Match Day Thread Leeds Utd v Hull City Match Thread

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Leeds Utd v Hull City
Tuesday 10th December 2019 19.45 | Elland Road

Leeds face their second Yorkshire Derby in 72 hours as Grant McCann's Hull City visit Elland Road on Tuesday evening.

Having won six games on the trot, creating an eight point gap between second and third in the process; Bielsa's men will be brimming with confidence, but Hull be certainly be no pushover. The Tigers, albeit in 12th place, are only three points away from the play off's and with Jarrod Bowen scoring his 14th and 15th goal of the season, dispatching Stoke at the weekend Leeds will have to be on top form if they are to extend their winning run to seven games.

We all know that Bielsa does not like changing a winning team, but certainly has the tools at his disposal should he wish to.

Influential midfielder Kelvin Phillips will return to the starting line up following his one match ban for racking up 5 yellow cards. Ben White will switch back to central defensive duties alongside Berardi.

It is not expected that Cooper will return from his calf strain he picked up in training last week

What changes would you make to the starting XI?

 

The obvious change(well to 99.99% of the fan base) will to put Phillips back in and put White back into defence, then the conundrum starts, he prefers Berardi there, which means moving Ayling back to RB but Dallas did nothing wrong there you could move him back to LB but Alioski had a great game scoring a wonderful goal. I think he may "rest" Dallas

 

Dallas could find himself as a man marker on Bowen.

 

Bielsa wasn't happy with our defending on Saturday so he'll definitely bring back Phillips to give us some composure between the edge of our box & the halfway line. We'll need KP to keep tabs on Jarrod Bowen too!

Hopefully Cooper is fit too, unsure of the severity of Coops current injury :duno:

 

I think you maybe right Ges

Difficult to omit Alioski with his energy, enthusiasm & our most likely defender to score a goal.

The return of just Phillips for Dallas would mean only one change in our set-up

 

Berardi will play cb if cooper is out.

He’s found a place for Dallas every game I recall. Logically if he wants an attacking line up he makes a choice between Dallas and Ali at left back. If he goes more conservative he drops Pablo or costa and plays Dallas.

Or he plays 3 at the back... white ayling berardi.

whichever the ‘droppables’ are Alioski costa Pablo based on recent history... but all have done well so logically it’s Dallas as the other alternative.

some of the others appear ‘undroppable’

 

What changes I’d make and what will happen are entirely different. You know Bielsa will play Ayling at RB and Dallas will move central midfield alongside Klich.

Personally I’d have two from three starting and one on the bench Alioski, Ayling, Dallas.

If Cooper isn’t ready Berardi will keep his place alongside White. I think this could be our hardest test of the season, a local derby against a fairly free scoring Hull team.

 

Courtesy of DMD on the Hull board


Cluedo was created in Leeds, as were jelly totts, by a man that went on to work for NASA, creating the space food.

Carl Marx wrote for two local newspapers.

The first maps of English and Welsh Counties were created in Leeds.

Temple Works was a flax mill. To control humidity they grew grass on the roof and grazed sheep up there to keep it short. Its appearance is based on the Temple of Horus in Egypt. When it was first built it was said to contain the biggest single room in the world.

Middleton Colliery railway is the world's oldest working railway.

The 'little nipper' spring loaded mouse trap was created in Leeds.

Sooty and Sweep were created in Leeds when chip shop famous Harry Ramsden's nephew Harry bought his son, Matthew Corbett a puppet from Blackpool.

Leeds is home to the most northern vineyard in England.

Dominic Cazaux changed his name to reflect the 91/92 championship winning side. Dominic now supports Arsenal.


The first moving picture was filmed in Leeds in 1888 by Louis Le Prince.

The record for the most people dressed as Sherlock Holmes was made in Leeds in 2014.

Benjamin Henry Latrobe designed the United States Capitol Building and The White House Portico.

Leeds is home to the tallest maypole in the UK.

 

Courtesy of DMD on the Hull board


Cluedo was created in Leeds, as were jelly totts, by a man that went on to work for NASA, creating the space food.

Carl Marx wrote for two local newspapers.

The first maps of English and Welsh Counties were created in Leeds.

Temple Works was a flax mill. To control humidity they grew grass on the roof and grazed sheep up there to keep it short. Its appearance is based on the Temple of Horus in Egypt. When it was first built it was said to contain the biggest single room in the world.

Middleton Colliery railway is the world's oldest working railway.

The 'little nipper' spring loaded mouse trap was created in Leeds.

Sooty and Sweep were created in Leeds when chip shop famous Harry Ramsden's nephew Harry bought his son, Matthew Corbett a puppet from Blackpool.

Leeds is home to the most northern vineyard in England.

Dominic Cazaux changed his name to reflect the 91/92 championship winning side. Dominic now supports Arsenal.


The first moving picture was filmed in Leeds in 1888 by Louis Le Prince.

The record for the most people dressed as Sherlock Holmes was made in Leeds in 2014.

Benjamin Henry Latrobe designed the United States Capitol Building and The White House Portico.

Leeds is home to the tallest maypole in the UK.

 

Evening Dutch

 

You looking forward to tomorrow, and could you lend us Bowen in January please?

 

I look forward to every day mate.

 

I wouldn't want to compete with DMD's information about Leeds just to point out that Amy Johnson was from Hull (Kingston Upon Hull) and interestingly was the first Woman to fly solo to Australia, which is about as far away from Hull as she could get

 

Basil Brush was from Hull

 

Ha Ha Ha! Boom! Boom!

2-0 to Leeds. Whatever happened to the score predictor?

 

Potentially tricky 1 tonight. They’re a bit Jekyll and Hyde but If there’s a side in this division set to cause us problems it’s probably them... Grosicki and Bowen (he looks far too good for this league) hitting us on the counter. Should keep us on our toes.

So hopefully we’ll be 4 up at half time to ease those nerves

 

I was hoping Kalvin Phillips would return rather than trying out an unknown like his cousin Kelvin.

Hull in reasonable form at moment, if not at our level, so I’m going for a narrow win 2-1.

We’ll stuff ‘em.

 

Don't you miss the days Gessa when you had players numbered 1 to 11 and one sub.

 

What nerves i am very confident of success against the tiggers.