Leeds Banter Archive October 05 2020

05 Oct 2020 22:56:51
Imagine bielsa switching the front three if we are a few goals up in a game say 60 mins on the clock poveda Rodrigo raphina that pace on them front 3.

05 Oct 2020 23:25:17
pace is so important in modern game and wins matches and it looks like we got pace to burn.

05 Oct 2020 23:43:47
Brum Some bench we have now. Can only have 7 but here's 9.
Caprile
Struick
Davis
Llorente
Poveda
Raphinha
Rodrigo
Shackleton
Hernandez.

05 Oct 2020 23:48:16
Hell George with those on the bench you have us playing with Roberts in the starting line up haha.

05 Oct 2020 23:54:01
Didn't even mention Alioski.
What a fine job management has done.

06 Oct 2020 00:27:22
🇨🇦 True for 2 reasons. He's got the shirt right now for one and for two I agree with Bub he'll improve. I can see him leaving end of the season though as we upgrade playing staff. See Tyler improving but insufficiently to warrant him staying. Roberts, Alioski and Douglas will eventually leave as we upgrade to Benrahma or De Paul and possibly Rico Henry.

06 Oct 2020 00:36:17
What his signing means is that for the opposition there is no respite from the wings. No strategy to tire them out as fresh equally adept and pacey subs are waiting to replace either. If we bolster central midfield and then Greenwood and Gelhardt come into the reckoning, silverware looks within our grasp in 2022.

06 Oct 2020 04:31:20
By Jan I could see the starting line up as

Meslier
Ayling, Koch, Llorente, Dallas
Phillips
Costa, Klich, Raphinha, Harrison
Rodrigo

Bench
Caprile
Cooper
Struik
Alioski
Poveda
Hernandez
Bamford

(Bamford and coops could keep their places if form stays on point tbf)

Shack, Leif and probs Tyler out on loan to champ sides and Douglas and Casilla gone.

Reckon Alioski and Dallas (if we bring in a natural LWB next summer) will stay around the team for a while though George, unless they ask to leave, are both on lower contracts and so versatile, even if we bring more in they are good options to have on the bench.

06 Oct 2020 04:39:34
Still can’t see us beating someone 7 nil, but we will have to see let’s hope it man poo if it happens.

06 Oct 2020 09:13:29
Why do we have to beat someone 7-0? I’ll take 1-0 all day.

05 Oct 2020 22:34:13
Raphinha. looks the bizzo.
Great start to the season. MoT

05 Oct 2020 22:47:23
Definitely excited by this Raphinha signing . supreme talent that Bielsa will make even better


Obrigado. Radz, Victor, Marcelo, Angus 🥂.

05 Oct 2020 23:28:17
hard to tell from youtube but bit worried by that highlights reel which included a naff free kick, lame shot and not much end product! was impressed by the running back though, the gaffer will like that.

end of the day i'm not worried about youtube I got full trust in orta.

06 Oct 2020 06:38:41
Yes I saw that as well Bermo - seemed to contain a lot of near misses as well. Still, a young relatively uncut diamond with pace to burn with any luck and stone that may emerge as a great player in time.

05 Oct 2020 21:33:33
Kinner didn't look to confident on sky then at the ground.

05 Oct 2020 22:11:16
Going to fall apart isn't it. Fee supposedly agreed, medical done, terms agreed, he doesn't need work permit because he has an Italian passport, so why the hold up? Something not right.

05 Oct 2020 22:19:44
Brum That's because a fan told him seconds earlier than Huw Jenkins was spotted with a pair of pliers and a blowtorch somewhere along the French National Grid 😂.

05 Oct 2020 22:36:28
Ha it's all done now he looks decent and young.

05 Oct 2020 18:52:45
Listen lads his playing against some of best players in world he will learn from that it's hardest postiion ont pitch you know get behind him not against him come on MOT.

05 Oct 2020 19:01:26
Raphinha to Leeds? Don’t wait up! I’ll do a Bermo, but I’ll back it, if he does I’ll no longer visit this site lol goodnight lads 👍.

05 Oct 2020 19:38:03
What?

05 Oct 2020 20:22:42
Cherio 😉.

05 Oct 2020 20:44:15
lost me there 007.

05 Oct 2020 21:26:28
If the gaffer says it should be so, then it only needs the players to grow a tomato.
It’s simple ethics of grass roots.

05 Oct 2020 23:30:08
good point raggity well made.

05 Oct 2020 17:41:01
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Aston Villa v Liverpool - A Liverpool Perspective

05 Oct 2020 18:57:48
Ed001 Excellent review. Can see Milner reclaiming a midfield berth.

{Ed001's Note - he should have started, we needed his leadership.}

05 Oct 2020 16:28:00
What a weekend - PL could be wide open this year, let's move from surviving to possible place in Europe a lot earlier than I hoped!

Even better man utd are shipping goals and appear to have no serious cash to resolve the problem unless they just don't trust Ole's thoughts ( and who would )

Still think we need a Keeper - my great Aunt Florence can hit the deck quicker than Mes!

This could be more exciting than we hoped.

05 Oct 2020 16:34:17
George won't have that. That's disrespectful. Nothing wrong with Ole. Extend his contract. Give him generous transfer budget. Ole for life 🤣🤣😂😂😉😉👊.

05 Oct 2020 16:45:32
One step at a time. Let's get to 40 points first.

Meslier did ok to stop that header from Bamford and was superb against Sheff Utd as well.

05 Oct 2020 16:49:35
Here, here, Georgie boy.

05 Oct 2020 16:52:27
Spot on Alf, meslier is doing very well.

05 Oct 2020 14:59:04
Now the table taking shape, looking forward as a neutral 🤣😉 to watching some entertaining relegation dogfights. Fulham vs ManU looks a tasty fixture. 😂.

05 Oct 2020 14:39:34
Slept 🛏🌒💤 like a baby last night. Is it safe to go back to bed just yet? 💙💛⚽️.

05 Oct 2020 10:11:46
Bogusz going out on loan to a Spanish secunda league team, who's name I can't spell!

05 Oct 2020 10:52:09
Looks like quite a few of the previous seasons U23 side are now getting blooded in league football, and a new crop of U23 have moved up from the U18s or been bought in from outside.

Could it be we are getting a production line of talent underway?
It all feels very professional to me.
Watch how the loaned players adapt to 'real-man' football.

Can they hack it?
Yes get them in to the PL squad.
No get them sold for some profit.

And a similar thing happens to the U23 squad except if it's a Yes then loan them out

Just saw Gotts linked to Sunderland. Playing in front of those supporters would be a make or break to playing under pressure week in week out. A much better test than Hull Kingston Rovers.

05 Oct 2020 12:35:16
got very high hopes for bugotuz think he is a touch of class from what I have seen bit like Michael Carrick.

05 Oct 2020 12:51:40
No fans at the moment axe.

05 Oct 2020 15:10:31
Sorry alf, I meant to say he will have the pressure of the fans expectations. That whole area is a hotbed for Sunderland. You can't go anywhere without realising it's important to the natives.
The pressure on players for that club must be immense on a day to day basis

Al in all good grounding for what it must be like for a player in the leeds first team.

05 Oct 2020 07:39:16
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Review Of The Day 5th October 2020

05 Oct 2020 15:39:42
Ed001 Good review but if Watkins' late volley onto the bar had gone in, would you have searched instead for a picture of an octopus? 🦑😂.

{Ed001's Note - good question, I don't know, I hadn't given much thought to it to be honest. I just had a hundred pics of 7 Up sent to me yesterday, so it was in my mind.}