Richard - could you paste the link to the survey please, you know, the one you’ve just referenced re the attitude of Leeds fans? Or was it just a daft comment with you pretending to have a clue?
Yes, we have a reasonably easy run-in, but just drew with the league’s bottom team, so how easy will it be for a side struggling to score? Rob H ‘best footballing side for over 40 years’ - what, better than when we won Div 1, or the season before, when the 4th place saw us play some staggering football, or better than the Kewell/O’Leary era and the Champions League? Ben White is a great player, but his defending AT THAT MOMENT was poor! > On 1 Jul 2020, at 18:38, Ed Morrish <edmorr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > We play best when there’s space in front of us. Teams like Luton and Cardiff > are happy to let us have the ball, sit back, and wait for us to fuck it up. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 1 Jul 2020, at 18:28, Jim Moran <j...@jimmoran.co.uk> wrote: >> >> FWIW I think we’d do better in the top flight with this team. >> >> The other observation was because of Cooper’s injury we played most of the >> game with 1 centre half, so Phillips was in essence playing central >> defence. >> >>> On Wed, 1 Jul 2020 at 18:17, Richard Naef <rich...@triumph-computers.co.uk> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Don't bother Rob, the prevailing attitude of Leeds fans is we are shit and >>> won't go up, and if we do we'll be shit in the Premier League and come >>> right back down again. It makes me laugh when people say that Mclaren is >>> an idiot, except when he agrees with them. They can't stand being proved >>> wrong, so the slightest mistake produces reams and reams of I told you >>> so's. Some people will never be happy, I don't know if they had a tough >>> childhood, or just enjoy being miserable. I wonder why some of them aren't >>> employed in some professional capacity in Football. Meanwhile in the real >>> world, we are top, points ahead of other teams, got a reasonably easy run >>> in and are watching the best football we've had for half a generation. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Leedslist <leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org> On Behalf Of Robert Heath >>> Sent: 01 July 2020 16:18 >>> To: bruvvalee...@yahoo.co.uk >>> Cc: Leeds List <leedslist@gn.apc.org> >>> Subject: Re: [LU] I don't know why I bother, but.......... >>> >>> Well that's me put in my place. Thanks for that. >>> >>> Meanwhile, I am going to carry on LOVING watching a young, humble local >>> lad playing the pivot in the best footballing side we have had for over 40 >>> years. And I'm also going to enjoy watching probably the best English CH >>> since Ferdinand performing magnificently in a Leeds shirt. >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 2:16 PM <bruvvalee...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >>>> >>>> I don’t know why you bother either - on that we can agree. >>>> >>>> I love the way you pass off patronising people as being some superior >>>> footballing power. Best chuckle I’ve had today ;-) >>>> >>>> I love your stereotyping English fans too - you sound ever so slightly >>>> bigoted. Very clever. >>>> >>>> ‘White had no clue he was about to shoot’ - centre-forward, on his >>>> own, a rare counter attack, yet you argue there was no clue he might >>>> shoot. What do you think he was likely to do? Fuck me, you are Steve >>> McLaren! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 1 Jul 2020, at 12:21, Robert Heath <heathpalai...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> 1. Phillips. Have none of you got any idea of the basic principles >>>>> of Bielsa's method of play? One of them is to switch play from one >>>>> side to >>>> the >>>>> other quickly and often (to keep the defenders moving across and >>>>> back >>>> over >>>>> and over.) To do this, somebody has to pass the ball sideways. >>>>> Phillips >>>> is >>>>> the player usually tasked with doing this, and he does it really well. >>>>> "Passing the ball sideways" is the classic crime which English "fans" >>>> love >>>>> to identify and make themselves sound as if they are clever. That >>>>> remark >>>> by >>>>> McLaren, which was praised on here, was fuckwittery of the highest >>>>> order, and demonstrated right there why he has been appointed to so >>>>> many jobs >>>> but >>>>> has ultimately failed every time. >>>>> >>>>> 2. White. The point about that goal was that it was an INCREDIBLE >>>>> finish >>>> by >>>>> their lad. What all you armchair geniuses did not seem to notice was >>>>> that he produced that shot with absolutely no backlift. White >>>>> therefore had no clue that he was about to shoot, which was why he >>>>> remained sideon ready >>>> to >>>>> respond to a further dribble. (Why do players have to produce these >>>>> incredible- I mean, literally, incredible - things against us? Last >>>>> year, that lad from Wigan was unplayable with his speed and skill. >>>>> Has he ever done anything since? That kid who scored last >>>>> night.........he will >>>> retire >>>>> in 10 years after kicking around the lower leagues, and the >>>>> highlight of his career will have been an amazing goal he scored at >>>>> Elland Road. 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