Daniel Wales and Lee Sobot discuss Leeds United’s trip to face Blackburn Rovers.
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00:00Blackburn away on Saturday, half past one on a Saturday, which is a bit of an odd one.
00:08I'm not sure you'll be able to tell us why though, Lee.
00:11And that's a game, obviously, they've just had a game postponed Blackburn as well due to a waterlogged pitch.
00:16So they've had a bit of an extra break, to be honest.
00:19I know in midweek, but a bit more time on the training pitch, perhaps.
00:24So, yeah, it's, again, though, I feel like we say similar things every week,
00:31where it's because of who leads on, because of where they want to be,
00:34it's just another game they've got to go and get something from.
00:36I think at the start of the week, you looked at the three fixtures and, you know, you want nine, don't you?
00:41Obviously, you aim for nine, you go for nine.
00:43But I think seven points out of nine would have been, you know, like a decent return, really.
00:47Yeah, more than respectful return from those three games,
00:50albeit nine, obviously, you need nine to put the pressure on the teams at the top and hopefully pull away.
00:55But this is the one that stands out. Having gone to Swansea in one,
00:58this is the one where you think now, you know, a point there would be a good point.
01:02But saying that, you know, leads won't go there to play for a point, they'll go there for victory.
01:05As I say, half one kickoff time, you know, due to like, obviously, so many fans going over and stuff and whatnot,
01:11in terms of like, you know, police in the fixture, bit of a strange one.
01:14So not quite, well, it is a lunchtime kickoff, I suppose.
01:17But, you know, yeah, 1.30 over in Blackburn, I think it's around 7,000 leads are taken.
01:20So it'd be an absolutely crazy atmosphere over there in terms of all the fans, obviously, going over to Ewood Park.
01:25It's always a great atmosphere with Leeds fans over there.
01:29But they're a good side, I mean, who are not a million miles off the playoffs themselves.
01:32As you say, they had the fixture postponement at the weekend, which, you know, caused a bit of a hoo-ha.
01:37Very, very late that was called off. I mean, nothing much you could do about it.
01:40Obviously, if the pitch is unplayable and waterlogged, then that's it.
01:42You know, I think it was called off about 11.15am for a 3pm kickoff.
01:46And you had Portsmouth, obviously, coming all the way up from down south.
01:49So, I mean, that was, yeah, quite a story, really, I suppose.
01:52But, yeah, the facet of that, I suppose, gives them an extra bit more of a rest.
01:55But then they are playing in midweek.
01:57They've got Borough away on Wednesday night.
01:59So that's a very hard one.
02:01So, I mean, as we sit here now and talk about it, you know, they've just bounced back to winning ways.
02:04Obviously, I think they had three defeats in a row and then bounced back with a victory against Cardiff.
02:08So winning form, winning momentum.
02:11But, you know, it depends what happens, I suppose, to them against Borough.
02:13But bottom line is, you know, whatever happens at Borough, they're going to be reasonably in the mix in terms of not too far away from the top six.
02:19So they're a side, you know, that are going to be, you know, you would think there or thereabouts in terms of, as I say, in the playoffs mix, or certainly just below it.
02:26Good manager in John Eustace, good players, Andreas Feyenoord, Todd Campbell will be an interesting one to see how he gets on.
02:31Decent home record as well.
02:33So, yeah, I mean, it's a hard game, that one.
02:37And I find that a pretty hard one to call, really, you know, the Blackburn away.
02:40I don't know how that will go.
02:41Yet again, Leeds are going to get their odds on.
02:43I think the four to five are going to be odds on in pretty much every game, aren't they?
02:46Unless it's one of the teams at the top.
02:49But that's just the way the division is.
02:50But you're right.
02:51I think, you know, I mean, obviously, you know, we don't know where they're going to be because we've recorded this before the Luton game.
02:55But hopefully they'll still be top of the pile.