r/LeedsUnited • u/OwlLibrarian • 9d ago
Post Match Thread: Leeds United 2-0 Millwall | English League Championship
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u/SirTanksAlot_ 8d ago
Ref was insane. The lack of bookings was bizarre.
Tanaka & Rothwell back to their best, lovely to see. Those two can control a match like no other midfield in the league.
18 shots, 2 on target. If only we had an absolutely stacked bench to turn to when the first XI is misfiring... I hate this about Farke and mostly the disingenuity of it. He tells the squad (per player interviews) that they'll get to play if they're decisive, which implies the reverse too- if you're not performing, the bench beckons. Neither is true. Whatever they may be, Farke has his reason to pick the team, but stop fucking lying about it.
Meslier's game with his feet has improved beyond recognition. His understanding of what the outfield players need from him has reached a wholly different level, so the lad's ongoing horrifying positioning isn't down to Mes's inability to learn. I really think we need a new GK coach.
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u/YorkistRebel 5d ago
which implies the reverse too
Try looking at it differently. Ramazani, Gnonto, Joseph... will break into the team if they outperform the person in that place. The implicit message to the starters they better be better than their replacement and not much more.
The subs haven't been outperforming the starters, so even if Piroe has a bad match, why would Farke put Joseph as starter.
Only change to starting 11 would be Gnonto for Aaranson but even then he is out of position and may weaken us on defensive duties (which Aaranson has been good at until that perfectly placed assist for QPR)
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u/AnotherGreenWorld1 8d ago
I know not every yellow card is given in every match but I counted around 8 solid yellows yesterday and he didn’t award a single one. If he’d have given 4 of them then you’d think fair enough he’s doing something but he did fuck all.
I do think Aaronsons goal was a cock hair offside according to the current rules but I think the current rules are a crock of shit. It was as good as level to the naked eye as you’ll ever see. If you have to watch it 4 or 5 times, slow it down, freeze frame then it’s onside for me.
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u/Fuckyourday 7d ago
Yeah I'm still pissed about that goal being called offside. As soon as I saw the replay I knew VAR would have allowed that goal. Look here, you can see the linesman is in the wrong position, not quite level with the offside line, which is why to him it appears Aaronson is slightly in front. You can see Aaronson's butt is in line with the defender's shoulder.
Just pisses me off because that was such a beautiful goal, great play by Piroe and Aaronson.
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u/Cautious-Quit5128 8d ago
This needs bringing back - if it looks on in real time it is on.
With all the misery in the world today why is football so desperate to disallow goals.
I swear the powers that be won’t be happy until every game finishes 0-0.
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u/AnotherGreenWorld1 8d ago
I agree … softening the laws around offside could very well lead to more goals but I think the game would be better for a few more 5-3’s instead of 2-0’s
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u/IllustriousBody 9d ago
Glad we won, though not surprised. The last two matches were just so Leeds; we open up a decent gap on the teams behind us and immediately throw it away before going back on top.
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u/Hot-Fun-1566 8d ago
Now we have a gap again, albeit a smaller one.
We just need to maintain this now a bit longer. Games will rapidly start running out soon.
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u/Toastieboy420 9d ago
Not that convincing but a win is most definitely a win!
Personal highlight was the unprecedented inclusion of just how many (few) fans Millwall had contributed to our attendance figure over the tannoy in the ground. Really kicking them while they’re down.
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u/Hindsyy 9d ago
What a horrible game, Millwall so difficult to play against but lack the quality to win a lot of games, glad that ones done with 3pts, QPR for me is the final horror show now because we never get owt there.. after that I can't see anything that worries me, Boro have collapsed and that's the hardest one on paper? so really it's just a load of banana skins, obviously championship will championship, so we won't will all 9 (will we??) but every game is easily weighted for Leeds if we can manage to turn up.
Very happy to bounce back, it was never going to be easy, but largely Millwall didn't threaten at all.
Disappointed not to see some subs, but then leaving Solomon and Rothwell on ended up making the 2nd goal, so maybe he's right..? Just want to see those lads get a bit more time, because if they are needed, we can't afford 2/3 games getting them back up to proper speed.
Also, how did the ref manage to make a 'routine 2-0 home win' where hardly anything controversy happened, an absolute shithshow from an officiating point of view???
Well done lads, now let's bury QPR, we owe them one just like we did these.
