Leeds Banter Archive February 01 2015

01 Feb 2015 17:47:50
I've been a Leeds fan for longer than I care to remember but I never thought that I would utter the words ''Brentford at home next Saturday that'll be a tough one''.

02 Feb 2015 13:31:37
Here Here
It's ridiculous.
Mighty Leeds down to this level.
I wish Billy was still heard

04 Feb 2015 15:53:47
well let's send them packing 3-0

01 Feb 2015 14:20:56
Is Woolfood the best this once great club can do?? Really, A Millwall player.

A Redfearn pick I am afraid. If he pulls on the white shirt he will get my support but I think we can do better

01 Feb 2015 17:36:08
Smitchell and Notts, we can do better but who else do you want us to go for realistically? Deadline day, we toward bottom end of championship, absent owner, little spending power for many reasons including the embargo. Given those parameters, this will be a good signing. Apart from his uncanny resemblance to a former player of ours of Argentinian descent, he can really ping in a cross and pick out the target man. Just what we need. Watch Cook go more central again and Morison benefit. It also allows us to go 442 when we want to. This will be a good signing if we pull it off. Hear Tonge going in the opposite direction.

George, I don't necessarily disagree however this is a signing that will turn permanent. Is Woolford the type of player to support a challenge next year? Short term maybe a good signing, long term no different than those we are still trying to move on

Maybe it's a case of - He's a winger, we need a winger, he's available, let's get him then.

George, I would say Ben Pringle would be a better signing (mainly due to age) for the longer term.

01 Feb 2015 18:56:00
Notts, the fact he may or may not turn permanent is irrelevant. I accept he is not of upper championship or lower premier league quality but we need crosses headers knock downs flick ons goals and points. Woolford can help. He can always be sold or bench warmed when the time arises. Redders has found a new system of playing which works. He is now tailoring the team in a bespoke manner to maximize. That's smart. If we have a good tomorrow I rather think come beginning of March fans will be saying if only the owners realized this was the way to go in August. Btw selling Smith was such a dumb mistake.

Agreed we need wingers but disagree that having an average player permanently is irrelevant. Many bemoan (including myself) those players who are drawing a salary for doing nothing. Long term Woolford maybe one of those players. Agree that short term gain is important in our current position

{Ed003's Note - A journo at the Millwall end is saying Woolford is now unlikely but not a dead deal - make of that what you want.}

We have Bianchi, N'Goyi, Adryan and Sloth still on the bench who can't get games, why do we need one winger? If we sign him, who pays the other flank? Saying that, Mowatt is a left winger according to Neil .

01 Feb 2015 21:58:11
Smitchell, many teams play with only 1 recognized out and out winger because the game has moved on. Under Oleary we tended to play Kewell on the left but no-one on the right as such. Batty and Dacourt played centrally and Bowyer would play with a free role box to box and floating over to the right sometimes. There was no right winger then. Admittedly, having a Snoddy and Gradel was kinda cool but it's rare. Yes there are players collecting a wage for nothing but this is due to combo of previous era and Cellino's realization we would be hit with the embargo so he over invested in midfield as the Hock convinced him foolishly about diamonds. We now trying to correct that and you got to start somewhere. Starts with Woolford or not as case may be but the strategy is correct. If Morison holds up ball the best we must find a winger to give him service. This will benefit Sharp too.

Georgein
Did you every watch O'Dreary's leeds?
Kewell, when he could make an effort, always played on right

Suppose Byram can play as a right winger, but that leaves 2 central midfielders to pick and one will be Cook leaving 7 players competing for 1 spot

02 Feb 2015 15:05:32
Richard, Kewell clearly played on the left and sometimes would play up top with JFH and Wilcox or occasionally Bridges drifting out to the left.