Leeds Banter Archive February 15 2017

15 Feb 2017 20:22:24
right fellow leeds fans leeds are going up, I do not say this as a blinded baised leeds fan, i do not say this on a whim or due to something silly like stats, I say this as my second little girl was born yesterday and leeds won.

now some of you may know my eldest is a right little bock and we always conceed when she is near me and when she saw leeds we lost 5-1, but last night we won so my second child is lucky so leeds will go up.

glad to see another win when not playing well (sign of a good team) wood still scoring and green playing well, he has really come good. finally on a post futher down about baridi, cooper is our weak link his defending is so bad even i can't defend him and i liked him but outside of that beradi is weak link on left.

his right footed makes him a target and he does make mistakes (huddelfeidl 1st goal) not he is not awful and playing out of position he is doign well, but worst of a good bunch and will be targeted in play offs should taylor be missing, and talyor is a huge miss so sorry i don't have a son to captain leeds but i have given us a beautiful mascot.

15 Feb 2017 20:59:31
Congratulations Bermondsey! Was wondering where you'd disappeared to. Hope you are all doing well.

15 Feb 2017 21:38:12
Delighted for you and yours Bermondsey Elonora is a nice name for a young lady ☺

15 Feb 2017 21:49:56
Nice one Berm. You well outnumbered now though by the fairer sex!

15 Feb 2017 22:14:20
Congrats berm hope she brings us luck

15 Feb 2017 22:44:10
Congratulations bw. Will she be Chelsea, will she be Leeds, think I'll ask my father for some advice 🍾

15 Feb 2017 23:15:51
Congrats bw. Sneaked that one out mate!

15 Feb 2017 23:11:44
mum and baby are both doing really well thanks mate, not going to be star stirker sadly as still in the girls football don't count (my wife agrees and she played in the prem) but next best thing could be a lucky charm just gutted the wife wouldn't let me give her the middle name of lukic.

15 Feb 2017 23:44:54
Congrats BW. I assume Speedy will be one of her names, or is that how she was conceived?

16 Feb 2017 07:19:47
Well done to you all great news

16 Feb 2017 10:30:25
Congrats BW. Hope all goes well for you and your family.

16 Feb 2017 10:52:05
Heartfelt congratulations to you and your family Bermondsey. With three beautiful daughters of my own I know you have been blessed. Plus there's the added bonus that until they reach the teenage years there will always be a female that lives and adores you at home 😊

16 Feb 2017 11:12:09
Congratulations Bermo and to your ever suffering wife (for letting you near her, not once but twice) My only advice (having two girls) is - they will give you many sleepless nights as teenagers so before that take all the pampering you can get.

16 Feb 2017 12:56:58
Congrats BW and thanks for winning us promotion with your reproductive prowess

16 Feb 2017 13:32:38
Congrats Berm😁 I hope she knows her heart pumps white blood!

16 Feb 2017 14:00:00
cheers everyone, i was gutted i never got my boy but my girls are perfect and wouldn't change anything. and to answer speedys question if i was to name her on how she was conviveced it wouldn't be speedy but blind drunk, how did we manage that.

Polly my eldest always brought leeds back luck but so far Livia has seen leeds win, Orient get their first win of the year (orient close to heart as work closely with them and their fans on a play) and Arsenal who i hate almost as much as i love leeds get spanked so she is a very good and lucky girl as for teams they can follow leeds (polly loves leeds our song and kop kat and really enjoys football) they can follow palace as that's my dad's team or they can follow orient as proper london club.

I might allow others if i have to but not millwall or arsenal that will get them adopted or sold on ebay very quickly. thanks everyone for the lovely messages again I love my leeds family on here and very grateful MOT

16 Feb 2017 16:08:57
Congratulations BW. And I know it's a long way off but I'm sure with your thespian prowess your (two) father of the bride speeches will be outstanding! 😁

16 Feb 2017 21:57:19
thanks Danum but that is assuming they will be allowed to get married. I have told them no boys or dating until they are married with three kids. At the moment I am using my thespian prowess to pratice my ray winstone voice ready to intimidate any males with in a 15 mile radius of them when they get older

15 Feb 2017 16:37:43
Good work lads yesterday evening. Really important win although not at our best. I Think Monk is doing the right thing when he´s rotating the players. Dallas comes back next game together with Bridcutt. And Pedraza will also start again. MOT

15 Feb 2017 16:48:24
hope not dallas were much better when he isn't playing but a big yes to ped. MOT

16 Feb 2017 14:35:04
Rather see Mo have a start than Ped, and, after the Bristol game O'Kane instead of Brids, seems to play further up the pitch than Brids

15 Feb 2017 11:59:32
So the question is. Why does the monk not realise there is too big a gap between defense and attack for hernandez to cope. He needs to bridge the gap with a solid ball playing passing midfielder! Team just dosen't seem to play with unity like 4-6 weeks ago! Did ped play? Sub? Do well? Barrow play? Sub? Do well?

