Leeds Banter Archive November 05 2017

05 Nov 2017 23:29:22
Sheffield United we're sufficiently wary to commit numerous professional fouls - and waste time after their second goal! - against us. Lonergan has made some outstanding saves in recent matches but then commits two unfortunate howlers in the same match (and let's not forget Green's howler v Newcastle) . Even the tv pundits acknowledge Derby shouldn't have been given a penalty. Viera's game is picking up - with game time - and Saiz scares the life out of everyone we play against. Look at Alioski's reaction to scoring v Brentford - a confidence needing player if ever I saw one (why TC then took him off and put Grot on escapes me. Please don't do that again TC! ) . And Alioski put some power into that looping ball with his head to score didn't he! ? This is a team still finding its feet - and we've perhaps been spoilt with the early season form - but when they click they are a delight to watch and though we have lost, I don't believe we have been outplayed in recent matches. Additions are needed - ie. a new defensive midfielder in the Vinnie mould to read the opposition their fortune when needed and a striker who links up better and drops back and helps out when needed. Wood didn't and neither does Lasogga. I desperately want this experiment to work and don't mind another season in the championship if need be. It's not as if I'm going to go and support someone else. On On On!

06 Nov 2017 00:16:24
Actually well said manston. A fair and true fact based assessment. 👍😃⚽️

06 Nov 2017 08:24:39
I think we are pretty much guaranteed another season in the Championship. Fair enough if this is a work in progress but we need to add more players in key areas for it to work properly. Poor planning to have not filled the gaps pre-season but hopefully now those gaps are obvious and we recruit the players to fill them in Jan.

05 Nov 2017 21:19:25
Question: with all this talk of people wanting TC fired, who do you want to replace him? Personally I think TC should be given a few more games, all teams have a blip in their seasons. We had a great start to the season and there was no way we could of kept that going all season.

05 Nov 2017 21:52:22
Big blip

05 Nov 2017 22:54:02
Blip = w-d-l-l-d-l -w-d

06 Nov 2017 08:25:57
Allerdyce

06 Nov 2017 11:27:22
More chance of signing Messi alf

05 Nov 2017 13:13:36
Radz gave the job to TC only on his presentation on Monks history of losses, so who did he have in mind before the interview of TC can anyone recall who was interview at this time .

05 Nov 2017 15:23:06
Don’t understand the thumbs down only asking a question! don’t you understand that some people!

05 Nov 2017 15:39:38
Hi Whiteman. Lose no sleep over it. I have accidentally given people thumbs down in the past, by tapping the down thumb as i am scrolling up or down, then being unable to work out if it is possible to correct the cock up. This must happen to other people too.

05 Nov 2017 16:56:00
LUFCtory did wonder thanks anyway.

05 Nov 2017 17:50:00
It’s annoying Whiteman isn’t it when you get the thumbs done for a question post? So I’m with you on that one. Also I would like to apologise for calling your some of your posts negative, I am now agreeing with you as you must of seen something that even the most optimistic like me never acknowledged, so apologies mate. I’m getting to the stage now where like yesterday watching the game I just couldn’t get into it because I sort of knew what was going to happen! It’s so demoralising!

05 Nov 2017 23:02:02
Mikewoody67 thanks, looks like the thumbs down boys are out in full tonight, seems lots of post are receiving them,

06 Nov 2017 04:50:35
Only those that speak the truth mate! They can do the thumbs down all day long for me, Leeds are in terrible form and I’m usually the most optimistic but right now I’m not! I for one laughed at Monk not doing well, now look, they are where we were!

06 Nov 2017 11:29:10
Let's get him back then Mike 😁

05 Nov 2017 12:40:30
I've read lots of posts on the reasons why we didn't perform as well has we should have done against Brentford but nobody as made mention of the final substitution made by Christensen. Why did he need to bring Grot on, a player who is still learning his trade and as yet is still to show he can score goals, when the team had a least a point In the bag and where in charge of the game. The result of the substitution changed the complexion of the game at the time and instead of taking a point we ended up with nothing. I am afraid to say that Christensen is a man whose looks like he's lost the plot.

05 Nov 2017 13:04:02
East Keswick white good point for me it shows he doesn’t have a clue what he’s doing at this time, I just pray it will change soon before we enter the bottom three.

05 Nov 2017 13:14:57
Positives from the last two games; for 60+ minutes were on top against Derby and we were in the ascendancy in the second half against Brentford. Negatives; TC failed to react to the Wienmann substitution and tactical change against Derby and tried to force the game with the substitution of Grot when the change was not required as we were in the ascendancy and most fans would have settled for a point given the first half. Unfortunately for the Brentford game TC back himself into a corner saying it was a must win game. This pressure is making him make erratic decisions and must be affecting the players (although they must also be held accountable)

05 Nov 2017 19:55:12
Well done Notts someone being positive

05 Nov 2017 12:17:46
Would be nice to know what Radz thinks about our current situation, and his plans in January, one thing is sure his 5 years plan Will come and go very quickly. Hope he can pull this off.

05 Nov 2017 09:19:58
Anyone remember David Batty barely used to get out of his own half!

05 Nov 2017 09:40:23
Somebody posted on this site it’s not luck in football it’s skill now you’re posting we were unlucky can’t have it both ways.

05 Nov 2017 10:58:15
There was nothing unlucky about yesterday, we were guilty of substandard finishing and terrible goalkeeping, we have two of the biggest strikers in the game, yet one looks like he runs on sand and the other couldn’t hit a barn door with a banjo! Half of our players can’t tackle, Siaz jumps out of tackles! You can scream all you like about unlucky but at the end of the day for what ever reason it is not working and we are playing relegation football, it’s ok saying we will sort it in January but that is a lot of games away and it will be to late!

05 Nov 2017 11:06:52
Batty was brilliant. He did what he was supposed to perfectly. And george. U say we are playing quite well? U usually talk semi sense mate. Where did that pearler come from? And for whoever posted we are being unlucky and have made lots of individual errors! ? Errrrr. that's the diff between winning and losing. 90% of goals can be put down to individual error. So
Well done leeds. Another fine achievement. Anybody know how we get out of this slump? Anybody? We are playing rubbish. We are incapable of passing to our own team mates
We are incapable of keeping our shape. I saw 4 midfielders standing in midfield during play without 1 brentford player near them. It is coincidentally impossible for 10 players to hit bad form at the same time. There is a reason. TC! We can keep specualting about playing diff players, doing this and that. But TC has really tweaked and tried diff players. It seems we have bought rubbish in the main and whose to say we won't in jan as well
Saiz was our only decent player. Lassonga and jannsen were atrociois. Drop them both now. Shame on them.

05 Nov 2017 11:49:06
Mikewoody67 this May come as a shock but I agree with 💯 % good post mate.

05 Nov 2017 11:52:52
What I posted Aus is that we are not playing particularly badly. What I meant by that is we seem to be playing to our maximum and I see that as a bad thing because I don't believe we are capable of changing way things are going under TC. He's doing worse than Hock now.

05 Nov 2017 13:26:14
Unfortunately there is not one thing that we are doing glaringly badly. That would be far easier to fix. Our problem is the worst. Lots of little errors, poor decisions, missplaced passes, lack of shape; all compounded by a drop in form for too many at the same time. All sounds easy to fix and would be independently of each other but together they form a perfect storm and requires a mental as much as a training ground solution. This is where TC and his gang will show their worth over the International break. Someone needs to draw a very deep line in the sand, regroup, remember who we are, what we can do, and go again.