This week on the Marching On Together Leeds United Podcast, Daniel and Lee look back at the win over Cardiff City, whilst contemplating Daniel Farke's position as Head Coach. They also preview the clash against Coventry City. Plus! Who should be Leeds' penalty taker?
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00:00Well, welcome back to the Marching On Together Leeds United podcast. I'm joined once again
00:22by my co-host Daniel and we have Lee back from his jolly holidays. Not that he's missed
00:27too much at the Burnley game of course. I still watched it, don't worry about that
00:32unfortunately should I say. Not the best of course, things slightly more back on track
00:38with a win at Cardiff and that's where we're going to start today. So, a 2-0 win away from
00:44home against, let's be honest, struggling Cardiff. I think they've lifted a few people
00:48three points so far this season but again it's not one where you can just sort of turn
00:53up and expect to win. It's a game that Leeds had to go and win and that's what they did
00:56and it was an ideal response to their disappointment that was the Burnley loss.
01:00Yeah, they had to win there 100%. If they're not winning at Cardiff then you'd be seriously
01:05worried in terms of a team. Not that you can judge anything on one game, but if a team
01:09going for automatic promotion who hope to get to the Premier League aren't winning
01:11at the bottom of the table Cardiff side who had one point and have still got one point
01:16and who played three quarters of the game with ten men, then you'd be very, very worried
01:19wouldn't you really? And obviously 2-0 doesn't look particularly dominant on the scoreline
01:25figures but I mean they dominated pretty much everything else. I mean the only reason
01:28why it wasn't more than 2-0 is because they didn't take the chances. Obviously a missed
01:32penalty, Pascal Stroik's penalty saved, Ramazani obviously got the first goal, fine finish
01:38but he should have scored another one. Aronson, he looked harder to miss his chance than score
01:42it. So there was a few obviously other chances and then they should have, you know, probably
01:47should have scored four or five really. And obviously Pascal, sorry, right at the end
01:52Joe Peru make again the second goal to finally sort of put them to bed as such because when
01:56it's, as Daniel Farker said himself, when it's 1-0, you know, you never know. All it
01:59takes is sort of like one, you know, marvellous shot or error or something and all of a sudden
02:03the other team's back in it. And that has to be the concern. They're not taking the
02:06chances and, you know, obviously that also was the case against Burnley really, wasn't
02:10it? Just not taking the chances. I mean I'm epitomised by the Matteo Joseph miss when
02:14he was clean through one-on-one and watching that one abroad, I mean, you know, like when
02:17he went through and he missed that, you just almost thought straight away, you know, when
02:20you're missing those, is it not going to be Leeds' day? And that's the way it was.
02:23But that's gone now, as has, you know, the Portsmouth game at the start of the season,
02:27which we keep harping on about where they should have won, but they didn't. You know,
02:31these games, when they've gone, they've gone. You've got to move on and that's all
02:33Leeds could do. They had to move on. They had to go to Cardiff and the bottom line was
02:36they had to get three points and they did that. And, you know, I think it's fair to
02:40say that, you know, amongst the fan base, you know, there's a bit of discontent about
02:44sort of like, you know, the way the game went. It wasn't particularly exciting, wasn't
02:48particularly thrilling, this that and the other. And I get that totally. But the main
02:52thing that matters is getting out of this division. And, you know, it's a difficult
02:56question to answer because it's like, well, how much does style and substance matter really?
