Derby V Leeds in the Carling Cup

Losing when you don't play well is not good but at least you can say you deserved it. But losing when you play well and dominate the opposition for 65 minutes of a game is bad. Last night Leeds went 2 nil down to Derby within 15 minutes but then got a goal back and dominated the game. It was good of Paul Jewel, the Derby manager, to say that Leeds were the better team. He went on to say that Leeds will get promoted and that Fabian Delph will go far !

At the end of the day though football is about scoring goals and Derby scored 2 and Leeds only scored one, even though Leeds hit the post and had loads of possession. Jermaine Beckford came on as sub but he still can't find the net. Come on Jermaine, you can score goals...show us you haven't lost that wonderful touch !

Fabian Delph on the move ?

If you are to believe press reports it is a done deal that Leeds up and coming star Fabian Delph has agreed a £5M move to Manchester United. It appears that several Premier League teams have been following his progress since he broke into the Leeds first team this season. Delph signed a 4 year contract recently and Leeds chairman Ken Bates has said several times that Delph is not moving anywhere and the only way he will play in the premiership is when Leeds get promoted.

Only time will tell, however, whether Bates is telling the truth. £5M plus for Delph is good business for Leeds in the short term but in the long term Leeds need players like Delph to get them out of dismal League 1. Lets hope the press reports are just speculation. Delph can go if he wants but let him help Leeds get promotion this season first.

Cheltenham V Leeds United

At last ! It's an away win for Leeds United. Ok, it was only a 0-1 victory, but it ended the away games losing streak. Again we scraped a win when we should have scored more goals and been easy winners. As often happens, escpecially to Leeds ! the team were under the cosh for most of the second half but Leeds managed to hold on and claim all 3 points. The win took Leeds to second in League One. I suppose I should be grateful for a victory and on a day that wasn't good for other teams any sort of victory is welcome.

Jermaine Beckford is going through a barren period in terms of goal scoring. However, I don't think he has anything to worry about as he is creating chances and getting into scoring positions so he needs to be patient and the goals will come again.