Re: [LU] Sheff who ?

2024-10-19 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
Like everyone, I like the shape and feel of the current Leeds lineup, and Tanaka, Rothwell and, yes Aaronsen, give us a real forward-moving feel. I’m not too sure what to make of the ‘reported’ interest in the French defensive midfielder from Mainz (IF TRUE) - maybe Farke is wanting more defen

Re: [LU] 2-

2024-10-05 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
ther five in the top six and have failed to beat any of them. We play the only remaining team in that group next. Cheers! Sean On Saturday, October 5, 2024 at 07:46:12 AM EDT, John Lee via Leedslist <[2]leedslist@gn.apc.org> wrote: OK, the final 2 minute

Re: [LU] 2-

2024-10-05 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
OK, the final 2 minutes took the gloss off the performance, but otherwise it was a very impressive performance against the top of the table side, albeit they look a bit crap imho. Weird things happen re the bounce of the ball, spin, divots etc, and given Meslier didn’t lay a finger on the ball

Re: [LU] First XI

2024-08-14 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
Let’s concentrate on the positives 1. After 2 games, someone on the board may be having the same thoughts about the style of ‘football’ Farke is setting us up to play? 2. After 2 games, we now know that our ‘strength in depth’ is but a theoretical proposition! 3. After 2 games, even Farke must r

Re: [LU] It Starts Again

2024-08-10 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
First game, we didn’t lose, as I thought we were going to, thanks to Aaronson, but Aaronson’s miss made the draw feel like a defeat! That said, it was good to see his run into the box and create the chance! So many similarities with last season - ok, only 1 game in, so no need for panic, but un

Re: [LU] "Fascist thugs", J.Boocock

2024-08-06 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
I should think quite a few of our ‘enlightened’ fanbase are involved in this utter stupidity. On the night Harehills experienced some ‘activity’ a few weeks back some numb-nuts was ranting with me that there was a convoy of ‘Leeds lads’ (sic - fat old racists and their batmen) ready to drive in

Re: [LU] Archie Goes to Brentford

2024-06-30 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
Brentford bid rejected by the club as terms couldn’t be agreed. Beeb is saying Leeds reportedly wanted it done by 30 June for FFP reasons, so expect other bids today. Immensely disappointing, but this is modern football - until we get a bigger ground we’ll never compete! Sent from my iPad >

Re: [LU] Wembley a question

2024-05-30 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
Only cubicles when I went to see the Rhinos there a few years back - didn’t really work that well as people were pissing in the sinks instead - dirty bastards! Sent from my iPad > On 30 May 2024, at 15:17, Steve Gillen wrote: > > Try getting into the disabled accessible toilets if you happen

Re: [LU] Championship

2024-05-27 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
I’m sure every single one of us could come up with opinions, some of which will inevitably be correct. *I think Farke deserves a 2nd season *Farke/the defence needs to up his/their tactical game - 3 times yesterday Southampton shot from essentially the same place - 1 goal, a Meslier save, and a

Re: [LU] Championship

2024-05-26 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
Too raw and too early to be pondering on where next, but there are a number of players who both will depart and absolutely need to go. An entirely predictable afternoon’s football - with our professed attacking talents it beggars belief that we had to wait for Dan James to appear before we gen

Re: [LU] Sunday

2024-05-23 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
For me, I think it’s hard to see this group surviving in the Premier League Damian - some of the group have the potential to play there, but we’ll need major investment in all areas if we go up. For example, much as I love Bamford, we can’t finish every season with our key forward injured, regar

Re: [LU] Wembkey bound

2024-05-17 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
Unlucky Ted - hope you recover well though - some things are more important :-) Just! A great match to watch - everything went right, even the ref wasn't too bad, (although their formation fouling could easily have resulted in a red on another night), crowd was great, but it was only when we go

Re: [LU] Well

2024-05-16 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
A truly magnificent stop. Tonight we played to our strengths - attack, attack, attack! I know Rutter got MOTM, but Archie was mightily impressive tonight - whilst still raw, there’s a bit of the Paul Madeley about him! On this form, we can dare to dream again :-) > On 16 May 2024, at 23:04,

