“A good point” said Daniel Farke,  “ Is Keir Starmer managing Leeds now” replied one of the readers. Got to agree. Listened on the radio, Jon  Newsome not happy with the Firpo/Solomon combo, Firpo constantly playing balls into tight areas for Solomon who’s coming short all the time. Got to agree Jon, been saying it for weeks. Doesn’t see what Piroe offers at centre forward, same problem, dropping short all the time, condensing play, making it easy for defenders, not putting himself about. Got to agree Jon, been saying it all season. As one of the posters said earlier on this season, Piroe is like a traffic cone most of the time. If Farke knew what was good for him he’d bite the bullet and play Bamford up top, at least give him the game time to be a viable option. Not enough mongrel in the team when we come to places like this noted Newsome, only Ampadu and Bogle getting into people hard enough, can’t disagree. Wish Rodon would stop poncing about with his arms behind his back off balance when he’s trying to challenge someone, don’t wonder he didn’t stop the cross for the goal. And as for Tanaka tackling like a 6 year old girl for the second week running….either get stuck in or get off the pitch. Only real threat coming from Dan James said Newsome….been the case in far too many matches. Over to you Daniel.

Agree with all that. There’s only one player in The Championship scores that goal last night, absolute class from James. To give a defender 10 yards start and have the desire and courage to get in front of him sums the lad up. Neil Warnock’s assertion that he’s Player Of The Year is one that I absolutely agree with. Nice to hear Farke praising his work ethic and effort in defence, it was noticeable how much trouble we had down the opposite flank from James, it’s no coincidence. Bamford put the centre forward debate well and truly to bed last night, he showed what we’ve been missing all season. Joseph will be gone whatever next year, as will Piroe if we go up. If we stay in The Championship Piroe better start looking for a comfy cushion and a good flask. Like you, I thought the midfield was porous, and despite some decent individual displays the defence lacked overall cohesion. Firpo and Byram both struggled down the left, just a good job Boro’s finishing was shambolic. Ultimately a great night for us though, despite the linesmen doing their best for Boro.

Yeah agree with much of that. But i would keep Piroe if we go up, but only as an impact sub, in this system at a higher level you need a real quality 9 who holds the ball up and presses like a demon, oh and who can score a goal or two also..  no easy task! and that's not Piroe, but he is a good finisher, and would be useful in a squad (plus we can't replace everyone first time should we go up)... 


The pace and physicality of the Championship looks to be taking its toll on Tanaka, but we have no other option there at the moment, he has been great for his first season in England, he just needs to give it every last drop of energy he has left. I expected more from Gruev tbh, i wanted him to win the ball a lot more than he did.. 


Boro look a very handy side and just lack a bit of quality up top 

Im fully convinced Bamford will send us to the Premier League and then sail off into the sunset

Ha ha me too. That would be quality 

You would imagine if we do go up and I haven`t a clue if we will or not considering how results are going lately.
But if we do the likes of Meslier, Byram, Struijk, Wober, Firpo, Aaronson, Bamford, Joseph, Gyabi, Geldhart, Kristenson, Harrison at least will all depart plus one or two out on loan that I can`t think of.
Personally out of that lot I`d keep Wober but can`t see it happening.
So that`s a hell of a lot of players that need replacing with only several weeks to get them signed and integrated into the way we play.
Oh and we might have a new manager too.