Leeds United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours 2024/25

whiterebel

Piroe for Solomon, Ramazani in for Gnonto.

Seathrun66

We gotta keep slating Piroe!! Sitting pretty in fourth with good fixtures next month.

Seathrun66

Sinisterra 96th min winner at Everton. Good on him.

whiterebel

lovely assist by Firpo again.

xlogo

All the new signings look good so far 👍

Hijpo

3 points and when we were good we were very good. We give the ball back so much though. Rodon is a shadow of what he was for some reason. Solomon was handy, Joseph caused problems, held the ball up well and did defensive duties when needed. I'd like to see gnonto move the ball a touch earlier. Aaronson wants to play fast but we don't provide options fast enough I think.

10000maniacs

Solomon is a breath of fresh air to this Leeds team. On another level.

Seathrun66

RIP Sol Bamba. Only 39.

whiterebel

Wow, RIP Sol

downthemiddle

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122569112#Comment_122569112

Terrible news. Only a young man. Cancer is a bitch.

Carcharodon

Firstly RIP Bamba, very sad, puts everything in perspective, not signing the players we want is so insignificant when things like this happen but I understand how these things are

On the game, a lot of positives but tons to approve on, Ron and Amp look to be out of sorts a bit, a bit odd, hard to put the finger on it but it’s off.
We didn’t play great but have enough quality to win games like this, I think most players look sharp and engaged, Firpo was very good, he will excel at this level, Gnonto played good, very active, Aranson did ok, lots of positives and also you can see this team has the ability to take it up a few gears

Ceist_Beag

Very sad news about big Sol, he was such a likeable character. Lovely piece by Phil on the athletic on him. RIP big man.

Jimmy Two Times

Good day on Saturday even if we laboured a little before seeing the game out. Like the look of Solomon and will be interesting to gauge the others when there's something at stake. Largie looked like he could do some damage on the ball if we really needed a goal but when he came on it was all about making sure we kept the ball and got the result. Had to laugh though,we've a song for Tanaka already and he's not here five minutes while poor old Dan James has been breaking his you know what for a few years now and nothing.

Jimmy Two Times

It was all yelllowwwwww 😀

whiterebel

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122580953#Comment_122580953

They'll never sell…….😀

Apparently Tanaka had more touches after he came on than the whole of the Hull team in that time….

Zaph

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122580953#Comment_122580953

It was incredible the number of yellow shirts there. Sales of them alone must have sorted out any PSR issues we have 😂

If you squint very hard at your first pic you might just be able to make me out in the process of getting sunburned!

whiterebel

You would wonder why we bother adhering to PSR. Leicster, the serial cheats, win the appeal and escape again. They told the EFL that they couldn’t punish them because they were in the EPL at the time. Their appeal says they weren’t in the EPL at the time, so they can’t punish them either. Brilliant rule making.

Zaph

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122582820#Comment_122582820

It's an absolute joke. They broke the rules. Everyone knows they broke the rules. But nobody can do anything about it because of how badly the rules were written. We got fined for Spygate and then they changed the rules afterwards to stop anyone else spying on other teams. Where's the justice in that when other teams can evade far more serious crimes due to loopholes?

Mushy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122582980#Comment_122582980

And got punished when relegated to League 1, remember bates put them into administration in championship before end of season but when relegation confirmed. Low amd behold an extra 15 points deducted for that, then rule changed to stop it. An absolute magnet for being punished for breaking no rules

Zaph

And people wonder why Leeds fans have a persecution complex!

Ceist_Beag

https://x.com/LiamCooper__/status/1833868396888285644

Nice words by Coops, best of luck big man.

whiterebel

60 point deduction incoming….

Losses for 2023-24: £113.2m

Losses for 2022-23:  £42.1m

Losses for 2021-22: £115.5m 

 

Total for 3-year period: £270.8m

PSR allowable 3-yr loss: £105m 

"Within the regulations certain deductions are allowed in relation to investment in infrastructure, the academy and women’s teams, among other things, which United believe means they will not fall foul of spending regulations."

man yoo? I doubt it.

Kingp35

Where are you getting those figures from? Is there an article somewhere outlining our losses?

Seathrun66

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122607936#Comment_122607936

MU losses over the past three seasons. I'd guess the point is that they, like Leicester, are going to escape punishment.

Jimmy Two Times

Only Meslier, Pascal and Pat left now from Marcelo's team.

Another sad day.

Say what you like about Cooper's performances but he's up there among the club legends for me.

Maybe not one of the best players we've ever had, but definitely one of the best people.

whiterebel

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122607936#Comment_122607936

Sorry, I should have made it clearer that it is Salford Red's figures.

Kingp35

The Square Ball have released their annual podcast interview with Angus Kinnear. It's very interesting and informative as always, well worth the listen.

downthemiddle

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122611211#Comment_122611211

Very interested to hear him talking about Archie. I didn't realise Frankie is back working for the club.

Ceist_Beag

Anyone expecting any change in the lineup today? I'm not but I wouldn't be surprised if Ao nudges ahead of Gruev soon. A lot of players did a fair bit of traveling in the past week so hopefully it won't show today.

