Leeds Banter Archive July 18 2017

 

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18 Jul 2017 22:55:07
This isn't a negative post. but, did the squad we had last season really need 10 players (plus still looking) . seems odd for a team which finished 7th, I attended all but 4 games home and away and I can say I'm my opinion (and most of the lads I go with, we probably needed 5.left back, centre half, centre mid who can score, a good winger and an option up too with mr wood, just hope with bringing in all these players it doesn't disrupt too much of what we had, And take too long to gell. fingers crossed for the new season. 🤞

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18 Jul 2017 23:29:58
Remember with all them signings, some of them were development squad, Gomez and Machuca, some were loans from last season, Pontus and Sakho and Hernandez.

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18 Jul 2017 23:45:35
And. Were we really as good as 7th last season, or should we really have been 10th or 12th ?

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19 Jul 2017 00:16:09
Leeeeds I really don't think its far off. Look at it this way - we had Sacko and Jansson on loan (2) , we needed to replace Taylor, Bartley, Pedraza (5) Tunbull left and at least one of Green/Silvestri looks to be leaving so another Keeper (6) Then we looked short 1 CB, 1 AM and 1 ST last year, in my opinion (9) . We have signed 8 senior players so far and I would still like to see another CB, LB and a LW so 11 in overall but we have had 9 out going so far and another few set to leave (Erwin and Dave) .

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19 Jul 2017 16:53:06
Nicely played gummie

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18 Jul 2017 21:58:39
Hope are first game at Bolton is'nt a repeat of last season's first game

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18 Jul 2017 20:01:50
Wish Rob Greene all the best. Hope he gets regular football

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18 Jul 2017 20:36:44
Wouldnt jump the gun on this one just yet Wex, Silvestri looks like he could be on his way back to Italy with Verona and we are looking at loaning out BPF. If Green goes too we would only have one Keeper and I've yet to see anyone linked as coming in. Its all come from one 'source' I'd like to see a few more confirm before worrying.

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18 Jul 2017 22:12:39
I hope Green doesn't leave. He was star man in so many games last season and gained (or saved) so many points for us. This German dude must be one hell of a keeper if he is to dislodge England's No. 1

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18 Jul 2017 23:08:15
Gummie good post but Ian is rarely wrong. Looks like Felix the new number one with BPF challenging. BPF had to be given a chance eventually. Here it is.

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18 Jul 2017 23:12:08
LIG Did we also purchase any of Butland Forster or Heaton? When did that happen?

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18 Jul 2017 23:19:00
GeorgeIntegrityWhitebread are you a python?

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19 Jul 2017 00:23:47
The plan with BPF seems to be to loan him out. As for the what his source has told him George I'm not saying its wrong per say rather that it might be getting taken out of context. Arsenal looked at Green and TC saying 'if they come in, we won't stand in your way' is making him available but not trying to force him out. It could just be that he has been told he will have to fight for the Num 1 shirt rather than we are actively trying to get rid. Just can't see him canning Green and Silvestri, if one has to go its surely less likely to be Green.

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19 Jul 2017 10:01:12
Yes bazza. Wink wink nudge nudge know what I mean. Your reality is derived from an a priori adjunct of non-naturalistic ethics whereas alternatively it could be a categorical imperative resultant from adhering to ontological concepts held in your imagination. Failing which it could have been ruled offside.

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19 Jul 2017 12:47:12
Gummie Agreed but when you make a former England number 1 available for transfer on the back of one of his best ever seasons it's tantamount to him going. There will be interest and as we've seen even from the PL albeit he'd be a bench warmer most of the time. I think TC is adopting out with the old in with the new approach. So far as BPF is concerned it can't be coincidence that Oldham through John Sheridan I believe rejected the opportunity to take BPF on a season long loan on same day the Green rumour surfaced.

