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Same. Would love to see both Nige and Kingy back in some sort of capacity at the club. They are exactly the kind of sound characters that we need around the place.

Oh dear, Leeds....

Maybe he should wear them when he is playing?

Would kind of like to see Ipswich lose tonight so that Leeds start more premature celebrations, ahead of conceding a last minute equaliser v Saints on Saturday to miss out on 2nd to Ipswich.

Funny seeing the arrogant Walker doing that stupid thing where he points to the winger to take him on down the outside - and then getting absolutely burnt! Obviously wouldn't have been as funny if F*rest had scored as a result!

Just had the same conversation with my boys. They are getting beaten too easily too often, they've sold so many of their best players and it's hard to keep finding players as good for a fraction of the price.

Knowing that we have to sell a key player after getting promoted is very depressing. It's what Norwich and Sheff U did in recent seasons and both sunk without trace in the PL as a result.

Indeed, that's why I said 'and/or'!

Two possibilities: To cry in his Hovis; and/or To find a cut off point in the season after which Leeds have the most points so he can claim that they're actually the best team.

I can only think we bought Cannon as we expected Daka to leave.

Could this be Nelson?

I know what you mean. Things that are definitely better in the Championship in my view: No VAR Matches are way more unpredictable - any team (except Rotherham) genuinely has a chance of beating another. The teams at the top actually lose quite a few games rather than it being a procession for the title chasers. Podcasts and pundits actually know about and discuss all of the teams, not just the top few. When you're live on Sky, they talk about your match, not how Man U need to spend another £1bn to compete with Man City and Liverpool.

Just checking whether we're sure our promotion is confirmed. Didn't that Leeds fan on here (@Pub breath) say that the first 6 games of the season didn't count because Leeds weren't ready?

Will be a totally different game to tonight's match. Preston will park a fleet of buses in front of their goal and look to hit us on the counter.

The worry is that the starting XI will burn themselves out with this high press and Maresca won't trust his bench and bring on fresh legs. It's what happened v Ipswich at home where we ended up getting deeper and deeper after McKenna freshened his team up with numerous subs before we conceded the late equaliser.

Yep. We've created 130 big chances already this season, comfortably more than any other team and already 25 more than Burnley managed over 46 games in winning the league last season. We've also missed the most big chances, 75. That equates to a 42% conversion rate. Interestingly, given that most people (including me) thought we were fortunate to win on Saturday, according to the official stats for the game, we created 5 big chances to West Brom's 2.

Plus, some of the fees he is expecting to get look very optimistic to me.

I get how you have managed things well in this FY, but if you get promoted, won't all the loan players return, bloating your squad with players who failed in the PL last time and who you don't really want, whilst adding significantly to your wage bill (as they will presumably be on PL wages)? Or am I missing something.

Yeah, but didn't quite a few of those leave on loan and therefore will be back on your wage bill for next season on PL wages?

Agree. Arrogance without the ability to back it up is a very bad combo. When he came here we were told he was a leader (think he was captain at Reims) but there's been no evidence of that since he joined us.

The inverted full back tactic inherently leaves us exposed on the right side of our defence. For most of this season, however, we've managed that risk quite well through Faes playing almost as a RB when we are in possession. More recently, though, we've seen not only the inverted full back high up the pitch but Faes looking to replicate the overlapping centre back role seen at Sheff U under Chris Wilder. That then leaves an absolute chasm of space for the oppo to exploit if they turn over possession. Whether Faes is going rogue, or has been instructed to do this by Enzo to give us an overload, this madness needs to stop now. Pretty sure that if Coady is brought into the team in place of Faes, he will be staying back and covering the RB space, assuming Enzo sticks with the inverted full back.

He's a massive F*rest fan. Say no more.

Based on the ratings from the Sofa Score app, which I think are from Opta and therefore entirely stats based, and selecting an XI which is balanced in midfield and attack eg not playing only attacking or left sided CMs, the XI of the season is: Johansson Walker Peters Harwood-Bellis Greaves Davis Sheaf Azaz KDH Sara Armstrong Summerville I've included Sara as a right sided attacker as that is now where he is playing for Norwich. Otherwise, Fatawu is the highest rated right sided attacker in the league - not surprising as he has created more big chances than any other player in the league.

Archie Gray won about 5 awards on his own!

Totally. His numbers are ridiculous for a player in a team in the bottom half. Much more deserving that Summerville. In a similar vein, how did Rutter get in the team of the year ahead of Adam Armstrong, who has basically twice as many goals and assists. Leeds have done very well in these awards overall.