Leeds Banter Archive July 24 2017

 

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24 Jul 2017 23:26:44
From what I seen so far in preseason my team to play Bolton would be wiedwald. Ailing. Pennington jansson beradi anita okane Vieira/Philips Aloiski. Hernandez. Roofe. wood. I couldn't make my mind up with Vieira and Phillips.

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24 Jul 2017 23:46:17
I know i'm pissed but thts 12 players at a minimum you've picked

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24 Jul 2017 23:58:02
I just realised I put too many lol anita covering rb quality player but ayling outstanding

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25 Jul 2017 00:03:55
Think you need to recount Revs, not sure they will let us have 12 on. Just on Pre-season - Wiedwald, Ayling, Jansson, TBC (Poss Flint) , Anita, O'Kane, Philips, Alioski, Hernandez, Roofe, Wood. Pennington, Green, Vieira and Klich might have something to say about that, Klich didn't play, Vieira was better than Philips last year and Green was great too and Pennington has come to play games, also think Roofe could be harshly ousted if we sign a proper LW.

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25 Jul 2017 00:14:07
Not far off revs. Is hernandez playing well? Havent seen any pre season

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25 Jul 2017 00:15:13
I love it. Can't imagine we'd get away with playing 12 men :)

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25 Jul 2017 00:27:33
Yes I noticed that when my post came up thanks lol the good thing is its getting hard now to pick our best 11 as we have a better selection of players because if you look at the subs we could have on the bench so far green, cooper, gomez, sacko, siaz, klich, anita, ekuban +hopfully 3 more and that's too many subs I know but we have the quality to look to if we need to change things around like in our last game.

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25 Jul 2017 00:31:38
Hernandez was quality against eibar we must keep him.

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25 Jul 2017 01:31:43
Jansson is suspended 1st 2 games also I think. Think to re think team selection for Bolton. You may start from scratch again. Lol. 👍👍😂⚽️⚽️

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25 Jul 2017 06:24:54
Wiedewald, ayling, Pennington, cooper, Anita, O'kane, Klich, Alioski, Saiz, Roofe, Wood.

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25 Jul 2017 07:24:40
Think viera for klich.

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25 Jul 2017 07:39:28
No Samo! not cooper! If he plays the first two games then we will be 6 points behind everyone else after 10 days! If no other cb is bought then surely Anita, ayling, Pennington, berardi

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25 Jul 2017 09:50:56
Waldo, Ayling, Penn, Shaughnessy, Anita, O, Kane, Phillips, Alioski, Hernandez, Wood, Ekuban, with Viera Saiz Klitch and Sacko on bench

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25 Jul 2017 14:46:37
Close bige. Close.

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25 Jul 2017 18:33:59
Jansson will be back for Preston. League Cup is included in the ban.

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24 Jul 2017 22:41:45
Lewis grabban available from Bournemouth. Not sure off fee ? But quick and good in the air and on the ground. Completely different to wood. 😂👍⚽️ Any thoughts on him ? I know we need a defender but wood does tend to get niggling injuries and grabban could be an option. ⚽️⚽️👍

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24 Jul 2017 23:48:04
Hes been shite for two/ two an a half seasons now. So a big NO from me

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25 Jul 2017 00:06:03
Was really poor on loan at Reading last season, better options about.

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25 Jul 2017 10:17:44
Not good enough for premier league not good enough for Leeds

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25 Jul 2017 18:32:45
We need to be moving away from these kind of players, decent about five years ago.

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24 Jul 2017 22:36:50
Who's the centre midfield partnership for next season, without seeing klich play I think O'Kane and Phillips looked great, O'Kane as captain maybe?

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24 Jul 2017 23:56:43
Oh yeh. I think it was Bige he called it last saeson a few times. Even Aus is right twice a day. Bridcutt should warm his nuts on the coach. As for captain, tough one. Probably Jansson or as Delboy says OKane. Its actually a bit worrying that we don't have many natural leaders.

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25 Jul 2017 10:18:45
Not vocal enough for captain

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24 Jul 2017 21:50:21
How's shaugnasy doing? Anyone

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24 Jul 2017 22:32:16
If they can turn him into a CB will be decent. Passes ball well and is a big lad.

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24 Jul 2017 23:00:27
Played well looked solid and confident gave the ball away what nearly led to a goal but overall looks capable

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24 Jul 2017 14:34:34
Aus mate, so you like Bridcutt?

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24 Jul 2017 16:48:12
A budding bromance

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24 Jul 2017 18:45:03
Playing upside down must make him look a better player 😂

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24 Jul 2017 13:34:06
The thing with Bridcutt passing back is that Green is not great on the ground, He may look better with Wieldwald ? Who on first impressions is more of a sweeper keeper rather than a hoofer dooffer

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24 Jul 2017 14:28:31
Sorry mate. I disagree again
Bridcutt passes back all the time to defenders as well as green. A defensive mf is supposed to help defense. He just puts the whole defense under pressure. All the time. The thing about bridcutt is, he needs to go.

