Leeds shipped 7 last season, might have been 8
At least it wasnt double figures
I'd take 0-0
Citeh are at Bell End Road on boxing day
The 1st match after the world cup
Citeh's players are more likely to be involved at the later stages of the tournament
Thus one of the better match timings
Other than for for when Citeh had pretty much already won the Prem in the 2020-21 season & Leeds were at the Etihad
Citeh focusing on the Champions League [CL]
Leeds only had two shots on target & both went in, winning 2-1
Bielsa is Pep's mate so maybe he said to the players to take it a bit easy, especially with the CL coming up
Kalvin Phillips has had all of a couple of mins Prem match time so far [came on 88th min season opener]
& didnt even make the bench at the w/e
He needn't worry, Pep will be starting him for this Leeds match
Supposedly he's on 150 a week, with Newcastle offering 125
If he had really wanted to stay Leeds could have gone to 100 [Rodrigo is on this] & more likely 125
If he doesnt get some match time soon his place in the world cup squad will begin to look iffy
Southgate will put players in the squad who have historically performed well, however KP is injury prone
Which will work against him as riskier to include him in the squad
Sunday against Man City's going to be a bit of a yardstick for where we are, I'd settle for a 0 - 0 to be honest. Newcastle's 40/1 for relegation on Skybet, makes a change from relegation favourites halfway through the season. Man U are 25/1 BTW.
5 of our next 6 games are being broadcast including Liverpool away at the end of the month.