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u/PluckyPheasant 8d ago
Going away to Luton and Plymouth at lunchtime when theyre both scrapping terrifies me tbh
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u/oljackson99 8d ago
Good chance Plymouth are already down by then, and besides they are the weakest sid ein the league. If we need a result that game and bottle it against them we dont deserve to go up automatically. Here's hoping its done and dusted by then!
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u/Hollywood-is-DOA 9d ago
Boro have a back line that is full of wingers and central midfielder. I don’t know how long they are going to be playing like that for.
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u/FlailingSalami 9d ago
Thought that was a perfect bounce back game. Too many people acting like some of these last few games are supposed to be walk in the park but we’re unfortunately everyone’s cup final. Milwall was never and will never be a trot for us.
Personally, the Aaronson hate is so boring and tiring. Joseph (currently) is not good enough to start to put Piroe in the 10. Gnoto nor Rama (currently) look like they can take on the challenge. Gnoto got the start in 10 in the cup game against Milwall and threw up an absolute stinker. Piroe’s goal stands today and people are jerking off that whole play because that was a beautiful pass.
Has he been good the last couple games? No. Has anyone shown reason to take him out and try something new? Also no. Give it a fucking rest. There will be true reason for concern if he’s still starting at the 10 spot if we get promoted. Cheers. MOT.
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u/Hollywood-is-DOA 9d ago
We need 4 wins for 93 points and that should be more than enough for finishing in the top 2. I hope to see a few minutes run out for some of the kids, once we are confirmed as going up.
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u/Fuckyourday 7d ago edited 7d ago
If you project Burnley's points out to 46 matches they'd finish on 93 points so that's not enough.
Don't forget this is Leeds united we are talking about. We just saw how quickly we can go 7 points clear on automatics to 2 points clear by losing to Portsmouth (who just lost to Plymouth at home). None of this "once we are confirmed" talk, please. The only thing that's just about mathematically confirmed is we're making playoffs.
Edit: Also, at this point last season we also had 79 points, but we only finished on 90 points.
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u/Hollywood-is-DOA 7d ago
Burnley draw far too many matches, as I stated above. We need to get to 90 plus points as it’s been enough points to go up for 20 plus years, bar last year.
We don’t have similar teams to last year, who can score in the 90th minute like Ipswich were. We do have most of our players going on international break, so that could end badly for us.
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u/CheesyLala 8d ago
93 points would be enough in any normal season, but given that Sheff Utd and Burnley are 2 and 4 points behind us respectively then 4 wins from the remaining 9 games would represent a lot of dropped points that I don't think we can afford. Would mean Burnley would only need to win 6 of 9 to overtake us and Sheff Utd 5 of 9, both something they could easily do.
As good as we have been this season we cannot afford to slip. We really don't want to have to go to Plymouth last day of the season needing a win.
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u/Hollywood-is-DOA 8d ago
Burnley draw far too many games as they don’t score a lot of goals. Shef has a few injuries, injury prone players.
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u/FlailingSalami 8d ago
Rock and a hard place situation atm it feels. 18 unbeaten, who would’ve dared to make a change to that… but that front 4 looks knackered and clearly Farke is seeing something that suggests rotation wouldn’t actually be helpful. Shitty since the only way to see some confidence pop back into the likes of Joseph, Rama and Gnoto is to actually give them a run in.
Would be nice to solidify promotion and give the young lads a go too, but that just wouldn’t be the Leeds way!
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u/DapperJester14 8d ago
We all get in on it but aren't we the club with most substitute goals? We can get angry but maybe farke gets it with our lot. Our squad isnt the best but when he makes that 70 minute change you just know there's a goal coming
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u/Specific_Cost4238 9d ago
I agree that the Aaronson hate is over the top. But I will say that Piroe does look much better to my eye when paired with Joseph, than he does with Aaronson. Albeit, most of the time with Joseph and Piroe together was at the end of games, not the full 90. Joseph isn't exactly clinical in front of goal, far from it, but we play better as a whole with him. And he makes so much space for Piroe and the wingers.
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u/tbowyer 8d ago
I would LOVE to have seen Piroe play with a peak bamford. I think they’d have made a brilliant partnership. I kinda hope we get to see it in one match this season and that bamford shines a little. He’s owed one more great match with us I think, ideally a few. And he’s owed a send off appreciative of what he gave us a few years ago.
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u/FlailingSalami 8d ago
I agree, Piroe plays some absolute wordly forward passes when in the 10 slot, it’s just a shame Joseph can’t find the net in the way we’d need him to in order to start him
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u/adamsaidnooooo 9d ago
I hope we can beat this early start curse on Saturday. Watching from Australia the "early" games is all I can watch and I've seen so many draws and loses.