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24 Jul 2017 17:40:56
Still think he can do a good job . even if only as a squad player, he made a great impact when he arrived and is the type of player that can add something . That is unless we are going to replace him with someone much better, which I don't think is in the plans . Would sooner have him there even if only to cover injuries and resting tired players over a long season . Think there are a few weaker links in the squad than Brids . That said can understand your reasoning

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24 Jul 2017 21:07:57
Come on Aussie. Stop sitting on the fence and say what you think bout the brid.

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25 Jul 2017 00:03:11
Who in squad weaker pa?

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25 Jul 2017 06:35:38
Aus, I know they are different positions but think I would be looking for players to replace Coops Douks and Ant before Brids, even if he is as poor as you believe, for the central mid role we have Kane, Shaughnessy, Viera Philips Stich and Anita . So unless Brids is really on his game his playing time is going to be limited . You still need a big squad over a full season and Brids has played well for us in the past . If he can return to that level of performance and form he is well worth having in the squad. Monks negative tactics and style of play had a big impact on Bridcutt and as the squad as a whole got tired and their energy levels dropped, they were not able to put in the shift required to play to Monks style . This lead to Brids trying to hold things together and playing the safe option passing back . A player can only perform to the level of the players around him

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25 Jul 2017 12:06:09
Agree with PA, Brids looked a better player before Monk came in.

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24 Jul 2017 12:41:30
After watching highlights of yesterday game when will we ever learn how to defend from corners and balls into the box. same every game that if we concede, it's more than likely from a corner. A man on each post from the corners would prevent goals. not rocket science. An old tried an tested solution.

But yes an experienced centre half is urgently required . a no nonsense one would be great. 😃 . Hopefully a few new signings find their feet as quickly as alioski has as I think he's going to be a tremendous acquisition to the team. MOT. 👍⚽️😃

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24 Jul 2017 12:02:00
The priority for me should be a solid experienced CB to partner Pontus, would love Bartley back but he seems happy at Swansea. So who else ? Flint looks a good option?

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24 Jul 2017 08:26:04
Think we should all lay off Bridcutt and he will come good again, think Monk changed his role and got him playing too deep . Little further up the pitch and he will be fine . More concerned that Wood fits in to the managers style and rediscovers last years form

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24 Jul 2017 09:38:34
I disagree re brid. He needs to go. He will lose us so many points if we keep him. He has started pre season with new manager with new ideas. And he is playing the same. From what i have heard. He seems the only player that isn't adapting. Wood will improve. He was never a good player last year but scored heaps of goals. that's what he is paid for. i'm sure he will baffle me again and continue to bang them in.

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24 Jul 2017 07:44:15
Anyone know if injury to pontus is serious or just a knock? We need him fit for the season.

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24 Jul 2017 10:39:50
Doesn't really matter. He won't be playing competitively for the next month or so due to suspension.

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24 Jul 2017 11:13:17
Thought he was only suspended for 2 games?

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24 Jul 2017 11:39:42
my bad. three weeks is way off a month or so. :)

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24 Jul 2017 16:43:12
Well 25 % off 4 weeks. 4 weeks is 33% more that 3 weeks. Innit

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24 Jul 2017 19:32:01
Think it's 29.8 speedy but close enough

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24 Jul 2017 00:11:01
Any thoughts on last nights match anybody? Any pluses or minuses?

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24 Jul 2017 06:56:01
Alioski roofe, phillips, vieira, okane, ekuban, Pennington all showed positive signs against an overall better team. Looked to me as though the loss of Beattie hasn't helped wood. Negatives for me were green, safe kicks, Bridgett, general awful display, Dallas, weak. These positions are definitely up for grabs and I'd expect to see alioski, wiedewald and klich starting against oxford (klich if fit) . Good to get 2 back after half time, poor to concede 3 before it. Game lost before given any opportunity

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24 Jul 2017 07:18:49
Defence still needs some work, first half bridcutt was between the 2 centre backs for at least 50% of it, saiz didn't really do much at all,2nd half much better, alioski gave us an outlet and looks good on the ball, and Phillips (who I wasn't impressed with at all last season did really well and drove us fwd. plenty of positives 2nd half.

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24 Jul 2017 07:52:29
Its bridcutt. Our undoing last year and will be this. We must get rid. No coincindence he was on pitch for 0-3!
Shame berahdi didn't get a look in. Good news that generally our mids and attacking mids are looking good. Thanks for report boys.

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24 Jul 2017 10:29:27
Bridcutt is awful, likes to play the ball backwards most of the time. I agree with other posts he just doesn't seem to fit into our pattern of playing. Puts our own goalkeeper under too much pressure with his pass backs.

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24 Jul 2017 12:39:14
Said it last year and still think the same. Put Okane and Phillips in and we will go forward Play Bridcutt and Dallas and all we get is negative play sideways and back. I also said Phillips will be our best midfielder once he has confidence in himself and still thinks so.

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24 Jul 2017 13:12:26
Absolutely agree with you BIGE, Phillips has way more natural ability than Viera. Like you I said last season he is a confidence player, if he starts well he plays well. As he grows into the game he will get over that

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