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.