03:01Because it does matter because football is an entertainment business, isn't it? And you
03:04want to be entertained, but every Leeds fan will tell you, I'm sure the main thing that
03:07matters is getting out of this division and getting out of it automatically because nobody
03:11wants to play offs again. And I think really, you know, basically you can't really sort
03:15of like judge it until a lot deeper in the season and certainly until they've played a
03:19lot more bigger sides. Obviously, you could argue that they've already played, you know,
03:22potentially the biggest rivals of all in Burnley and lost to them. And that's a fair call because
03:26it was obviously, you know, they did fall to a defeat in that game, no matter how well
03:29they played. So I think the jury's out to a degree sort of thing at the moment. What
03:33is it, 11 points so far? I mean, you know, it's not a bad start. It's not amazing, that's
03:38for sure, because there's obviously five teams with more points than them. So that tells
03:41you all you need to know. And, you know, you can often say two points a game will get
03:46you up, but it didn't last season and two points a game wouldn't have been enough. So
03:50they're not even at two points a game at the moment, not quite. So I think they need to
03:54sort of up the ante a bit more. Obviously, I don't think the Championship will be quite
03:57as good as it was last season, although, you know, with, you know, minus your sort of
04:02Leicester and Ipswich and Southampton, but, you know, you never know that until the end
04:05of the season. So just a lot of unanswered questions, really. And I think a lot of people
04:09just don't really know at the moment what to expect and where this is going in terms
04:12of fans and everything. And I'm certainly the same as that. I sort of struggle to sort
04:16of, you know, 100 per cent say how this is going to go. But, you know, looking at the
04:20Cardiff game, they needed to go there. They needed to win, especially with everybody else
04:24winning, even though it's early days on the table. And the bottom line is they got the
04:27job done. But I think, you know, the main takeaways from it certainly, again, are not
04:32taking the chances, as Daniel Farke alluded to afterwards. And then obviously the penalty
04:37miss, I think, which is obviously going to be a big debate over who should take penalties.
04:41But they got the job done. And yeah, after the Burnley defeat, you know, results wise,
04:46anyway, back on track. Yeah, just on that, I'm keen to talk about that, actually, the
04:51sort of the style of a substance thing. Obviously, it's a very different sort of leads to how
04:55perhaps they were a few years ago under Marcelo Bielsa, sort of the not the swashbuckling
05:00attacking football that he played. But last season, at least it was effective. And despite
05:06perhaps a bit of a rut towards the end, for the most part, it was good. This season hasn't
05:12been quite the same as even last season, but they have picked up some decent results, albeit
05:18some not so good ones. So what's the thoughts on Daniel Farke as a manager? Is he well liked
05:25at Leeds at the moment, do you think? Or do you think that some people have their doubts
05:29a little bit? Yeah, I think so. And I think he absolutely deserves, you know, another
05:34crack at it and a real fair crack at the whip at this season. You know, I mean, you've got
05:37to remember he's obviously gone up twice with Norwich's champions and both those two times
05:41they had slow starts. That's the first thing to remember. Obviously, you know, people will
05:45always talk about last season and say that ultimately, even though there was such a
05:49turbulent summer, that Leeds should still have gone up and probably gone up automatically,
05:53you know. And even if they didn't go up automatically, which obviously we all know
05:56they didn't, they probably still should have won the playoffs. And the bottom line is,
05:59they just didn't turn up in the biggest game of all in the playoff final against Southampton.
06:02I mean, they're just really poor in it and it just never got going in that game whatsoever.
06:06So they're the things you can say, but Daniel Farke has obviously got a fantastic
06:10championship record. In terms of style and stuff, when you're looking at the play,
06:14yeah, it's obviously very different to the Bielsa football, but I think that just about
06:17any team is going to be different to a Bielsa team because Bielsa is unique, you know, and
06:21that was just something like revolutionary when that came to Leeds. And obviously,
06:24not surprisingly, ended up taking them up in the ultimate style as brilliant champions and
06:28the sort of thing that you see very hard to ever being repeated, even being close to that,
06:32but they are entertaining under Daniel Farke in their own right at times and stuff,
06:36but it's just slightly different. Like a lot of games last season, to give them fair dues,
06:41they were very entertaining and played very, very good football at times, so you can't forget that.
