Match Thread Leeds 1-0 Everton, Mon 18 Aug, 8.00pm

[Ged G]

5-0 to us and straight to the top of the league on goal difference.

Why the pessimism, why the negativity? Surely 6-0

 

[Kirkles]

Who starts on the right tomorrow, Mcneil or Charly ? I reckon he'll start with KDH , Gana and Garner in the middle.

 

[Ged G]

Not Yorkshire tea then?

I've always found this Yorkshire tea thing strange. Tea doesn't grow there. It must be from India or Sri Lanka, possibly Africa?

 

[Ged G]

We`re a bit weak there on the left of the back four, but apart from that I`d be happy to see that line up, particularly that we have someone who could come off the bench and give our attack a bit of fresh legs towards the end. I just hope we can get our noses in front in the first 2 minutes. Leeds will want a win at home on the opening day and will probably leave themselves wide open at the back. Its great playing on the Monday night as you can enjoy a feast of football over the weekend, sit down at 8 o`clock on a Monday night, feet up, can of ale at the ready, some snacks within easy reach, and by twenty past you`re wondering what you did wrong in life when we go 2 behind.

Or wonder how great life is when we go 2 up...

 

[Bryan+]

1-1

 

[Verbal Kint]

Pickford
O'Brien Tarkowski Keane Mykolenko
Gana Garner
Ndiaye Dewsbury-Hall Grealish
Beto

Travers, Coleman, Anzou, Iroegbunam, Armstrong, Alcaraz, McNeil, Barry, Chermiti

We've got a good XI and good options off the bench for this one.

Grealish is hardly fit enough to start, Mykolenko has some miraculous healing powers we've seen that but surely he can't even shake off a hamstring strain that quickly.

My guess is Charly and Anzou will start instead of them

 

[Marcus Kendall]

I've always found this Yorkshire tea thing strange. Tea doesn't grow there. It must be from India or Sri Lanka, possibly Africa?

Africa and India according to my Google search so yes Yorkshire tea is a fraud

 

[BainesontoastNEW]

India used to be a British colony. I'd imagine somewhere down the line someone from Yorkshire has been to India and the phrase has come about?

 

[Hickson9]

Grealish is hardly fit enough to start, Mykolenko has some miraculous healing powers we've seen that but surely he can't even shake off a hamstring strain that quickly.

My guess is Charly and Anzou will start instead of them

We shall see. I think he will throw him straight in and bring him off if needs be.

He looks in fantastic shape.

 

[Verbal Kint]

We shall see. I think he will throw him straight in and bring him off if needs be.

He looks in fantastic shape.

To quote our former beloved manager is he grass fit or just fit.....

 

[Sharpattack]

McNeil shouldn’t even be on the bench. If Keane or Garner start, we’ll lose. If they both start we’ll get hammered. Just can’t see how we score.

 

[Number_25]

7-0.

Pickford opening the scoring with a neat overhead kick 30 seconds in. Michael Keane getting his hattrick before half time.

Everton get 4 players sent off at half time for giving the Leeds boys a (well deserved) slap.

We struggle to play in the second half and only score 3.

Away fans boo, and the Americans give us a billion quid to spend.

 

[Hickson9]

McNeil shouldn’t even be on the bench. If Keane or Garner start, we’ll lose. If they both start we’ll get hammered. Just can’t see how we score.

Rather hysterical.

They both started in our last two away Premier League fixtures and we won both.

 

[Ian]

Big danger here isn't the result; it's the chance of major injuries. We've got a couple of players who might just have recovered in time so need to be careful and Leeds are a dirty team who've added some more dirty players this summer. Expect a few horrendous challenges on our lads here.

 

[zebedee]

Coming away with a point isn't too bad. Probably one of the worst 1st games we could have had outside the top4