Leeds Banter Archive October 11 2017

 

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11 Oct 2017 19:36:16
Leeds Rhinos parading the SL trophy at half-time on Saturday . hope the football team take notes on how to win silverware :)

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11 Oct 2017 19:59:47
That's great news, looking forward to attending this one. Hope the it inspires the team. MOT

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Legends of Football Number 1: Rene Higuita

11 Oct 2017 18:33:08
{Ed's Note - we have posted a new article entitled, Legends of Football Number 1: Rene Higuita

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12 Oct 2017 13:25:59
good article and great player - i remember the scorpion kick well!

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{Ed001's Note - cheers alfie, I appreciate that. If you have any legends you would like covered please let me know mate.}

12 Oct 2017 15:25:47
Wow. That story is amazing. I remember the kick too
It is strange how the world works. Prob normality for colombian lifestyle but stuff of film and tv for us. Well mr huigita. I remember you well and you did bring joy! 👍

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{Ed001's Note - it is only really a small part of his story to be honest. I had to chop out loads to keep the article at a manageable length.}

12 Oct 2017 15:49:05
Good read Ed. Didn't realise he was such a colourful character! Cheers. MM

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{Ed001's Note - he is fascinating mate, there is so much more to him as well. Glad you enjoyed MM, nice to do something that isn't just Premier League related to be honest.}

13 Oct 2017 02:14:14
Directly linked to ties with Pablo Escobar and the Colombian cartel. Also, the scorpion kick didn't matter because the ref had already blown his whistle. The game had already been stopped when he did the scorpion kick.

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{Ed001's Note - both are mentioned in the article. The guy grew up with Escobar, a lot of the locals saw the guy as some kind of modern day Robin Hood because he did things for the local community such as provide electricity and housing with running water etc. The corrupt government was worse and did nothing for the people so they looked elsewhere. Unfortunately, when you come from extreme poverty, the only way out of it is usually drugs. Higuita was lucky he could play footie. You can choose to judge others, but you don't know the half of what they have gone through to end up as they are.}

13 Oct 2017 13:51:02
werent the Columbian team getting death threats from drug lords around the same time as well? i vaguely remember them being afraid to fly home after their exit from one tournament. i'd like to see more of these articles - some legends from the 90s would be great - Batistuta, Scillachi (sp) , Voller, Van Basten etc would be awesome - like you say players we loved in international tourneys but we might npt know too much about as they didn't ply their club trade in the UK. Before sly, the internet and the champs league were as prominent it was more difficult to follow international players.

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{Ed001's Note - yes mate, the podcast dealt with that bit. I am going to do a complete article on their 94 World Cup and the defender who got murdered for scoring an own goal.

I have added those players to the list for future articles. If you think of any others feel free to request them. I only have about 400 articles that have been requested on the Liverpool site to do, so I am running a bit short now.... ;-)

13 Oct 2017 19:29:48
Didn't the Iraqi team get punished for losing a World Cup qualifier? I heard (down Spoons so please forgive) that Madass Hussain's old boy had the team flogged! Do you know anything about this Ed or was it just a Stella addled memory that I have stuck to n my head that never actually happened? 😮😮 MM

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{Ed001's Note - you are correct mate. They would regularly get punished for not winning matches and then would be too scared for the next game and so end up getting more punishments. On more than one occasion the player's had the soles of their feets beaten with sticks. Probably a good topic for an article actually thinking about it.}

13 Oct 2017 21:21:36
Cheers Ed, is that would be a great topic. I did hear the rumour about their feet being beaten with sticks. Imagine if Billy Barn Door Paynter was an Iraqi? . He'd never walk again bless him 😂 MM

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{Ed001's Note - harsh but true! I often wondered if he was actually Billy the Painter and it was just a mistake when he was in the team.}

11 Oct 2017
New image uploaded to the
Leeds Player Sightings page entitled, Matthew Murray site - proposed site for new training ground - Alf

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11 Oct 2017 11:18:00
I am fully aware he’s a free agent but he’s going to be paid at the going rate not a meat pie contact, why do we need another keeper when we already have others who aren’t being played, my point is why did we sale Green, bring in Lons and not use him, we are supposed to be building a team for the premiership if that the case we should have signed someone with the experience who commands the box and has confidence to run the back four and can stay in their position for a two to three years to see us through the early days in the premiership (Or longevity)

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11 Oct 2017 20:13:03
Totally agree Whiteman and I’m all honesty the whole keeper situation at Elland Road has baffled me since day one! At the start of last season Green never made as many mistakes as Felix and Green always looked more comfortable with general crosses and through balls than Felix does! In all honesty I think the goalkeeper is out of his depth, but I hope he proves me wrong as we all want success. Really good post mate. MOT

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12 Oct 2017 00:12:16
The fact is wield should nit have been bought. Green should have kept his place and either a good up and coming should have been bought or thingy should have got his chance. Green far better

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12 Oct 2017 10:46:42
It could start to become a matter of principal. Orta identified Wielwald as the first choice keeper and TC made him first choice at the cost of Green. Now that the keeper is not performing is the management team humble enough to admit their mistake and make the change or will they continue on the same path to try and prove their original selection correct ? Wielwald may still come good but the flaws in his game are obvious to layman like ourselves therefore they must be obvious to opposition managers and represent a weakness to exploit.

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13 Oct 2017 19:35:32
I agree that Green is a better keeper. No arguments there but Green made plenty of mistakes at the start of last season and was ridiculed by many on this site, just like Felix is now. Remember Green's howler Newcastle at home? Of course not, because he went on to put some solid performances in and fair play to him. Who's to say the Cat won't do the same? MM

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13 Oct 2017 23:17:28
I take your point Mick but Green's mistakes were due to him not keeping as to his ability. Wiedwald's mistakes are due to him not being able to do what is required as it is not part of his game i.e he will punch instead of catching the ball

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