06:45The thing that's different this season, which is easy to forget, is they've lost Cris Enzio
06:49Somerville and Georginio Routier and you don't like pin it all on, obviously, Endarchi Gray,
06:53but obviously he's not an attacking player as such, but you don't like pin it on just like
06:57one or two people, but they were big players that could just sort of like flick a switch and
07:02turn it on, you know, and stuff. And if you lose those two players out of your team, then that is
07:05going to obviously affect the entertainment value. And I don't think there's any doubt about that.
07:08So you've got to remember that.
07:20For now, we want to talk about, is it Largi or Largi?
07:24Well, we'll go Largi, I think.
07:27Largi Ramazzani, of course, who got his first goal for Leeds at the weekend against Cardiff.
07:34Obviously, we spoke about him a lot when he was first signing for Leeds
07:38in the summer, so perhaps someone who could be a Somerville replacement.
07:43So how has he done so far, Lee, in your opinion? Of course, you know, you've got that goal now,
07:48that might set the nerves a little bit in terms of coming to a club like Leeds,
07:51but how has he done and how do you think he will continue to develop for the rest of the season?
07:56Well, I think the hope will be that it'll be this season's star. I mean, you don't want to
07:59put pressure on someone too early, but I mean, you know, that's what it's all about, isn't it?
08:03You know, signing for clubs and doing well. And at the end of the day, you can tell even in his one
08:07first post-match interview with LUTV that he doesn't look like a shrinking violet. You know,
08:11he looks like the sort of player who's like, you know, basically loves the pressure and,
08:14you know, will soak it up and is basically a very confident young man and also a very,
08:18very good young player. And you can't ask for any more than, you know, taking 30 minutes into
08:22your full debut to score. I mean, you talk about immediate impacts. I mean, I suppose the only
08:25thing with that first start, league start, is that obviously he should have scored another,
08:29you know, because he missed another chance, which was possibly even easier. I mean,
08:33good save of the keeper's sort of thigh leg or whatever and stuff. But I mean, so yeah,
08:37I mean, obviously, you know, far from a perfect first game or first start. But yeah, I think
08:42the thing with him is obviously, and Daniel Farke's always keen to stress it himself,
08:46is that you can't see players as like-for-like replacements. And he always, he will always
08:51be seen as the Somerville replacement as such, you know, because he's the same sort of player
08:54and he's the same sort of age and he's one year older, isn't he, at 23. But he does look a similar
09:00sort of player. I mean, not saying he's going to be as good as Somerville or similar to Somerville,
09:03but even at this early stage, he does look like the sort of player who could be similar to that,
09:10you know, and it's not difficult to have seen that coming, really. I mean, LUTV have got a very,
09:15very good player. I mean, 10 million, decent fee in the Championship, but not an astronomical fee,
09:21you know, sort of player that you would hope would quickly be worth a lot more than that.
09:2423 years old, obviously, came in and even you can see his CV at La Liga level, 62 games,
09:30six goals and seven assists. He's pretty good in La Liga at that age, you know, especially when
09:34you're coming into the Championship. So then obviously on top of that, a lot of goals in
09:38the second division in Spain as well. So he's the sort of player that if he came into the
09:41Championship and didn't score a lot of goals and got a lot of assists and you'd think something
09:45was wrong. And I think he will get a lot of goals and a lot of assists. And as I say, you know,
09:48that's the first one on the board already. So very confident, as I say, said after his first start,
09:54he had a feeling that he'd score, you know, so he certainly backs himself, said that basically,
09:58you know, highlighted how good all his teammates were and that they would allow him to sort of,
10:02you know, get the ball and do his thing, as he put it, you know, in terms of taking players on.
10:06And I mean, he should be, if he isn't already, end up being one of Leeds' star players. But I mean,
10:12obviously, you know, there's a lot to go before you can sort of class him in that,
10:16because it's still very early days. But they're sort of screaming out for that,
10:20obviously, because they've lost Somerville and they've lost Routier, two big attacking stars.
