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Can Leeds tackle the Menagerie and creep nearer the Play Offs?

2/3/2013

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By Andrew Butterwick

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The Leeds United manager, Neil Warnock, has spent the week bullishly talking up his side's chances of still challenging for the play offs. Despite Leeds' woeful  away form and the fact they have yet to beat any team away from Elland Road who sit higher than 18th in the table, Mr Warnock is convinced we can follow up a  home win against Millwall with away success at two of the top six teams in Palace and Leicester. Well I like his optimism and forgive me for not dashing out and booking a hotel for the Play Off weekend just yet, but I think I will  keep my powder dry for another couple of weeks at least. 

The basis for Warnock's rabid optimism is what he calls a "settled team" for the last two or three weeks  with special emphasis on his "new" midfield trio of Tonge, Norris & Green.  Whilst the midfield has undoubtedly been revitalised by the coming together of  three players who all seemed out of favour just a few short weeks ago the  "Elephant in the room" for Leeds is the sudden lack of a cutting edge up front since Becchio disappeared to the carrot crunchers. If Leeds are to make a meal of the veritable Menagerie of teams they face over the next 7 days messr's  Morison, Ross Mac & Varney must immediately improve their finishing that has  seen some frustrating misses in recent games against Blackburn, Blackpool, Boro and Wolves. Ironically the paucity in front of goal has corresponded with two back to back clean sheets in the league.

So will the vile animals witness the taming of the Lions, the chasing down of the Foxes and the clipping of the Eagle's wings over the first week of March? Certainly if we can take seven points from our weeks safari into the championship wildlife then there will be a proliferation of green shoots appearing on the plains of Leeds' route to the unlikely Oasis of Play Off heaven. Crucial to this spark of hope is a victory  against the Millwall Lions. Millwall have swung between outstanding results, such as their victory at Boro, and some spectacular failures as they did in their last home outing when they lost 5.1 to lowly Posh. There's no doubt the match against Sarf London's Lions is a difficult one to call and is likely to  follow the trend of tight and tense games we have had in recent years. The paltry 170 away fans who will sit in the away section will struggle to create  much of an atmosphere especially for an early kick off. It's such a shame that  circumstances conspire to reduce the away support for what should be a crucial  game to no more than 3 bus loads. Still if it was the other way round I've a  sneaking feeling there would be a few more than 170 making the journey to the New Den?

Has Warnock gelled a team who can now put a late, late run in  for the play offs? It's a long shot and even by Leeds standards of expect the unexpected an unlikely one.........but you never know! So will this week be a rumble in the jungle for Leeds or will they get devoured by the hungry Lions?  Could be an interesting week!

Can't wait.

MOT

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Chris Lilley
1/3/2013 05:08:01 pm

Great article which I agree with 100%.
I still feel we require some flair in the squad.Someone like Max Gradel

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Andrew Butterwick
1/3/2013 05:16:54 pm

Chris,
Thanks for that Chris..............Yes Mad Max would add a certain flair to proceedings!

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ttt
2/3/2013 12:24:25 am

haha gradel wake up

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