Leeds prepare for promotion clash against Sheffield United

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00:00it. I think that I don't think

00:07there's any different. You know,

00:08I don't think it would be a case

00:09of sort of going there and try

00:10and sort of shutting up shop or

00:11anything like that. They'll

00:12drop. We'll try and be the main

00:13protagonists in the game, but

00:14obviously so will Sheffield

00:15United because, you know,

00:16they'll look at this. You know,

00:17we look at it from the least

00:18perspective, obviously, and

00:19think, well, you know, two

00:20points clear if they get a

00:21picture there, it's fine, you

00:22know, which obviously and you're

00:23right. A lot of people will

00:24think if they do go there and

00:25win, there's near enough done.

00:26I mean, not done in terms of the

00:27title race, but probably near

00:28enough done in terms of top to

00:29bottom. So it'd be a bit too

00:30early to say that. You'd have

00:31to say it'd be looking very,

00:32very good. But obviously

00:33Sheffield United will look at

00:34it as a massive chance to

00:35overtake Leeds, you know, and

00:36they'll probably feel obviously

00:37they should be level with them

00:38already in terms of obviously

00:39it's only two point gap when

00:40they obviously have two point

00:41stops at the start of the

00:42season. So, you know, they'll

00:44obviously look at it as a huge

00:45opportunity as well, but that

00:46means they'll come out for

00:47Leeds as well. So there's

00:48probably going to be gaps. It's

00:49probably going to be open. I

00:50mean, it probably and I don't

00:52know, he's famous last words.

00:53We never really know, but the

00:54Burnley away game, it obviously

00:55feels a bit like that in terms

00:59of the magnitude of it. But I

01:00think going into that game,

01:01everybody expected it to be

01:02cagey and a lot of people

01:03thought beforehand it might

01:04well be nil-nil. You could see

01:06it happening a mile off.

01:07Whereas this feels like it'll

01:08be the opposite. You know, it

01:09feels like Sheffield United

01:10will go for it. They'll go for

01:11the jugular. Leeds will be

01:13brilliant on the break, you

01:14would think as well. I mean,

01:15you know, I'm not saying

01:16they'll have to play on the

01:17break because they'll probably

01:18try and force it themselves

01:19and just a very, very hard

01:20game to call. I mean,

01:21obviously we thought that kind

01:23of like before the reverse

01:24fixture at Elland Road back in

01:26October and obviously Leeds had

01:27a 2-0 victory and that was

01:29very, very, you know, one-sided

01:30and really, you know, they did

01:31sort of show their class in

01:32there. And it's going to be

01:33a fascinating one because

01:34obviously there's a lot of

01:35things, a general big thought

01:36amongst a lot of people, even

01:37a lot of other managers that

01:38Leeds are like comfortably the

01:39best team in this division.

01:40But obviously the league table

01:43shows them two points clear,

01:44but that's, you know, a bit

01:45false because of the two points

01:46stopped by Sheffield United.

01:47And this will obviously provide

01:48a lot of, you know, sort of

01:49truer sort of analysis of that

01:51really. It's a very difficult

01:53one to call. Blades have won

01:54the last four, Leeds have won

01:55the last four. So something

01:56has to get from that

01:57perspective. You know, Leeds,

01:59I mean, I'm quite surprised

02:00really how short they are.

02:01Their odds on favourites about

02:02even, well about 10 to 11,

02:03which is quite surprising

02:05really to me when they're

02:06away from home. But then

02:07again, I suppose that does

02:08sort of like back up the

02:09sort of general feeling that

02:10they are the best team in

02:11this division.

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