Leeds Utd v Birmingham City Match Thread

[PhoenixUnited]

And...... which part of Leicester are yiu living??

Mrs H is Leicester born and bred until I turned up and took her away from the place....

The Hamilton area bordering on Scraptoft

[PhoenixUnited]

I don't know what we have with Bamford now. I hope he is back to his best but I just don't know. Thankfully because we have other strikers and they have been doing well it has hopefully meant Bamford has been given enough time to well and truely be over his injuries and past the stage where you injure a different part of your body as you are overprotecting the part you had injured previously.

The goal will hopefully give him confidence and we will see what the best version of Bamford is capable of. It will be great if he can be a useful weapon for us as it does allow us to play differently and it may be a way of helping us break down defences if he can occupy defenders and give more room to the likes of Cree, Rutter and James.

If Bamford can stay fit it will give DF a very good option either as a starter or coming off the bench. Maybe a player that does not need to play full matches. Just on the basis of the last game against a very poor and out of sorts Birmingham, so it's hard to properly judge, Bamford chased and harried their back line and also gave our wide men and the defence a focus point for a long ball in to him. The opposition had something different to think about.

To be fair, PB coming off the bench in the last few games has been something of an embarrassment as he barely got a kick and was completely anonymous. It was starting to look as if his time at Leeds United was coming to an end. DF had the team playing differently in a style not suited to the way PB likes to and just getting a sliver of time towards the end of the game was not doing anyone any favours.

Anyway, lets see. Bamford could just relaunch his career after a horrendous time with injuries. He is too good to be thinking about ditching him

[DDB220]

If PB can stay fit till the end of the season, he could be the difference in promotion or not, coz if it enables DF to play that definite 4-2-3-1 we'll be there, it obviously depends on luck with the others anorl, but PB will be key.

I suspect if he is shipping Joseph and Gelhardt out on loan this window (as some reports are suggesting) he is likely looking to bring another 9 in. I think Lawrence Shankland would be a decent shout.

Bamford has had too many injury issues during the past two years to rely on him. I hope he can keep a clean bill of health because I agree a fit and sharp Bamford will have a key part to play.

But WTF do I know.

[John in Louisiana]

Very much like what I saw with Bamford up top and Rutter playing the 10.

Now let's see if it works against quality opposition. Try it again vs Cardiff. If it works against a decent side away from home then that may have an impact on the way we approach the rest of the window.

[1964white]

Key moments summary 0f the game.


Green - Bucuna

Pink - Rutter/Rodon


First half
10m Rutter shot blocked
11m Rutter poor shot wide
13m Great defensive work & pace from Rodon
17m Firpo on for the injured Byram
21m Stansfield booked for a foul on Rutter
24m Rodon defends brilliantly to mop up any danger again
25m Summerville shot saved
25m James shot blocked
28m Rutter shot blocked
34m Bamford leaps to head in a sublime cross from James
34m Assist for James
36m Sunjic booked for foul on ???
38m Rodon sublime again.
41m Rutter fouled by Bacuna
43m Rutter fouled by Bacuna again
46m James fires goal No.2 after some great link-up play between Summerville & Firpo
46m Assist for Firpo
47m Klaesson saves as our defence opens up like the Red Sea
Second-half
50m Firpo loses his marker & somehow ??? shoots wide from a one on one situation
52m A dazzling run from Rutter wins a corner
58m Bamford hits the inside of the post
58m James shot on the rebound is blocked wide
60m James shoots into the side-netting
62m Tyler Roberts comes on as a sub on his return to ER
67m Summerville slots in his distinctive style after a fabulous move involving a lovely pass from Ampadu, a sublime pass from Georginio, a nice pass from Firpo to out top goalscorer
67m Another assist for Firpo
70m Bucana fouls Rutter yet again
71m Bucana kicking every Leeds player in sight by now, fouls Firpo
74m Gnonto/Piroe/Anthony on for Summerville/Bamford/James
78m Burke fouls Rutter
81m Firpo hits the far post with a glancing header from a corner
85m Poveda on for Rutter who receives a standing ovation from the Leeds crowd
86m Burana fouls Firpo again
94m At last a direct run from Gnonto fouled by ??? just outside the box.
94m Piroe blasts the free-kick way over the bar

[1964white]

A flat opening 25 minutes & the final 15 minutes with virtually nothing happening in those periods

Rutter/Rodon/Summerville/James all shining.

Bamford's industrious work up top pays off.

Once again, we can't score from a free-kick

How the hell did Bucana avoid not only a yellow card, but an early bath?

Three goals & three points plus a clean sheet, what more could we ask for?

[AcrossThePondAsh]

Regardless of the competition, another great performance from Joe.

Source: https://twitter.com/LUFC/status/1742847 ... eds-united

[1964white]

Regardless of the competition, another great performance from Joe.

Source: https://twitter.com/LUFC/status/1742847 ... eds-united

A Rolls-Royce of a defender!

Priority signing.

[AcrossThePondAsh]

A Rolls-Royce of a defender!

Priority signing.

Knew you of all people would appreciate the video, '64

[1964white]

Knew you of all people would appreciate the video, '64

Throughout the decades, we have been blessed with quality, influential centre-backs & generally they are one of my favourite players at the time.

In recent years my admiration for Pontus, White & now Rodon has been immense!