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

[Rita_Poon]

Poor performance
Poor decision for the pen
Poor result

Lots of work to do for the recruitment team and David Moyes.

echo.

 

[matty1878]

Sure we will be fine.

But we could all see in preseason how we weren't ready.

we could, things need to be addressed

but fans after one game saying the seasons over are embarrassing

 

[Zeke]

Beto looked so uninterested which is not like him…he might not be great technically but normally he gives it his all…not tonight it seems…odd!!

 

[Preki]

No mate. You absolutely cannot give Moyes a pass here. He should be setting these up MUCH better than what he did tonight, injuries or not.

I'm not, he's had these players and should be getting more out of them.

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

We're in a relegation battle! There, I've said it.

Nah, but we have left it to late with the transfers. But losing three points in the road isn’t going to make much of a difference.

 

[Sadken]

Not surprised, this club has always been crap and will always continue to be crap.

Next year it will be 5 year since we won and opening game in the Premier League.

New stadium means Jack if you are plying like that and getting beat so comfortably, debate the penalty all you want but if you are letting teams have 20 odd shots on your goal you are asking for trouble.

Got what we deserved at the end of the day.

NSNO

I have just read that we haven't won a game in August in the prem for the last four years, something is wrong at this club .

 

[Toffe3m4n]

I think this season might be a worry.

After one game mate? nowhere near a great sample size that, as has been the case for a good few years now.

 

[DualityNSNO]

I can’t remember having ever praised Moyes for a transfer. Happy to credit him for what he can get out of some players.

The ‘everything wrong’ shout is massive hyperbole, and I couldn’t disagree more about the ‘pen is a pen’ shout. Where is he supposed to put his arms?

Maybe you don’t, but history shows he got/gets praised for a lot of transfers, whether you did personally or not

Is it? So we had to play Beto for the full game, or a hilariously right sided midfielder at left back, leaving McNeil on the bench despite him basically playing there in the past? Or maybe playing our only box to box midfielder in KDH behind Beto, chasing shadows, and playing Tim as a box to box, who is atrocious on the ball? Small things but those add up - we had no full backs and no width from there and they abused it very obviously. Playing 2 #10s on the wings is the only thing he could do nothing about as we dillydallied on the transfers for ages.

He’s supposed to not put them in front of the ball, as he threw himself at it which was a risk. I say it again - if one of their defenders did it and we didn’t get a pen we’d cry for a week straight.

 

[banno]

Awful display especially 1st half. 2nd half a lot better but why? Can't afford to start games off slow or we will be out of games before we can get going. Today we were lucky to go into the 2nd half even. We need signings in before a season starts and that was evident tonight. We didn't have one player that stood out for us but unfortunately we had a player that looked out of depth. He was so slllloooooowwwww reaction wise he was so sllllloooooowwww on the ball. Jake you had a total stinker tonight at right back. We have to get back on track quickly as Moyes hasn't got Kenwright as chairman now so he hasn't got the protection of yesteryear. He has to be careful.

PS. Never a pen

 

[brittcop1]

5 or 6 new players needed?

Nah. I think we need to go back to the manager's previous assessment: 8 or 9.

Whats the point? We will only hear they are not PL ready or didnt look good in training anyway.

 

[mahermi1]

I'm not usually one to go down the whole blaming the referee scenario, and in reality our performance hasn't helped, but my god he was awful.

Kavanagh always has been especially against us.

 

[JohnRoss23]

Could not have scripted it better, VAR judges rule in favour of the home team in their newly promotion parade. EPL entertainment victory.

Yeah they needed VAR and they got it. Think we walk away with a point. They weren’t anywhere near as impressive as Sunderland was Saturday.

 

[bluejohn66]

Well ... Pre Season Didn't Lie !!!

 

[Ragnar]

I’m not even bothered about the handball. I’m bothered how we approached this game. It’s Leeds FFS, and we had more than enough quality to beat them. Beto did absolutely nothing all game and stayed on the pitch. Absolute joke.

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

Multiple times there he was dragged out n looked like a dog chasing a ball

I like dogs chasing balls!