UPinCarolina

I think it's very human to wish someone else the same amount of compassion and grace that they have given to others, frankly. Sinful? yes. Understandable? 100%.

I was in this camp until it started spreading across the Republican Party. It's not through. There's a developing line of transfer.

Antonio *has* been extremely dangerous - and unlucky - to date. I could seem them scoring a brace.

Who, if anyone, is he likely to displace in Leeds' Starting XI?

Under should be. I'd doubt Fofana is.

It was nice to see Mendy play well. He's exactly the type of player every club needs. Willing to put in a tough shift when called upon. Very Albrighton-esque in that regard.

Treat it like a competitive training session, which is what I fully expect will happen. Run out some fringe First Team names and U23s, as others have said.

Would not be shocked to see this end 4 or even 5-1, maybe 4 or 5-2. We definitely have another goal in us.

Glad to hear that you've made a fighting comeback - I hope that your wife has as well! My wife and I had it in July. In an ironic twist, we contracted it from my sister. She and my parents live in a very rural area of the country; one that had roughly 150 confirmed cases out of a population of 350,000 or so in the sparsely populated region. We'd been strictly quarantining ahead of the trip, which was a very personal one as it was to say goodbye to my dying grandfathers. Otherwise, we would have stayed in the Carolinas. We took every precaution on the drive north and I was able to see my grandparents without incident. At that point, we had believed that *we* were potential dangers to my family. Turns out, my sister had contracted it but was unaware as she wasn't showing any symptoms. We spent two days with them, mostly outdoors, and that was all it took for the whole family to become ill. Our symptoms were generally very mild, with the exception of my parents. We've all made a full recovery with no lasting problems that we're yet aware of. Very lucky, and thankful to be okay.

You had it as well? Sorry to hear MPH! I know you're just north of me by about 20-30 miles or so.

Even the blindest of squirrels finds a nut every once in awhile. WBA looked like they had some life in them at the onset but withered pretty quickly in that second half. We weren't anything special, though.

Well, that escalated quickly.

Vardy has no one to run towards today. Hope he pretends they’re there and does it anyways, should he score.

Not sure about a Marc Albrighton sub, but okay.

This forum can’t seem to decide is Mendy if absolutely rubbish or if he’s a functional piece of the squad. I tend toward the latter, but he’s not much more than that.

Lace up your shooting boots at half-time boys. Johnstone is going to be bruised if you don’t.

Me too, if it’s not obvious.

When was that, though? First half of last season perhaps - but before that, the complaint always seemed to be that we were boring and predictable.

That was nearly disastrous by Justin. Could still be. Pereira is a specialist of notable skill.

If it makes anyone feel better, the bookies have us tipped #2 most likely to get a clean sheet in the first two weeks.

While I'm not exactly excited for the season to begin tomorrow, I do expect that we'll win 3-1. Barnes, Maddison, Vardy. Pereira for WBA.

Would have been an incredibly harsh red card on Walker-Peters. Southampton will be a significant problem for opposing defenses this season, as they were after the restart.

It doesn't really feel like last season ever truly ended, to be fair.

League - 9th Europa League - Round of 16 EFL Cup - 5th Round FA Cup - Finals Top goalscorer - Jamie Vardy Assists - Barnes POTS - Ndidi YPOTS - Dewsbury-Hall or Luke Thomas

All the skill in the world can't buy you a pair of brass balls and a thumper in your chest that won't give out. I hope he means what he says.