15 Feb 2017 13:32:35
Ped didn't play but Barrow came on as sub

15 Feb 2017 16:01:12
Aussie. Wood scored. AGAIN !

15 Feb 2017 23:23:40
But by your own admission grip, it was illegal! Seriously. i'm happy for him and us. He is having a fantastic season. Well done him! Baffling but impressive!

15 Feb 2017 08:06:12
It was very welcome three points against Bristol but not a very convincing performance. Bristol looked lively at times but have a sloppy defence. Even with that we created very little - an opportunist goal for number one and a deflection for number two. In the last quarter they could have scored three and if they had converted any of their chances earlier than the 95 minute we could have been in trouble. Our defence had a better shape with jannson back but the mid field was too deep lying and there was too big a gap between the midfield and our attacking group. On a positive note there were a couple of times when we got more than one into their box. t was interesting that Greene was man of the match. We are a much better team than what we were but we don't look like premiership potential yet. We may still get into the play offs but if by some chance we get through at Wembley we would need a full scale change of personnel throughout the team and that is a very tall order. Staying up would be very difficult. Next season would be a better bet. However, there is no doubt it is better to go up and come straight down than not to go up at all.

15 Feb 2017 08:55:00
Hi Hess, I think you might be been a little harsh. This team has some very good players, whom I believe will cut it at the next level, unfortunately if we do not go up it may not be with us. I do believe with a few fine tweaks we will go on a run again, hopefully this was the start today a confidence booster. For 60 minutes we were by far the better team and for the first time since Derby we looked in control of the midfield. Then for whatever reason, possibly nerves due to the bad run, we allowed them back into it. At the end of the day this is the Championship, it is unpredictable and any team can beat anybody and every team will have a dip in form. Is this the end of ours? we can only hope. Brighton seem to be entering there’s, Hudds have there’s to come and Wednesday will implode soon, to many names on too much money. Newcastle are still liable to dropping points although I think they have enough in there squad to go on and win the league. The main threat we face is Norwich they have had a prolonged bad run, they seem to be just coming out of it and have managed to gain enough points to be within touching distance the playoffs. A massively important game against a hugely improved Ipswich on Saturday awaits. A win could be just the catapult we need.

15 Feb 2017 09:31:14
Agreed. My point being were that we were playing Bristol and not creating chances to reflect our dominance. I think we have players who have the potential but are not there yet. Promotion this year might be a bridge too far. Promotion would be great even if we came straight back down as it would give the club a financial boost and it would be a good year of watching the best teams play. At the moment on performances so far Newcastle, Brighton and Huddersfield are better than us although Huddersfield have a very small squad and that could be a problem for them. Sheffield and Norwich are at least as good as us. Derby may have blown any chance they had. So we are one of six that could make it and I haven't included Reading who keep getting late in the day wins. I think we have an outside chance but that's what it is.

15 Feb 2017 10:14:43
Problem is most of teams around us have a game in hand which we have to hope they lose. Wendies and Udders on winning streaks so don't expect them to drop many points which leaves us and Reading . Brighton will drop more points but think they have done enough to stay in top six. Norwich can blow hot and cold but i expected them to be in top six and they will have their focus on that now. Newcastle are up already i think. We are not going to win every match but pretty confident we will finish above Reading. Then the question will be will we have our best team sorted out for play offs. Personally think we play better without Dallas, for all his faults Sacko is more of a threat than him. let's hope our two new flying wingers are up to speed by then.

15 Feb 2017 10:51:54
Reading's next two games are away at Hudds and Brighton, so there will be some guaranteed dropped points in those two games.

15 Feb 2017 11:43:52
I agree BIGE, Dallas is a good player without a position. For me he doesn't have the dynamism to play on the wing in an attacking 4-2-3-1 system, the creativity and positional sense to play central on defensive abilities to play full back. Maybe he would be an ok winger in a old fashioned 4-4-2, but then i have my reservations. I really think when the new lads are up to speed he will struggle to make the match day squad. If Sacko had a slight footballing brain, we would be talking about him as the best in the league. He doesn't though, from what i saw of Barrow last night i don't think Sacko will be in he 11 in the long run. I'd take Reading winning both of them that would be perfect, by the end of the season Reading will have blown out anyway

15 Feb 2017 13:37:01
great discussion lads - good read