LEEDS UTD V CRYSTAL PALACE
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Its been quite an emotional and eventful week on here and the tension continues on the pitch as we face our 3rd fixture in a week and the 2nd against relegation threatened opposition.
Highlands match day threads have become an institution on 606 and would urge all those who left such kind messages this week to join in the threads and keep it alive as a lasting memorial to the legend
Team news
Leeds
Max Wober will miss another game but with no other fresh injury concerns that we're aware of Gracia could start with an unchanged team. A rarity.
Great to see Jack Harrison sign a new contract not long after the powers to be tried to offload him to a relegation rival.
Palace
In contrast will be without their talisman Zaha and who could miss the rest of the season. Also missing are goalkeeper Guaita and centre back Cristopher Richards.
The teams have met 5 times since our return to the Premier league, winning 2 each and drawing the other, with the previous game at Selhurst Park producing one of our worst 2nd half performances in years in a 2.1 defeat. Marsch took some grief on the match thread that day and if he had resigned after that shambles we probably wouldn't be in this relegation scrap.
We're a different team now (credit to Gracia) and feeling confident that we can move up yet another place to the lofty heights of twelfth.
However the surprise return of 97 year old Roy Hodgson last week (as manager, not player !!) did boost Palace for their 1st victory in yonks against a dire Leicester team in total freefall.
Mixed results for us today which emphasises the need for us to win as many games as possible from here on in. We cannot depend on others doing favours.
Score prediction courtesy of you know who.... 2.1 Leeds.
Over to you guys for predictions and line ups.
Finally we can all recite famous quotes ranging from Churchill to Oscar Wilde but there is none to match this......
Come Onnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeds!!!
MOT
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The Highlandwhite Match thread
posted on 9/4/23
comment by Macca: Emily Bronte's lovechild (U8194)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by LeedsMRU (U22367)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Macca: Emily Bronte's lovechild (U8194)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by LeedsMRU (U22367)
posted 3 minutes ago
Hope we get RELEGATED....this is unforgivable. We need a fresh start in the championship.
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What a strange thing to hope for if you are a proper Leeds fan and not a WUM.
As much as it hurts to lose badly at home no Leeds fan should hope we are relegated off the back of today's bad day at the office.
It was awful but as West Ham proved we can still bounce back and it is still very much in our own hands.
Wober back in the side... we are a different proposition and certainly not a soft touch like today.
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Macca hope I'm wrong...sorry, my emotions are too high, so don't you dare say silly things like you said about me being a WUM, and a Leeds fan since 1972 !
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Fair enough... I know you love Leeds and that's the problem sometimes you hate the ones you love.
I've hated supporting Leeds loads of times but if we can just stay up this season by hook or by crook and get a new regime change, clearing out all the dead wood, then I think we will go on to bigger and better things next season similar to Villa....but boy they don't half put us thru the ringer!
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Macca ur right - The pints went to my head ...am very upset
posted on 9/4/23
comment by Yorkie_116 (U2965)
posted 13 minutes ago
Some odd comments on here
Hope we get relegated?
Looks it's a horror second half. No other words for it
Certain players need to step up. It's worrying we have a 35m attacking player whose not getting a game for example
But we're not relegated yet.
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I find it worrying that we’ve signed a £35 million player who apparently isn’t good enough to start a game! Orta should be the first change made at the end of the season.
posted on 9/4/23
comment by MaidinLeeds (U2464)
posted 11 minutes ago
comment by Yorkie_116 (U2965)
posted 13 minutes ago
Some odd comments on here
Hope we get relegated?
Looks it's a horror second half. No other words for it
Certain players need to step up. It's worrying we have a 35m attacking player whose not getting a game for example
But we're not relegated yet.
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I find it worrying that we’ve signed a £35 million player who apparently isn’t good enough to start a game! Orta should be the first change made at the end of the season.
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Agree Orta shud do 1.
posted on 9/4/23
oh boy what a debacle, all started from firpo's stupid lung for no reason, let them in & we could not cope with their ascendancy
posted on 9/4/23
comment by MaidinLeeds (U2464)
posted 50 minutes ago
comment by Yorkie_116 (U2965)
posted 13 minutes ago
Some odd comments on here
Hope we get relegated?
Looks it's a horror second half. No other words for it
Certain players need to step up. It's worrying we have a 35m attacking player whose not getting a game for example
But we're not relegated yet.
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I find it worrying that we’ve signed a £35 million player who apparently isn’t good enough to start a game! Orta should be the first change made at the end of the season.
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not a garcia player, a ted lasso lad, think on it
posted on 9/4/23
i hope i am not speaking out of turn & apologise for those who this may upset but the donn & lowfield have not taken the time to pay their respects to highlandwhite, to me says everything about their nature towards the man & lufc
posted on 9/4/23
Think you'll find I did
posted on 9/4/23
Difficult and disappointing game. Think its on Gracia, personally. Set us up to fail by letting their midfielders control the space. We missed Adams today.
posted on 9/4/23
I hope Gracia sees now we need more power or steel in midfield as Aaronson does not give us that.
Next game I hope he has Wober back and then he can move Struiyk into the middle alongside Roca and Mckennie or if Foreshaw is fit enough use him but we can't afford to be so lightweight in the centre of the park for our remaining fixtures.
posted on 9/4/23
Must agree that Aaronson is far too lightweight and brings little to the midfield. He’s all flicks and tricks with no steel.
What a pity Dallas isn’t ready.