Highlandwhite Matchday Thread ================================================
Kick off 12.30pm. Live on Sky Sports & Talksport
In a stroke of ingenious timing Mrs Earl, myself and friends will be on route to Costa del Sol Saturday morning and try to catch the second half if we're lucky (or unlucky) so be on your best behaviour otherwise will be punished by enduring a matchday thread 47
Team news
LEEDS
Missing James and Roberts, Bamford may or may not be fit, who knows
SOUTHAMPTON
Rumours that they are playing their under 15s have been unfounded as they have a game in the morning. Their under 14s however have a free week.
We know our chances are practically nil but we must turn in a long overdue decent performance and be prepared just in case, so going for a 2.1 victory. Summervilles backside and Gnontos Willy supplying the goals.
Over to the best supporters on 606 with your score predictions and line ups
Can we go Live once again please Admins
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Leeds Utd 1 Southampton 2
posted 2 weeks, 5 days ago
Who decides the times etc of the play-offs? We have to get to Norwich for 12.00 noon KO whereas WBA v Southampton kicks off at 2.15 pm. Then we play at ER on Thursday night, but Southampton v WBA plays on Friday night! So we have a day less to recover - and we know how our team copes with that! No doubt it is Sky who have decided this but we always seem to get the least time to prepare for games.
I don’t know why I should care really, because there are no more straws to clutch at! This team has already given up.
posted 2 weeks, 5 days ago
comment by Batty (U4664)
posted 2 minutes ago
Utter nonsense.
We won game after game.
Team is easily good enough, the manager isnt.
What does it say about rest of of league, if were not good, when we have gotten 90 points, even though we gave everyone a month head start, and got just 4 points from last 18.
^^^
Keep telling yourself that.
You've been spouting utter sh 1 te all season long.
You were proved wrong. Quite a few times. Just
own the fact you're no smarter than the next poster
on here. You just spout more. We've been sh 1 te
for a while right when it mattered most. The squad
is nowhere near as good as you banged on about.
Own it pal. It aint Football Manager.
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Since mid-Feb it all started to unravel but you can probably trace it back to when we failed to do any business of note in January.
posted 2 weeks, 5 days ago
There's a few more felt same Dennis.
LIW just spews venom if things counter his blinkered view.
One of my favourites was trashing McKenna
(Pep McKenna to him). And then people who actually
do know football awarded the guy Manager OY.
One of many. It's a annual thing with him since Beeb days.
posted 2 weeks, 5 days ago
comment by Shaun M - supercalifragilisticOrtaisatrocious (U9955)
posted 1 hour, 34 minutes ago
Saints done the double over us
For us to beat them at Wembley
Its the only positive emotion I have about it
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In truth they beat us quite comfortably in both games. We can only hope they get complacent against us at Wembley, however us getting to the final looks a world away at present.
posted 2 weeks, 5 days ago
In January, Spence was required to leave by the club because there was some kind of disagreement with Farke. To this day, I wonder why Spence had to leave.
My manager, your manager, would have worked on that relationship.
Over the Christmas period there was a massive disagreement between Farke and Cresswell's camp, my manager and your manager would have worked on that relationship. Cresswell continues to be frozen out.
Farke is a coach but I continue to think there are major issues with his skills as a manager.
posted 2 weeks, 5 days ago
comment by Dennis - Always Leeds - Always Loyal. (U23086)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Batty (U4664)
posted 2 minutes ago
Utter nonsense.
We won game after game.
Team is easily good enough, the manager isnt.
What does it say about rest of of league, if were not good, when we have gotten 90 points, even though we gave everyone a month head start, and got just 4 points from last 18.
^^^
Keep telling yourself that.
You've been spouting utter sh 1 te all season long.
You were proved wrong. Quite a few times. Just
own the fact you're no smarter than the next poster
on here. You just spout more. We've been sh 1 te
for a while right when it mattered most. The squad
is nowhere near as good as you banged on about.
Own it pal. It aint Football Manager.
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Since mid-Feb it all started to unravel but you can probably trace it back to when we failed to do any business of note in January.
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Spence was, is a bad apple, who just isnt very good.
Regarding Cresswell, like rest of this good squad, he wont ever rotate 👍
posted 2 weeks, 5 days ago
This season
Right backs
Ayling
spence
gray
shackleton
byram
shackleton
Left back
Byram
firpo
Centre half
Cresswell
cooper
Stryuk
rodon
ampt
centre mid
gray
ampt
gruev
shackleton
kamara
Wingers
Anthony
willy
sommerville
James
No 10
Rutter
Piroe
Geldhart
Striker
Bamford
Rutter
Bamford
Joseph
That squad is very strong for this league, I dont understand why anyone wouldnt think it is.
just hasnt been used to its best
posted 2 weeks, 5 days ago
We are very one dimensional. All goals coming from same players. No set piece goals and zero goals from midfielders in entire 46, game season. Ipswich got goals coming from everywhere many off the bench. Don't get me started on Meslier's ratio of saving shots on target with hologram tendencies.
posted 2 weeks, 5 days ago
I don't understand
^^^
Obviously. You're clueless.
posted 2 weeks, 5 days ago
comment by LIW We’re Going Up As f@ck@ing Champions (U8453)
posted about 5 hours ago
comment by Dennis - Always Leeds - Always Loyal. (U23086)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Batty (U4664)
posted 2 minutes ago
Utter nonsense.
We won game after game.
Team is easily good enough, the manager isnt.
What does it say about rest of of league, if were not good, when we have gotten 90 points, even though we gave everyone a month head start, and got just 4 points from last 18.
^^^
Keep telling yourself that.
You've been spouting utter sh 1 te all season long.
You were proved wrong. Quite a few times. Just
own the fact you're no smarter than the next poster
on here. You just spout more. We've been sh 1 te
for a while right when it mattered most. The squad
is nowhere near as good as you banged on about.
Own it pal. It aint Football Manager.
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Since mid-Feb it all started to unravel but you can probably trace it back to when we failed to do any business of note in January.
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Spence was, is a bad apple, who just isnt very good.
Regarding Cresswell, like rest of this good squad, he wont ever rotate 👍
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Spence has played 12 times in Serie A since leaving Elland Road, hardly missed a game, not played every minute but settled very well there.
Bad apple or fell foul of Farke? Farke has history, we've had this discussion before. If your face doesn't fit you will never play for Leeds.
Cresswell's pathway has been blocked by Rodon but if Rodon had been injured at any point Cresswell still wouldn't have played.
History tells me he has a good track record as a coach but he doesn't know how to manage players.
We have all had managers like that who are no good at the soft skills.