Leeds United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours 2020/2021

Carcharodon

Zaph wrote: »

Talk of a £7.5m bid for Matej Vydra in January. Seems strange to be looking to add a striker without Eddie having been given a proper chance.

I would be highly skeptical of that, maybe they are realizing we need that little bit extra if we are to go up
Absolutely loved Bamfords display today, taunting the home fans after the first goal, got to love that stuff, he gets a lot of abuse.

Mushy

Lovely win, dont care how ugly it is

Keyzer

Zaph wrote: »

Talk of a £7.5m bid for Matej Vydra in January. Seems strange to be looking to add a striker without Eddie having been given a proper chance.

Decent player but I don't think he's what we need. He's a forward but he's hardly prolific.

J Cheever Loophole

Great to get the victory at the weekend and great to see Paddy on the scoreboard. Will hopefully boost his confidence as we move forward.

Talking of new strikers, I see McBurnie scoring a well taken goal for the Blades yesterday. I always thought he would be a great acquisition and had hoped at one stage it might be possible, seeing he is from Leeds.

I really hope Arsenal don't recall Eddie at Christmas, given what they may perceive to be his lack of opportunities. Is there any word on when he will be back?

Keyzer

Heading over this Sat, can't wait.

Hopefully we thump M'Boro.

championc

J Cheever Loophole wrote: »

Great to get the victory at the weekend and great to see Paddy on the scoreboard. Will hopefully boost his confidence as we move forward.

Talking of new strikers, I see McBurnie scoring a well taken goal for the Blades yesterday. I always thought he would be a great acquisition and had hoped at one stage it might be possible, seeing he is from Leeds.

I really hope Arsenal don't recall Eddie at Christmas, given what they may perceive to be his lack of opportunities. Is there any word on when he will be back?

Training with the group again from this Thursday

is_that_so

Zaph wrote: »

Talk of a £7.5m bid for Matej Vydra in January. Seems strange to be looking to add a striker without Eddie having been given a proper chance.

Buying versus loan? Eddie was about to be given a chance and he got injured. Hope he stays the season but he's not a long term Leeds player, not until the Promised Land anyway .

is_that_so

Football Insider claiming that Leeds are expecting Arsenal to recall Eddie Nketiah, which might explain the rumours about other strikers.

10000maniacs

Leeds are allowing Reading too much time on the ball. No urgency.
Final pass dreadful too.

10000maniacs

Nice one on the break.

Ceist_Beag

Get in, top of the table, I love late winners

stryker mcqueen

Great result, reading very well organised. Harrison is frustrating but you can't knock his fitness and work rate

Mushy

The effort by Harrison for that goal was immense. First touch just opened the whole pitch.

Eggs For Dinner

Very sloppy in possession tonight
Excellent breakaway goal
Delighted with the win

purple hands

Grinding out the wins

Ben White is pure class

Keyzer

What a way to win... such a fantastic counter attacking goal.

maximoose

Ben White was class last night, hope by some miracle we can sign him but the attention he's getting I don't think it'll happen.

Thought lastnight was Costa's first genuinely good game for us, bit of luck for the goal but he was beating his man all night and putting dangerous balls in - he won some amount of corners but we never do anything with them

4 league wins in a row for the first time since Dec 18

davedanon

I just checked, and we're 4 points better off this season than at this point last year, which surprised me a bit. Although I suppose it was the new year when the rot set in last season.

purple hands

maximoose wrote: »

Ben White was class last night, hope by some miracle we can sign him but the attention he's getting I don't think it'll happen.

Would be amazing, but not a hope I'd say. It was covered in The Athletic...the loan deal was held up for a while due to Brighton's opposition to a permanent transfer option. And in any case, he's been scouted by Liverpool and others.

Maybe there's a slight chance if we go up, but you'd imagine he'd attract a hefty transfer fee.

blaa85

davedanon wrote: »

I just checked, and we're 4 points better off this season than at this point last year, which surprised me a bit. Although I suppose it was the new year when the rot set in last season.

We got our first win from the 7 in a row at this time last year. I was already celebrating promotion before the new year hit form in.

10000maniacs

davedanon wrote: »

I just checked, and we're 4 points better off this season than at this point last year, which surprised me a bit. Although I suppose it was the new year when the rot set in last season.

It went pear shaped at Easter. When Sheffield United stole our second spot after we screwed up a couple of matches, we just froze and our lack of confidence was being fed by a continuous negative feedback loop.
As Dunphy would describe it, we bottled it.

