Two months back in the Champo, it feels like we've never been away. Some things have changed, some are different. Here's my take, please agree, disagree, and add your own.
1) Have we had one game this season with a decent referee? I can only assume the FA are busy recruiting anyone with a red shirt, a prawn sandwich and a white stick, because they have been universally $hite.
2) The height of the average defender in the Champo would qualify most of them to play in the NBA. Which is where they should go, because kicking lumps out of our players is all they can do.
3) Every opposition goalie saves his game of the season for when they play against us.
4) Man City or Milwall? Arsenal or Stoke? Newcastle or Rotherham?The gulf in quality between the Premier League and the Champo can be measured in light years.
5) We have always been and always will be everyone else's cup final. You never see a half empty stadium when Leeds are in town.
6) Every Champo manager looks like Mark Robins. Even Darren Moore dreams he looks like like Mark Robins.
7) After the pain of relegation and the bloodletting of the release clause want-aways, it feels like we are on a better course at the moment. The Champo is more forgiving than the Premier League and the stress of watching us play like $hit every week was wearing me down. There may be some truth in the idea that relegation isn't always the worst thing in the world. Jesse Marsch is, though.
8) The quality we have brought in from the money generated by the sale of Adams is unreal. The question at the back of my mind is how good would these players be in the Premier League?
9) The Champo does have a solid, honest, earthy, feeling to it and is possibly more representative of English football than the Premier League. I can't wait to get out of it.
10) We are always capable of generosity towards ancient strikers living on memories and teams that haven't won since the ice age. And we are sure to do the right thing if a beloved player or director of the opposing team has passed away.
That's my lot. Now, over to you.
Reflections on the Championship
posted on 29/9/23
comment by Jaz63 (U8369)
posted 1 day, 2 hours ago
"Getting relegated was the best thing that could have happened to us at that point. Yes, we now have a long hard struggle to get promoted again but relegation has forced the club to rebuild"
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Thing is Jaz, I hear you on this but something not sitting well at all, we should have never of been a position to have to re-build, MB had done all that for us and we really needed to push on, poor ambition shown by the then owners the previous summer mixed with a bit of bad luck with injuries.
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"The new management seems to be doing a pretty good job (notwithstanding the problem of the players on loan and the fact that Kinnear is still CEO). The club seems to have switched generally from a wholly negative trajectory onto a much more positive one in a very short time, and we're watching some good, enjoyable football again"
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never should have been any negative vibes at all, far too early to blast them, plus doesn;t hat statement alone underline what a results game it is?
""And for me, the really exciting thing about Farke is that he's hungry for PL success - he'll stick with us when we go up because he still has something to prove.""
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totally agree with this...
posted on 29/9/23
"The new management seems to be doing a pretty good job (notwithstanding the problem of the players on loan and the fact that Kinnear is still CEO). The club seems to have switched generally from a wholly negative trajectory onto a much more positive one in a very short time, and we're watching some good, enjoyable football again"
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further more, it was only 4 weeks ago I was reading things like "we're clearly not in good hands", from A14 (a great poster btw, cricket and football on here), seems a balanced lad but got taken in with all the negativity in the media, from people who had no idea if these decisions were good or bad.
posted on 29/9/23
from people who had no idea if these decisions were good or bad.
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You do not think these Loan deals were not bad deals 🤦
Got away with it (still problems coming further down the line) due to the massive advantage of parachute payments.
posted on 29/9/23
comment by LIW Rad a %#@% and so is Orta (U8453)
posted 59 minutes ago
from people who had no idea if these decisions were good or bad.
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You do not think these Loan deals were not bad deals 🤦
Got away with it (still problems coming further down the line) due to the massive advantage of parachute payments.
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its not my call tho mate, no idea... what I am seeing is decent stuff on the field, and if I'm honest, all I really care about.
posted on 29/9/23
also, "got away with it", seems an odd statement when you think about in this context... I mean, decisions turned out not bad now but could be later... isn;t that every decision ever made by anyone?
seems to me like even you knew you may have jumped the gun... just saving a bit incase we start losing games pal or what?
posted on 29/9/23
If all you care about is on field, then dont comment on things people, do care about, ie off field stuff 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
Got away with it, due to the standard of the champ this season. Dont see how hard that is to understand 🤦
Weve given everyone a head start 🤦
Jump the gun on what 🤷🏻♂️ I’ve consistently said I think we will walk promotion.
But if your happy with how things went in the summer, fair enough 👍
posted on 29/9/23
On field progress has been very encouraging - Well done Farke and the team.
Off field, the whole loans saga has been typical 'only at Leeds'.
How it is resolved next summer is a whole other ball game.
Recent reviews of loan players in Europe are, in the main, poor. Rasmus sounds like he's having a torrid time, Aaronson not much better. Very few, if any, are wanted back and I can see several having to have contracts terminated by mutual agreement.
Until this is all resolved the term 'Clean slate' can not really be used, which I've seen used in various comments over the last few weeks.
Anyway that's next summers problem and we'll have to cross that bridge accordingly.
posted on 29/9/23
If all you care about is on field, then dont comment on things people, do care about, ie off field stuff 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
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I don't mate, keep well out of it.
its a results game, fans are happy when winning, all other stuff ruins the enjoyment of the sport. seems crazy to me people would care so much, but there we go.. I'm sure you're happy
posted on 29/9/23
crazy to me people would care so much, but there we go.. I'm sure you're happy
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Maybe because there is a direct correlation between how a club is run and how it performs on the field 🤷🏻♂️
posted on 29/9/23
comment by LIW Rad a %#@% and so is Orta (U8453)
posted 22 minutes ago
crazy to me people would care so much, but there we go.. I'm sure you're happy
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Maybe because there is a direct correlation between how a club is run and how it performs on the field 🤷🏻♂️
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sometimes yeah sometimes no tho... like you said yourself, you think we'll walk the league, but spent half the summer in absolute bits
me however....
and its same outcome.. nothing either of us could of done, we're 5th, both support the same team, and both reckon we'll go up 1st.
makes total sense pal