We will win this league

comment by Best Fans - ¡Leeds Carajo! (U2196)
posted 20 minutes ago
Leeds have 2 key injuries
Blades have 2 key injuries and a suspension
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I suppose the difference is Leeds have had injuries to key players all season and coped.

Have Sheff Utd missed a key player this season?
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A very good question and one that is worth looking at to see whether it could play a factor this coming weekend. I will have the answer in a few minutes........

Sheff Utd appearances 2018/19

Dean Henderson 42
Enda Stevens 42
John Fleck 42
John Egan 42
David McGoldrick 41
Oliver Norwood 40
Chris Basham 39
Bill Sharpe 39
Jack O'Connell 38

9 players who have nigh on played in every game.

After than i think they tend to rotate players around and certainly they have played January signings Madine, Hogan, Dowell a fair bit.

Conclusion.
It certainly looks like Sheff Utd have been more or less injury free all season. I think Baldock is maybe one that has missed some games.

A lot of talk about Sheff Utd having an advantage playing first. Normally I would agree, but right now I think the pressure on Sheff Utd to win is far greater than on us, even following a possible Sheff Utd win.

If they lose then it's likely their challenge is over. If they win and we lose it's still all to play for.

As long as we keep the gap to 3 points the pressure will always be greater on Sheff Utd than us.

If we let them close the gap and therefore go ahead of us on points having played a game more, then the pressure will be reversed.

Norwich have been very fortunate on their run of 8 wins. A lot were tight games that should have been more comfortable but they didn't play well enough.

They need to lose 1 and draw another of their last 4 games.

Would be nice if we can get to within 2 points of them for the last game of the season. Make it interesting with away trips to Ipswich and Villa.

Be a lot nicer to have a 4 point cushion to Sheff Utd.

From this position we really should get auto.

Understand Kebab though, an awful lot can go wrong in 4 games

Not a chance, we will have to go some to hang on to second.

People on about the pressure Sheff U will be under, it's no different to the pressure we would have been under if they'd have won their last game!..

This stage of the season is always the grind it out bit, it don't matter who you play or when, you can win any game the same as you can lose, and be assured, whoever you play against will need them points as much as us or they'll want a say in how our season finishes!..

Its up to our players to take the fight to them!..

I hope you are right Chorley! I just want us to go up automatically. However, at the start of the season I had a spare £10 credit with Ladbrokes and got the then measly odds of 11/1 for Leeds to win the Championship. Outside chance they do and my winnings will pay for the celebrations my friends in the East stand have planned. Otherwise, we will still celebrate us finishing second. MOT.

Egan
Basham
Sharp

Played nearly every game this season and are all out, all 3 are key players.

Sharp has scored 1/3 of their goals alone and with Basham's contribution, makes up 40% between the two.

Goals for us have come regularly from 5 players

Roofe 14 goals 5 assists
Pablo 12 goals 12 assists!
Bamford 9 goals 2 assists
Klich 8 goals 8 assists
Alioski 7 goals 5 assists


All are available

Add in Roberts who is now a regular and getting more assists and Harrison who is performing very well now.

We look so much more potent than them and playing well too.

All ours

totally agree Harrogate - good post...

Cooper, if still out, is a loss for us. But then we have the Swiss Terminator to step in.