Official Matchday Thread 29 – Leeds United vs Nottingham Forest; 4th Apr, 7:45pm

[Strummer]

Heartened to see that Leeds are doing their bit for inclusivity by giving a Furry the opportunity to be their mascot?

 

[chaospunx]

Could hinge on whether Gnonto is fit for Leeds. If he is I don't fancy our chances.

I really like Gnonto but we completely frustrated him at our place to the extent that he switched sides towards the end you could see how frustrated he was becoming

 

[JohnnyCarey]

This -- and pretty much everything for the rest of the season -- is going to come down to whether (and how quickly) Taiwo comes back in with full fitness and sharpness. We're not going to survive on a goal a game. If we play as we did on Saturday, we will create chances but we desperately need someone to take more of them. For all that Dennis gives us some good movement up front, his final ball is generally terrible. But if Taiwo is back up to speed, we can win this one.

 

[SparrowsAnus]

Yates out, Aurier 50/50. Other than that, as you were from Saturday.

 

[tomw94]

Navas
Aurier Felipe Niakhate Lodi
Mangala Freuler Danilo
Scarpa
Johnson MGW

Doubt Awoniyi and Kouyate are ready to start yet but I'd bring them on around the 60 minute mark to close out our 3-1 win. COYR!

Imagine the meltdown if Cooper plays this team -

Navas
Worrall Felipe Niakhate
Williams Freuler Shelvey Colback Toffolo
MGW Johnson

 

[Omar Devone Little]

I really like Gnonto but we completely frustrated him at our place to the extent that he switched sides towards the end you could see how frustrated he was becoming

Probably went to follow Neco to be fair...

 

[derbyshirered]

I think every team has 1 match a season where everything clicks. I think this will be our 1 match,decision making spot on,passes accurate and decisive,every flick,shot,header on target. To this end I'm going with a 4-1 win.

 

[Rockabilly]

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Back in the day.... if @Bonfy177 couldn't get a ticket for an away game, he'd often go in disguise in the home end.

 

[MASE]

I think every team has 1 match a season where everything clicks. I think this will be our 1 match,decision making spot on,passes accurate and decisive,every flick,shot,header on target. To this end I'm going with a 4-1 win.

Cheers for that.

Need a new cup of tea & keyboard.

 

[Bonfy177]

Took me old man to Leeds away back in 2008 or 2009, 1-1 night match we went in The Peacock for a few pints, coppers come in and shouted anyone from Nottingham out now …..father piped up I’m from Sunlun I’m going nee where ….he’d had a few the copper just laughed, fair play to the gendarmes that night.

 

[Cloughie1975]

I think every team has 1 match a season where everything clicks. I think this will be our 1 match,decision making spot on,passes accurate and decisive,every flick,shot,header on target. To this end I'm going with a 4-1 win.

Prefer 7-3 personally.

 

[chaospunx]

Probably went to follow Neco to be fair...

Possibly but he definitely wasn't happy bunny

 

[Bob D'Imsen]

I've never been to a match at Elland Road but find it quite a strange stadium to look at.

Sometimes, if I get the train up there from Donny to avail myself of the local tranvestite hookers, buy drugs, check out the thriving and rambunctious gay quarter or - less likely - work, I eye it up with a degree of suspicion and spit on the floor. 3 cow shed stands and that much bigger Jack Charlton stand which dwarfs the others.

It's an eyesore. An extremely ugly stadium.

 

[PynchonForest]

I think this may be a pivotal match for Cooper. If we lose, Marinakis may pull the trigger. Whether anyone in here likes this or not, it is getting to crunch time, and many other clubs (obviously) have decided enough is enough. I know the sentiments toward Cooper are very strong, but football is a business first and a family a distant second these days. We are on a run of seven without a win, and a few of those were games we should have taken three points from. It's not been pretty lately. Leeds are one of the teams we are shoulder to shoulder with. At some point we have to win one, and given how tough many of our upcoming fixtures are, this particular one may be the tipping point. I hope, for Cooper's sake, he can pull a big performance out of our guys.

 

[Cloughie1975]

I've never been to a match at Elland Road but find it quite a strange stadium to look at.

Sometimes, if I get the train up there from Donny to avail myself of the local tranvestite hookers, buy drugs, check out the thriving and rambunctious gay quarter or - less likely - work, I eye it up with a degree of suspicion and spit on the floor. 3 cow shed stands and that much bigger Jack Charlton stand which dwarfs the others.

It's an eyesore. An extremely ugly stadium.

If you think the stadium is ugly-you should see the fans.

 

[DapperDan]

My team would be:

Navas

Williams
Felipe
Niakhate
Lodi

Freuler
Mangala
Kouyate

Johnson
MGW
Awoniyi

Assuming Yates and Aurier are still injured

 

[YellowBelly Red]

Robert Jones is the ref for this one. Last seen with us, in the reverse fixture a few weeks ago.

 

[Cloughie1975]

My favourite trip to Elland Road has to be the League Cup semi-final 1st leg in 1978-where a 3-1 win
put us on the brink of Wembley for the first time in 19 years.
A great night.

 

[Annesleyred]

3-0 up at half time and all the home crowd go home and watch Kes again

 

[Shearstone]

No Yates again.

 

[OLDMANRED]

My favourite trip to Elland Road has to be the League Cup semi-final 1st leg in 1978-where a 3-1 win
put us on the brink of Wembley for the first time in 19 years.
A great night.

And the mutterings from the Leeds fans as we walked back to the car. Fkin hell, why didn't we keep him as manager

 

[Cloughie1975]

And the mutterings from the Leeds fans as we walked back to the car. Fkin hell, why didn't we keep him as manager

Yes-I reckon Cloughie must have enjoyed that game

 

[Captain Sinister]

Let us simply take things one game at a time and quit fretting about staying up or going down or Cooper to be sacked or not.
We will win.
My pre-match routines continue to be binned.
Instead of reading every pre-match post, watching every podcast and pre-match news conference I shall be strolling around the Nottingham City Centre streets and shops, probably including Nottingham Hi Fi, before having a pre-concert meal and then going to Rock City to see the Damned.
Ok won’t be listening to the radio commentary, nor checking for score updates.
The Forest team, reading this post, will deliberately go out and win by several goals to nil to make me regret my actions.
I am not even going to say Come on you Reds.

 

[Cloughie1975]

Let us simply take things one game at a time and quit fretting about staying up or going down or Cooper to be sacked or not.
We will win.
My pre-match routines continue to be binned.
Instead of reading every pre-match post, watching every podcast and pre-match news conference I shall be strolling around the Nottingham City Centre streets and shops, probably including Nottingham Hi Fi, before having a pre-concert meal and then going to Rock City to see the Damned.
Ok won’t be listening to the radio commentary, nor checking for score updates.
The Forest team, reading this post, will deliberately go out and win by several goals to nil to make me regret my actions.
I am not even going to say Come on you Reds.

Clearly an omen,Captain-you seeing the Damned and Forest beating the Damned United.

 

[Project Zeus]

I've had a tenner on a Forest win for the Everton, Newcastle and Wolves games, and lost my money each time.

I've decided to switch this strategy up and apply my curse in reverse - I will now be betting against Forest each week. I'll either be a millionaire by Christmas or we'll be Champions.

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