Marching On Together Leeds United Podcast: Back on form
This week on the Marching On Together Leeds United Podcast, Daniel and Lee review the start of the season for Leeds, before discussing the Deadline Day incomings and Manor Solomon’s debut for the Whites..
Plus! Is the upcoming encounter with Burnley an early title match?
Plus! Is the upcoming encounter with Burnley an early title match?
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00:00Hello and welcome back to the Marching On Together Leeds United podcast, joined as always
00:24with myself, Daniel, and from the Yorkshire Evening Post, Lee Sobert. Now, Lee, it's another
00:32three points for Leeds. Finally, that sort of that start of the season nerves that we
00:35talked about a couple of weeks ago seem to have been put to one side and Leeds are, as
00:40the title of this podcast goes, marching on.
00:43They are, yeah, exactly. Yeah, well, that was what it was all about, really, wasn't it?
00:46I mean, it was a very, very busy week, obviously, that transfer deadline week, obviously, you
00:49know, leading up to the transfer deadline day window straight away, followed by again
00:53the next day. And it was almost like back to the football, wasn't it, in terms of like
00:57getting back to the game against Hull. And obviously, you know, three points were what
01:00Lee, it felt like a big three points in terms of like assessing the start of the season,
01:04that really, I mean, that's kind of like what, you know, I was saying that to a few people
01:06coming in and that was the general vibe, really, that obviously, you know, going into it on
01:10five points and if you can get three more, then obviously you're up to eight and eight
01:13out of 12 is suddenly, you know, not a bad start, really. So we can have a look at the
01:16start of the season and see what we think to that.
01:19Yeah, it's well, obviously, we'll mention the Hull game probably first, because that's
01:23the most recent victory, a 2-0 win, Matteo Joseph and Joel Perrault both getting on the
01:29score sheet, which I thought was positive for the striking line, given the fact that
01:33they've both started without a goal this season, good to get them both on the score sheet.
01:37And of course, before that, you know, obviously, we mentioned at the start of the season, it
01:41was a bit disappointing and then they've sort of, thanks to the win at Hillsborough, they've
01:45kicked into gear a little bit. So on the whole, I'd say it's not 100%, of course, it's
01:51not overly positive, given some of the results they've had, but I'd say from where they started,
01:57it's got better.
01:58Yeah, I think overall, it's a pretty solid start, really. I mean, to be honest, you can
02:03only really have gone better in two ways and that's obviously by winning the game at West
02:07Brom and obviously beating Portsmouth at home in the other two games they've dropped points
02:11in, hence why they're on eight out of a possible 12. But I mean, you know, obviously the missed
02:17opportunity is obviously the Portsmouth game at the start of the season. I mean, we keep
02:20harping on about it, but I mean, they had so many chances and they really should have
02:24won that. And it's no exaggeration to say they should have scored six, seven or eight
02:27and stuff. And that's just the way it was. That's how dominant they were. But that's
02:31the way it goes. If you don't take your chances and, you know, that's what happens. There's
02:35no point going on about it now. It was just a point. But I mean, other than that, you
02:39know, going to West Brom and getting a point there with that goalless draw, I think we
02:43all felt, you know, leaving that game, that if you took that in isolation, that's a pretty
02:47good result. And even now you look at the early table, West Brom are second on 10 points.
02:51So I mean, even on the early table, that looks like a pretty good result. Obviously, an awful
02:55long way to go yet. Obviously, the disappointment with that was that obviously Leeds, you know,
03:00at that point were only on two points out of six. So it was a bit like, well, you know,
03:03a bit frustrating they haven't got up to winning ways yet. But I mean, you know, basically
03:07as long as they won the next two after that, then it would obviously be looked at in a
03:10different light. And as you say, they got the win at Hills, but that felt like a big
03:13win that really, obviously. You know, it's the first one of the season. It's always going
03:16to be a big one. But, you know, Friday night, Yorkshire derby, potentially tricky, you know,
03:20but they've gone there and done the business and it was a very, very good performance.
