Leeds United: Serious title contenders is the Yorkshire Evening Post jurors' verdict after the Whites' win at Wigan
Slight conerns were raised by most after United conceded another goal from a set-piece, but, on the whole, their verdicts were positive with an overriding sense that Leeds United are genuine title contenders.
What do you think? Take a look and see if you agree ...
DAVID WATKINS
Another excellent result, similar in its importance to our recent home win against Ipswich; we have to win such games if we are going to remain serious contenders for promotion.
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Hide AdOnce again it could hardly be described as a totally fluent performance but the result was everything and, with a little hand from the Wigan defence we eventually got the win our dominance of the ball probably deserved. We also need to remember that seven other teams have been to the DW Stadium before us this season and none managed to win; a list that includes the likes of Forest, Swansea and West Brom.
There is a little 17-second video doing the rounds on social media showing how seven Leeds players chased back to help out Adam Forshaw who’d tracked back as Josh Windass broke up-field. It was a moment that drew the appreciation of every Leeds fan in the ground at the time and it encapsulates the determination the team is showing to get through these difficult games.
Now, if we can just stop giving the opposition a one-goal start we might begin to believe that everything is in place for that promotion!
Man of the match: Pontus Jansson.
MATTHEW EVANS
A much-deserved victory over Championship hosts Wigan Athletic at the DW Stadium and a game we should have won much more comfortably.
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Hide AdThe only concern for me at the moment is that it took a horrible error from the Wigan keeper to complete a comeback that was only necessary thanks to us conceding yet another early goal.
We succumbed to the set-piece once again, albeit this time as a result of a goal from a direct freekick rather than a corner.
Five minutes in and there was a sense among the travelling crowd that a draw might be the best we could do.
In the end, our play was positive, pretty and comfortably out of reach of anything Wigan had to offer.
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