Leeds Rumours Archive March 21 2017

 

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21 Mar 2017 13:49:05
All players go through sticky patches and get 'out of sorts' with the manager. Sometimes they get a bit 'anti'. When they do they need the manager to sort it. sometimes this is a quiet word, sometimes a kick in the pants and sometimes a spell on the bench. I don't know what the issue with Jansson was about but that's irrelevant.

In my opinion its unhealthy for a team to have a player, no matter how good he is, to be seen as irreplaceable. At the moment we do not have a credible replacement for Bartley or Jansson.

However well Cooper plays he always gifts golden chances. He played very well on Saturday, but on another day, we could have easily lost because of his slip ups. We need to replace asap for next season.

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21 Mar 2017 15:58:25
Completely agree, Cooper just isn't good enough and the clean sheet was down to Green and Murray's poor finishing.

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21 Mar 2017 16:49:00
Disagree, cooper is a decent defender who played very well V Brighton n yes he makes mistakes but so does Bartley n jansson, it's unbelievable that our own fans are now turning on our own players even when we win. please remember jansson and Bartley came to us only on loan because they are a step above what Leeds can outright buy, cooper has done very little wrong when he's played, Bamba was the one who couldn't defend not coops.

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21 Mar 2017 17:05:20
We've moved above Cooper level players now Swadlad, sad but true. We need to be ruthless if we want promotion.

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21 Mar 2017 18:27:50
Not really sg who's above Cooper level then? Oh yea two on loan centre backs. And yes before anyone corrects me I know janson has signed but until the end of season he's still a loanee. There's no guarantee we will get Bartley at end of season but I hope we make the effort to get him and one more top quality centre back then we can say we've out grown Cooper.

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21 Mar 2017 18:58:11
Jansson's not loanee and yes Bartley and Jansson are better than Cooper. Do you think Hudds fans care that Mooy and Brown are loanees and demand lesser players start over them?

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21 Mar 2017 17:26:36
Haven't turned on Cooper just expressing an opinion which I've held for a long time.

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21 Mar 2017 21:02:30
Just don't think it's right that as a Leeds fan your thinking cooper is below our level but if that's your opinion then fair enough, but players like berardi n doukara were in the same boat with a lot of Leeds fans last season but look how they have improved now they have better players around them, cooper along side Bartley V Brighton was as solid as jansson has been, yes people will look at the og he nearly scored but that could have happed to any defender, Brighton had 3 shots on target so that shows how well he played imo

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22 Mar 2017 09:33:17
Brighton had three shots on target but were inches away from a couple of tap ins. Unfortunately for Cooper he is one of those players who repeatedly give chances to the opposition. I've seen him play in most of his games for Leeds. He can be playing a blinder but will then chip in with a couple of chances for the opposition.

If they don’t score from them he is man of the match unfortunately they frequently do. Other players do make mistakes, of course they do, but they don’t usually happen as often as Cooper’s and they are not usually as goal threatening. I'm sure he is a good chap but if we have any thoughts of playing well at a higher level we need better than him.

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22 Mar 2017 09:50:25
Sg janson, s contract starts this summer so technically he's still on loan from torino

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22 Mar 2017 12:17:12
I'm interested on your view on berardi? He started of being a terrible player for us who would get sent of constantly but he's now one of the best in the tank imo, I'm not having ago i just think your judging coops on last season when he had Bamba next to him, when he's played this season with Bartley he's looked very good, look at berardi n how he's improved with better defenders around him, the only players that wouldn't be any good in the premiership would be Grimes, sacko n antonsson n not sure on roofe/Dallas but the rest could do a job in the premiership i believe.

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22 Mar 2017 12:19:03
I never slated Berardi swadlad. I thought he'd be a good player as he was a Swiss international and played for Sampdoria. I always thought Doukara was a good player but lazy and he could be unplayable on his day. Doukara gets slagged off on Twitter so people can get retweets and likes. We've got worse players than him.

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22 Mar 2017 12:38:02
For me, Cooper and Dallas are the two players who haven't improved under Monk, which suggests there's nothing more in them that we haven't already seen. Cooper was at his best with Bellusci, although I think playing next PJ would make Cooper look better than he is, like Bartley.

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23 Mar 2017 09:15:37
So your saying jansson makes Bartley look better than he is? Bartley is the better of the 2 imo, he's one of the best defenders we have had n years.

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23 Mar 2017 09:24:14
Having been to every game, you can't compare Jansson with Cooper. Cooper is excellent when the ball is on the ground but anything in the air (long balls, corners, free kicks) he's very, very poor. In the whole game against Brighton I think I saw him win one header which isn't good enough for a CB. When PJ and KB are playing I'd say 80% of headed clearances from set pieces come from them. I'm not saying Cooper is a bad player, because I don't think he is, but he shouldn't be third choice CB in a team pushing for promotion IMO.

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23 Mar 2017 12:10:33
But then a lot would have said the same about berardi when he first joined, he was awfull but now he's had his chance he's taken it in a better team with better players, cooper has not done a thing wrong when he's been given a chance to play in this stronger team that's all I'm saying, fair enough knock some of the other players like grimes who are no use to us but cooper does a job n has done when he's been playing.

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23 Mar 2017 13:47:57
I see what you're saying Swad but I disagree about Berardi (not sure everyone else's point of view) . He had a bit of a discipline issue but as a player I always thought he was a solid 7/8 out of 10 every game. Cooper, as I put before, is fine the the ball on the ground/tackling etc but anything aerially I'm always a bit worried! Perhaps a bit of an unusual one but I don't see why he couldn't fill in at LB occasionally if Berardi/Taylor were unavailable! ?

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26 Mar 2017 19:23:25
Cooper's had 3 seasons not 10 games. He won't get any better than he is now.

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