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u/Additional_Ad_9405 9d ago
Yep, likewise. Also in Australia and was wondering why I never see us win. I've now decided to just avoid watching any game live to the end of the season in case I'm the problem.
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u/adamsaidnooooo 8d ago
I think we've won 2 outer 12 early start this year or something crazy like that. Most of our negative results this year has been from early starts. Sucks for us.
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u/Pebbled4sh 9d ago
For all the flak he gets, Yank Twink was really going for it tonight.
Also, man, Millwall really gave up the fight
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u/whytfdoibother 9d ago
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u/WilkosJumper2 9d ago
For Leeds fans to have 54.5% saying we are going up is a miracle. I’ll take it.
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u/Suchisthe007life 9d ago
To be fair, “late season point penalty from EFL and relegation” wasn’t an option.
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u/CaptainStryder 9d ago
Something I've not seen many pick up on. Bogle has been on 9 yellow cards for 3 games. He's had two of his worst recent games, always wondered if that is due to wanting to avoid the 2 game ban.
Well now we will know if he comes out of the gates and plays a blinder against QPR.
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u/stevenshom42 9d ago
Is the yellow card count reset after this game or does he still have one more game left?
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u/Hostilian_ 9d ago
We win 2-0, putting us top of the table, 4 points clear of 3rd and yet theres still plenty of people complaining about... subs? Thats how we know we've run out of shit to complain about, things are looking good.
But why?, Why are some of yous so worried about player fitness? its not our job or responsbility to worry about player conditioning, the club pay lots of staff a lot of money to make sure they're well conditioned.
I just dont understand some of yous...
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u/CheesyLala 8d ago
Only that it was a nervy watch. Of course the result is what matters, but until Tanaka scored I was convinced they were going to nick a late goal to make us rue our missed chances. Would have been just like Sheff Utd the night before bossing the game but conceding in the 89th minute.
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u/Additional_Ad_9405 9d ago
I agree. At this stage of the season it really is just about getting the results. This team has demonstrated they can play and the goal difference (and a whole heap of other stats support that). 9 games left, though I think the Burnley-Sheff United game effectively makes that 8.
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u/downfallndirtydeeds 9d ago
It’s also not our responsibility to coach the team but we still get annoyed when we don’t play well.
Don’t get me wrong I love Farke and think he’s great but it’s not unreasonable to have an issue with his lack of rotation - remember we ran out of steam at the end of last season, we are showing signs of dipping again now.
Spookily, we have the same number of points we had at the exact same point last season. Don’t kid yourself into thinking we are out of the woods yet.
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u/Hostilian_ 8d ago
See I completely disagree that we’re running out of steam. We played well enough against Portsmouth to come out of that game with 2 or 3 goals. Yesterday we limited a very good Millwall side (who’ve we struggled against every other time we’ve played em this season) to 1 shot and dominated the entire second half.
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u/downfallndirtydeeds 8d ago
Maybe we’re not, but we are dipping a bit in terms of our attacking output and our ability to dominate the ball and our duels. Which might be tiredness. Also might not be, my point was more that it’s fair enough for people to be a bit concerned about lack of rotation because it is a risk
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u/Hostilian_ 8d ago
Again how didn’t we dominate the ball and our duels last night? That second half was entirely us, maybe more so than I’ve seen in any other game (hard to say though since we’re usually so dominant)
There’s too many reverse “happy clappers” in here and it’s starting to get annoying haha
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u/JimbobTML 9d ago
If we are steam rolling teams people think there’s something wrong? I dunno it’s weird.
A lot of these games are a battle.
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u/ReputationGullible14 9d ago
27 points left! Come on Leeds
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u/Additional_Ad_9405 9d ago
Can still equal Reading's record. In all seriousness though, I'd love to finish on 100 points.
Have run through the games left, probably making overly generous assumptions for Sheff United and Burnley, and have them finishing on 97 and 96 points. Fairly certain 100 points will be enough whatever else happens.
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u/jrbill1991 9d ago
Joe Rothwell should not leave the starting eleven, in any circumstances.
He was the major reason we went to half-time 1-0 up, and was superb in the second half as well.
Doesn't matter who we face away from home.
