Leeds United: A big win against the Blades

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00:00Hello and welcome back to the Marching On Together Leeds United podcast. We are back

00:04after a small hiatus, you know, international break does its thing. There's never a lot to

00:12talk about to be honest during the international break. Folks, we are back and back with a bang

00:16because of course Leeds won on Friday night and we'll go straight to you, Lee, as always.

00:22It was just a good performance, wasn't it, Sheffield United? Of course a promotion contender

00:26this season, no doubt about that. But Leeds were ruthless and efficient, I thought, in their 2-0

00:31win. Yeah, it was an excellent performance and it was very much the sort of performance which

00:35left you thinking, you know, if they play like that every week or every game, then realistically

00:39they should go up. I mean, that's a very simple thing to say, but I mean, that's the way it sort

00:43of looked and the way it felt. And you've got to remember the strength of the opposition that

00:47were playing against Sheffield United and you almost had to look twice at the stats to think,

00:50to remember that they hadn't conceded in six games, you know. I mean, that's some run is that

00:54and obviously, yeah, all right, well, so to even score one against them is obviously an achievement

00:59based on that and obviously Leeds only scored two, but they could have scored more. And it was just a

01:03very, very good performance. There was a couple of spells at the start. Sheffield United started

01:07reasonably well, big physical team and you wondered sort of how that would play out, you know, obviously

01:10Kiefer Moore up front and obviously Joe Roden and Pascal dealt with him really well and all the other

01:15threats and there was a brief spell in the second half where they came back into it a little bit.

01:18But by and large, Leeds just dominated and that very much is reflected in the stats, you know,

01:2213 shots compared to five, four on target compared to none. That's another big start.

01:26Obviously, Sheffield United were unable to get one single shot on target. That's not to say

01:30they didn't have chances because they had a couple, but nowhere near as many as Leeds and

01:3455% possession compared to 45. And all these stats, as we know, don't matter. The only stat

01:38that matters is the one in the top corner. But for once, that stat, well, not for once because

01:42Leeds have won a lot of games, but an awful lot of times we've seen, you know, the stats sort of

01:46like not sort of matched up in the scoreline. But this time it did and it's, I think, 2-0,

01:50could have been more, obviously, and a very, very good performance. 0-0 at half-time and they should

01:55have been in front at half-time, really. A couple of chances there. Ramazani denied by a very,

01:59very good save in particular. Of course, you had the old Ellen Road eruption as Leeds finally

02:03scored from a corner. Even chants about that from the stands, which was nice to see. I mean,

02:07Daniel Farker did say the other week that it was coming. It didn't feel like that, really. But,

02:11you know, so finally we got one there. Great finish from Pascal, even though he said it came

02:15off his shin. So what? It went in the net. And then obviously, you know, Mateo Joseph and Joel

02:19Peru combining with Joseph's score on the second goal. So really, really good win against a very

02:25good side. Leeds, you know, and Chris Wilder, you know, sort of very honest in his assessment

02:29saying that Leeds are very much the better team, etc. I think most people sort of, you know, even

02:32from the Sheffield United perspective saw that. And yeah, very, very good. I mean, nothing to

02:37complain about, really. The only thing, obviously, I suppose that's unfortunate is kind of like the

02:40weekend's results, obviously, with both Sunderland and Burnley both winning. We don't want another

02:46repeat of last season where we end up with like a breakaway three like we had with Leicester and

02:50Ipswich. And you sort of half wonder if you end up getting the same sort of situation this season,

02:54but you wouldn't write it off. That said, even though Sheffield United got beat there, I still

02:59very much expect them to be firmly in the mix. They've got a very good team. You look at their

03:03team and even their bench and they've got some good players, you know. Obviously, Leeds have got,

03:07you know, you think probably the best squad and team in the Championship. But Sheffield United do

03:11look a very good side. I'm sure they'll be there or thereabouts. But yeah, a very, very good win,

03:15very important win, obviously, on the back of that Sunderland draw before the international

03:18break, which, of course, should have been three points, as we know, but it wasn't.

03:22And that would have been another one, really, the way Leeds were playing. I mean, I sort of said

03:25to Graeme Smith in the press box, you know, when it was nil-nil, could this be another one of these

03:30games where Leeds dominate and then they end up losing one-nil, you know, or something like that,

03:34or just getting a draw if you've seen it before. But thankfully, not this time. Very, very good

03:38performance. You know, that was not perfect, but not far off, you know, very, very good indeed.

03:43Yeah, everybody enjoyed the weekend after that one. I mean, as I said at the start, basically,

03:48if they play like that on a consistent basis, you know, obviously, you've got to make sure

03:52they don't get tons of injuries, which they've already got, then they should go up. But it's a

03:56very easy thing to say because consistency is what it's all about, isn't it? And in a marathon

04:01league like the Championship, that's hard to get. So they've got to do that week in, week out,

04:04and if they do, they'll be looking pretty good. I was just about to say, that was probably their

04:08complete performance of the season so far in terms of who they were playing,

04:13the way they dispatched of them, and obviously, just sort of the feeling,

04:16I think, probably with inside Elland Road at the time. So all in all, a good evening.

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