Lemonade Money
Barry Daines
You're looking forward to us getting an aerial bombardment and conceding a goal(s), so you can come on here and say I told you so? Whatever floats your boat.
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Roberto De Zerbi *OFFICIAL*
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Andy Thompson
This predicting results of football matches using stats is foolproof, Its a rare week i don't win £100,000 on my bets.
ricky2tricky4city
David Ginola
Hold up!Mighty Yids vs Dirty Lids
DCL is certainly a big threat in the air. Likes to score at home, 4 Prem goals at home this year.
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He has really turned around his terrible fitness record. I wonder how?
This article doesn't give any particular answer, but it does have some interesting bits if you're bored.
'I know who I am' - How Leeds and England striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin rediscovered his joy through change, fatherhood and plenty of Premier League goals | Goal.com UK
In an exclusive interview with GOAL, Dominic Calvert-Lewin opens up on his Leeds revival, the injuries that tested him and how fatherhood changed his outlook on life.www.goal.com
consistency. That’s what the 29-year-old striker has found at Leeds. It was his arrival at Leeds, in many ways, that was the springboard. Leaving Everton in 2025 was a big decision, particularly given his connection to the club. It came during a period of change off the field, too, as he adjusted to fatherhood and married life. It was time, he said, to start a new journey.
Leeds and Daniel Farke will be glad he did. Since the forward’s arrival, only four Premier League players have a better goal-per-game ratio than Calvert-Lewin. Over the last 15 months, he’s scored 20 goals. Across his final four seasons at Everton, the ones that came after his career-best 21-goal season, he netted just 18.
Calvert-Lewin is in the 95th percentile in distance covered. He's in the 74th percentile in top speed. Yes, he leads the league in aerial duels, but he's also significantly more mobile than people give him credit for.
The OMT has landed.
Baleforce
Graham Roberts
That was a a sarcastic comment.
So, more on the question of the defense, here's a view of our first 6 games vs. last 3 in the league
Defense improvements
Controlling game (which is the old, if you have the ball, the opposition can't hurt you)
Interesting how the goals came as well
Full video for anyone interested
SteveAWOL
Garth Crooks
The Breakdown: How De Zerbi is fixing Spurs
See how the Italian has turned fortunes around following their three wins on the bounce
www.premierleague.com
Some interesting points
- Good to call out ref issue, nothing for Tel tackle, yellow for tackle where Porro won ball
- Called out the players but kept it as part of the "learning process"
- Caught some of the observations in general (e.g. Kudus tired)
- Maddison only trained one day, and choice was him (in middle?) or LWB left
SissokoWasGood (BoL)
Frederic Kanoute
I think this is a game which really shows how many injuries we have in the attacking spots. Leeds away is a hard game and we ended up way down our list of options in those spots.
I don’t know how RDZ solves it, but I am getting completely fed up with our players making bad decisions in the final third. I can’t work out whether it’s stupid, or selfish, or lazy, or more generously ‘lacking confidence’ in those areas and therefore snatching at stuff.
But it is extremely obvious that when LWB gets the ball in the final third, he slows down. He lets the opportunity appear and goes after it. I think Madders and Xavi are this way too, and Savio. But today we just had none of it on the pitch.
Kudus took a 30 yarder when we had players busting a gut to get forward and outnumbered Leeds. Porro hit the first man on a cross when we had an overload in their box. Marmoush snatched at a chance where he could have squad it to Kudus. They’re just going for the easiest, laziest options, smashing the ball. They need to fake, they need to work an angle, and then get into the space that opens up.
Even if they don’t feel confident to do the fakes, I don’t think there’s any excuse for not being aware of what options are around them, and being able to judge whether a long ranger or a snatched contested shot is the highest percentage play. It’s seriously getting on my nerves now. Because these are good players, and top level professionals should be able to see the picture of the game around them.
What is RDZ playing at? Take the Leeds match, for example—he puts a right-back in a position that’s practically a number 10 role?
What’s his deal with constantly trying to tinker with things, only to land us in trouble?
Guardiola used to pull some strange stunts back in the day, too.
I think he should stick to the fundamentals and stop playing guys out of position.
He’s falling back into the same habits he had at Marseille—just keep things simple! This approach only ends up confusing our players.
What’s his deal with constantly trying to tinker with things, only to land us in trouble?
Guardiola used to pull some strange stunts back in the day, too.
I think he should stick to the fundamentals and stop playing guys out of position.
He’s falling back into the same habits he had at Marseille—just keep things simple! This approach only ends up confusing our players.
To build on what you said, if we look at our midfielders and forwards one by one, none of them really stand out in terms of assists or goals—and that goes for the defensive players too, with the exception of one season in Germany for marmoush. Last year, we had Romero in defense, who was a real threat during corners and free kicks; the same goes for Palhinha, who—despite playing as a defensive midfielder—would push forward to score. That’s an innate quality, and personally, I don’t see it in any of our current playersI think Tel has that, but you’d have to play him as a number 9 to see it—though RDZ has blinders on.
No one takes the initiative to play a dangerous first-time pass, take a direct shot, or deliver a cross without needing to control the ball first. As a result, opposing defenders always have plenty of time to get back into position.
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Think you are overthinking it
- Gray is a defensive midfielder with ball carrying ability (who happens to cover RB for us), he expected Leeds to pack 5 in midfield to try to press/bully us. I suspect the plan was to gain control of game and bring on more attacking players in 2nd half (Maddison)
- His tinkering worked against United/Coventry/Chelsea/Palace, it didn't here, it happens.
He doesn't have a full team yet to play everyone in position, Maddison wasn't ready, Savio is still out, Deki is nowhere near match fit or in form.
Doesn't mean I agree with his decisions against Leeds, but what he did isn't' that way out there.
He was, again agree with you, weird call, think RDZ was just too focused on countering Leeds.
For me, if we wanted to just counter the hustle, I would have started Gallagher and left Gray at RB (Porro is better if plan is to dominate the ball)
That is exactly what I expected to see on Saturday.
But oh well, that’s how it is—it’s frustrating, because there was a chance to achieve something...