Guess who Scott Parker thinks play like Leeds!

[the other bob wilson]

Very interesting comparison made by the Fulham manager in his pre game media meeting yesterday before their game with Leeds tonight;-

"It's tough, they're a very good side. A unique side in the way they play and set up. You don't come across it a lot. We experienced it a couple of times last year with Leeds and Cardiff who play similar ways. The intensity with which Leeds play is always one you need to match. We understand fully what Leeds bring, their energy and the intensity of the game. We're looking forward to the game, it's a good game, big game and we're raring to go."

I suppose that we have an intensity about us when we're playing well and we can come at you in waves, but I'm struggling to see a comparison apart from that - especially in terms of the number of players we commit to the opposition penalty area in open play.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Very interesting comparison made by the Fulham manager in his pre game media meeting yesterday before their game with Leeds tonight;-

"It's tough, they're a very good side. A unique side in the way they play and set up. You don't come across it a lot. We experienced it a couple of times last year with Leeds and Cardiff who play similar ways. The intensity with which Leeds play is always one you need to match. We understand fully what Leeds bring, their energy and the intensity of the game. We're looking forward to the game, it's a good game, big game and we're raring to go."

I suppose that we have an intensity about us when we're playing well and we can come at you in waves, but I'm struggling to see a comparison apart from that - especially in terms of the number of players we commit to the opposition penalty area in open play.

well under mm we are certainly not giving the opposition as much time to play out from the back , we are more at them

[Rjk]

Very interesting comparison made by the Fulham manager in his pre game media meeting yesterday before their game with Leeds tonight;-

"It's tough, they're a very good side. A unique side in the way they play and set up. You don't come across it a lot. We experienced it a couple of times last year with Leeds and Cardiff who play similar ways. The intensity with which Leeds play is always one you need to match. We understand fully what Leeds bring, their energy and the intensity of the game. We're looking forward to the game, it's a good game, big game and we're raring to go."

I suppose that we have an intensity about us when we're playing well and we can come at you in waves, but I'm struggling to see a comparison apart from that - especially in terms of the number of players we commit to the opposition penalty area in open play.

Perhaps he's referring to distance run or number of sprints or something related to pressuring, as those are all areas that Leeds stand out in. Certainly what we are doing when we have the ball isn't that similar.

[J R Hartley]

Cant see it myself. Without the ball maybe. Certainly not with the ball.

[J R Hartley]

well under mm we are certainly not giving the opposition as much time to play out from the back , we are more at them

Hes talking about last season ya clown

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Hes talking about last season ya clown

I have only just woken up , don't kick a man when he's down

[J R Hartley]

I have only just woken up , don't kick a man when he's down

Youve been sleeping since 1990 so ill let this one slide.

[AfricanBluebird]

Very interesting comparison made by the Fulham manager in his pre game media meeting yesterday before their game with Leeds tonight;-

"It's tough, they're a very good side. A unique side in the way they play and set up. You don't come across it a lot. We experienced it a couple of times last year with Leeds and Cardiff who play similar ways. The intensity with which Leeds play is always one you need to match. We understand fully what Leeds bring, their energy and the intensity of the game. We're looking forward to the game, it's a good game, big game and we're raring to go."

I suppose that we have an intensity about us when we're playing well and we can come at you in waves, but I'm struggling to see a comparison apart from that - especially in terms of the number of players we commit to the opposition penalty area in open play.

I saw that, it was bizarre.

Leeds play much much more attacking football than we have for a long time.

[Seabird]

We haven't played football for a long time!

[BLUETIT]

It's getting on my tits now, every time I look at this board (after going away for an hour or so), I keep on reading the title of this thread as :-----------

SPLOTT PARKER

[jon1959]

I won't believe it until Mick McCarthy starts sitting on a bucket in the technical area.

[splott parker]

It's getting on my tits now, every time I look at this board (after going away for an hour or so), I keep on reading the title of this thread as :-----------

SPLOTT PARKER

His parents did name him using a play on words as a tribute to me......unusual fictitious fact of the day

[the other bob wilson]

I won't believe it until Mick McCarthy starts sitting on a bucket in the technical area.

And he should have an interpreter.

[Forgotmyoldaccount]

several managers/players have compared us to Leeds.

They mean the man to man marking and pressing, rather than playing with the ball.

[NYCBlue]

Fulham played more like Cardiff today.

[the other bob wilson]

several managers/players have compared us to Leeds.

They mean the man to man marking and pressing, rather than playing with the ball.

I'd like to see some links to prove that if you've got them and our man to man marking where you'd have people like Joe Bennett popping up at right back ended when Warnock left - Fulham played us three times last season after that. I don't remember us pressing opponents as much as we've done under Mick McCarthy either , so I'm not sure about Fulham having to worry about that when we played them either - if we were supposed to be man marking and pressing under Neil Harris, we weren't very good at it.

[MacAdder]

Perhaps fresh in his mind is the last time we played them, the second leg of the play off game, and how close we came to turning them over.