I don't buy that we are bottlers by nature and I really think we are a different team this season and better prepared in almost every aspect. MB has kept the players in as best condition as possible in the circumstances and I'd bet on him over anyone else in this league, he's learnt from last season. In fact I'll eat my VPs shorts if we don't go up!
Sent from my Mobile. ________________________________ From: Leedslist <leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org> on behalf of Robert Heath <heathpalai...@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 9:57:50 PM To: guy.thorn...@inter.nl.net <guy.thorn...@inter.nl.net> Cc: Leeds List <leedslist@gn.apc.org> Subject: Re: [LU] To play or not to play, that is the question (Leedslist Digest, Vol 119, Issue 13) 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 _______________________________________________ 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
