[Football] The three promoted teams

Bry Nylon · Sep 20, 2020

...have conceded 22 goals between them after the second round of fixtures :ohmy:

This season could see some record high numbers in the 'goals against' column at this rate.

Springal · Sep 20, 2020

Leeds certainly providing entertainment to the (armchair) PL fans

lawros left foot · Sep 20, 2020

Backed al three to return to the Championship.
Leeds look good going forward, but, they just can’t defend, they won’t outscore enough seasoned PL teams to negate their awful defence. Even Fulham put 3 past them.

Worried Man Blues · Sep 20, 2020

Early days...................... the top three of the Chump > Luton Reading Bournmuff that will not last I hope, three of my most desirable for relegation!

Sheebo · Sep 20, 2020

Pretty sure Leeds will have enough to stay up but believe they’ve spent a lot of money compared to them other 2. Admittedly they needed to, as without Ben White Leeds’ probably had the worst squad out the 3, he was that big a player for them.

peterward · Sep 20, 2020

sheebo said:
Pretty sure Leeds will have enough to stay up but believe they’ve spent a lot of money compared to them other 2. Admittedly they needed to, as without Ben White Leeds’ probably had the worst squad out the 3, he was that big a player for them.

So far....and it's very very early, but Rodrigo looks bang average. Certainly not 36 million + 100kpw

Perkino · Sep 20, 2020

All look leaky and I expect to finish above all 3 of them

Herr Tubthumper · Sep 20, 2020

lawros left foot said:
they just can’t defend.

What they need is a really good defender then.

fly high · Sep 20, 2020

Looks like Leeds have the same philosophy as Worzel's Blackpool, didn't work for him.

blue-shifted · Sep 20, 2020

lawros left foot said:
Backed al three to return to the Championship.
Leeds look good going forward, but, they just can’t defend, they won’t outscore enough seasoned PL teams to negate their awful defence. Even Fulham put 3 past them.

It's not the worst bet in the world, what odds was that?

*Gullsworth* · Sep 20, 2020

lawros left foot said:
Backed al three to return to the Championship.
Leeds look good going forward, but, they just can’t defend, they won’t outscore enough seasoned PL teams to negate their awful defence. Even Fulham put 3 past them.

I would imagine Leeds opening game against Liverpool would have been even more of a disaster had Liverpool hit form!

Mellotron · Sep 20, 2020

Leeds remind me of Huddersfield. Might last a season with this ludicrously gung-ho style but utterly ****ed if they stop scoring at any point. Their defence is dreadful.

lawros left foot · Sep 20, 2020

blue-shifted said:
It's not the worst bet in the world, what odds was that?

9/1

lawros left foot · Sep 20, 2020

*Gullsworth* said:
I would imagine Leeds opening game against Liverpool would have been even more of a disaster had Liverpool hit form!

I think Liverpool had forgotten how to defend in that game.

gazingdown · Sep 20, 2020

Apparently Bielsa “made” White, so surely he can “make” another couple of CBs, surely?

Quite often teams come up and either
a) Crap because they haven’t strengthened or simply aren’t that good.
b) Do well as other teams don’t “know” them, then other clubs “figure them out” and they start struggling - often this comes in 2nd season (arguably with Hughton too) and they start to struggle - I suspect this will happen to Sheffield Utd. Then it’s down to these clubs to recruit well with good management and how good the coach really actually is..

Pavilionaire · Sep 20, 2020

The promoted 3 all lack quality in defence. I'm confident Fulham and WBA will go down, but there is always one side you wouldn't expect who gets sucked in. Could be Burnley, West Ham, Sheff Utd, Newcastle, Southampton. Right now I feel confident we have enough quality to achieve our highest Prem finish.

Deportivo Seagull · Sep 20, 2020

Pavilionaire said:
The promoted 3 all lack quality in defence. I'm confident Fulham and WBA will go down, but there is always one side you wouldn't expect who gets sucked in. Could be Burnley, West Ham, Sheff Utd, Newcastle, Southampton. Right now I feel confident we have enough quality to achieve our highest Prem finish.

Teams that stay up have very solid defences. The problem for free scoring teams that get promoted is that their defences are never tested until the first game in the premier. By then it’s too late.

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peterward · Sep 20, 2020

Herr Tubthumper said:
What they need is a really good defender then.

do we have any #Free?

rogersix · Sep 20, 2020

peterward said:
do we have any #Free?

roberts?

but not free

peterward · Sep 20, 2020

Mellotron said:
Leeds remind me of Huddersfield. Might last a season with this ludicrously gung-ho style but utterly ****ed if they stop scoring at any point. Their defence is dreadful.

Bielsa says he wont stay beyond this season as well, so even if they survive this year.....there's always next.

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