Leeds Banter Archive October 20 2014

20 Oct 2014 20:57:24
With the U21's getting beat at home tonight! Could it have been down to the coach not having a clue?

Lol kjc
I wondered if anyone would be saucy enough to post that. I was tempted :)

Lol
I guess a coach is only a coach so long as he's winning games ;)

Ha yes I like Redders but he is not a god, I watched those 4 games (3 live) and fair play 10 points is 10 points but it could have been very different in a couple of those games.

Bournemouth was great result but we did ride our luck which is fine, Brum was fair result, Bolton we were lucky to win and Hudder was best we have played for a while.

So overall I would not judge Redders on 4 games but he has potential for sure, just as I ain't judging Mandric after 4-5 games, just hope he gets a bit of luck against norwich/wolves!

Redders out now!

20 Oct 2014 19:50:39
passing football is good to watch but at this level easy to counter. Simply by pushing up quickly in numbers and unnerving our back 4 as they try to build, so, we should be able to play the long ball over the top and utilise the space which will inevitabilly be left behind the opponents back 4. with accurate (and not just hopefull) punts the pace and finishing of Antenucci will get the results.
Unless you have the money of City or Barca who can dominate teams with pure skill a plan B is a must.

Cant believe we now have posters asking for long ball football. wtf? For years we have been saying we want to watch fluid passing football. Now because results have not gone our way or that we are still a very young new team and coach some posters forgot all the bad football of the last 10yrs and want hoofball again. Get a grip of yourselves ppl. First half Friday we were good. Very good. Yes we lost the second half as we couldn't cope with a different style of play. That won't happen again the coach and team are still learning we are a 2yr project not 1yr. Mid table top 10 will be a great achievement. let's not go back to hoof ball. Next posters will be asking for Pulis who only knows hoofball.

Spain
Nice mate very nice well put ;)

Good post spain
Patience is a virtue

Not advocating a 90 min long ball game but just to have it in our locker to use when we are being pressed all along the park. If they press and we are tippy tapping then we risk giving possession in dangerous areas. Until we have the Barcelona midfield then let us have a plan B. We have a forward with accelaration, control and can finish. then what is wrong with using those skills? when the time is right

Leodis
I know what your trying to say but how many long balls end up with the oposition gaining possesion?

The one thing you are trying to eradicate mate ;(

20 Oct 2014 16:05:41
I don't know about anyone else but this is how I see Leeds.

We play well in the first half and in the second half don't change a thing!

The other team identifies where they are going wrong and changes to counter us, thus dominating and ultimately being better in the second half.

Leeds leave it too late to to make any changes or are incapable of adopting changes to suit the opposition.

We lose :-(

Can't really argue with that recently :(

I've only seen the highlights and it looked like their 2 goals were defensive errors. Warnock probably should have tried to get his head on the ball - but there we go, and nobody closed down their player for the 2nd.
From what's been said here, and looking at the stats, it sounds like we're keeping the ball better but not creating enough.
I suspect that where Darko has come from that wins matches, it shouldn't take too long for the penny to drop with him or MC - and if it does then he deserves to be kicked out. I hope he went to see Norwich or Wolves play on Saturday and see what winds games in this league.
I still don't think I'd want us to go up this season - I think it's too big a step and you need the team and squad to be together for more than a season. Look at Burnley to see what happens if you go up too soon. There's a lot to fix and this season isn't long enough. Just my 2 pence! :o)

Glad someone has finally had the balls to say they don't want us to go up this season - I wouldn't want us to go up only to come straight back down because we are not prepared

Have to agree with you both, bit to early for promotion IMHO

Sorry I disagree. 90 million is the prize and will give us the platform to be championship champion contenders regularly without fail. We can sign better players and we wld benefit big time by it.

Oh and Palace went up and stayed up, they finished 6th and were very average in the championship.

{Ed003's Note - about £120 million now.}

While the money would be great and we'd be out of the clutches of the football league for another year. :o)
When we go up, I want us to own our ground, be debt free and have a squad of young players to make us a good premier league side.
I'd hope that we can have built a style of play, dangerous in attack and solid at the back. I don't think you can do that in less than a season.

Speedy
I said we don't want to go up this year in April and got slated by a few.
Id rather finish 9th-10th this year buy 3 or 4 players next year and push for premiership so we can stay their. If we go up this year we will be back down and won't do us any good.
All in all in 2 years time Mowatt-Cook etc will be just about ready to run riot ;)

Going up £90,000,000. more bothered about not going down. how much would that cost.

3 seasons of parachute payments. No debt and a firm platform to get promoted again.

Not a tough question really

20 Oct 2014 13:53:59
Just read o/s darkos version of friday night think he must of gone home at half time!! Saying he was happy that players gave 100%! Where was that then in second half? Lol at least give us some honesty mate we ain't stupid darko!! Mot

Not heard that interview Peterborough, but it's pretty common to listen to managers (coaches) after a game and think they must have been watching a different match. Think it might have something to do with what they want the owner to believe lol

20 Oct 2014 10:15:40
Dear Bermondsey White,
I feel your angst and frustration as we all suffer it to varying degrees, but patience my young paduan. Imagine you turn up on set, first day filming a new blockbuster. The previous backer has spent all the budget and there is no money to even pay everyones wages. A new backer is found, but he decides evrything must change, a new producer and director, half the cast must go, the script and direction is torn up and rewritten so the remaining cast have to re learn the lines. New actors are bought in very quickly but some are young and inexperienced so need some coaching, others are foreign to the environment. You all have to bring packed lunches and wash your costumes ( could not resist that bit ). The press delight in telling all the venture is doomed and rascally financiers keep taking your new backer to court for monies owed by the previous encumbant. The new director then gets sacked and the replacement has no experience of this type of film. The expectant public are desperate to see the finished article on time, can't see it happening mate!

20 Oct 2014 11:11:34
is the film the italian job!

Brilliant vid and froggy, pmsl

Just been turned into a silent movie ;)