Leeds Banter Archive March 02 2014

 

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02 Mar 2014 22:28:30
I see there is talk that sheff wed are to taken over by a group of rich Quataris, let's see how long that takeover takes, they could have new owners before us
CH

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02 Mar 2014 22:17:36
Re: The possible signing of Max Gradel in the January transfer window. BMC quote ' I will not sign a player out of sentiment' fact.
So WHY Kebe?

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Because he's a liar and because Kebe was a lot cheaper i.e. free. The real truth is BMd will say anything to avoid the previous truth which is/was we got no money.

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Kebe, Stewart and BMD should all go fishing weekends.

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02 Mar 2014 20:39:51
Maybe kebe has been told to play bad, so we can get him on the cheap at end of season. Haha best excuse I've got for the lad

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02 Mar 2014 19:14:58
By my calculations to reach play-offs we require 31 more points. We'd be unlucky not to get 6th with 75. So that's 9 wins 4 draws and 1 loss out of the next 14 games. Doable. It's time to drop Kebe to bench in favor of Byram though.

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Six of the top seven to play yet and BMD still insists on playing with nine

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Agree with above *claps*

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Doable eh? So you reckon we are going to do what we have failed to do all season which is play well and win matches! Deluded is to kind for you mate

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02 Mar 2014 18:12:19
We cannot keep playing with the two wingers we have. Its a waste of 2 players and puts us at an isntant disadvantage.

I would rather let Mowatt and Byram play on the wings and see what they can do rather than the current dross.

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What about giving Ariyibi a go, he can't be any worse than who's supposedly playing wingers at the moment.

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Agree completely, they would work harder and track back as well. Just a quality creative CM needed instead of Austin and good to go!

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Kebe made the worst championship 11 this week and suspect with BMD's assistance he could make that place his own

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02 Mar 2014 21:06:38
How about 3-5-2 again with byram and Warnock as wing backs not Pugh and Peltier and possibly another midfielder coming in?

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Prefer Austin to Murphy tbh, and i'd love to see Ariyibi get a game against Bolton. If he struggles, so what! I'm behind him

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02 Mar 2014 16:44:26
Keep seeing debate about BMC on here
New manager(coach) is already lined up.
Del Pierro!
Only Brian getting us up, Cellino not getting approval or Del Pierro knocking us back seem the only way it won't happen.
Not sure about the necessary badges he would require though.

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If Cellino is the football man I think he is, don't know how much patience he will show Mac, seeing how Kebe performs week after week yet still plays, his team selection and substitutions are poor the right team and subs against what was a weak QPR and we would have won hands down, think Mac will go before end of season, results just ain't good enough, he must be very worried once Cellino has official control.

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02 Mar 2014 14:50:38
How good did ross and Connor look yesterday, especially having only trained maybe twice together.

The future is bright, the future is white

MOT

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Not bad from what I have seen. Wickham looks powerful and skillfull.

Terrible penalty though. I know what Ross will be doing all this week. At least he made it right in the end.

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They showed glimpses, including a slick back heel one two. They will need more time to gel and hopefully they are next seasons strike pair.

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Maybe there is an option to buy Wickham & Butland.
Speaking after the 1-1 draw at Queens Park Rangers, McDermott said, "We are still looking and we still want to bring in one more player if we can on loan.

"We don`t want a number of loan players BUT WE WANT LOAN PLAYERS WHO WE CAN TURN INTO PERMANENT MOVES."
Make of it what you will.

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Be careful what you wish for Stewart is a loan we can't send back

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Stewart has already signed a 3 deal with us to start in the summer when his contract is up from Hull.
MJB66

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02 Mar 2014 12:09:04
imo we are just not good enough to pass the ball . few of our players look comfortable with it and if we do keep the ball for a while it normally goes back to the keeper . kebe and stewart hardly ever get to the byline and get in a quality cross .feel free to disagree as I will respect anyones opinion but I would play with 3 central defenders 2 wingbacks 2 in midfield with ross sat infront of them with wickham and smith up front . just pump long balls up to the front 2 and keep the opposing defense playing deep as possible . I know this is going back to the basset, graham taylor days of 20 plus years ago but I don't think we can get results any other way because we are not creative enough and composed on the ball .