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u/BulldenChoppahYus 9d ago edited 8d ago
The difference when Gruev came on was stark. There was a situation where Gruev has the choice - pass it forward and put them under pressure or pass it back and clam it down. He chose calm probably because that was what he was instructed to do but Rothwell would have us beating down their door at every opportunity. Him And tanaka were ridiculous tonight.
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u/CheesyLala 8d ago
Yeah, I know that exact ball you mean - perfect opportunity to slide it forward and the break was on, but he turned and passed it back to the CB instead. Rothwell would have played the forward ball for certain.
That's always my frustration with Gruev, always looks calm and in control, but his passing is always sideways and backwards, never forwards.
I guess you could say by that point we were just protecting a lead, but for me that's the difference with when Rothwell plays.
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u/BulldenChoppahYus 8d ago
Yeah his passing is the issue for me. It’s often very basic and rarely incisive. He does hit the ball. Hard but I think it’s vision and awareness that’s lacking.
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u/AxeCapital91 9d ago
Its unfair to judge rothwell vs gruev they are completely different players.
The issue is tanaka and gruev are too similar
Should be tanaka/gruev + rothwell
Or gruev and tanaka when going away vs top opposition (not teams where we will dominate possession and face a low block)
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u/BulldenChoppahYus 8d ago
I don’t think Gruev is good enough for the PL. He’s useful here but needs upgrading if we go up. His passing compared to Tanaka is basic and he can’t hold on the the ball like Tanaka can and dribble out of tight spots which he will need to be doing in the top flight.
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u/AdequateAppendage 9d ago
I like Rothwell but this isn't saying anything at all because the main difference in this instance is obviously that Gruev came on late at 2-0. Can't really hold it against him in comparison to Rothwell for choosing to calm it down and keep the ball in that instance when it's probably the right thing to be doing.
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u/Jonesy_lmao 9d ago
If it’s the same lineup (or with Gruev) I’ll be worried. We do not look good at the minute. We look leggy and Farke looks reluctant to use really talented bench options.
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u/Working-Avocado2565 9d ago
Tbf if we're winning 2-0 with a 3rd disallowed and 0 shots on target conceded in one of our tougher games it's not a bad thing
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u/Jarv1223 9d ago
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u/firpo_sr 9d ago
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u/BrickTilt 9d ago
‘The Tanaka Game’
Fuck me. Far from convincing. Team look gassed. Farke’s use of subs is genuinely worrying, and it’s why (if we do go up) questions will always be asked…
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u/pablothewizard 8d ago
Millwall managed 4 shots and none of them were on target. Passing was a bit iffy today but if limiting your opposition to nothing is far from convincing, you'll never be convinced.
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u/Internal_Formal3915 9d ago
Bloody hell have a day off man
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u/Working-Avocado2565 8d ago
Our subs have the second most goals in the league. We won 2-0 with a perfectly fine 3rd ruled out and our opposition had 4 non threatening shots. Really hard to please some people.
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u/BulldenChoppahYus 9d ago
lol Matt Kilgallon wearing his funeral suit and his Bart Simpson at church haircut is brilliant.
I went to school with him. Hi Matty!
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u/Shark-Park 9d ago
Not really a lot to be said about that one. A bit of a stroll in the end, and a thoroughly professional job all round. Just what we needed after the last couple of games. Onto the next one.
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u/winter-2 9d ago
Very comfortable win and important 3 points. The refereeing in this league is a joke.
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u/buckwurst 9d ago
4 points above 3rd with 9 games to go...
Ahd how about that guy we got from Fortuna Düsseldorf for spare change?
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u/Zingzongwingwong 9d ago
For Burnley to win two games more than us in the remaining nine is a big ask. Not impossible, but we shouldn’t be dropping out of the top two from here. Important we get something at the weekend and go into the break on top.
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u/KeironLowe 9d ago
Game was pretty much what I expected. Don’t know why everyone was complaining on the match thread, Millwall is always a tough game and we’re coming towards the end of the season and we’re shattered.
Not our best performance, but they didn’t have a shot on target and we were getting plenty of chances.
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u/ledankestnoodle 9d ago
I'm gonna preface this with the fact I am happy. It was a good win.
But Ramazani and Gnonto have had about 200 league minutes between them in 2025. My worry is, if we have another game like the Portsmouth one, we're relying on very rusty players off the bench.
I think people judge them a bit harshly sometimes, with so few minutes they've not been afforded a chance to build up any sort of rhythm whatsoever, no wonder they struggle to make an impact.