Re: [LU] Norwich

2024-05-12 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
First time I’ve ‘accepted’ the boring knock-it-around-at-the-back routine - ultra-cautious but got a result, of sorts, and crucially we’re not chasing a deficit. Did Piroe actually touch the ball after coming on? And Summerville looks like he’s on his holidays already? Another stupid booking fo

[LU] Someone turn the lights off on the way out

2024-05-04 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
We looked more like a team struggling to stay out of the bottom 4 than going for promotion. Out-footballed again and tactically out-smarted. I expect nothing from the play-offs - this is a team with no grit, no passion or heart, with more than half the team going through their worst form of the

Re: [LU] List meet in...

2024-05-03 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
I wish I’d registered/thought about this earlier as an option, as that’s a great idea. Perhaps next season, assuming the Rhinos don’t get relegated, this could definitely be a thing? How’s your Dad Damien - I mailed him a couple of months back but haven’t heard from him? > On 3 May 2024

Re: [LU] Saints - crowd reaction

2024-05-01 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
Yep, this season 3 teams deserved to go up automatically - that one won’t, and potentially a Norwich could go up is why the play-offs are so flawed, but thems the rules! > On 1 May 2024, at 19:43, n...@6haroldplace.co.uk wrote: > > I hope they / we will reflect that 90 points is the current

Re: [LU] Qpr

2024-04-26 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
You’re the lucky one Dave :-( > On 26 Apr 2024, at 18:25, Andy Brown wrote: > > Can you not get some other man to do a job for you? Priorities and all that. > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 26 Apr 2024, at 17:53, Peter Castlehouse wrote: >> >> There ya go, a man with real Yorkshire bal

Re: [LU] Anyway

2024-04-23 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
And of course Nick, despite a couple of ropey games, I wouldn’t have dropped him either, despite saying it! Just frustration talking! Me and DRB had a chat about the perils of expecting our players to be top-quality, rather than Championship/League 1 level - I need to remind myself of that at

Re: [LU] Anyway

2024-04-23 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
That’s hardly the story though is it Nick? But to humour you, if he’d played like his last match then yes, but he didn’t - for most of the game he turned up, scored 2 vital goals, still gave some cheap ball away, but not as much as others, and if we hadn’t adopted the 11 men behind the ball tact

Re: [LU] Scared

2024-04-15 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
st certainly >> down to the manager ... >> >> BTW I don't want to lose any of the players - I've even warmed to Firpo :) >> >> Damian >> >> >> Le dim. 14 avr. 2024 à 18:50, John Lee via Leedslist >> a écrit : >> >>&g

Re: [LU] Scared

2024-04-14 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
We will lose some/all those named, but of course if they’re not good enough to get us out of this league, then so be it! I agree too that Farke will be in a more ‘stable’ position this year than last too. All that said, I still hope we somehow find a way to get promoted this season, and then

Re: [LU] Scared?

2024-04-13 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
Summerville has the potential to play at a higher level, and has demonstrated that on a few occasions this season. He also ‘appears’ to have an inflated opinion of his own abilities. He is no dead-ball expert, his passing is conditional on whether nothing is on for him, he gives the ball away c

[LU] Susan Calman’s Great British Cities - LEEDS

2024-04-13 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
I rarely watch Channel 5, but episode 5 of Susan Calman’s Great British Cities is about Leeds and is actually really good - recommended for those who’d like to know a bit more about Leeds! ___ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn

Re: [LU] Sunderland

2024-04-11 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
thony stewing on the bench. If ever a >>>>> collective performance was calling for wholesale changes at halftime >> or >>>>> shortly thereafter, it was yesterday's. I shudder to think of Farke >>> going >>>>> up against some of the ma

Re: [LU] Sunderland

2024-04-10 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
t in England's >>>> second tier. Last night was an absolute indictment. >>>> This season has been one long slow-motion car crash. I told my friends >>> and >>>> family before the season that my prediction was we would go out in the >>>> playof

Re: [LU] Sunderland

2024-04-10 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
I decided against commenting immediately Nick, because it was a pretty under-whelming display. Like you, I think the players look knackered, and have just lost their mojo. Summerville & Rutter have had some really ineffective moments, and I can’t deny how frustrating their constant losing the ba

Re: [LU] Millwall

2024-03-18 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
It’s still beyond me how we didn’t get a penalty, and how that lanky twat at the back stayed on the pitch - when on a yellow card there were 3 more bookable challenges! I can accept that referees don’t see everything, but he was staring right at the Rodon incident - it's hard to understand how

Re: [LU] Do we want to go up?