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I do not understand why we can't impose ourselves on other teams through passing and a high tempo. We do have good enough footballers but they don't seem to play?! Byram is more than comfortable on the ball, Mowatt has proved he can be a class act and then Murphy was signed for this role. i'm not quite sure where its going wrong as we do have a strong squad on paper now to at least compete for playoffs. i'm certainly looking forward to McCormack and Wickham partnership in the coming weeks. Please just give them service!

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I can see this would work for a while but eventually, probably after 4 games teams would work us out. We got exposed against brighton for relying on mccormack too much. I think against the teams we can't match we should just go hard in the tackle and maybe longball. But against the weaker teams like we did against birmingham we should play good football.

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2nd post see's it as most fans do, why can't we kill teams off. McDermotts tactics started off well yesterday but as soon as QPR equalised we looked more at containing than punishing, Kebe off put Stewart on the right bring Byram on looked a simple option, if we don't get promoted via the play offs which is highly unlikely, then nice man, the right man won't matter I think a new manager will be in place next season.

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02 Mar 2014 12:01:52
I don't get why we don't play diouf instead of kebe on the wing athleast he can hold the ball up until players get in the box not like kebe he just looses it.ed can you tell me what's the story with diouf and why he dosent even make the bench.

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I completely agree, diouf adds quality and due to his lack of pace but great intelligence he links up well, holds up the ball well and looks for the right pass instead of longball

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U must b joking haha have u seen diiuf lately he's finished and told he can leave I can't see him getting a game for us again

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02 Mar 2014 09:10:06
People keep saying we did well against a top side - ex premiership. Rubbish. We were playing against their reserve side, 7 of their first teamers out through injury or suspension. (three only a day or two before the game) Austin and Barton not playing. At one point their back line was made of 4 centre halves. Our wingers couldn't even beat them for pace. No creativity in the middle of the park. We worked hard and our nine men put in a shift (Forget Kebe and Stewart). Don't get carried away we are at best a mid table team.

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01 Mar 2014 23:26:56
I want to start a poll and get the fans take. the question I ask is.
Keep BMD next season or bring someone new in and if so who?

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{Ed001's Note - you would need to do that as keep or get someone new in to be a poll.}

02 Mar 2014 06:53:35
keep bmd .if we bring someone else in we might do well we might no . when bmd came in we did quite well . defo give him the chance wi cash .

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BM hasn't a clue. Murphy, Hunt, Smith, Kebe, Stewart. Not great. Even Zailukas and Wootton can't get a game. One dimensional also.

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Here’s one to ponder on. After the upheaval at Southampton a few weeks ago the manager Mauricio Pochettino said that he would be reviewing his options at the end of the season. Well he is Italian with PL experience. Thoughts?

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02 Mar 2014 09:17:39
Next season? I wou, ldnt keep him til next week! who to bring in? Anybody just someone else someone who is not bmd!

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Keep. Some fans on here need to go luck up the word patience in a dictionary and look at Pearson at Leicester and dare I say Fergie amongst others. It takes time to get the blend right and develop a team. He's made two signings since we've emerged from the bargain basement and both look excellent and his one expensive pre-season expensive signing, Murphy, is starting to look very promising IMO. He needs at least a full season with Cellino's money before we even think about a new manager.

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Mcdermott must stay, you must try and see the bigger picture here.It was exactly the same scenario with Grayson.
He must stay.
Sinnyboy

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Bmd if given funds will sign good players look at wickham and butland, the others were free or loans with a buyout at the end of season. the only way he could do deals.

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Pochettino is from Argentina not Italy! I think Zola will be next manager, as he has Calgari connection.

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Grayson was better
Warnock was no different to McDermott

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He must go, inept, can't motivate, no vision, no tactics or strategy, can't use subs, has favorites.A disaster

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Ooops, that's what you get for trying to br clever!

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He needs to see out the season at least. The remaining fixtures will be useful for Cellino to judge Brian's ability.

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Take any manager in charge of leeds this season they would all have struggled under the conditions bmd has been in, yes he has made some duff signings with limited funds but see how his signings have changed with good backing, butland. wickem. I for one have not changed my mind about bmd give the man a chance because of yet judgements are being made without him being able to show us what he can do for leeds . the same people shouting for his head will be doing the same with the next manager after 5 miniuts or after a bad result . we need to be smarter than that.

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