Newcastle win at Brentford, Watford and Burnley get bonus draws, Brentford and Leeds in real trouble
Brentford - 1 point from their last 8 games and 4 points from their last 11. They have scored just 6 goals in those 11 matches. Massive couple of games coming up for them - away to Norwich and home to Burnley.
All the talk always seems to be about missing Bamford but they have a massive Kalvin Phillips shaped whole in the middle of the pitch.
And a massive Liam Cooper whole in defence in recent weeks. Leeds don’t help themselves with playing “the bielsa” way when that way has been developed with a spine of those three mentioned players who have all been missing. Phillips is the biggest miss for them no doubt though.
Wont be long I reckon before we see Liverpool vs Man City on the final day of the season.
Bet VAR will do everything to try and ensure those two go into that game on joint points - Maybe I'm a little cynical after the Abu Dhabi GP last season - But bet it wont be the last thing that gets manipulated.
Was always my biggest concern with VAR, always knew that the controversial talking points would remain. There are too many grey rules which can be left open to interpretation, so there can never be consistency with it. But felt that it would be something that would ultimately support the bigger teams at times.
Wont be long I reckon before we see Liverpool vs Man City on the final day of the season.
Bet VAR will do everything to try and ensure those two go into that game on joint points - Maybe I'm a little cynical after the Abu Dhabi GP last season - But bet it wont be the last thing that gets manipulated.
Was always my biggest concern with VAR, always knew that the controversial talking points would remain. There are too many grey rules which can be left open to interpretation, so there can never be consistency with it. But felt that it would be something that would ultimately support the bigger teams at times.
Agreed. They will probably play Liverpools home game in Boston and Man City’s in Abu Dhabi.
Watching them yesterday, there's a few similarities with us. Some key players injured, players seeming to give up when they go 1 down, manager only plays one way despite it clearly not working.
Logically if you're conceding 3 every week you'd try and shore up the defence, but no Leeds just pour forward, playing a high line and any half decent side just rips them apart. Spurs got 4 and Leeds couldn't have complained if it was 7.
I know they've got the spine of their team missing (Cooper, Phillips, Bamford) but their football is suicidal. Either those 3 need to return sharpish, or Bielsa has to go. If neither happen they're going down.
Watching them yesterday, there's a few similarities with us. Some key players injured, players seeming to give up when they go 1 down, manager only plays one way despite it clearly not working.
Logically if you're conceding 3 every week you'd try and shore up the defence, but no Leeds just pour forward, playing a high line and any half decent side just rips them apart. Spurs got 4 and Leeds couldn't have complained if it was 7.
I know they've got the spine of their team missing (Cooper, Phillips, Bamford) but their football is suicidal. Either those 3 need to return sharpish, or Bielsa has to go. If neither happen they're going down.
Can’t remember which pundit it was but they were talking about losing over and over again and not changing anything. Same tactics, same formation. Over and over and getting the same results. Expecting different players to come in and play the same roles that injured players would have filled rather than adapting accordingly.
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The ball through to Kane, or the finish!!
He's just copied Luke Varney when we played Burnley
BUT attention may now switch to Brentford v Leeds
Bet VAR will do everything to try and ensure those two go into that game on joint points - Maybe I'm a little cynical after the Abu Dhabi GP last season - But bet it wont be the last thing that gets manipulated.
Was always my biggest concern with VAR, always knew that the controversial talking points would remain. There are too many grey rules which can be left open to interpretation, so there can never be consistency with it. But felt that it would be something that would ultimately support the bigger teams at times.
Logically if you're conceding 3 every week you'd try and shore up the defence, but no Leeds just pour forward, playing a high line and any half decent side just rips them apart. Spurs got 4 and Leeds couldn't have complained if it was 7.
I know they've got the spine of their team missing (Cooper, Phillips, Bamford) but their football is suicidal. Either those 3 need to return sharpish, or Bielsa has to go. If neither happen they're going down.