Daniel Wales and Lee Sobot review Leeds United’s dramatic win over Swansea City.
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00:004-3, Leeds won against the side that we had said,
00:06don't score many and don't concede many.
00:10And yet a seven goal thriller in South Wales is what occurred.
00:14So, Lee, how do you begin to sum that up?
00:17Incredible. Well, you can't really.
00:19That's just a championship for you, isn't it? Unpredictable.
00:21And you just never know what's going to happen.
00:23And you're dead right. Yeah.
00:24I mean, in terms of like that is Swansea in a nutshell before this game.
00:27Anyway, don't score many, but don't concede many.
00:29And I think everybody had it down as like a sort of like maybe a 1-0 either way
00:32or a 0-0 or something like that, 1-1 at a stretch, you know,
00:35and then obviously we go and get a seven goal thriller.
00:37And to be honest, there could have been more.
00:38There were other chances as well.
00:40We did say before on that Swansea like to play football and like,
00:43you know, obviously like to have the ball and have possession and stuff.
00:45And, you know, obviously that then creates like maybe a bit more of an open game
00:48and whatnot and stuff.
00:49So I suppose like, you know,
00:51there were sort of like reasons for thinking it might be a little bit more
00:53open than the stats suggest on previous games.
00:57But nobody ever could have forecast that whatsoever.
00:59And just an absolutely crazy game and sort of, you know,
01:02took me back to some of like the sort of like Bielsa days, you know,
01:04when they were sort of like winning, like, you know,
01:06right at the death and stuff of crazy scorelines and stuff.
01:08And like, you know,
01:09just ultimately scoring one more than the opposition, just very, very open.
01:12But end of the day, we can talk about the fallout of it.
01:15But the bottom line is, is they went and got three points,
01:18which is what this is all about.
01:19And I think, you know,
01:20we said before on that going to Swansea,
01:22given their record and how strong they are defensively,
01:25tough to be at home,
01:27that going there and getting a point wouldn't have been a bad point,
01:29I don't think,
01:30if they then backed it up with getting six in the next two games or,
01:33you know, backing it up with a strong run afterwards.
01:35But obviously you want to go and get three.
01:37And obviously, you know,
01:39there was the massive,
01:40massive opportunity provided by the weekend's results where obviously if
01:43the one that went top and I know like,
01:45obviously Daniel Farquhar and stuff will say, you know,
01:47the table doesn't take shape yet and stuff.
01:49But at the end of the day,
01:50like you want to be getting top as soon as possible.
01:52So that was obviously, you know,
01:54a massive factor in it as well,
01:56a driving factor and they got the job done.
01:58And, you know, I mean, was it deserved?
02:01I mean, I'd say so.
02:02Yeah, but I mean,
02:03you've got to look at the stats and to be honest,
02:05like not that possession wins games,
02:06but Swansea have more of the ball,
02:0757% possession,
02:08which you'll never,
02:09very rarely get that against Leeds.
02:11Almost as many shots,
02:1210 to 13 and actually one more on target.
02:14So, I mean,
02:16when you look at it in terms of the first half,
02:18like you think that,
02:19you know,
02:20both their goals,
02:21especially the first goal came with the first attack of the game and like
02:23a lot of other chances and stuff.
02:24You've got to look back on it and think they did have a lot of other chances as well,
02:26Swansea.
02:27It's not like they just scored from their only three chances.
02:29So, you know,
02:30they'll obviously feel very,
02:31very hard done by,
02:32but Luke Williams,
02:33the manager,
02:34I've got to say,
02:35I've been very,
02:36very impressed with him before and after this.
02:37He spoke very,
02:38very highly of Leeds and just,
02:39you know,
02:40very gracious in defeat and stuff and just like,
02:41just seems like a decent bloke,
02:42really.
02:43Kind of like wish them,
02:44you wish them well,
02:45really.
02:46And,
02:47you know,
02:48obviously he made the sort of like heartbroken by the defeat,
02:49but yeah,
02:50I'm sure they'll bounce back.
02:51You know,
02:53it's a good side to be honest,
02:54from what you saw there,
02:55but this is about Leeds United and Leeds United went and got the three points.