Match Thread Watford v Everton - Preview, Match Report and MotM Poll

[Fansince1988]

4 points from palace and Brentford required if Leeds beat brighton on Sunday basically

Just makes it easy if Leeds lose

 

[Bluestar]

Could be in the bottom three again by the time play our next match

Possible, but very unlikely.

That requires Leeds to beat Brighton AND Burnley to win away at Spurs.

With two home games to come, it really is in our hands.

 

[Fansince1988]

Leeds have conceded 9 in their last 3 and have had a man sent off in 2 of them

Brighton’s last 4 away games - 2-1 win at Arsenal, 1-0 win at Spurs, 3-0 defeat at City, 3-0 win at Wolves

Come on Brighton

 

[BlueToff]

FFS, it's not effort

These players are just friggin really, really bad. The effort is there but in matches where the onus is on them to have the ball and control a game they cannot do it.

Gordon just isn't all that. He's a talent but he's got lots of stuff to work on. Gray has shown pretty much for the last 5 months why he was available for £1.7m.

They aren't good players.

 

[Blue Roo]

aye?

: ) will try that again
Draw isn't the same as a loss today.
If we'd lost, Burnley draw next one and we lose against Brentford they jump us on goal diff. And a very scary game against Palace awaits.

 

[PhilEFC]

Wouldn’t be Everton if we did things easy, the blerts.

 

[PhilM]

4 points from palace and Brentford required if Leeds beat brighton on Sunday basically

Four points is required if Leeds win both games as they’d be +4 although the GD swing is unlikely as we have +19 on them.

Who knows what will happen, but with all things considered I think it’s unlikely. If they lose on Sunday, a draw will be enough. If they draw, a win will.

 

[banno]

No.

There is your answer.

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

FFS, it's not effort

These players are just friggin really, really bad. The effort is there but in matches where the onus is on them to have the ball and control a game they cannot do it.

Gordon just isn't all that. He's a talent but he's got lots of stuff to work on. Gray has shown pretty much for the last 5 months why he was available for £1.7m.

They aren't good players.

Same players beat Chelsea and Leicester.

 

[Grogu the blue]

Leeds have conceded 9 in their last 3 and have had a man sent off in 2 of them

Brighton’s last 4 away games - 2-1 win at Arsenal, 1-0 win at Spurs, 3-0 defeat at City, 3-0 win at Wolves

On paper it’s over but some weird [Poor language removed] has happened this season

 

[Dublin blue 75]

FFS, it's not effort

These players are just friggin really, really bad. The effort is there but in matches where the onus is on them to have the ball and control a game they cannot do it.

Gordon just isn't all that. He's a talent but he's got lots of stuff to work on. Gray has shown pretty much for the last 5 months why he was available for £1.7m.

They aren't good players.

It has been said already but they play to the level of the opposition. This has and continues to betray a clear lack of self confidence, ambition and purpose. This malaise I fear has infested the wider squad, training ground and overall club hierarchy. It is a reflection of the clown show in the boardroom presently and for the last two decades.

It’s a bigger problem to solve. How is that structural review going on? Will it ever be published? Not on your nelly.

 

[diggerdestroyer]

That result is a disaster with Palace who have absolutely smashed us twice, and Arsenal who will definitely beat us still to come

If it come down to us needing to get a point at arsenal it's over. Forget it. We need 4 points at goodison.

 

[sbbefc]

Why the F did Lampard use 5 at the back and 2 in the mid ala Benitez, we`ve lost pretty much every game we have used that formation, get back to the 4-3-3 FFS..... Frank has dropped a clanger there tonight, you`d think he would have learnt, we cant be throwing points away playing formations that just DO NOT WORK, everyone can see it then why cant our backroom staff who are paid millions.

This is on Frank and this is going all the way, those that think the next 2 are bankers just because they are at home need to think again, those teams are better than us, us fans can do what we like but what affect did it have tonight? Zero

Still very worried that we have to rely on Leeds losing the next 2...... Shambles of a club and the manager seems intent on using the formation that got the last manager sacked absolutely baffling!!!!!

I'm disappointed too. But sleep on it and look at the positives. Granted, Leeds and Burnley could win their remaining games. The chances of both of these (very poor teams) doing that is, however, slim. If either of these teams just pick up a single win all we need to do is draw. Again we could lose all three. But the odds are still very much in our favour.

We are also a very poor team so an away draw to Watford isn't the worst result for a team of our standard. We have the worst away record in the league? 7 out of the last 9 points is a very good return. Before the Chelsea game I thought we were dead and buried, now we're in pole position with two home games and a game in hand.

A win and a draw sees us safe without question.

 

[Blue Roo]

aye?

Ie, I applaud Frank's pragmatism. The point puts massive pressure on Burnley to win next (more likely to lose), rather than drawing which Burnley are much better at, having managed 13 so far this season

 

[TGW89]

Just gegging on the Leeds forums just now. Very hard to tell which team is two points above the dotted line with a game in hand and superior GD against the other.