Leeds host rock bottom Sheffield Wednesday next in the Championship

Another big game at home.

Transcript

00:00 And up next for Leeds in the Championship, their host, bottom of the table, Sheffield Wednesday.

00:04 Obviously, the cup defeat to Salford was huge for Salford, but maybe in the grand scheme of things,

00:10 can't be seen like that for Leeds' job this season, it's just to try and get back up to the Premier League.

00:15 What are the thoughts going into this one? Is it going to be a simple three points? Is that what Leeds want?

00:22 Well, I hope so, but I don't think it's ever like that, is it, the Championship?

00:26 But it does feel like one of those games, doesn't it? It feels like Leeds are definitely getting better week in, week out under Daniel Farke.

00:32 I mean, yeah, they went out at Salford, but they played pretty well.

00:34 I mean, the number of chances they had, I mean, you kind of feel like if Joel Pirot was playing, they would have won.

00:38 I know that's a bit of a simplistic point of view, or even Bamford, but I mean, that kind of felt like that, the number of chances they had.

00:44 So, you know, if they're continuing to perform in the way they are, and certainly if they play like they played against Ipswich,

00:49 but obviously just shore up a little bit defensively, then they should have too much for Sheffield Wednesday.

00:53 They've obviously, you know, newly promoted, have had a dreadful start to the season, four games, four defeats.

00:57 A facet of their game as well is that they've been conceding a lot of goals very late on,

01:02 but Leeds will obviously hope they'll be, you know, home and dry by that point.

01:06 But I mean, the Championship's a Championship and it's never easy.

01:08 It's a Yorkshire derby as well, so you can't take anything for granted.

01:11 They are odds on Leeds for about one to two, which I'm not surprised about.

01:14 That's kind of the price that I thought that would be.

01:16 And realistically, if, you know, if all goes according to plan and, you know, as I said, they continue playing like they have been playing,

01:21 then they should have too much. But, you know, it's never quite that straightforward.

01:24 What I would say is it does feel like a very, very big game, this for Leeds.

01:27 I mean, they're all big, obviously, but bearing in mind the start to the season,

01:30 the odds were sort of like, I know it was early days, but you felt like they were playing catch up a little bit,

01:34 obviously to get that win at Ipswich, which then makes two points suddenly become five.

01:38 And if they were to get a bit three points from this one, suddenly you're on eight points out of 15.

01:41 And that's not, I mean, it's not an ideal start, obviously, but it's not bad, really,

01:45 considering like, you know, the amount of stuff that's gone on over the summer.

01:48 So if they can sign off with a win here, then really it should provide a pretty good launch pad for, you know,

01:52 obviously when they come back after the international break.

01:54 So, yeah, I think Leeds will win, but I don't know, simple home victory, straightforward.

01:59 We don't often get them, Charles, but we'll keep our fingers crossed that this might be the exception.

02:03 (birds chirping)