Still Not Good Enough - Leeds United 0-1 Leicester City - Sky Bet Championship Review

"Leeds should be feeling optimistic about this" Peter Beagrie said before Leeds and Leicester kicked off. I didn't agree with this opinion. Leicester had won five on the bounce whilst Leeds had lost their last four. So how Leeds should be optimistic was beyond me. After a few terrible performances Brain McDermott woke up and smelt the coffee, he finally knew that the 3-5-2 formation wasn't working and went back to the tried and trusted 4-4-2 and it clearly had an impact on the squad. Leeds were actually playing football. But this game to keep it brief was more about the chances that weren't taken. McCormack hitting the post, McCormack not taking the easy one on one chance against a weak goalkeeper and Kebe hitting the side netting. I could have gone on for quiet a while. Leicester had the most possession in the match but it was all Leeds. Kebe who was expected to be the next best Leeds player to get us promoted was all over the place, he couldn't do anything at all and the defence was still in a deep sleep. I could go on about this topic for ages which is what I seem to do best, but Leeds deserved to get something out of this. Leeds could be in the bottom half tonight and probably will and could be 7 points off the play offs and probably will. After 87 minutes it was once again bad defending that let David Nugent get a goal, a mediocre striker who doesn't have much talent, but in all fairness still has more than our defence put together.

Schmeichel was never good at Leeds, still isn't great today

So how do Leeds move on, I could say there are a number of reasons that could boost Leeds towards the play offs. However the answer is simple, investment, the sooner Leeds United and GFH realise that, the sooner we can push for promotion.

There will be a blog up on Monday which will look at Ipswich Town's visit to Elland Road. Follow us on twitter @LUFCWorld to keep up to date with the blog.

Leeds United vs Leicester City - Sky Bet Championship Preview

After the pure embarrassment of last Saturday. We have to get up and go again as Leeds United welcome Leicester City to Elland Road this Saturday. Going into this game, Leeds United are 11th in the league with 35 points whilst Leicester top the table with 54 points. Looking at the last 6 games, Leeds have got 5 points in their last 6 (W1 D2 L3) whilst Leicester have 16 points (W5 D1 L0)

It's been a tough few weeks for Leeds fans after a few humiliations. Leeds will be hoping to bounce back tomorrow, but don't get your hopes up, Leicester lead the table and are in the best form in the Championship. The partial takeover by Sports Capital might lead to new signings but there will be no new additions for the game at Elland Road. Leeds will be without striker Matt Smith who is suspended following a somehow unsuccessful appeal by Leeds. If it was any other team it would have been successful, more to come in a future blog (maybe, not so sure yet) Kebe and Stewart could make their home debuts against the foxes whilst Ross McCormack will lead the team out after Rudy Austin told McDermott he no longer wants to be captain. Leeds have lost their last four games on the bounce shipping in 12 goals at the same time. If they lost at the weekend it would be the first time the club have lost five games in a row since December 2008, which cost then manager Gary McAllister his job.

Kebe and Stewart will be hoping for much better than last Saturday

Kevin Phillips looking for a positive start

As for Leicester, forward Kevin Phillips could make his debut following him signing for the club earlier in the week whilst Sean St. Leger and Tom Hopper are out due to injury. The foxes should be expecting a win at Elland Road, and why not? With the form they're in and the form Leeds are in this looks like a certain win for the away side. But the Championship is unpredictable and anything could happen.

The last time these two sides met was in a goalless draw at the King Power Stadium. Leeds are unbeaten in the last three meetings. The last time these two sides met at Elland Road was a 1-0 win to Leeds.

The match is on Sky Sports 1 HD from 12pm (midday) There will be a post match review up on Sunday. You can follow us on Twitter @LUFCWorld to keep up to date with every blog.