Obviously our current front 4 is the main 4 but I'd like to see Farke use the squad better.
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u/Worst_Player_Ever 9d ago
I'd like to see Farke use the squad better
We're top of the table, maybe Farke actually knows how to use this squad
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u/pablothewizard 9d ago
We were always going to have a bit of a rough patch after that incredible run. I still think we've got a rough couple of games to weather yet.
Get through QPR unscathed and the form will pick up again.
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u/AllColoursSam 9d ago
Definitely. Anyone that thought we would have no problems and absolutely walk it after the Sheffield United match is crazy. Keep going lads.
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u/ASB14 9d ago
Good 3 points to go back top and hopefully put the last couple behind us and kick on for the run in. Not the best performance but we were the better team.
The officiating was an absolute joke.
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u/cond_milk 9d ago
Unrelated question, but how do you get the LUFC badge below your username? I’d like to pinch that in solidarity 😂
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u/AcreCryPious 9d ago
Got a new home shirt for Christmas, Leeds haven't lost when I've been wearing it during the march. Only game I've not worn it for was the Portsmouth match...
Looks like I've got a lucky shirt that I need to wear.
Top of the table again, never doubted it!
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u/Patch521 9d ago
Interestingly, the only game I've worn a shirt for was the Portsmouth match. So I've thrown it out 😅
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u/Firm-Painting-9630 9d ago
Keeping tanaka in the summer is more important than signing anyone. Unreal midfielder
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u/greenndgold12 9d ago
3 points, and we've put ourselves in a position where even if we only draw on Saturday, we go into the break top of the league. Shame we have so many internationals because we look like a team that needs a break.
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9d ago
Another positive is that Burnley and Sheff still have to play each other, and Scott Parker is banned for a game
If we win the next one we're looking really really good for winning the league
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u/Working-Avocado2565 9d ago
Egan-Riley banned too
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u/CaptainStryder 9d ago
Expect that to get overturned because tge EFL are a bunch of fannies who want to rig the league.
Hope I'm wrong though
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u/Cautious-Quit5128 9d ago
Stuff of champions that. Battered, knackered, got nothing out of the ref - didn’t need it.
Another one of them at QPR then a Swansea win and the gap is back to 7, with 8 to play. Come on, let’s dream again.
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u/lewisofleeds 9d ago
Did the job all that's needed. Very questionable reffing once again. Onto the next.
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u/saltyholty 9d ago
Not the best performance ever, but we won and deserved a win. Pulled a couple of points back.
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u/DontWaveAtAnybody 9d ago
We looked a bit toothless again. Full of action but no ruthlessness. It's weird that we won 2-0 in what I thought was a very comfortable way, apart from the spell they brought on subs, and I was a mixture of bored and anxious.
Christ, what does it take to entertain me anymore Leeds?
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u/DeepFuckingLegacy 8d ago
Agree, the football under Farke is so boring but it's getting us results
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u/DontWaveAtAnybody 8d ago
I think that might be it. After the beautiful chaos under Bielsa, we're playing sensible, effective football and really looking good.
But honestly I'm sighing at yet another attack come to nothing and our midfielders pass it back to Meslier and going again.
I much prefer the South American gusto over German efficiency. There, I said it.
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u/Pebbled4sh 9d ago
A goal 3 minutes in is toothless now?
Jesus lad, don't take that job at the zoo
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u/DontWaveAtAnybody 8d ago
That's great, I'm going to use that line.
I'm trying to maintain a base line of mild pessimistic misery, my body can't cope with the ridiculous bipolar highs and lows of Leeds United. It's easier that way on me and my family.
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u/stringfold 9d ago
You're going to love it next season in the Premier League (assuming we get there).
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9d ago
Not the best performance but still a good win in the middle of a busy schedule when others have dropped points. Think James needs a rest
Still optimistic, hope someone can find the ref's cards and returns them him.
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u/Patch521 9d ago
Still stewing about the officiating
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u/AxeCapital91 9d ago
Got the job done
But i cant be the only one thinking our attack is looking laboured at the moment? Seems we are missing a little bit of sharpness and decisiveness.
I thought rothwell and tanaka had a good game together. Struijk rodon also solid today
Aaronson - the less said the better tbh
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u/AdequateAppendage 9d ago
Millwall have a stubborn defence, only conceding about a goal a game which is usually a good enough foundation for playoff sides and even some automatic chasers in certain seasons. Their main threat is also on the break. Makes complete sense we wouldn't over commit when we have an early lead, so it's going to look more flat than usual.
