Leeds Banter Archive December 26 2017

26 Dec 2017 23:52:53
I think we need 3 - Keeper for me is a must need (get the heebie jeebies when the ball goes near wiedwald) - Lassogga does nothing so need to get rid and bring in a good old fashioned center forward type who can get a few - and a good experienced center half - top 2 could be a possible

27 Dec 2017 03:42:15
The Wiedwald bashing really needs to stop, stats wise only Ruddy at Wolves is ahead of him. He is currently 4th in clean sheets, 2nd in clean sheet percentage. We concede 0.9 and score 1.75 with him in the team (only Ruddy tops that with 0.8 and 1.9) 1.8 conceded, 1.2 scored without him. Yeah ok he has had a couple of clangers but so did Green last season and Kasper a few before that. We need a proper LB that's priority 1. After that a ST so Grot can go out on loan and we can deal with the ekuban injury thing plus a CB to add depth would be good.

27 Dec 2017 07:58:19
Great stats there Gummie - if only football was played on paper he'd be a star - but he does make mistakes and doesn't instill confidence and that can only rub off on the defenders - he's a weak link and promotion teams don't have weak links at the back

27 Dec 2017 08:24:44
I'm with you on that brother

27 Dec 2017 09:38:26
He's in a Leeds shirt. Like rads says " marching on together ". Back him. Seems the players do.

27 Dec 2017 11:35:15
Not the best keeper in the world but one of the best in this division. Is there one better than him available, don't think so. A lot of our goals against come from defensive mistakes, not just his. Its his first season in the English leagues so keep the faith guys. He is improving so i think he will get better.

27 Dec 2017 11:38:30
Felix tends to play well when the back four are playing well, but does panic at times when the opposition are attacking. I will give him credit that he has after a bad period of form he has tried to put it behind him and has done reasonably well in the recent run. But we do need a better keeper if we do have ambitions of the premier league.

27 Dec 2017 13:30:38
Fair point KRAY (though the real life events of the film Moneyball would disagree, even if its a different sport) but the funny thing about stats is that bad players might have good ones for a game or two but they won't have good ones over half a season. Is he good enough for the Prem? maybe not but we won't get a Prem quality keeper until we get promoted anyway and certainly no one is selling one for affordable money with affordable wages in the Jan window. Wiedwald is good enough to get us out of this league this season, even with the mistakes. A new LB will save us a lot more goals than a new GK right now as most of our conceded are from attacks down that wing.

{Ed001's Note - I would look into the events around Moneyball more closely mate, it was not like the film shows at all. Lots of articles around that point out how the film neglected to mention half the players, the big star hitters etc.}

26 Dec 2017 17:43:50
One down away from home and to come back to win is always a good result. There are some fine margins between the teams in this league and even finer margins when you are away from home. There is still miles of room for improvement and we are moving in the right direction. Think it's all down to the investment now

26 Dec 2017 17:52:02
Good character to come back and win today butBurton were there for the taking really, they aren’t a great team and it would have been disastrous for us if we want to actually compete this year. So far this year I think we have shown we are good enough for playoffs but probably no more than that with the current squad. We will see when we play the better teams I guess. Not convinced with Lasogga and we seem to play long ball with him about. Roofe needs to keep his place in the team imo but we can play better gootie than today. Good to deliver away from home in a cup final but we need to strengthen to be realistic contenders.

26 Dec 2017 19:35:58
I think we can all have our opinions but the table doesn't lie. And the table shows we're contenders

26 Dec 2017 21:30:44
Wex We still need reinforcements. Cooper will struggle against better opposition which we will meet in the playoffs. LB, central defender and striker in January and we could make 2nd. Wish we could get Bryan.

27 Dec 2017 11:50:36
On paper Birmingham should hold no fear for us in our next game. We are on a good run of form, they are playing poorly and St. Andrews has been a ground that we haven't lost at in the past 4-5 visits. Saying this I am wary, I would take a scrappy win to keep our run going. Living in amongst some hard-core blues fans, I really want us to win this one especially as I will be stuck in the ground with family members who are season ticket holders. Come Lads let's do them. MOT

26 Dec 2017 16:41:31
If we go up we will need to spend money so why not spend it now,

26 Dec 2017 17:08:24
Spending money guarantees nothing

26 Dec 2017 17:18:54
Cos the type of player we can attract in this division isn't most of the time good enough for the prem league so we would have to spend again. Look at Brighton and Huddersfield for example

26 Dec 2017 18:40:50
Martyn with you all the way mate,

26 Dec 2017 18:55:20
"Spending money proves nothing". Indeed and we need not look far for a classic example - Middlesbrough. However, we do need to invest a but. At present I would not want to meet Derby, Cardiff or SU in playoffs. We are there or thereabouts, but not there with any degree of comfort.

26 Dec 2017 19:47:33
LUFCtoryscun69w, let’s not spend any and see how far we go. Middlesbrough and Leeds have spent more than many its-about buying the right players and some that we have brought or loan just aren’t good enough,, and when we just about win says it all, but as I said a win is a win,

26 Dec 2017 21:36:56
Wex No guarantee but improves your chances. Especially if invest wisely.