03:23And that definitely like, you know, sort of like I think gave everybody a lot of confidence
03:27and a lot of positivity amongst the fan base. Obviously, you had the transfer window in
03:30between the final week and stuff. And yes, you know, everybody wanted a number 10, including
03:34Daniel Farka, but that wasn't to be. And then obviously you had the win against Hull.
03:38I mean, and it wasn't particularly straightforward all the way through. Obviously,
03:42goalless at the break and Hull did cause a few problems. Liam Miller, in particular,
03:45as a player, always seems to do well against Leeds. You know, gave him nightmares last
03:49year for Preston and he should really have scored and did very well. But in the end,
03:53you know, Leeds were the dominant team and they made the most out of their moments really
03:56and got those three points on the board. And, you know, ultimately, you know, heading into
04:00the September international break unbeaten. Obviously, you've got the Borough Cup defeat,
04:04but, you know, that is what it is. They're out of that now. They're never going to win
04:07the Carabao Cup. So, yeah, unbeaten and, you know, eight points out of 12. And, you know,
04:12I mean, people say, oh, you don't look at the table this early. Well, you definitely
04:15do. I mean, I think everybody does.
04:17People have said to me that they don't look at the table. They are really. It's just they
04:21sort of say that to try and deflect the question.
04:24Absolutely. Yeah, you definitely are looking after one game. Why not? And it makes reasonable
04:29Obviously, you know, fourth place, you know, eight points. I mean, obviously, Sunderland
04:33have been very much the early success story with 12 points out of 12. I mean, fair play
04:37to them. We'll see how long that continues for. West Brom, obviously, just below them
04:40on 10. You know, as I say, that, you know, paints the 0-0 there in an even better light.
04:44I mean, you know, fully expect them to sort of, and Sunderland really, I don't see why
04:48both of those teams won't continue that in terms of certainly being in the top six mix
04:51and whether they can go a bit further and challenge for automatic remains to be seen.
04:55But you wouldn't rule it out. And then, obviously, Watford's 100% record came to an end. They're
05:00now just one point above Leeds. And then, obviously, level with Blackburn. And was it
05:03one point back to Burnley? So, who obviously are, you know, the second favourites and,
05:08you know, still very much seen as the main sort of, you know, main rivals for Leeds,
05:11if you like. Borough on seven and then Sheffield United on six. And probably from that little
05:15mix really, that sort of top seven or eight, that's probably what you're looking at. I
05:18mean, they'll probably always be surprise packages. Luton's the one that sort of surprised
05:22everybody with sort of how badly they started, really. Obviously, down towards the bottom
05:25I think it's just one point. But, yeah, it's a very good start. Well, yeah, it's a good start.
05:30I think, you know, I mean, it's not superb. It's not perfect. But, I mean, it's probably
05:34never going to be. I mean, obviously, you know, the start did cost them to some degree last
05:39season. In the end, it was the finish that cost them, really. You know, really, you could say
05:44if they picked up more points at the start of the season, then they would have got in the top two.
05:48So, there's two ways of looking at that. But, basically, what I would say is they've built
05:52the platform and the base there to kick on from after the September international break. And
05:57I mean, there's been favourites all summer for the title. Burnley leapfrogged them temporarily
06:04after they started so well when Leeds, obviously, you know, started a little bit at the start.
06:08But, I mean, it's pretty mad, really, the price they are now. I mean, they're down to 13-8
06:12favourites now, Leeds. And some bookmakers are 6-5. So, I mean, they're kind of like one,
06:17they're kind of, to be honest, they're kind of one win away from going odds on, it kind of feels
06:20like. I mean, which, obviously, not everybody will agree with. And Daniel Farker said it's
06:24post-match presser after the whole game that Leeds can't be seen as the big favourites this season
06:29because they've lost people like Somerville and Routera and stuff who can just, you know,
06:32flick a game just like that. And I totally get where he's coming from. But, equally,
06:36they are the favourites. That's the fact of the matter. Because, basically, you look at their
06:39squad, even allowing for those big departures, I've got a very, very good squad.
