (imagine if that had happened to us, we'd be rightly fcuekd-off with the decision). We were already on top, Leeds showed us too much respect once down to 10 but we just didn't have the quality to make it count.

Did Konsa really used to be a right back? His awful touch and technique in possession was painfully highlighted every time he got the ball in the second half. He cannot be our fill-in fullback regardless of injuries.

I also thought that the obvious last change was surely Ings AND Archer. Ings is only gonna provide the final touch but Archer would have scared them with his all-round play.

Ultimately another black mark against Gerrard as the full points were there for the taking.

Madness Archer didn't go out on loan until January. We're just wasting the scoring momentum he's built up in last 12 months.

I assumed with us keeping him around he'd start the cup games and be regularly used in league e.g 20-30 minute cameos. Think only game he's featured was coming on as 92nd minute sub v West Ham.

Him coming on today would've been something difference and Leeds wouldn't have had much knowledge of him. He scores the winner and suddenly there's a feelgood factor to our season.

Instead Gerrard just sticks to tried and tested and we'll finish 14th again. Or lower.

[jwarry]

Good performance, 19 attempts
Got in all the right areas but we don't have a striker . Watkins works hard but can't score

Thought Coutinho was better today.

'Good performance'? I'm sure you don't really mean that.

Really? For once I thought Fred was right and positive!

[wolfman999]

When was the last time we beat 10 men? Ever?

Dalian beat 10 men on his own against Wimbledon.

Nearly right then

[SamTheMouse]

Whenever I've seen him play, Archer has had the energy and the confidence of youth. Not saying he would necessarily have won that for us, but I'm sure he would have got in good scoring positions and been lively.

Gerrard doesn't seem to have much... imagination. Does he?

His approach is basically about just having better or more experienced players than the opposition and expecting them to produce a moment of magic.

To be fair to him, though, he has made us tighter at the back, and harder to beat. Once you've established that, you then have a platform for gradually improving the attacking side. Maybe we're looking at incremental improvements.

[ASHTONVILLA]

Some positives.

Never looked like losing, and were the better side even before the sending off.

First away point of the season, so stopped the rot away from home.

Bednerek looked OK, and our very makeshift defence kept a clean sheet.