10:24Nonto's still here. I guess you would say Nonto at the moment is the star, if you like, the
10:29established star. But obviously, there's new people coming in and Ramazani looks top of that
10:35tree. I mean, obviously, Manor Solomon, we've talked about him before coming in from Spurs.
10:39He looks the business, doesn't he?
10:41Yeah, he looks the business, 100%. But the thing with him, as we said straight away at the start,
10:46was his injury record, you know, and straight away, he's already missed the game because of
10:50that back issue. So, I mean, we just hope that, like, obviously, he doesn't miss too many games
10:55for injuries. But if he's fit and firing, then, you know, he should be one of the best players
11:00in the Championship, without a doubt, Manor Solomon, with his experience and stuff. And,
11:03you know, obviously, a little bit older as well. But Ramazani, in terms of potential,
11:07not just potential, because he's good now, you know, should really end up being one of
11:12Leeds' star players and, obviously, beginning life from the bench and then, obviously, having
11:16his first start. And I think already, you can probably start to say that he has to start,
11:19really, even when Solomon's fit. And they're going to have to sort of, like, shift it around.
11:22Obviously, you've got to remember Dan James has got to come back as well. Always sort of, like,
11:26always overlooked a bit is Dan. And I feel a bit sorry for him, because you talk about the star
11:30players and stuff. And, like, you almost forget about Dan James half the time. But, I mean,
11:35the impact he's had lately, last season, always question marks about end products. But he's
11:40certainly answered that last season and seems to have that now. And then you've got Matteo Joseph,
11:44obviously, up front, who's still a very work in progress. There's no doubt about how talented
11:48he is. And so, again, you would expect him to become one of Leeds' major stars. Hopefully,
11:53he can sort of, like, carry the mantle of being Leeds' number nine. You've got Bamford coming
11:57back. But, you know, there's a lot of attacking prowess there. And if Leeds can't go up with those
12:02players, you know, attacking-wise, then there'd be a bit of, you know, you'd have to ask why,
12:06really, I think. And I think that's fair enough to say that. And, obviously, Daniel Farke has
12:09always been keen to build on a big, strong defence, which is, by and large, what they've
12:13started the new season with. So, it is looking good. And I think, really, you know, it's difficult
12:19to predict too much. You don't want to go wild. But he does look like being a very, very good
12:22player. And certainly, in terms of that Cardiff game, I think he was the one that people were
12:26excited about. Already got a chant straight away, you know, since it seems like becoming a fan's
12:30favourite. And, you know, I mean, I don't think it's too wild to predict that he will become,
12:35you know, one of Leeds' best players if he isn't already. Looks like a very, very exciting young
12:38talent there. So, you know, hopefully, it's onwards and upwards for him. Yeah, I mean,
12:43that would certainly be the hope. At least, of course, it is big boots to fill when it comes to
12:48who he's replacing. And I know, obviously, you mentioned there, Farke doesn't want to
12:54say he is the replacement. But let's be honest, we can all draw the conclusions.