10000maniacs

Incredibly cheap goal to give away. So Leeds. Defensive bottle jobs.

And we can't finish. Gnonto has the whole goal to aim for and misses a sitter.

10000maniacs

Leeds 75% possession but Burnley had more shots on target. Says it all.

whiterebel

shocking miss by Joseph. Shocking call by the ref not to award a penalty for the foul on Solomon. Aaronson is putting in a shift, as is Gnonto. Looked worrying for Ampadu there for a while. I hope he’s ok.

Hijpo

GNonto, please pass the ball instead of taking a shot, it's just not going for you.

Ceist_Beag

Very hard to create a free chance when they have 8 sitting at the edge of their box. Best chance for either side is on the break.

10000maniacs

How many sitters did we miss this game?, another one now. its an absolute disgrace that they bottle it in front of goal. Burnley don't.

17 attempts. Most of them crap. Trafford had a worldie too. Keepers tend to do that against us.

Hijpo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122615254#Comment_122615254

Nobody does in comparison

Ramazani and Tanaka should have come on before Piroe and Rothewell. I

newhouse87

Well if you want guaranteed goals you have to get the cheque book out, 15m+. We don't ever seem to prioritize a league leading goal scorer.

Ceist_Beag

Created chances, missed chances, bit of a familiar tale. Disappointing.

10000maniacs

Full time.

The two big issues for us are

1: We bottle it at the back, let teams get behind us (and that happens in every game).

2: We don't have the skills to put it in the net.

If we are depending on Aaronson to do that for us, we are in big trouble.

whiterebel

Itchy trigger fingers already….Stoke sack Schumacher. 13th in table, after 2 losses.

newhouse87

Lot of reports about farkes future today. Would be a terrible decision to remove him. He needed more backing in transfer window if anything.

jacool

Its hard to blame Farke when Mateo Joseph is handed a goal on a plate, and spurns it.

Brentford were put in, at exactly that same minute against Man City, and scored. Its got nothing to do with the timing, its got to do with the ability and nerve to finish your chances. 1-0 up that early, and Burnley are having to change their plan and chase the game. So frustrating, as he wasn't actually under any pressure. Make the goalie make a save if you don't score, but not shooting that far wide.

@10000maniacs has got it there to be fair.

Ceist_Beag

We created plenty of chances on Saturday, problem is we butchered them. I don't see how the manager can be held accountable for that. Cool heads are needed here, both in front of goal and in the boardroom.

whiterebel

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122621957#Comment_122621957

I really hope they don’t do anything stupid.

adaminho

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122621957#Comment_122621957

Any sources? Be stupid if they did anything this early, especially after hearing Angus on TDB podcast the other day.

newhouse87

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122623125#Comment_122623125

Many different media outlets, so must be some sources hinting at something. American owners can be trigger happy unfortunately.

10000maniacs

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122623125#Comment_122623125

I agree it would be stupid. Birmingham did something similar a few years ago when they were fourth in the table, sacking Eustace and appointing Rooney. Look where that ended up. Moronic.

However Farke needs to be more pragmatic in his game management. He needs to start doing it now. He doesn't seem to know the skillsets of some of the players.

When you sell your three best players and replace them with journeymen, you can't expect Farke to be as effective as he was last season. Getting in a number 10 would have mitigated it slightly but we didn't do it.

Jimmy Two Times

Difficult one this. On the surface it looks like we have the exact same issues we had last year when faced with a team that comes to park the bus.

Last year, while it didn't always work ( particularly in the run in ) more often that not we had the individuals who could create something out of nothing and win the game for us. This year, not so much.

I'm reading that we're going to be fine, sure didn't we dominate the ball against a fellow promotion contender. What people aren't realising is that's exactly how Burnley came to play. Sit back, soak it up, use pace on the break and see what happens.

Yep,it would have been different had Joseph scored that one at the start, how he didn't feint to shoot right and go past the keeper on his left is beyond me.

Yep, had Soloman given the easy pass back and not slipped while trying to turn, maybe they wouldn't have scored.

All that's fine, but I can see us struggling to win games with the players we have. Already the home game against Wilder's lot is looking massive next month.

Kingp35

I'm very 50/50 on Farke too. I agree with everything Jimmy says above. We really struggle against a 'low block' and our football is painfully slow at times. Saturday's setup was reminiscent of Marsch at times, zero width and just running across their box from side to side creating nothing. I don't think we had a single chance of note after they scored. Burnley were happy to sit back and let us have the ball as we were doing nothing with it. Farke is poor at in game management, his entire plan B is to make a few subs at the 70 minute mark and hope it works.

He has been somewhat hamstrung by us not buying a no. 10 and we've lost the individual magic we had last season but it's now 4 wins in our last 15 matches. There's no way he's getting enough out of this group of players.

whiterebel

If the board sack him after what he did last season, then lose 3 of our best players and not get him his number 10, I think they'll struggle to get a decent manager. AK is on TSB saying we have cash and yet couldn't land Buendia, Rowe, Hamer or Sallai? All we seemed to hear was lowball bids. Unless Tanaka is something special, we are much the same as last season, with lesser/unknown quality to replace James/Gnonto/Joseph. Solomon does look a class act, though. I wonder could he play 10?