Big game tonight! Not really because it is Leicester, but because it will be difficult! Leeds need to keep winning to stay up with Ipswich and Southampton. A draw/defeat could take a few weeks to make-up.
It is great that we are now essentially in with a 1 in 3 chance of automatic promotion and adding in the chances of getting through the play offs must make us about 50/50 overall, in spite of our play-off cock ups in years gone by. However there are a couple of things that worry me. The bench players are by and large not good enough to be considered impact players. Only James/Gnonto (whichever does not start) is good enough in that way. The rest are really holding replacements. It means that options are limited to give the team a boost after 70 mins, which I think is why we have often lost a bit of control at that stage in recent matches. The place where this is really felt is in the engine room, where there are no obvious fresh legs to bring on at all. Especially with Archie and Ampadu playing in the back 4. A couple more signings in January would have helped. Contrast our business with Ipswich and Hull, who made significant improvements with Kiefer Moore and Carvalho respectively + other players with Premier League experience. I will be much more nervous about facing either of them in the play offs now, should that happen. Sorry about the full-on ramble. KoT _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ Dave Dowden, a legend, a Totty Twin, a pie man! R.I.P.
