I would imagine Firpo, Tanaka and Aaronssen will be sleepwalking come Friday night.
Neither will know if they`re batting or bowling.
Only hope is James plays and Gnonto fills the ten role and possibly Byram for Firpo.
Not a lot of cover for Tanaka though unless Shmidt can play there first half at least.

get this game done and we have a run of 10 very winnable games. chance to get ahead of the pack

I’d be amazed if we didn’t bring in a midfielder free agent. Must be someone out there we can bring in who we can get fit over the international break

I just don't see us bringing anyone in until January. By the time any free agent gets up to speed it will likely be nearly January anyway. They'll obviously consider it, but I doubt there's anyone whose available that they want

Know what you’re saying, I’d say it’s this international break or nothing imo as it’d be a decent time to get some fitness dome. But then there’s match fitness too but let’s see. Someone may come back from qatar or something

Didn’t take long for the Goalkeepers Union to come out in support


The pundits were saying the international break will leave Meslier frustrated at not being able to right his wrong, but I disagree. It would have been straight into the lions den for him this weekend, tremendous pressure. I’m happy for the break in that respect, we won’t forget what happened but will be talking about many other things by the time the next game comes around.

I've seen mobile footage that shows a big change of direction.
given he was slagged off for, ridiculously, not saving a penalty he was never getting away with this one!!!!

It did spin away, but, he let it land and took his eye off the ball, you could see it was spinning, it's a howler. He could have caught it before it bounced to negate the spin, or he could see it was spinning and should have anticipated it moving... it's a big mistake no getting away from it.

However, we move on, get behind him as we have no other choice, Darlow is no better, he's the best keeper we have at the club and need him to get his confidence back.

The last thing we need is idiots in our own crowd cheering ironically whenever he collects any easy ball for the next few games. His confidence will be fragile and it will be the last thing he needs. I’m sure we can expect it from opposition fans but he needs to know the Leeds fans are fully behind him.

Totally agree

he'll be fine

Heard from a "reliable" source that the reason Newcastle got rid of Darlow was due to him having a drink problem and would often turn up for training worse for wear.
I personally think Cairns is the best keeper at the club.
Then again Meslier is with Bamford on my hit list so they`re going to come in for some stick especially when they make mistakes like not saving penalties or in Bamfords case missing them

Square ball lads think Cheik Kouyate is training with Leeds.. he’s 34. Ex palace and West Ham

decent signing if they only use him till January.

Yes, if can get him fit. Certainly would give us some decent cover.

I`d be disappointed if we didn`t bring a free agent in during the International break considering how thin on the ground we are in midfield.
Although Aaoronssen stating his best position is midfield which means we could play Gnonto as the 10 especially if James and Solomon are fit.

would be a huge huge gamble if we didn't

the chief at the blades game. Just fantastic

Should be announcing Kouyate signing today it seems.

Hope he brings his boots.

Hearing whispers they can’t as yet agree on financials.. hopefully will work something out

you'd think he'd want one last challange. he must have made his money

The international break as we know was the ideal time to get someone on board.
The longer it takes the harder it will become to get them fit enough to play.

francis Coquelin

Same to you.