No no no............ There will sorry would be huge pressure if we got to the PL, but it would be a totally different kind to the psychological pressure we will be under if the games resume.
On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 9:39 PM Guy Thornton <guy.thorn...@inter.nl.net> wrote: > I'm with you 100% Alan. You mirror my thoughts exactly. > > When this came up last week on how to vote a number of people where for > calling it done and > dusted and not playing on with one of the reasons being the chance of us > blowing it. > Apart from Norwich whinging that if the Premiership is finished they > shouldn't be relegated as it > wouldn't be fair for Leeds or anyone to be promoted based on positions in > an unfinished > championship if anyone has worries about us bottling it then that would > not augur well for the > pressure of the Premier League. I don't think we will blow it but let's > prove it, show we can compete > at at higher level > guy > > On 25 May 2020 at 11:25, alan.edgar--- via Leedslist wrote: > > If, from this position, we are going to submit to the pressure of getting > promotion over 46 (or even 49) games as > the rules stated at the start of the season I don't fancy our chances in > the pressure-cooker that is the Premier > League. > Here's hoping the players are less pessimistic than you, Rob. > Cheers, Al (VP of the Richard Naef Eternal Optimists Club) > --------- > On Monday, 25 May 2020, 12:00:07 BST, leedslist-requ...@gn.apc.org < > leedslist-requ...@gn.apc.org> > wrote: > Send Leedslist mailing list submissions to > leedslist@gn.apc.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > leedslist-requ...@gn.apc.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > leedslist-ow...@gn.apc.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Leedslist digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Delusional (Robert Heath) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 12:50:13 +0200 > From: Robert Heath <heathpalai...@gmail.com> > To: Leeds List <leedslist@gn.apc.org> > Subject: [LU] Delusional > Message-ID: > <CAMf8ioHmYkNRrifPUvL2csvRXyDuD4thbzR_d=J0qMtsd=o...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > As a paid up member of the Grumpy Old Men Society, it is not surprising > that I mutter "the world's gone mad" about three times a day.........but > having said that, I really do think that the amount of delusional thinking > in all walks of life nowadays has reached, well dare-I-say-it pandemic > proportions. > > And one example of such is all these Leeds fans and players who are > blathering about wanting the season to be completed and to "earn promotion > on the pitch." They are completely deluded. > > If it does restart, this huge hiatus will have only ramped up the > psychological pressure on the Leeds players. After weeks of reading and > hearing how a) promotion was almost in the bag when it stopped, b) if it > starts again promotion will be a formality, or c) the season should be > stopped and Leeds should be handed promotion already, there will be massive > pressure on the players if they actually do have to go out and do it on the > pitch. > > I could easily see a superhyped-up Cardiff beating us in the first match. > Imagine if we then do one of our classics and batter Fulham but fail to > finish any moves and they get two chances all game and Mitrovic puts them > both away. > > PRESSURE! > > And we showed in the playoffs last year that we have the capacity to > completely fold when the pressure really mounts. Pablo, for example, was a > complete liability in those last few games. A bowl of jelly would have > contributed more. Dallas, with his experience of big International > occasions, was the only player who reacted well to the pressure. > > Anyway, that's why I've got everything firmly crossed hoping the season > will NOT get finished. > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ > > RIP Norman MOT > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Leedslist Digest, Vol 119, Issue 13 > ****************************************** > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ > > RIP Norman MOT > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ > > RIP Norman MOT > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ RIP Norman MOT
