Leeds United vs. Everton - 3pm KO - 1st August

daz4matty · August 1, 2015

Bryan said:
HE PROMISED CHAMPIONS LEAGUE.

He did and billy lapped it up

Bigmaclad · August 1, 2015

Connor said:
No mate It wasn't. It was clearly a Champions League qualifier and if we lost we forfeit our whole future.

Ah of course I got mixed up again

Connor · August 1, 2015

Be more worried If I was a Leeds fan tbf

Struggled in large parts against AN ACADEMY TEAM.

marty mcfly · August 1, 2015

Bigmaclad said:
Maybe it was itchy

He reached down the same way Deulofeu and Besic did. I'm not sure why Martinez would lie but at a guess he doesn't want to put more pressure on Kone who's obviously struggling for confidence.

Robertor · August 1, 2015

4737carlin said:
True this and something Everton fans are bad for, there are other good examples, Naismith vs Barkley for instance. Kone coming from Wigan didn't help, plenty decided he was no good before he even kicked a ball, a lot did the same with McCarthy but he proved them wrong, Kone hasn't really had the chance to because of injury, but maybe he hasn't got the ability but even if he had the fans wouldn't like him. Valid point you make.

Naismith's another good example, came in and was terrible but nobody took into account he'd been out for a year with a knee injury before joining us, turned it round and now he's hated again because there's no one else to hate. Maybe they should start looking at Barkley's half-arsed performances. Kone needs to be given a full season injury free, which he hasn't even been close to having yet, before people start to maliciously attack him every single game. It's boring.

StephenGOT · August 1, 2015

Connor said:
Be more worried If I was a Leeds fan tbf

Struggled in large parts against AN ACADEMY TEAM.

took the piss out of barkley, mccarthy, naismith, oviedo, kone though mate

Stutheblue · August 1, 2015

daz4matty said:
He did and billy lapped it up

Maybe he meant to say "Championship League"

Bigmaclad · August 1, 2015

Adversus said:
He reached down the same way Deulofeu and Besic did. I'm not sure why Martinez would lie but at a guess he doesn't want to put more pressure on Kone who's obviously struggling for confidence.

Did you not read that they also both had itchy legs recently?

LocalNative · August 1, 2015

banno said:
I know Howard should have done better with the goals, Stones never performed and Jags wasn't at the races. Coleman wasn't attacking as much as usual and Baines seems lost without peinaar. Lukaku should have made himself more available and Barry was not dominating the midfield at all. I mean they should be doing better against a team like Leeds.

OK mate.

Anyone who thinks our pre season performances suggest anything other than a season just like the one gone by needs a reality check.

tommye · August 1, 2015

Connor · August 1, 2015

StephenGOT said:
took the piss out of barkley, mccarthy, naismith, oviedo, kone though mate

Did they though ? Or did they struggle for about 3 decent chances against a back four with a lower average age than a nursery class ?

marnie · August 1, 2015

It's not the result I am bothered about.The only real opposition we have faced are Stoke and Arsenal ..... we failed to score in open play against Stoke and Arsenal played us off the park and ...... we looked like we were 3 weeks behind them in fitness.

uknightbreed · August 1, 2015

3 goals from open play in 5 games against mainly mediocre sides.
conceded 6
prem players not being able to out run , out muscle or outplay lower league players.
a real lack of penetration and shooting in the final third
only 1 senior cb , only 1 prem quality striker , 3 of our 4 natural widemen injured.
looking at a nightmare fixture list until november

yea , we are in fine shape and should be optimistic for a phenomenal season ahead.