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19 Jul 2017 13:40:08
i wouldn't be surprised if Green hooked up with the snake (not George) again at the 'boro. He had a great season last year working with snakeman and wouldn't be surprised if he went for a repeat performance. If Green and Silvestri both leave and the new lad turns out to be poor we will be kicking ourselves letting Stockdale slip through the net.

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19 Jul 2017 16:54:46
I'm not sure if any of you have seen but pictures were posted on Leeds' twitter of training, green wearing number 1 jersey, wiedewald in 13 and silvestri in 12. This was just a few days ago, make of it what you will buy it suggests s lot to me.

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20 Jul 2017 01:01:32
GeorgeIntegrityWhitebread What?

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18 Jul 2017 18:25:55
Aussislufc Can't keep a good man down, always pop up when you least expect it, Lucas got it spot on ! last year team better then this one, Let's hope thing improve in the coming weeks⚽️

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18 Jul 2017 22:09:35
Only 1 friendly game in which we mixed up sides, neither of those halves were full strength and for a lot of the new players it was their first game, I'll reserve judgement for when we are a few games into the season

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18 Jul 2017
New image uploaded to the
Leeds Player Sightings page entitled, Michael Dawson or Matthew Pennington to Leeds?

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18 Jul 2017 15:29:32
Pennington it is then! Definitely looked like Dawson but it's just been confirmed as the young Everton lad, on loan. Good signing it's just the on loan bit that I don't like. MOT

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18 Jul 2017 16:42:20
Hope it is only the start, need more CB cover. Loan is Ok if the right player to shore up our defence.

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18 Jul 2017 17:35:50
Bartley did ok for us last year on loan.

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18 Jul 2017 14:44:59
Tell you what folks we have missed a trick there by not signing Ollie Watkins from Exeter, he has signed for Brentford for £1.8M. He is a good striker, performs week in week out, he has good pace and could be the next Vardy! Just a thought though and in no way does it mean I am unhappy with our transfers so far. Can't wait for the season to start as by god it's dragging, Sky Sports keep showing the date for our first game live in the right column and I swear it's not getting any closer! MOT

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18 Jul 2017 15:19:38
Yes it's getting closer that's how dates usually go -_-.

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18 Jul 2017 15:39:27
And how do your dates usually go Swadlad? Not much I reckon! Shouldn't you been on the We all love Boro site? Enjoying your overpriced striker signing! MOT

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18 Jul 2017 17:21:51
Watkins may be good Mike but he may also struggle in his first season like Roofe did with us. Step up to Championship from League 2 is a big step up. Hopefully Roofe will realise his potential this season

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18 Jul 2017 17:36:59
Yes your right NottsWhite, I didn't look at it that way but that's what these sites are for! Definately true what you say though. What about this picture of our potential new signing, have you seen it? Well I have a numerous amount of times and I would swear it's Michael Dawson and my office has many different supporters in it including a poor old Barnsley fan, 3 Wendies, 2 Utd, 1 Chelsea fan who got lost and ended up here and of course 6 Leeds fans! The thing is they all agree it looks like Dawson, although to be fair we didn't ask the Chelsea fan, he is not included in anything, even on Christmas parties he has his own! 🤣🤣🤣 MOT

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18 Jul 2017 17:37:46
I love summer so i don't want it to be over, but i hate there being no footie so I'm desperate for the new season. its a lose-lose situation.

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18 Jul 2017 23:44:33
Mike, why as a fan would you be concerned about the price of players? Middlesbrough with Brit and braithwaite now have the best strike force in the league by miles and your slagging Middlesbrough off for over spending on them?

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19 Jul 2017 00:17:58
First of all Swadlad, why on earth do you state that Middlesbrough have the best strike force by miles? Is it because they were both bought for stupid overpriced money or is it because they have played together at Middlesbrough last season? Oh wait a minute they haven't played together before have they! Yes that's right Braithwaite who? Oh and hang on who was top goal scorer in The Championship? I believe that was Chris Wood who played for Leeds United and still does! So look back at your post and think again! And while your looking go through all my other posts and look for where I have slagged Middlesbrough off! I think you will find that my only gripe is with your senseless, negative and stupid posts! Your posts have no substance, no meaning and make no sense! You never have anything practical to say, you never want to connect with good posts and your always looking to rub people up the wrong way with such negative posts! We all know our club and its failings but you would have to be an idiot if you can't see how much our club is changing for the better in all departments, we as supporters are not stupid just because we dream a little of being successful and if another season goes by and nothing happens we will dream away for next season! This is my last post to you in answer to anymore of your pointless posts! MOT

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19 Jul 2017 10:41:55
If they have the best strikefore then they must have the best strikers? Bumawonga scored 15ish last season Messi wood got double son

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18 Jul 2017 13:45:14
Schmeichel linked with a move to man utd for a possible £30m if De Gea moves to Real Madrid. We would get 10% of any sell on fee so that would net us a nice £3m if it happens.

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18 Jul 2017 12:40:43
Belusci has gone which is for the best. However in terms of ability he is far better than Cooper and our other Centre backs except of course Jannson. He played well for us for the most part and some of his 'mistakes' were due to him trying to sort out other players mess ups. However his apparent negative effect in the dressing room and on the training pitch and elsewhere made his presence toxic which is a pity. It will be interesting to see who TC brings in. Playing Cooper is usually like giving the opposition a goal start. Hope the new signings are as good as their hype and Christianson can get them to gel.

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18 Jul 2017 13:21:36
Perfect post. Agree 100 %

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18 Jul 2017 13:31:35
we need to do something don't we?

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18 Jul 2017 13:35:10
We need to get to the point where playing Cooper is a last resort, not where he a first choice starter

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18 Jul 2017 14:33:44
We really need another world class centre half as I'm tied up and can't work saturdays.

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18 Jul 2017 17:04:36
If you were tied up Martyn that would need some length of rope

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18 Jul 2017 17:38:37
not now Martyn has lost a load of weight Speedy!

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18 Jul 2017 18:24:19
Wasn't loads alf, just the result of a good bowl of all bran

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18 Jul 2017 12:15:53
Oh dear 3 nil down to second rate side with all we signed so far, need urgent Acton on our defensive side, why did we not score. ? Need to sign another team.

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18 Jul 2017 13:10:36
He's back

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18 Jul 2017 13:31:47
ey up Matt

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18 Jul 2017 13:36:40
Did you see our line ups Whiteman? I really would take the result with a pinch of salt, we didn't play anything like a full strength team. ps we did score, was wrongly ruled offside, Antonsson missed a couple he should have put away too.

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18 Jul 2017 14:18:20
We played most 'our best' players for at least 45 mins, going to take a while to gel and that's the good thing about getting them in early, whether they are good enough for the championship or not is anyone's guess, if they are, then we should be in and around the top 6,if they struggle it could be a long season.

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18 Jul 2017 19:03:05
If M&S did transfers? Maybe we could buy a whole new team play them in 5 or 6 games then send back the ones we don't want. Sounds like like a future plan to me.

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18 Jul 2017 11:18:52
Looks like monk left for 2 reasons 1 size of budget per player and 2 being able to identify them himself as a pose to the English managers nemesis the DOF! Period, still think we will finish above them though ha ha MOT brothers

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18 Jul 2017 11:29:33
Bang on DJ on all three accounts.

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18 Jul 2017 13:43:01
have you been on your hols DJ? Welcome back. With parachute payments the borough were always going to be able to spend more than we were in the transfer market but we've spent a bit to be fair.

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18 Jul 2017 14:12:46
Hi Alf lad yeah sort of hols and in between jobs, settled into new job now and looking forward to the new season hoping the team can settle and gel quickly which is always the worry with a new coach and players.

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18 Jul 2017 14:38:10
He'll be found out in this league this year Dj as he's too one dimensional as he proved last season.

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18 Jul 2017 17:40:08
congrats on the new job DJ. Hope our new team can settle as quickly.

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18 Jul 2017 19:07:46
thanks Alf! totally agree Martyn g, if TC was a chef he'd have some great ingredients to produce a fab delicious cake, he just has to mix the ingredients in the correct time and voila he'd have a Cake fit for the Premier League But what sort of Cake would we get? that's what I want to know ha ha come on all you funny guys on here give me the name of the cake
MOT brothers and Liver!

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19 Jul 2017 13:48:39
not Madiera cake with the amount we are spending. probably a fruit cake knowing us fans!

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20 Jul 2017 00:52:30
Ha ha ha like it Alf a good start anyone else? Mot

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18 Jul 2017 10:44:35
At last confirmation that Bellendi is no longer a part of our great club. Just a few more signings and we should be set for the season. Nice to see a couple of Championship proven CB's join the ranks and a replacement for CT. Looking forward to the Oxford game to see the signings and strategy. Hopefully including a plan b and a plan c this year.

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18 Jul 2017 11:14:27
Glad Berlusci gone. Would have been problem if he stayed. Get a left back now and BW will be ecstatic. Got good vibes for next season.

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18 Jul 2017 11:59:08
ecstatic is a bit much Bige, unless speedy involved.

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18 Jul 2017 13:16:24
Some big rumours knocking about, Aden Flint and a lad, Voyer, from PSG. Either or both would be good I reckon.

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18 Jul 2017 13:23:29
Oy. I am in the room !

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18 Jul 2017 14:39:26
Voyer is one for the under 23,s

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18 Jul 2017 08:55:44
Who is going to play left wing, looks like Dallas is best option at the moment. Also need cover at Left B . Still think we need 4 in before close of window Left B and wing plus 2 centre halfs . That would make me feel more comfortable . At the moment Ayling and Pontus is most likely the best pair for centre back ?

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18 Jul 2017 13:10:34
Alioski I would think

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18 Jul 2017 04:15:32
Just looked at the line ups and minus one or two the first half was leeds from last year 0-1 Second pretty much the new signings plus a couple from last year. 0-2

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18 Jul 2017 08:04:20
Cheers, that's pretty much concrete evidence Aussie. Last years team is better than this years. Sack TC and bring back the snake 😜

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18 Jul 2017 08:53:05
Was thinking same lucas. But. Think tc should be given a bit more time. We should judge him once he has settled on his mainstay first team
Bit of a worry bridcutt played second half.

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18 Jul 2017 13:17:59
Why worry that Bridcutt played? I'm hoping all the back and sideways passes were all down to Monk's "plan"

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18 Jul 2017 00:35:51
After seeing the line ups we played against Bursaspor I'm a lot less concerned at the loss. Not sure on the formations but we had a weakened version of last season in the first half (Cooper, Philips and Silvestri in for Green, Vieira and Bartley) and a pants back 4 (Gomes, Cooper, Shaughnessy and Anita) and a strange midfield in the second. I'll save my worry for after we have sorted the defense and we play something more representative of our first string.

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18 Jul 2017 03:44:28
Why did he play that line up? Seeing who to get rid off you reckon? Not sure of the logic of playing silv in goal?

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18 Jul 2017 13:18:49
He played that lineup to give players gametime ! !

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18 Jul 2017 13:28:07
He is surely trying to get people fit before he assesses them, I can't think of a formation that makes sense for the players we put out second half (1 defender, 3 midfielders and 5 attacking players) so we must have played a lot out of position. That says to me he is either looking at the versatility of some of the squad players or he is just trying to get everyone some minutes on the pitch.

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18 Jul 2017 00:09:19
What about Stephen Taylor not joining Ipswich plenty of experience

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18 Jul 2017 09:01:03
And crap too

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