12:59He is filling Christ Endio Somerville's boots. He is going into that slot on the wing where
13:04Somerville once was. So it is a lot of pressure on him, but it's something that I'm sure he'll
13:11be able to live up to. Now, in terms of pressure, another form of pressure, of course, is taking
13:25penalties, which is not something that Leeds did very well at the weekend. Stryker, of course,
13:31took and missed against Cardiff, even though he, of course, had scored for Leeds before in a
13:38penalty incident. But that's an interesting one, isn't it? Because, of course, Pascal Stryker is
13:42not an attacking player, so to speak. So why is it that he is on penalties and should it not be
13:48someone else? Well, it might be an old-fashioned way to look at it, but I would always say that
13:55strikers or attackers should be on penalties. I mean, that might be a sort of like narrow-minded
13:58way to look at it, but it's the way I see it. And if I was a striker or a forward or a winger playing,
14:02you know, for any team, Leeds United or anybody, then I'd be putting my hand up and saying,
14:05I want to take these penalties. And that's not to say that the players have got on the team aren't,
14:09but that's just the way I'd look at it. And the Pascal penalty taker thing basically sends back
14:15to the Boxing Day game at Preston, which is obviously the loss. I remember being there and
14:20Pascal stepping up for that penalty. And Daniel Farke was asked about afterwards what the
14:24situation was there. It's fair to say eyebrows raised when he stepped up to take it as a
14:27centre-back. Very good player, but a centre-back and definitely not a striker. And that was
14:32basically said because Somerville and Peru weren't on the pitch, who were the main two
14:35penalty takers. And Pascal was sort of seen as the third, the number three penalty taker,
14:39if you like. And he did convert it and converted it very well. And then obviously that sort of
14:44like stayed in the memory for a little bit and then you forget about it. And then obviously
14:46the winner penalty against Portsmouth on the first day of the season and who steps up,
14:49Pascal Stroik. And everybody's thinking, oh yeah, of course he took the last, you know,
14:53he's on penalties at the moment and again converted it. And I guess it's one of those
14:56things where if it ain't broke, you don't fix it, you know? So that's why he took it again
14:59at the weekend, even though there were other attackers on the pitch. But obviously, you know,
15:04let's not beat around the bush. It wasn't a very good penalty. I mean, it's fine if you stroke it
15:07down the middle and the keeper dies out of the way, but he saved it with his legs and stuff.
15:10And it just wasn't a convincing penalty, was it? Basically. I mean, I always want to see penalties
15:14rocketed into the bottom left or bottom right corner or top corner Kane style, you know,
15:18that's the way. Top corner for me. I know it's a bit more risky, but you get in the top corner
15:24and no keeper saving that. That's it. That's it. A hundred percent. And it certainly wasn't that.
15:28So, I mean, it'd be two things. It'd be interesting to see who takes the next one
15:32now that he's missed that. The other thing you probably should say is that I think it's fair to
15:36say that Peru would be ahead of him in the penalties, you know, penalty takers order.
15:41He was still on the bench at the time. Bamford certainly would be as well,
15:44though his record's not been great from of late, to say the least. And the other thing I would say
15:49is that Matteo Joseph, obviously, we keep talking about him being a sort of young striker making his
15:53way, which he still is, obviously. But, you know, like end of the day, he's going to want to score
15:59goals. And we're all hoping this is his sort of real breakthrough season. So if I was him,
16:03I'm sure he probably is already, I'd be putting my hand up and saying, you know, I want to be first
16:07choice penalty taker. And there's nothing to suggest that he can't be a good penalty taker.
16:10So he'd be the obvious one, because at the moment, he seems like the first choice striker.
16:15Obviously, Bamford's not fit and why he's just come back. And Peru, you know, doing well off
16:19the bench, but whether Farke can get them both in the team remains to be seen. But it seems fair to
16:24say that Joseph, you know, such an exciting young player will be always in the team, it seems now,
16:29it seems that way. So I don't see why he can't be first choice penalty taker. Maybe he will be,
16:33you know, maybe to get one in the next game and he takes them. But yeah, it's an interesting one,
16:37really. I mean, thankfully, it didn't matter because there's still one anyway. But obviously,
16:40it would have been galling had they missed that, had Pascal's penalty been saved and then Cardiff
16:44went up the other end and equalised and got a 1-1 draw. You know, I mean, everybody would have
16:48been absolutely gutted by it. So thankfully, that wasn't the case. And obviously, then
16:52Peru got the second goal. But the other interesting thing that Daniel Farke said after it was,
16:55was not so much about who was taking the penalties, because I think he said, you know,
16:58you can forgive everybody a penalty miss, which you can. And that makes me wonder if Pascal will
17:02take the next one again. It remains to be seen. He's obviously reasonably good at it than usually.
