Leeds United The Next Chapter Marching on Together

What a rollercoaster ride scrolling down through your post just now. Draw at Chelsea, decent result. Comfortable win vs Boro, great job.

Then conceding 3 in 9 minutes at home vs Midtjylland, being stunned so hard that you lost the next two, at both Sheffield Utd and Brighton. Wow. Not what I expected from your return to European football. The shock from the Danish wolves must be over now, so you can start putting some results together again.

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@JustinCase0110 wrote:

What a rollercoaster ride scrolling down through your post just now. Draw at Chelsea, decent result. Comfortable win vs Boro, great job.

Then conceding 3 in 9 minutes at home vs Midtjylland, being stunned so hard that you lost the next two, at both Sheffield Utd and Brighton. Wow. Not what I expected from your return to European football. The shock from the Danish wolves must be over now, so you can start putting some results together again.

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I didn't really have time to do more in depth write up and also wanted to be able get on with game when I was next able too, but in reality those 3 games the issue has been fatigue. I do have a slightly smaller squad this season altho all players have a chance to play unlike last season I was never gonna use a couple of them, but with a the early season fixtures plus Europe and League Cup piling up I guess my squad didn't quite have the fitness for it and some of the rotation didn't work out so well

Europa League form has drastically improved, that's good to see. And Man United leading the table, that's a nice bonus these days 😉 Doesn't look like Zorgane is playing a huge part in that, but perhaps he will grow with the job eventually. He's also yet to settle in mine, but I may also have crowded the midfield a little too much, finding it hard to find games for everyone. Maybe when the European games start, then it will be easier to rotate.

Your fatigue issues makes sense, having a smaller squad now and a larger amount of games. I do prefer it this way though, needing players to play in secondary positions sometimes, making use of the whole squad in stead of some players never catching a game. Draws vs Arsenal and Newcastle also suggest that you've stabilized your form, so that's good to see.

Speaking of draws, you've had 6 of them, more than any of the other teams. It's a good draw, when you avoid defeat like the Arsenal game, and you've done well to only lose a couple so far. But you may want to look at some of the other draws you make and see if you can turn some of them into wins. That would surely help you climb the table.

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@JustinCase0110 wrote:

Europa League form has drastically improved, that's good to see. And Man United leading the table, that's a nice bonus these days 😉 Doesn't look like Zorgane is playing a huge part in that, but perhaps he will grow with the job eventually. He's also yet to settle in mine, but I may also have crowded the midfield a little too much, finding it hard to find games for everyone. Maybe when the European games start, then it will be easier to rotate.

Your fatigue issues makes sense, having a smaller squad now and a larger amount of games. I do prefer it this way though, needing players to play in secondary positions sometimes, making use of the whole squad in stead of some players never catching a game. Draws vs Arsenal and Newcastle also suggest that you've stabilized your form, so that's good to see.

Speaking of draws, you've had 6 of them, more than any of the other teams. It's a good draw, when you avoid defeat like the Arsenal game, and you've done well to only lose a couple so far. But you may want to look at some of the other draws you make and see if you can turn some of them into wins. That would surely help you climb the table.

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Some.of the draws have been frustrating Newcastle for example throwing away a 2 goal lead and quite a few of the draws we've had opportunities to kill game off, but keepers have turned into prime Never this season. Can't complain too much because despite a few conceded goals my keeper has kept a load more out.

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@CO88LER5 wrote:
@thurlow885
Am I right in thinking that the last real life sale to Manchester United was Alan Smith?

The board must be popular with the fans - not!

Unbeaten start and the Community Shield - not bad.

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Correct, it didn't go down well at the time and a lot of fans still refuse to forgive him. Whilst I was angry at the time in the moment most fans won't accept he potentially saved us by making that move. In truth he didn't wanna go there and would've gone to Spurs or Newcastle who both made offers. The difference was Man United were only team willing to pay full fee upfront. He also refused an unveiling and other fees. Sucks it was Man United, but the deal pretty much saved us