The Mighty Whites v The Barcodes Unofficial MDT

Reading lots of stuff from leeds fans especially about TR most don't want him next nigh or near the bench never mind on the pitch and in a way its kind of sad reading that.

Yes we all want leeds players to do well and i do agree with you TC10 if we go anywhere near the relegation zone and MB continues to select Tyler or bring him on the Leeds fans wont be long telling what they think of his decision.

But in truth i think TR has had more than enough chances to show to us all that he is worthy of the famous white jersey, and yes MB backs loyalty, and prefers to work with small squads, but surely there comes a time when this has to stop. what is it they say the definition of stupidity is to do the same thing time after time and still arrive at the same result.

Its doing TR no good and if Leeds slide down the table it wont do MB any good either.

For me on Saturday when you look at the bench named realistically we had roberts, bate, joffy and unless something happened in the backline Hjelde

9 players on the bench but in actual fact only 4 that were going to get a game. so the odds were stacked us from the start, but as the game progressed they didnt really cause us any major problems and as i always say the first goal is crucial when we play. Had James took his chance in the first half (wonderful save to be fair from dubravka) i think thats a game we win comfortably, but we didnt and at 5 o clock on Saturday we are all left scratching our heads, how does a team with one win all season beat us and we had almost two thirds of the ball???

When TR came on in the 70-71 min it was 0-0, would i have made a change? hard to know unless the medical and stats people were telling MB that James is struggling it didn't look like it to me that his legs were about to go, so why change? A point would have suited us more than them and with 20 mins to go Eddie Howe would have tried to attack some more, but it looks like we blinked first.

If DJ had to come off then i would have brought on Joffy and again if the need to take Klich off was required i would brought on Bate for him. Bringing Bate on would have been a sign to the young lad that what happened at west ham game was necessary and while no sub likes to be himself substituted but here's your chance for another 20mins in a leeds jersey to impress MB and the leeds faithful. But unless the tracker info that the players wear were sounding alarm bells i don't think we needed to change anything at that point.

TR comes on 70-71 mins literally 3 or 4 mins later we go one down now that's one way to influence a game

Sorry Mac

I cannot see how we lost that game

We just needed a proper striker for all those ball that went across the box.

Just hope Hat-trick is back soon.

Roberts and Rodrigo are second strikers that need to be played up top with a proper No.9.

They are not lone strikers or No.10s.

How the fk does Roberts get 20mins and Geldhart 10mins as sub!?

It's been PROVEN that Geldhart has far more impact in the last month or so since coming on....

As much as we love Bielsa this is absolutely baffling and it must be his ego making him say he is correct in his decision.... this is the ONE case where he is TOTALLY wrong and doesn't do himself any favours.

If we were in the relegation zone then this is when fans could turn on him....

I've said MANY TIMES that we want Roberts to be a legend for us.... just never gonna happen.

Very strange....

Roberts and Rodrigo are a waste of skin.

Have to admit that once I saw Roberts ready to come on, any hope of a win evaporated with it .

James as a nr. 9, at home & with us dominating the game isn't gonna work.

At the Hammers it kind of worked because there was more space to run into for him. Holding up play, getting other players involved in the build-up isn't something James used as a nr.9 isn't built nor equipped for. Never mind his goalscoring attributes.

James as a 9 and Roberts as an impact sub. Blimey.

For all his brilliance MB is baffling in equal measures.

James is not and never will be a striker, and can anyone point me in the direction of a game where Roberts coming on had any impact at all?

Gelhardt must have run over the managers dog or something.

Well that’s the end of my mini run then guys! And in typical Leeds style, after a magnificent victory agains a top 4 side, we go and blow it against a side who had won just 1 game....1 fookin’ game all season! FFS!

At least I saw a return of 6 points!

Bit of a barsteward really as I thought I might still be at the helm for the Manscum game!

Oh well, never mind, time for someone else to step up to the plate....Good luck to the next MDT author👍

Any takers?

I would have taken rodders off and dropped James back in to his position and put Gelhardt up front.

When Roberts comes on it kills the atmosphere and expectation within Elland Road. I'm not being horrible there it's just how it is. Deflating.

We have a long wait now until the Villa game. We need Bamford to be fit.

Anybody in the know about Summerville?

Has been missing from the squad lately, not involved with the u-23's either.

Perhaps he's injured or about to leave on loan???

Klich also seemed to be very pissed off when he was taken off.

I do understand him somewhat because he was involved quite a lot (perhaps not always with the required quality, but still).