17:07But the other thing he said was that he was disappointed in terms of, like, no one following
17:10it up, basically. And Farke, obviously, an ex-striker himself. And obviously, it was saved,
17:15but the ball was still there for a rebound as such. And I think his big irk was that no one
17:19was sort of, like, charging in at a million miles an hour for a rebound. And which I think was
17:23probably sort of, like, quite sort of, like, reflective of Leeds just not being ruthlessness
17:28at the moment and not being ruthlessness at the moment and taking the chances. So that's
17:31something to watch. So maybe the next time they can expect people to be swarming into the box
17:35after it for a rebound, that should be the case. So, yeah, bottom line is I think strikers should
17:39take penalties. I think most strikers are wingers. I think most people would agree with that.
17:43And Joseph seems like the obvious one to me. Ramazani, again, like we've talked about him
17:47already. I don't see why, you know, as a flair player, he almost seems already like he's got
17:52that sort of Somerville swagger about him a little bit, you know, where he can sort of,
17:55like, be confident and step up to the plate and he's not scared of pressure. And I could see him
17:59being quite a good penalty taker as well. So he's another option. There's loads of attacking players
18:02Leeds have got, so they shouldn't be short of options. And, yeah, they got away with that one,
18:07obviously, but they need to make sure that they get the next one right, because next time it could
18:10well be crucial. And often the worry is with perhaps with flair players, sometimes I think
18:15they tend to overcomplicate penalties a little bit, you know, all the run-ups and all the stuttering
18:20and things. Just go and put your foot through it, man. Just go and, like... Yeah, yeah, yeah,
18:24just hammer it. Go your next style or something. I was going to say, don't need to, you know, try and,
18:30I don't know, just... Try a penancar or something. Yeah, I was going to say,
18:36just don't complicate it. Just literally, like, to me, you shouldn't, as someone who's taken a
18:42penalty, you should score a penalty. I mean, if you've missed it, you've failed, because let's
18:47be honest, you've got, you're from 12 yards out, you've got no... 12 yards keeps it to date.
18:51Yeah, definitely, definitely. And I think that's right. And I think that's the other thing with
18:56strikers as well, because it's like, you know, I mean, it's not just about scoring goals that
19:02forward players are judged on. Obviously, you know, it's assists and the all-round gameplay
19:05and everything, and Bamford's a classic example of that, because when you take him out of the team,
19:08obviously leads, you know, did miss his hold-up play, obviously still do to a degree, but Joseph
19:14has become very, very good at it himself. So you're not just judged on that, but at the end of the day,
19:18a lot of it is down to figures, and you want to see at the end of the season, as many goals as
19:21you possibly got as a striker. And if you're a striker and you get a penalty, that's a good
19:25chance to boost your figures, isn't it? Anyway, we'll move on to the final topic, which of course
19:37is looking ahead to the visit of Coventry to Ellington Road this weekend. Coventry is always
19:45a team that I'm not sure what to make of, because sometimes you think that they're not that good,
19:49but then suddenly you realise by the end of the season that they're up near the playoffs, and you
19:53think, how have they done that sort of thing? Of course, you know, they were beaten playoff finalists
19:58on penalties a couple of years ago against Luton, and you think, well, because they don't
20:05obviously spend a lot of money, but I think they often get, you know, quite, you know, good young
20:10talent in, and they develop it quite well. So yeah, they're an interesting side, so it won't be an
20:16easy game. Not at all, but again, it's one where if what we're saying before is true, in terms of
20:22Leeds having to show their promotion credentials, they have to go and be winning games like this.
20:25They can't just be a fault to be drawing, as much as Coventry may be a good side.