06:54Of course, speaking of signings, we'll move on now to deadline day. They brought in a couple
07:00dead Leeds, didn't they? There was Tananka and Schmidt. Of course, they've already brought in
07:04a couple of others that we've mentioned on last week's podcast. So, I mean, thoughts on
07:09those? Again, I think, after everything we've mentioned, it's just more fuel for the fire,
07:14I guess, in terms of firing Leeds up the league. Yeah, I think so. I think there should be two
07:18good signings. I mean, obviously, as I say, everybody wanted a number 10. Daniel Farker
07:22wanted a number 10, but it didn't happen. And, you know, there's no point going on about that
07:26now because that is what it is. And they've not got one in. And hopefully, they'll have enough
07:30firepower to go up anyway, as it is. But, certainly, in terms of looking at those two,
07:34they should both be very good signings. And Tanaka's the one where you sort of, like,
07:37you could look at him and see him potentially being a first-choice starter in time. I mean,
07:42I think, obviously, Daniel Farker was keen to bring in another midfielder. Obviously,
07:45they've lost Glenn Kamara in the summer and Archie Gray, obviously. I know Archie obviously
07:49played a lot of most of his games at right-back, but he is a midfielder, let's be honest. That's
07:53his position. And they've lost someone big there, obviously, with him. So, it was important that
07:56there's strength in the midfield. And I think Tanaka, the idea with him is that it'll probably
08:00bring a little bit more offensively going forward. And the argument with the Leeds midfield a little
08:06bit is that when you've got sort of Gruev and Ampadu together, like, very, very solid,
08:09but is there enough sort of dynamism there, you know, in terms of, like, creativity? And
08:13Rothwell provides a little bit more and slightly more attacking option. But I think Tanaka will
08:17be another level above that in terms of, like, you know, getting forward more. You look through
08:20his record and he has got lots of assists and lots of goals. And, yeah, he should tick plenty
08:24of boxes, really, and stuff. I mean, good age, 25 years old, not cost, you know, an awful lot
08:29of money, about £3.3 million. It's not like, you know, they broke the bank to go and get him.
08:34So lots of international experience. Was it 27 caps and eight goals? So, yeah, I mean,
08:40he should be a very good signing. And I think he'll become a favourite very quickly with the
08:44fan base as well. Obviously, they're trying to, like, get some chants into his name already,
08:48using his name as AO, although I think it's actually pronounced Yao, but I don't think there's
08:53or Alba, I don't think there's many chants that will go along with that one. But I think he's
08:57taken to it already. He went on Instagram straight away and sort of said, you know,
09:00and thank you for my chant and stuff that the fans tried to do from towards the end.
09:03So that's nice to see. And hopefully he'll settle in very, very quickly. So, yeah, I think he'll be
09:09a very good signing. And then with Isaac Schmitz, a fascinating one, really, because it just remains
09:12to be seen, like, what his best position is. I mean, basically, you know, he's sort of described
09:16as a versatile fullback, but it was interesting in his interview with LUTV when he signed,
09:21he was sort of asked what his best position was or what to expect, where he could play.
09:25And he said, basically, I can play anywhere, you know, I mean, it wasn't like anywhere across the
09:32back line. It was just anywhere. So whether that means you can stick him up front or in goal,
09:35I don't know. I mean, that's not that crazy. It won't be in goal, but you look through his record
09:38and he has played most positions, really. And someone like that's obviously extremely valuable
09:42to have in the squad that, you know, a bit like Stuart Dallas is the recent example of that,
09:46of having someone who can play just about anywhere, Shackleton obviously was a bit like that, but not
09:50to the same degree. So hopefully he comes in. I mean, if he gets anywhere near to Dallas levels
09:54and Leeds will be laughing, but, you know, hopefully, you know, again, he'll be a good
09:57signing because, again, not cost an awful lot, 2.5 mil, four-year deal, 24, so a good age,
10:02good experience. He's not a full international yet with Switzerland. He's got youth caps,
10:06but I'm sure that will hopefully come in time. So, yeah, he should be a very good option. I
10:10suspect with Isaac Schmidt, he'll probably start, well, I mean, Sowol Tanaka could start off from
10:15the bench, but I think at first he'll be a bench player. And then I think with him,
10:19you know, I could see him coming on at right back, coming on at left back, potentially other places
10:23as well. And if he comes on and impresses them, then obviously then it's, you know, to Daniel
10:26Farker to then put him in the first team on a regular basis. With Tanaka as one of the two,
10:30you can imagine being a first choice starter, you know, certainly more obviously, but that said,
10:36I mean, even that would be probably a bit harsh on Gruev, you know, considering the
10:38starts of the season they've had. So, but that's what it's all about. It's competition for places.
10:43That's what you need. You need a strong squad. As I say, you go through the Leeds squad and bench,
10:47Leeds squad now and pick, you know, getting your idea of a best 11 and benching it. And it's quite
10:51hard to pick and leave people out and stuff. So that's the game of the game. That's what it's all
10:55about. Obviously, you know, Tanaka and Ramazani got minutes in the game against Hull off the
11:01bench in which Solomon started, who was absolutely excellent as expected. So we've not seen Schmidt
11:05yet, but hopefully we'll see him, I'm sure we will see him after the international break. So
11:08yeah, I think pretty good signings basically, just the feeling really that it would have been,
11:13it really would have, you know, taken the summer window to a much different level had they gone
11:17out and splashed some decent cash on a number 10. I think everybody then would have been giving the
11:21window like pretty high marks. And as it is, it's kind of like a bit like, well, you know,
11:24could have been better to be honest. But I think the bottom line is, is that even though it could
11:28have been better, they probably have assembled a squad there. Well, they have, I think, assembled
11:33a squad there that should be more than good enough to get promotion and automatic promotion at that.
11:38So now it's down to going out and doing it. You'd think so, yes. Now, of course,
11:42we're not saying that the squad last season perhaps wasn't better or worse. We'll wait
11:47to make those comparisons until a bit further into the season and we'll see how Leeds get going.
12:03I think if we move on to Manor Solomon, he just looked like very good in that game,
12:08didn't he? Just a player who you can tell has had the experience of the Premier League
12:14training, coaching, quality, and he's coming into a league where he's perhaps a little bit
12:19too good for it. Now, I know we're just saying this after one game,
12:22but you can sort of tell at times, can't you? Yeah, yeah, a hundred percent. Yeah,
12:26you've hit the nail on the head. He looked like a player that had the sort of CV that he's got,
12:32if that makes sense, in terms of like, in terms of like when you go through the experience he's got,
12:36the games he's played and the goals he's scored and at the level, crucially at the level he's
12:40scored. It just looked like that. He looked like a Premier League player basically playing in the
12:44Championship. I mean, and to be honest, that's what he is because he's on loan from Tottenham.
12:48So, I mean, that's not saying anything outlandish. I mean, that is a fact and, you know, Leeds got a
12:54very good one there last season with Joe Road on absolutely excelling on loan from Tottenham and
13:00to all extents and purposes, it looks like they're going to get the same again here with
13:03Solomon. And I think the only question mark you'd have with him is whether they can keep him fit,
13:08you know, and that he avoids injury basically, because obviously he has had like knee injuries
13:11before and stuff, but it doesn't, you know, I mean, everybody has injuries and stuff. So like,
13:15you know, give the guy, you know, a fair crack of the whip and a chance and stuff and, you know,
13:19and obviously, you know, straight into the starting lineup and quite a few eyebrows raised at that
13:23really, because obviously you don't, A, he'd only just signed and the bottom line is, is that he
13:26hadn't played since September. So it's basically a year out and certainly in terms of, you know,
13:31competitive appearances, but he did say like in his interviews when he signed, he said he was fit
13:36and raring to go and ready to show himself, I think was the phrase he used. And he certainly
13:39did that. I mean, in the first five or 10 minutes, he just like, he just, he just stood out a mile,
13:43you know, like, I mean, basically Louis Coyle just couldn't contain him and, you know, he was
13:47just all over him down that left flank. I mean, to be fair to Louis Coyle, he did fight back at
13:50times and, you know, gave him a reasonably good fist of things, but he just looked very, very
13:55good. And, you know, he looked like a player with the CV, he's got, what was it, 24 prem games,
13:58four goals, two assists. I mean, it's not absolute bundles, but it's pretty decent for Premier League
14:03level when you're coming down to the Championship and 16 Champions League games, four goals and
14:07stuff. Back in February, March 2023, when he was on loan at Fulham, he scored five games in a row,
14:12four of them in the Premier League and one in the Cup against Leeds. So, I mean, when you look at
14:16stats like that, someone should be coming in like to the Championship and excelling and especially
14:21someone like that should be taking the eye when they're an attacker, which is what he is,
14:25obviously. And he said, you know, beforehand left wing was his best position, started straight on
14:29the left wing and straight away caused problems. And of course, no, it was no surprise considering
14:34how he started. It was him who set up the first goal of the game and that was down to him, you
14:38know, getting, you know, going forward from nowhere, skinning two people, getting to the
14:41byline, perfect cross and a fantastic finish from Joseph. So, yeah, I mean, I've heard it
14:47say by a few people that Manor Solomon will, is, will be, could be the best player in the
14:53Championship. And obviously, you know, that's a big thing to say, but I find it hard to disagree
14:59really. I mean, obviously there'll be people like, you know, coming through throughout the season
15:02that you might not sort of, you know, think of as much now, but with his CV, I mean, and stuff like
15:07the experience he's got, the flair he's got, the attributes he's got, if he isn't the best player
15:12in the Championship, he's certainly going to be one of them. And, you know, Leeds have obviously,
15:17despite not getting a number 10, they've got an enormous amount of options out wide. But I think
15:21even so, like, I think even, I think he's got to be just about the first name on the team sheet,
15:26certainly out wide. So they've got a very, very good signing there. And as I say, if they can keep
15:30him fit and injury free, he's the sort of player who could, you could see really stacking up the
15:34goals and assists this season, which is what they need because they've lost, you know, a boatload
15:38from Somerville and Routier. So, but I think having him in will go a long way to sort of,
15:43hopefully, sort of replacing that. Very good signing. Do you think the lack of a number 10
15:48maybe changes the way Leeds have to play and they have to put more emphasis on the wider players?
15:52I know, obviously, they have had wide players and they did last season anyway, but you haven't got
15:56Routier anymore. And so not as much can go through that middle. So is it more emphasis going out
16:00wide, do you think now? Yeah, yeah, probably. Yeah. And it felt a bit like that in the first
16:04half against Hull. You know, that's one thing we were saying, watching the game, it did feel like
16:08a lot of it was going out wide and, you know, it was kind of like, I mean, it was an obvious,
16:12it was almost an obvious and lazy thing to say if Leeds weren't winning, that you could just say,
16:16well, they need a number 10 because they tried, you know, obviously Daniel Farker wanted one,
16:20they didn't get one. And so if it's nil-nil and they're not winning, you know, they're not
16:24creating, then the first thing you're going to say is, well, that's because they haven't got a number
16:2710. But I know it's an obvious thing to say, but it did look that way. But yeah, a little bit. But
16:31I think the other point to make though is that Solomon and Ramazani can both play as a number
16:3810. They're probably not natural number 10s, but they both can play there. Nantes, I don't see why
16:44he can't play well at number 10. He drifts inside a lot anyway. And obviously we've got Brendan
16:48Aronson coming back, obviously from last season, who is probably the most natural number 10 Leeds
16:53have got, even if he's not a natural, natural 10, like a Pablo Hernandez type sort of thing.