2024-03-07 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
Whilst accepting this season has been lightyears ahead of the last 2 seasons, in terms of football played, our squad, manager etc, it’d be very unambitious to wish for another season or two like it in the Championship, just because it’d be an easier watch. Yes, there’s trepidation about what l

Re: [LU] Short post

2024-02-29 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
100% Nick It’s hard to know quite how good he’s going to get, and mind-boggling that the next Gray coming through our youth ranks is reportedly even better? The club should be paying the Grays to procreate more ;-) > On 29 Feb 2024, at 09:16, Damian WALSH wrote: > > " Gray, so bold and eleg

Re: [LU] Fck

2024-02-25 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
The song you sang re Bowles had a much better rendition at Elland Rd, with the added bonus it rhymed :-) I’d walk a million miles To see Johnny Giles Score a penaltt > On 25 Feb 2024, at 14:12, seanscribe--- via Leedslist > wrote: > >  The next day one of the papers had the headline "

Re: [LU] End of the season

2024-02-05 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
For me the decision would first be how many are good enough? Of that lot maybe only Sinisterra and Wober. Given their words and actions, neither should even be given the option imho. Inevitably, as ‘assets’, all the loanees have probably depreciated and the club will presumably loan them all out

Re: [LU] Leeds-related books available

2024-01-29 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
Good cause. Must be something in the air, as I’ve been sifting my old Leeds hardbacks, amongst other things. Check Oxfam books in Harrogate in 2/3 week if interested. > On 29 Jan 2024, at 11:37, Wiggy wrote: > > Got some Leeds-related hardback books available to a good home for a small > d

Re: [LU] 100 Years Ago

2024-01-11 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
I’m not sure, 28 years on, whether the spirit of some of my giddier keyboard moments may have been undermined by time, and common-sense :-) As Rob said, ‘typifies the times’ maybe, but…..? I am, however, completely in line with Rog re Beckenbauer! > On 11 Jan 2024, at 15:00, Vijay Bhakta w

Re: [LU] People on vax.ox.ac.uk t-shirt

2024-01-09 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
When was the leedslist set up? I ‘think’ my first job in the British Library with a PC was around 1991/92 - those were the days when, if you were in the Civil Service you had to go to Whitehall to do an aptitude test - 2 of us went down, and I was pretty pleased at 64% - the other guy got 96%, t

Re: [LU] Super Dave.

2024-01-09 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
I think I missed the cut by a couple of weeks re the original vaxers, but I more than made up for that later ;-) All I can say is I am very glad IT security was more lax in those days! > On 9 Jan 2024, at 15:29, paul.tweney via Leedslist > wrote: > > My mouse mat and my coaster are in every

Re: [LU] Defender Djed Spence has returned to Tottenham from his loan spell at Leeds United.

2024-01-05 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
He looked like he could play, but from what I saw he had a very lackadaisical approach when on the pitch, and gave the ball away a lot. If he didn’t fancy being at Leeds then good to get him out of the club quickly. It’ll be interesting to see if a creator supreme is on the shopping list? Se

Re: [LU] 2nd half

2023-12-30 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
I suppose as fans of 50 years +, we’ve seen it all before, and like Simon says, I think we’ve seen this set-up very recently! Obviously it was a relief to have some defensive organisation and not being gubbed by 4 or more every week, but the ultra cautious build ups and not using our key strengt

Re: [LU] DF

2023-12-21 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
Very well said Dave. I don’t think there has been a manager in our history where I haven’t disagreed with some decisions, but Farke has done amazingly well given the financial turmoil, players leaving and utterly unrealistic expectations of many fans. Our online ‘fans’ have a sizeable proportio

Re: [LU] