05 Jan 2021 15:50:48
OK I've held back long enough - Miss Carney was a good FEMALE footballer - it is a different game to the mens. The men are faster, stronger, taller etc. In these pc woke times it has become necessary to have ladies football featured on the main BBC sport pages etc - in all honesty most of us don't really care. Miss C has no clue what it is like to play 90 mins of mens soccer. I am ols school ( and hauvanistic ) , mens sport is just better and should be commentated on by men.
Golf, athletics, rugby, soccer etc etc is a much different game at the male level. just read the Guiness book of records!
One exception is of course beach volleyball where we obviously watch the ladies for their skill.
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05 Jan 2021 16:09:35
Agree 100%.
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05 Jan 2021 18:38:14
I must be a dinosaur but I just cannot balance an exciting game of football with the high pitched voice of a female commentator. I will just stand up and catch all the accusations thrown by the pc brigade. I try, honestly I do, but it's just not right.
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05 Jan 2021 23:56:22
So you are a premier league level player 1970?
If not, you have no idea what it's like to play 90 minutes of men's soccer in the PL either so also shouldn't comment.
The best player I ever came up against was a womans England international. Ran rings around me all day. So good I couldn't even foul her haha.
Being female is irrelevant. All that matters is she talked nonsense!
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06 Jan 2021 10:22:48
I agree Canada. there have been 100's of awful and incorrect comments made about Leeds in the last year so I don't think that anyone should be singled out about it because of their sex. Agbonlahor got complaints for what he said and rightly so, as should Karen but comments like 'she should be back in the kitchen are uncalled for and discriminatory and imo shouldn't be used.
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06 Jan 2021 12:05:05
The misogynistic insults are completely unnecessary- she wasn't making the mistakes because she is a woman, nor was she because of the standard of football that she played.
Some incredible footballers make for awful pundits, and some awful footballers make for great pundits. There is some overlap in knowledge required, but honestly there is more of a skill overlap between journalism and punditry than football and punditry.
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06 Jan 2021 12:27:29
Is it misogynistic to say you don't like female presenters. or are you just expressing you're preferences.
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06 Jan 2021 13:18:44
If you are saying it with regards to the female pundits that you have experienced, I wouldn't say that it is misogynistic (although some people would, I think that would be a bad faith interpretation by them) . If it is just the case that you don't think that any woman could be a good pundit, then that would be misogynistic by definition.
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06 Jan 2021 13:36:50
Its discriminating based on sex rather than any actual skill stubs. Its not fair to tar everyone with the same brush in terms of a factor that the individual is not in control of. Some women may be brilliant commentators while some men may be awful. You could say that you don't personally like the sound of a high pitched voice on a football commentary but again that could apply to both sexes and could still be considered unfair. I'm comments should be about the content of the commentary and not the sex of the commentator.
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06 Jan 2021 18:04:30
There are just some voices that lend gravitas to a commentary and a high pitched female one is not one of them. It is not sexist it is just my preference. If I am labelled mysogonistic then so be it.
Anti this, I am a fan of Tanya Arnold on all matters RL. Also I enjoy listening to Katherine Hannah on Radio Leeds. Having said that I don't know how I would feel of a full match commentary from either.
I am in no way commenting on their experience or knowledge just the octave levels when the game gets exciting.
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05 Jan 2021 08:13:47
Really looking forward to the game against Crawley in the Cup on Sunday. Hopefully we’ll see how Gelhart, Cresswell and Huggins if picked will show their talents. Fingers crossed we’ll have a decent run in the Cup this time and not be eliminated by a minnow, like Sutton and Histon in the past. ! It’ll give some of those youngsters the potential to perhaps get a place on the bench for the first team. Bielsa’s not afraid to include youth into his first team as we know, so opportunities are there for the brave.
Im certain this game will be televised as the media will see us as fodder for the Giant Killers.
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05 Jan 2021 11:12:29
Would play, Meslier, and Bamford, other than them 2, baby shacks rb, leif Davis Lb, struck cdm, roberts and pablo behind, Costa and Pov wide, decent team, CD is the issue, if fit League 1 liam with a kid, or Ayling, he never looks tired
IMO.
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05 Jan 2021 11:32:16
The game is on BBC1.
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05 Jan 2021 11:33:01
Bamford needs a rest Richie
This is a perfect opportunity for Greenwood, Geldhert etc to show what they can do.
We should have a reliable number 2 goalkeeper but we do not.
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05 Jan 2021 14:00:09
The 1st team bench warmers of Casilla, Shack, Costa, Poveda, Davis, Roberts (if still around) and Pablo should all play along with whoever will be deputizing for Phillip's against Brighton to get a full game in that role.
Then make up the numbers from U23s with the likes of Casey, Creswell, Geldhart and Greenwood.
Rest the regulars as Brighton game is vital with a win there putting us in a very strong position to ensure no relegation.
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05 Jan 2021 16:17:33
I think Baz had a good lineup to look at the young guns. Let's see if they are as good as we think they are. Then put a few names on the bench in case it goes Pete Tong.
Caprile,
Drameh,
Casey
Cresswell,
Davis,
Shackleton,
Huggins,
Pablo as Captain,
Poveda,
Geldhert,
Greenwood.
There are only a couple there I would change but all in all enough to give Crawley a game methinks.
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05 Jan 2021 18:32:24
Thanks Leo mate
Yes that is my lineup that I think should start against Crawley.
I predict a 2 nil or even 3 nil Leeds victory with that line up.
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05 Jan 2021 18:34:47
BV, Bamford needs to bang in a few goals, confidence boaster, ready for BHA, 2 first half goals, take him of at HT, 45 mins in 2 weeks will be ok.
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05 Jan 2021 18:35:57
Meslier dosent need a rest, ne needs games,
Bamford needs to knock a couple in for confidence.
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05 Jan 2021 22:06:17
Good logical points Richie
yeah I can empathise with your reasoning for the inclusion of Bambam and Meslier against Crawley but still prefer Bambam to be rested.
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05 Jan 2021 23:05:31
Agree Bamford looks devoid of confidence if he don’t score against Crawley I don’t think he will ever break his goal scoring drought in prem.
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06 Jan 2021 04:09:09
Would guess at-
Casilla (not saying I agree)
Drameh, Cooper (if fit) , Casey, Davis
Struik
Costa, Hernandez, Shack, Alioski
Greenwood
Decent mix of senior and youth. Think I saw something saying Forshaw is back in training too so maybe a cameo run out.
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06 Jan 2021 10:26:18
Geldhert has got to play imo Gummie -he has been doing really well this season and has experience in the first team at Wigan so Crawley shouldn't faze him.
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06 Jan 2021 19:04:08
My thought was it would be him or Greenwood to start not both Alf. From what I've read Greenwood is seen as a little further ahead so him to start with Geldhart on for the last 20 or 30 (unless we are down, then Bamford) . Don't think we will play full youth so at the back makes more sense as it's where we have injuries.
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06 Jan 2021 19:09:30
Let's be fair, now we are looking fairly comfortable mid table, and with a gap to the next match, Bielsa might just fancy a cup run so could easily be first team to start.
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06 Jan 2021 23:20:49
I think they both play together in the u23s though don't they? Do we play a different formation or does one play no9 and the other no10? Chaps who watch the u23s can you help?
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07 Jan 2021 01:23:38
Normally play together, Gelhardt plays out wide I think. It's more a case of how many youngsters i think we will play not whether they are same position. Costa, Alioski and Poveda are senior bench (normally) so I'd expect them to get priority over u23s.
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05 Jan 2021 08:05:55
Bielsa has personally stopped Greenwood ginger out on loan as he sees him on the cusp of breaking into the first team.
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06 Jan 2021 10:26:39
ginger should of course read *going.
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06 Jan 2021 11:51:27
I agree read tweet from Phil hay and he singled out greenwood as the Leeds youngester to really stand out and make a difference.
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05 Jan 2021 04:20:09
This current lockdown set to last until mid-February so, according to Karen Carney at least, the female population of Leeds could be in for a real treat on Valentine's Day! All that strength and stamina in reserve 🍆💛💙👊😍😆.
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05 Jan 2021 00:02:15
Monday 4th January 20.05 pm
End of dry-anuary!
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