Leeds Banter Archive August 11 2013
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11 Aug 2013 21:51:06
Hopefully the Austin haters will go back into their shells now.
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Agreed bud. One wasted shot, which I'm sure some will pick up on, but great defensively, and played some creative stuff too. He'll be a stand out player all season as captain.
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Agreed! There has been a lot of Austin haters on here but the truth is he is good when fit and ready and defo puts a shift in for the team
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I'm not an Austin hater but I was critical of him. I must admit now he is playing well and a now a key player. Glad he proved me wrong. JD
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Spot on pal . an inspired choice for captain and a first class performance to back it up.
JDC
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Austin is useless, shoot shoot shoot is all he does yawn
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Any one who goes to games cannot deny Austin was awful at times last year. Not his fault a lot of the time - injured, over-played, out of position, over-traveled but still that is a fact.I've always said if played in the right position and now with the added responsibility he can drive the team forward but he has to go and do it now. 1 game doesn't make a season and last year he was quality against Wolves in the opener. Fingers crossed he continues his form. At least he seems happy in the position BMD is playing him and can't deny he looked a class above yesterday.
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He is a good player, but I wish McDermott would tell him 2 things:
1) Don't shoot if you can play a ball to someone better positioned
2) McCormack is the best free kick taker so let him take them.
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11 Aug 2013 21:30:08
Peltier better CB than RB. Time to play Thompson at RB and drop Pearce to the bench. Obviously Sam will displace Thompson when back but until then time to tweak. A winger and central defense cover a must this week.
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Pearce did well ok he ain't fast but he is doing well so sorry mate but I would keep Pearce
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11 Aug 2013 22:05:16
Pearce played well today no need to mess around with defence
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11 Aug 2013 22:56:11
pearce is a good cb I wish they would leave him alone
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Thompson was awful in th cup at rb!
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I think we kept a clean sheet today did we not? Pearce was ok.
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A couple of minor errors, otherwise solid, and a great player for the squad, team, and club I reckon.
Warsteiner white in Spain!
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11 Aug 2013 20:37:48
Good result today even though it was a poor game properly the easiest clean sheet both keeper will make this seaon
Is Austin the new captain
Think he played his best game today
Happy with the point keep it up
Parkerlufc
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Rudy looked solid today, hopefully things will get stronger, We could have stolen or lost the game, good result!
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Paul Green should have scored and Dom Poleon could have had a penalty on another day, but then again they could have had a goal or two aswell. Fair result all in all.
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Lets be honest I think most leeds fans including myself would of took 4 points out of the first two league games move on to next saturday now and look to beat the wendies
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Agree with third reply. When the season started, who wouldn't have accepted four points?
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11 Aug 2013 19:51:41
Totally agree with shrew, really good point that, IMO wed have lost that last season to a last minute goal, sometimes you have to grind out results if (attacking wise) things aren't good which they weren't and I think that was more to do with there defence and all of our attacking players having an off day so wouldn't worry to much about that BUT like many have said we desperately need some pace in that side and BMC knows it too which is good again because last manager didn't have a clue what we needed just blamed players for faults rather than addressing the issues. Hope no one comes on to moan about that display, we've played 2 of last seasons tops teams who have spent plenty in pre season and during last season and we've gained 4 points can't complain and shows BMC has the whole squad working for him. Add a couple more and I think we have a great season to look forward to
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11 Aug 2013 19:34:15
we may not have won today, but for once kept an away clean sheet.It was a much improved defensive performance, but lack of depth is concerning, unless we either buy, and/or more academy players step up to fill the void.The midfield was solid and we have more depth here, but as we all know we need a good wide player to create more chances.I think smith will be a much greater threat with someone providing crosses for him to either knock down or have a go himself.Without that service his effectiveness and that of our other forwards is greatlly reduced.We still have the creativeness of EHD to come back and eventually byram, but without quality reinforcements it will be a long hard season, especially around the Christmas fixture demands when a deep squad is so vital for success, and where we have faltered so often in recent years.However, given support the right additions and luck on the injury front we will certainly be in the mix not only come the january transfer window when we can reassess and boost the squad where needed but also come the end of the season. Financially we are not in the same league as recently demoted sides or watford/italy but we have one huge advantage our support, which is second to none.lets make Elland road the fortress it was before bates broke it, if we can be the twelth man we can make all the difference to this season.MOT
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11 Aug 2013 18:29:08
Good decent point. Excellent defence wise.
Be even better when byram in for peltier as more threat going other way.
Attacking wise very poor indeed. So were leicester.
But hunt mccormack and varney not great today. Nobody could cross the ball at all.
For me poleon starts next game with varney onbench
But point keeps the feelgood factor going. Shrew leeds
Oh and austin superb
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Rudy is going to be awesome if he carries on like that, always where he is needed, MOT!
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Tactically, bmcd was spot on. They had 5 in midfield but we still created the space upfront. Ok, so a few crosses went awry, but give it time, and with players returning, and maybe only one addition, we can be in the mix. I loved to see us keeping some possession for some of the game, as opposed to last year!?! 64% in the 1st 20 mins. Did we ever see that last year?
