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[Albion] Deluded Leeds (an EFL club) fans
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Dorset Seagull
Once Dolphin, Now Seagull
You wont go down because you are a decent team that plays good football. I think most people on here just get a bit pissed of that you think you made Ben White what he is not realising that is exactly why you send players out on loan
Funny how you all seem to know a Leeds who is stating we’re going to finish top 6 yet of the 100’s I know not one believes or says this. Fact is this season we’d all be happy with just staying up but do I think a mid table/top half finish is possible? Yes sure I do and my prediction is 10th-12th.
Thanks. I don’t think we made Ben White but I do know working under Bielsa improved him. He was class for us from game one and just got better as the season went on. He’s certain to get an England call up before long, I really do rate him that highly.
Not funny, colleague of many years who I massively respect but who seems to have lost all perspective when wearing his dirty specs.
I think you’ll be 14-16 personally, there are 3/4 worse teams for sure.
The whole ****ing point of a loan to a lesser club in a lower division is to improve the player.
Good lad [emoji106]
I know, I never said otherwise. The point I’m making is he will have learned a lot more from Bielsa than he would have done say under Scott Parker.
Sounds like Norwich last season.
Still in the honeymoon period while the better managers learn how to beat you, remember Huddersfield the year we came up? Those first 10 or 12 games gave them the majority of their points for the season.
Well obviously. He’d learn more from Scott of the Antarctic than he would from Parker.
Thankfully he didn't, or he'd have done a season with AliMaCArgie, gone walkabout and be frozen penguin fodder by now.
Ben White disagrees, he attributes playing at a higher level more to his success rather than anything he specifically learnt from Bielsa
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Sirnormangall
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- Sep 21, 2017
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IMO there are 3 reasons why Leeds have been hated:
1. In the 70s they were so bloody good that a lot of people just hated them for being so good. Watch Leeds 7 -0 win v Southampton.
2. They had a few players who were a “bit physical” - think Charlton, Hunter, Bremner, Giles - but most other teams also had their hard men too in those days ( though not as many). It was almost a mandatory requirement that teams had to recruit a leg breaker.
3. Since they were relegated from the Prem the arrogance of some of their fans in thinking they were entitled to a place back in the top flight has continued to make them the subject of hatred (and ridicule) by fans of most other clubs - the northern version of Millwall.
As someone who has “supported” them since childhood ( tho never on the scale of my support for BHA) I’m glad they are back in the prem and I think they will stay there.
Dorset Seagull
Once Dolphin, Now Seagull
Meant the Leeds twitterarti not you specifically
We ain’t no Norwich or Huddersfield tho. The way we play will mean we’re in for our fair share of defeats as we leave ourselves open at the back but we’ll never not stop pressing forward. We haven’t really got going yet, we can play better than we have done so far and we’ll only get better as the new players start to integrate and really get upto speed with Bielsa’s way. There certainly won’t be a fitter squad in the league, the running stats are quite incredible but it’s needed for the system to work.
As I’ve said I think we’ve got more than enough to avoid relegation and I think the same for you, I’ve watched 3 of your games and been impressed, you play some good stuff and don’t see you guys been anywhere near the bottom 3 either.
You were running out of steam when Covid shut football down last season, lockdown did you a massive favour as it looked very much like the annual Leeds capitulation was just about starting.
With less games but more condensed seasons this time it will be interesting to see when you start to burn out and how you’ll cope with the inevitable injuries.
Both of our teams will be bottom half this season so by definition we will be in the fight to avoid the drop. Pretty football doesn’t guarantee results over the season.
Running out of steam!? We’d won 5 on the bounce without conceding and were playing the best football I’d witnessed before lockdown hit so that’s nonsense. The burnout thing is a total myth anyway, our running stats have actually increased for the latter part of both seasons while Bielsa has been here.
Fair assessment I reckon