20:30They're going to go up. You can't be slipping up too much of the ball. They've already had
20:34their share of slip-ups this season, in terms of not winning where they should have done, so
20:38they have to go and win, really, don't they? I think that's totally fair enough, yeah, because as
20:41you say, I think they are playing catch-up to a degree. Well, they are, because of where they are
20:44on the table. The six, they need to be higher. The one to be higher, they need to be higher than that,
20:48and this is another chance to get another three points in the bag and move, hopefully, a bit more
20:51at the table, but it won't be easy 100%, and you've actually nailed it with Coventry. That's
20:55exactly what I thought when I was sort of like thinking about what to say about them, because
20:58I just don't know what to expect from them. That's the thing. They're a team that everyone's
21:02got huge respect for, under a manager in Mark Robbins, that everyone's got huge respect for.
21:07People often say about him, why hasn't he been offered bigger jobs and moved a bit higher up,
21:11and I could see that, but obviously, Coventry are a big club in their own right and stuff,
21:17but this season, they've had a really bad start, let's be honest about it, and obviously,
21:21closer to the drop zone than they are to the playoffs. So, yeah, I don't know really how this
21:26will go. The thing I'll say about Coventry is I watched him in the League Cup game against Tottenham
21:29and I thought they looked very, very good. They basically looked like they were about to go
21:33through until Spurs' late comeback and stuff, and I remember watching that and thinking if
21:37Coventry play like that against Leeds, it's going to be a very, very hard game indeed for Leeds,
21:41but then obviously, they went and followed that up with a 2-1 defeat at home to Swansea
21:44at the weekend, which has now got a bounce back on. You don't know what to expect from them,
21:48do you? It just sums them up at the moment. You just don't know what to expect, and I think Mark
21:52Robbins is scratching his head a little bit because he's sort of questioning commitment
21:55and stuff at the moment and whatnot, which is understandable. There's been player interviews
22:01where they've sort of, like I said, admitted that they were respected a lot better this season,
22:05and that's fair enough. Obviously, it's the battle of the last two beaten playoff finalists,
22:10because as you quite say, Coventry two years ago and Leeds last season as well. So, that's another
22:14facet to it, as is the fact that Coventry got four points from Leeds last season. So,
22:18Leeds are yet to beat Coventry under Daniel Farker, so they'll be hoping to break that up
22:23this weekend. Yeah, you're right. They're at home and they're a good side, even if the really good
22:29Coventry turn up, Leeds have got to go and win it. They're four to seven favourites. I think
22:32that's a bit short, because that suggests if Leeds don't win, it'll be a massive surprise,
22:37and I don't think it will be a massive surprise if they don't win, but hopefully they do.
22:41You'd probably back them too, but it'd be hard. They've got some very good players. Obviously,
22:44Ellis Sims and Haji Wright in particular, two players who scored against Leeds last season,
22:49the two won't win at Coventry. They'll both be very dangerous, and they've got two very good
22:52new players in. They've got more than two good new players in, but two in particular. Brandon
22:56Thomas, a Santa Isa player that everybody knows all about. Obviously, he's a real goal threat,
23:00and Norman Bissette is another striker they've brought forward, they've brought in. He looked
23:03good against Coventry, sorry, against Tottenham as well, and they've got good forward players.
23:07There's no doubt about that, and Robbins will probably try and have them set up solid at the
23:11back as well. So, hard game again. Another one where early goal feels key. I say that about
23:15Orwellan Road games. I think it's true though, because the longer it goes nil-nil, the more
23:19anxious the fans get, the more confidence the visiting team get, et cetera, et cetera.
23:24Very, very hard game to call. We'll wait and see on team news, but the bottom line is,
23:30especially considering they're playing catch-up, got to go and win it. Also, not just that,
23:35it's because of when you look at what's coming up. You've got Coventry at home on Saturday,
23:38and then next week, the following week looks hard. Norwich away on the Tuesday night, all right,
23:43Norwich might not start quite as well as they wanted to, and then Sunderland away the following
23:47Friday night. I mean, that's huge. So, if you're going into those two games without three points
23:53against Coventry, or even with a point against them, then suddenly that really ramps up the
23:57pressure on those two games.