16:58So, yeah. But I mean, I think Daniel Farker, the nail on the head, when he was speaking post-match
17:03after Hull, he said, basically, if we haven't gone out and got a natural number 10, like a
17:06Maradona or a Gascoigne is the way he used it. I mean, imagine having one of them. But, you know,
17:11the way he said it was like, if we haven't got that, then we're going to have to find other
17:14solutions. And by that probably means a little bit A in terms of the way we play, but also,
17:18somebody else sort of stepping up to the plate and making that position their own, really,
17:22which is what the challenge is now. So, yeah, I mean, yeah, ideally you'd have a first class,
17:29natural, natural number 10, but they haven't got one. And I think the bottom line is even without
17:34that, they should have enough. I mean, you look at the talent they've got and the attacking options
17:37they've got, that it should be enough to win most games.
17:49Well, moving on to speak of favourites, of course, we have an international break to come,
17:55but then we've got the small matter of an early title game, I suppose you could say. I know
18:04started the league perhaps in the way they would have wanted, but Burnley, along with Leeds,
18:10are promotion favourites. Burnley, perhaps whilst having started well, have faltered.
18:17Leeds having faltered at the start have now got going a little bit. So it's actually quite an
18:22interesting game coming into it. And you wonder, does the international break maybe stop the
18:26momentum of both sides? Well, more so Leeds, at least. But yeah, coming into it, it's an
18:31interesting one. I'm not really sure how to read it. I mean, obviously, I know I've just said there
18:36that Leeds are perhaps more of the form team at the moment, even though two weeks ago you probably
18:40would have thought the other way around. It's a big game already, isn't it?
18:45It is definitely, yeah. And if I tell you this, I mean, obviously, we're speaking quite early ahead
18:48of the game here, but if I tell you that Leeds have been shorted up as four to six favourites,
18:53you might be surprised at that, by how short they are on the betting for that one. I mean,
18:58because myself looking at it, when I saw that, I thought, you know, blimey, like, you know,
19:02they really are fancied for this one. But I can sort of see why, but equally, you know,
19:07this will be... Look, I don't think there's anything wrong whatsoever with saying it's
19:11an early sort of like, you know, title clash, top of the table clash, whatever you want to call it,
19:16six-pointer, why not? I mean, that's what football's all about, you know, to get excited
19:19and build games up and why not? And they are both up there towards the upper reach of the table
19:23already. You're right, they haven't had the ideal perfect starts, but nevertheless, they're both up
19:27there very much in the mix. And look, I think it would be an absolutely massive, massive surprise
19:32if Leeds and Burnley weren't both, you know, very much in the race for automatic promotion
19:36come the end of the season. You know, I mean, if not the actual top two come the end of the season,
19:41I mean, that's probably the way most people would see it. And, you know, this will be not the acid
19:47test, but it will be like, you know, a massive sort of barometer of where both sides are at,
19:51you know, early on in the season. I mean, I think you've summarised it pretty well,
19:56really, that Burnley sort of started off a million miles an hour and have stuttered a bit,
19:59whereas Leeds have probably gone the other way. So it feels like they've probably got the momentum.