For sure , it would also frustrate the fuxk out of me too, when you just know you're better than some of those (brought or remaining) on the pitch.

Not sure how MB will take his reaction?

Still remember Pablo having to come off for that boy wonder Roberts (not fit to tie his laces) against Brighton.

Spot on Danish, but we're stuck with a certain Roberts.

In the presser MB was asked if after the break Bamford will be ready for first team action. He said that after such a long time out he'll need time to get up to speed.

Could someone point out to Marcelo thatRoberts has not ever been up to speed.

1972Glory, Indeed James isn't a striker (center forward) and his finishing on average is rather poor. Moreover whenever he has a bit of time to think, he f's it up.

Felt today Rodrigo did create some great openings and put in some quality balls.

But to me, in general he just wasn't involved enough and on several occasions needed to catch his breath (been out injured for a while).

In the position he's being played, without the ball he's pretty ineffective.

By the way, Harrison and Rapha switching flanks proved very contraproductive.

Time wasting from the Toon was left unpunished.

Anyway, today's result gives them a platform and with 2 difficult away games coming up, just hope we don't get dragged in.

Bielsa was gonna take on Gelhardt; changed his mind & put that joke of a so called player Roberts on - big big mistake. Llorente was fuming with Roberts as the clown couldn’t even do a simple pass; leading to the foul leading to the goal. How many more times is Bielsa gonna stick with him? I’d rather play with 10 men than let that waste of space anywhere near the pitch

Ok chaps, let's take stock. In fairness, not many of us would have predicted a win against the Hammers and probably thought our next win would have been against the Geordies, as it happened the reverse has occurred. I agree that today's result is a complete waste of what happened last week but net net, we are probably where we thought we'd be.

Next 2 games are against Villa and Everton. There is a sizeable break now until our next game so unless Bambi breaks his ankle stepping on an eggshell he should be back and probably Forshaw.

Roberts must be Bielsa's lovechild because that's the only reason that clown gets to put on a shirt.

I know people moan about James but let's not forget his wasn't purchased as a centre forward so doesn't have the ring craft for the role or the finishing he is a provider who chips in with a goal every now and then. The striking responsibility today is that other waste of a shirt, Rodrigo.

Gelhardt on for James after 50 minutes, or earlier, would have been any fan’s preferred change.

Last weekend's bonus effed up.

Very typical Leeds and this against a truly poor side.

Having said that we lived dangerous a few times, and in truth we looked pretty blunt. Can't believe how many times we've missed placed passes in the box, we just couldn't find a white shirt. Most the chances we did get fell to James and if he gets any time on the ball, you just know what's gonna happen.

Regarding Robert I have to agree Soopa, why on earth MB persists with him is totally beyond me.

Can only hope the Toon show us some gratitude and take him with them to Saudi Arabia and hopefully the Arabs won't leave him out of the country.

He's a really poor player.

Meslier made a very good save in the first half from Shelvey, and saved another late on. But he can't line-up a wall to defend a free-kick and at the same time his positioning is often so poor. Still on this occasion the ball went nearly straight at him.

Obviously, from that free-kick position it needed a wall of 5 or 6.

Rant incoming:

We win a great game at West Ham - no Roberts anywhere to be seen.

We dominate the barcodes until we throw on the albatross himself - he promptly loses the ball and they go down the other end and score.

I have run out of patience with Tyler Roberts. This experiment needs to end now.

F*&*^*

Confirmed line-up

James

Harrison Rodrigo Raphinha

Koch Klich

Dallas Strujik Llorente Ayling

Meslier

Subs

Klaessen

Moore

Hjelde

Kenneh

McCarron

Bate

McKinstry

Roberts

Gelhardt

Top MDT mate!

Lack of investment in a forward is looking like a huge mistake. Bamford seems to be suddenly made of crisps, and I’m not talking thick ridged ones.

If we manage to avoid giving away free kicks and corners today we may be in with a chance of picking up 3 points, this is not going to be an easy game with the Barcodes fighting for their premiership survival and probably on a massive bonus if they manage to stay up. The key thing is not to lose. Patience will be the key word. They need to win so will probably be on the front foot from the off, we have the players to pick them off if we use our heads!.

Interesting snippet on SKY about the game tomorrow....

Apparently Newcastle squad are flying out to Saudi Arabia after the game for a getaway/warm weather training session.

I understand the players have been asked to make sure they register at the Saudi embassy one at a time..... 😫