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11 Aug 2013 17:34:07
Max Gradel in Leeds today! We need a good winger? Could he be re-signing?
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Would love Max back but he have all ready indicated, "Je suis tres heureux d'etre ici" as I think they say in France when they're happy at staying put.
Also. We need defensive strength as first priority.
Will be happier when I see good defenders making the rounds at ER
TQC
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11 Aug 2013 17:10:46
anyone else can't get todays commentary onlutv
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11 Aug 2013 16:11:58
Austin to lead out today vs Leicester
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Austin was great, well deserved man of the match, let's hope it gets bigger and better, fair result today.
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11 Aug 2013 12:09:52
Good luck today boys, whoever plays I am right behind you all the way! MOT ON ON ON
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I, ll second that MOT.
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I'll third and fourth that (split personality)
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Looks like captaincy suits Rudi very good first half display
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I'll fifth and sixth that. tv sport very concise this afternoon!
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"Looks like captaincy suits Rudi very good first half display"
You are wrong
BOTH halves!
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11 Aug 2013 09:45:19
earlier I posted what peoples best ever leeds team would be.How about a worst ever team, much harder given sheer number of donkeys some of our managers have signed. my team would be# RACHUBKA SA ROQUEJUNIOR DUBERRY S.JOHNSON NICHOLS BROLIN GREGAN LILLY PAYNTER subs SHOWUMNI RICKETS CRAINY GRANVILLE STACK CROWE HOPKIN manager VENABLES this lot would be bound for conference league {Ed013's Note - I thought Hopkin was OK}
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And Frank Strandli not even on the bench? Really?
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Dubes was decent when he played for us!
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I for one felt sorry for Dulux was a good player, got injured early in his career and then never really got a fair crack of the whip. Duberry, come on there's far worse than him. When he was good he was solid, when he was bad he was terrible, very inconsistant. Agree with Ed, Hopkin doesn't belong here either. And Venables did the best he could under extremely difficult circumstances.
Rest can't argue with.
How about Okon for Hopkin, Ricketts for Paynter & Armando Sa for Duberry. Manager, it's got to be Clough!
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As mentioned by Ed. I thought Hopkin was a decent player. All others I agree with though
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Rachubka;
Sa, Roque Junior, Gregan, Crainey;
Da Costa, Brolin, Johnson, Hall;
Showumni, Rickets
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What about liam dickinson, anthony elding, leon constantine, bessone,
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Jacob burns captain, surely the worst player 2get a game at the nou camp!
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Frank Strandli surely has to make the subs bench. ?
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Lee Sharpe and Carlton Palmer should be there or there abouts. From the days when we could waste money. Oh what Big Mac could do with the 4.5M we wasted on Sharpe?
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Crowe played the full 90 mins when we knocked the s**m out of the Fa cup. He deserves not to be in the worst just on that performance.
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Controversial. but I always liked Lee Sharpe even though he was an ex scum. Played half a dozen games for England so I suppose his fee was justified. If it wasn't for injuries he might have done really well for us.
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Robert Molenar. ?
Actually I quite liked him. He was a big scary mutha. Not sure I ever saw him actually pass the ball, but nothing got by him and he d block shots with his face.
Ok. Mark Aizlewood. Worst captain?
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What I'd give for a David Hopkin in todays midfield! - Can't believe you've put him in worse team, was a good hard tackling player.
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Rachubka
Bessone
Roque junior
Michalik
Capaldi
Burns
Seth Johnson
Okon
Nicholls
Ricketts
Lilley
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You've all left out the most obvious - BROWN!
No matter what you make think of the players that have gone before, there weren't too many so committed to getting themselves sent off a pitch asap.
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11 Aug 2013 22:01:37
Can't believe any1 Leeds fan can defend the crooked cockney venables he single handedly broke a solid team, he put batty to train with the kids and brought in Paul okon(worse player I've seen for Leeds) then sent olly out on loan to Roma. He bought Nick barmby who strangely is missin from every1s all time worse 11 and dropped the best keeper I will ever see for my club. Nigel Martyn. Hate el bent tel. Rant over
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Totally agree with this poster, Venables destroyed a very good side . I especially agree with the points about Olly and Nigel Martyn, he was our greatest ever Goalie and I've seen them all since Sprake the snake . Okon? Boro supporters couldn't stop laughing when we took him . To another poster, Carlton Palmer was no where near as bad as some of the other players mentioned, you are just jumping on the Press bandwaggon because he was no good for England when Turnip Head picked him . Not Palmers fault he wasnt International standard, but did well for us and still supports us .
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Fair enough. I ll take Carlton Palmer off my list. Prefered him as a centre back. He was always a committed player and scored a couple of decent goals. One v Wimbledon I seem to remember.
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11 Aug 2013 08:20:24
Amazing how many scouts we must have out there. Are Leeds in a desperate frenzy to sign a CB and spending a single game watching some unknown CB before making a decision? Come on guys use you noggin. Stop throwing in these ridiculous names into the pot cus your making yourself look foolish.'Now that's a FACT' :)
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