20:02There's probably two main things to this. Number one is the international break, which you took
20:06Deb Wright to hit on. Both clubs obviously have got internationals. I mean, from a Leeds point of
20:11view, they've got a stack of them. You know, they've got like, I mean, it's almost the whole
20:15first team just about, and we're not going for every single one of them, but most of them are on
20:19international duty. And we've seen what international breaks have done with Leeds before in terms of
20:23coming back with injuries and, you know, and messing up momentum and stuff. So that's the
20:26first thing to keep an eye on, basically how the players come back and what shape they come back
20:31and whatever. So that'll obviously need to be considered. The other thing is injuries. Leeds,
20:36obviously, as we speak, aren't too bad at the moment. Obviously, Bamford and Dan James,
20:39but I think Burnley, when you go, I think they've got 10 at the moment. So, I mean,
20:41they've got a massive squad, you know, so they can probably deal with it. But equally, I mean,
20:4510 injuries is 10 injuries. I mean, that's definitely going to sort of like, that's
20:48definitely going to stutter them a little bit. So they're two things to look at, really.
20:52You'll have old faces, obviously, Connor Roberts at Burnley, Jadon Anthony's there now as well. So
20:56that'll be interesting. Lyle Foster's a very good player for them. He'll need watching out for
21:01Josh Brown. He'll start the season well. Scott Parker, obviously, they've got a manager who's
21:05very ambitious and wants to be going places and stuff. He took a lot of time out of the game to
21:08come back there and make no mistake about it, he'll want to be going in there and finishing
21:12the top two. It's as simple as that. And, you know, it's, you know, it's a difficult game,
21:16but I mean, you know, Leeds are at home. I mean, obviously, if you could play the game straight
21:20away after the, you know, the bats about wins have had, then you'd be taking real fresh momentum
21:25into it. You just hope the international break doesn't stall it that much. But, yeah, you know,
21:29it's a massive game. There's no doubt about that. The other thing with it is as well, because it's
21:33Saturday lunchtime, it actually gives Leeds a chance to go into the top two. Again, it's very,
21:36very early on and that doesn't, you know what I mean, but that is the bottom line. Winning,
21:39they'll go second, certainly ahead of Watford and West Brom playing, put a bit of pressure on them.
21:44And it does very, very quickly take shape, though. I mean, you know, it feels like, you know,
21:48a matter of minutes ago, we were talking about the start of the season. This will straight away
21:52be five games in. Then, you know, a couple more games and they go to Sunderland. It does start
21:56taking shape very, very quickly. And yeah, it's early to say a six-pointer, but I mean, Leeds
22:01are already one point ahead of Burnley. And if they were to beat them, that's four straight away,
22:04you know, a four-point gap at an early stage of the season. And I don't think there's any way you
22:09can look at this Burnley team and think they're not going to be in the mix. So if you can get
22:12yourself four points clear of them early on in the season, then great, you know, and that'll
22:16obviously be the aim. And they're seen as favourites and the pressure will be on Leeds.
22:19Every single game this season, they'll be favourites. I think the only game looking at
22:24that that they won't be favourites in is maybe Burnley away. But to be honest, given the prices
22:28of this one, I mean, a lot will depend on then. They'll probably be favourites even for that if
22:32all continues to go well. So, you know, the pressure's on, but they've got the squad to do it.
22:36As I say, fingers crossed over international breaks and injuries. It should be a good game.
22:40But yeah, I mean, you'd have to fancy Leeds to do it, I think.
22:43I think you're right, Lee, yes. Well, I think you've summarised that quite well,
22:46going into the international break. As I say, a little while now until we next talk about Leeds
22:53and then we next watch Leeds play. But yeah, I don't know whether this break is perhaps a bad
23:01time or not. Well, certainly I don't think a good time, given the fact that they are two
23:05ends of the balance. It's got to hope that Daniel Farker uses it constructively and creatively to
23:11make sure that they are fit and ready for that game against Burnley. But until then, we'll be
23:17back. Lee, you're off on holiday, so enjoy that. I'll be watching the Burnley game in the old
23:24school style of like, you know, hopefully with a pint in hand, cheering them on and stuff. So,
23:27yeah, we shall see how they go. But it'll be a good game. But yeah, then we'll be back for that
23:31one. And after that, we shall see how we go. Indeed, we will. But until then, thank you all
23:35very much for listening and for watching. We will see you next time. Cheers, man.