Back to the important stuff , a few players got a run out for their respective countries and should (hopefully) be ready to entertain the Travelling Faithful this Saturday evening, Who knows we might even have a "Plan B"
I really want us to do the double over Stam and his gang
Venue: Madejski Stadium...Date 1st April ...Kick Off 1730hrs
Team News
Leeds United
Defender Luke Ayling serves the second game of his two-match ban, but midfielder Kalvin Phillips is back after his suspension.
Striker Chris Wood picked up a knock on international duty with New Zealand, but is expected to be fit.
Reading
Reading manager Jaap Stam has a fully fit squad to choose from for the visit of fellow play-off contenders Leeds.
Paul McShane and Liam Kelly (both hamstring) have recovered from injuries during the international break.
Links..............Sky Sports1 or..............
Audio... http://leedsunitedshirt.com/leeds-united-news-website/leeds-united-live-radio-streaming/ or http://m.ustream.tv/channel/k-s-sports
Video......... http://www.usagoals.com/football.html or http://www.vipbox.me/soccer or
http://cricfree.net/soccer
Feel free to post better links if you can find any
Check out Leeds United Facebook page, some Fans occasionally stream live from their phones, although it's normally sideways
Match facts
◾The Royals are winless in five league games against Leeds (D2 L3), and have failed to score in four of those five matches.
◾However, Leeds have failed to score in four of their past five trips to the Madejski Stadium, scoring only in a 2-0 win in February 2015.
◾Chris Wood has scored against 18 different teams in league competition this season; the most in the Championship.
◾Indeed, Wood is the only player in the second tier to reach double figures for league goals in 2017 (13 goals).
◾Reading, who have enjoyed the second-highest amount of average possession in the Championship this season (60.72%), have conceded a league-high four goals from counter-attacks.
◾Reading have failed to score in four of their past six league games (W2 D1 L3). Indeed, the Royals have failed to score in more games this season than any of the Championship's current top six (10).
◾Leeds have won eight away games this season; they last won nine in a single season back in the third tier in 2009/10 (11 away wins).
Another tough game but hopefully we'll be able to maintain our recent form and get what would be a very important 3 points, I certainly think Reading are going to throw everything at us this time so I'm going for a 1-2 Scoreline with Wood and Pedraza scoring .
Over to You.............................Predictions, Scorers etc.....................
Come Onnnnnnnnnnnnnn Leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeds!!!
MOT
I was off work during the International break , No such bloody luck this week So you'll have to update Team News yourselves
Can we go Live Please Admins
Leeds Utd v Reading Matchday Thread
posted on 1/4/17
Pedraza????
Are we carrying him? AWOL today apart from one chance
posted on 1/4/17
Come on guys. We started ok then we fell asleep at a throw in. They scored and after that had a couple more chances.
Second half was all us. We just didn't get a break in the box.
That said - Bridcutt and Viera were poor. Only when Phiilips came on and RV was moved forward did we look any good in midfield.
Good news is our goal difference is worth an extra point.
On we go!
posted on 1/4/17
Plenty of aggression fom the midfield today, especially in the second half, but the delivery into the final third was poor. Reading are a big team so we needed to keep the ball on the ground and to run at their defenders, but we were unable to do that. We had so much possession but not enough guile to break them down. This is where you need Vieira, Phillips, Sakho and Roofe to deliver the goods, but it never happened for them today. Still, we looked better in the second half and with first-choice players returning, we should be able to get something at Brentford on Tuesday.
posted on 1/4/17
Unless we can replicate the Derby and Brighton performances, the only thing we'll get at Brentford is turned over. They're pretty useful at home.
posted on 1/4/17
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posted on 1/4/17
Evans, I thought the opposite, there was no aggression at all, I was willing someone to put in a yellow card challenge just to wake them the fck up.
posted on 1/4/17
Danny Mills on Sky said they looked 'sleepy and lethargic' in the first half. Better in second half but never looked like scoring.
Generally a bad day at the office! It's a blip. Need a reaction at Brentford.
posted on 2/4/17
Not our best game but I think nothing really broke for us - unlike them where we fell asleep at a throw in.
Another day we could have scored a couple but it wasn't to be.
We move on to Tuesday.
Mot
posted on 2/4/17
As is usually the case this season we gift the opposition too many opportunities. Such is the transformation under Monk that we expect more from a Leeds United that has a paper thin squad.
We were better second half but we've seen far better performances than this and it's frustrating to sit through games like this.
I still expect a top six finish but equally the midfield needs to dominate more.
Onwards and upwards.
MOT
posted on 2/4/17
Stoopo your being too kind we crap really really crap, if we continue to play like that for the next 7 games we'll end up getting beat