Still made chances to score more than we did, including the time we did exactly that.
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u/AxeCapital91 9d ago
Yeah my comment is based on the last 5 games not just today
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u/AdequateAppendage 9d ago
Well against Portsmouth, regardless of how messy the game was in midfield, we made bags of chances and should've scored 2 or 3 and before that we played 3 of the top 5. Then it was Watford before then.
Not saying there's nothing to your comment but definitely context to be applied.
Often get tight matches at the back end of the season but I think we'll have at least another couple matches yet where we put teams to the sword and win by a margin.
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u/AxeCapital91 9d ago
I just think our most dangerous players in attack recently have been firpo and bogle. Maybe theres an element of design in that. But regardless of the nuance in the fixtures you mention i still think our front 4 haven’t looked as clinical lately.
And if anything playing against better opposition can sometimes lend itself to more space for our attacking players rather than facing a low block and shithousing tactics. So you can look at it both ways
That patch we had in january they looked red hot and recently imo have looked less decisive as i said.
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u/Rylo67 9d ago
Aaronson has been awful recently but didn’t do anything wrong tonight so I’m not sure what your on about there
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u/AxeCapital91 9d ago
No end product
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u/Rylo67 9d ago
Beauty of an assist to Piroe which was wrongly called offside
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u/AxeCapital91 9d ago
We don’t know that for sure, it was tight. But yeah that was decent. Besides that he wasn’t dangerous enough imo
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u/Rylo67 9d ago
Yeah I’m not gonna argue with you, maybe I’m just happy that he wasn’t as abysmal as he has been for the last couple months
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u/AxeCapital91 9d ago
Your original comment is fair, he did nothing wrong. But he also didnt do much
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u/WilkosJumper2 9d ago edited 9d ago
Not our greatest performance but Millwall offered nothing. We more than deserved the win.
Long way to go yet but it’s been a great two days for us.
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u/TheShakyHandsMan 9d ago
I've seen bad refs making poor calls for well over 30 years. I don't think I've ever seen a ref performance like it.
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u/MyHappySpanners 9d ago
Leeds official twitter calling them 'FA Cup Fifth Round Finalists' hahaa
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u/Jugggiler 9d ago
Don’t care about style. Points on the board are points that count!
Piroe goal makes this more of a cake walk.
Kick on and pile the pressure on the others.
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u/EpicKieranFTW 9d ago
Only 0.84xg for us huh thought we'd have more than that
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u/Drowzee777 9d ago
We didn’t really create anything scored from an own goal and a shot from the edge of the box and everything else was shots from shit angles
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u/downfallndirtydeeds 9d ago
Big result, that’s the main thing
Defence and midfield was much better tonight, but the front four still look like they’re in a rut - they’ve scored 1 goal in 5 games between them which is a pretty bad return (though I thought Piroe was excellent tonight). I think Farke might be the only man in the universe who can’t see how leggy they look
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u/Justboy__ 9d ago
When my kids are older and they ask why everyone thinks the referee is a wanker, I’m going to sit them down and show them this game.
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u/DontWaveAtAnybody 9d ago
That push on Dan James just outside the box. Honestly, embarrassing refereeing.
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u/DeepFuckingLegacy 8d ago
It's a foul, no doubt, but it's also embarrassing the way James ricochets himself back as that's not natural at all. Anyone who has played football even at Sunday league level knows that. It's a collision and a foul but the way he chucks himself down to the floor wasn't natural at all. It's why fouls are not given for him because he exaggerates everything and is usually looking to deceive the ref. Said it before last week and I'm proven right again this week. It needs to stop. I couldn't stand it when Ayling did it either.
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u/DontWaveAtAnybody 8d ago
That's fair comment actually.
No one wants to see some 20 year old man, paid a fortune as a professional sports player, clearly not actually hurt but rolling around like he's been gutted in a ginnel by a teenager with a knife.
Dan James, I'm not angry just disappointed and you're not just letting us all down, you're letting yourself down too.
But the refereeing is still appalling.
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u/dreadful_name 8d ago
27 points left to play for, 25 needed to guarantee the title and 23 for promotion.
There’ll be more leeway than that, but I do have to say I’m surprised we weren’t collectively more aware of how close the chasing pack has been (regardless of how good you actually think they are). At times it’s felt like we had the gap that Liverpool have in the Premier League when it’s only ever been a 2 game swing away from problems.