Mushy

I cant see it anywhere, but have January fixtures been announced? Going to try get over for a game (maybe sheffield Wednesday, at latest be Wigan game). Would these reach general sale? Sheffield Wednesday probably wouldn't I guess

NuckChorris1

Mushy wrote: »

I cant see it anywhere, but have January fixtures been announced? Going to try get over for a game (maybe sheffield Wednesday, at latest be Wigan game). Would these reach general sale? Sheffield Wednesday probably wouldn't I guess

TV lock-in dates are:

Selections for 11th December to 11th January by 1st November.
Selections for 18th January to 1st February by 6th December.

Looks good for Sheff Wednesday to be a 3pm kick-off on the Saturday 11th. Not sure if the police can change it still but would think that's a long shot.

Mushy

NuckChorris1 wrote: »

TV lock-in dates are:

Selections for 11th December to 11th January by 1st November.
Selections for 18th January to 1st February by 6th December.

Looks good for Sheff Wednesday to be a 3pm kick-off on the Saturday 11th. Not sure if the police can change it still but would think that's a long shot.

Will hold off till next week so

chicorytip

West Brom look a class above everybody else.

davedanon

I wouldn't say that. West Brom haven't had a bad patch yet. We haven't had a good patch.

Carcharodon

Get in Paddy !
Borough looked like a bit of a shambles at the back there, let’s hope it continues

Mushy

Carcharodon wrote: »

Get in Paddy !
Borough looked like a bit of a shambles at the back there, let’s hope it continues

The sky sports app seems that hes got two headers at goal in 3 mins. That's terrible. Not for leeds though. Hopefully get another goal or 3

Carcharodon

Bamford is playing really well, getting kicked all over the place but he has been at the heart at most of the good stuff we have done.

GoldFour4

4-0 Klich has just put a beauty in the top corner

Kristopherus

Game over. 4-0 up now with a very good performance.

stryker mcqueen

Don't you know pump it up......

Mushy

Costa gets one and Klich a second. Lovely and comfortable, showing how it can be done

purple hands

Keyzer wrote: »

Heading over this Sat, can't wait.

Hopefully we thump M'Boro.

You sure know how to pick em

Carcharodon

Middlesbrough looked absolutely awful, we could of had 5 or 6. Nice to have a more relaxing game for a change.

Gaspode

Anyone here heading to The Camden pub in Dublin next week, there will be a big meetup of Leeds fans for the Huddersfield game? Pretty decent sports bar with massive screens, Chelsea game will be relegated to downstairs!

Keyzer

Carcharodon wrote: »

Middlesbrough looked absolutely awful, we could of had 5 or 6. Nice to have a more relaxing game for a change.

Saying something when you can say Luke Ayling should have had a hat trick.

Was at the game, great day, great result - crowd was electric.

Having said that, MBoro were absolute tripe - wouldn't be surprised if Woody got sacked. There will be much sterner tests in the coming weeks but delighted with the result.

Promotion is a certainty.

I don't think I've said that since January...

is_that_so

Keyzer wrote: »

Saying something when you can say Luke Ayling should have had a hat trick.

Was at the game, great day, great result - crowd was electric.

Having said that, MBoro were absolute tripe - wouldn't be surprised if Woody got sacked. There will be much sterner tests in the coming weeks but delighted with the result.

To be fair to them they are missing most of their first team, something that we know all about. On paper, a full Boro team will be good enough to move up the table away from relegation. All it takes is a run of 3-4 wins! I hope he gets the season.

blaa85

Off to arsenal in the FA cup!

Zaph

Piece of p*ss

is_that_so

1972!

Was at the Emirates 8 years ago when Fabregas scored a 90th min peno to equalise against Grayson's side. Looking at the teamsheet, Grayson got a lot out of average players...though interestingly Ross McCormack was on the bench, it wasn't until the following season when he started scoring at will.

is_that_so

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/soccer-predictions/championship/

Mushy

is_that_so wrote: »

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/soccer-predictions/championship/

Yeah...playoffs it is

is_that_so

is_that_so wrote: »

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/soccer-predictions/championship/

I suspect that algorithm doesn't build in things like possible goalkeeper suspensions for racism, Bielsa burnout, spygates, teams ordered to concede goals because a ball wasn't put out of play and the usual insanity that besets any average season at Leeds United.

Jimmy Two Times

We're at The Emirates on the Monday night,6th Jan, live on the BBC.

Think I'll make the trip.

purple hands

Just QPR away picked for Sky in the latest announcement

https://twitter.com/EFL/status/1202996403619991552?s=09

Mushy

Thought the February games were being announced today

Scratch that, game on first is set for 3. Gonna try choose between Sheffield Wednesday or Wigan game. SW game I'd say unlikely to make general sale, would only gold members get a ticket?

Zaph

Tempted to book flights for the Wigan game on 1st February.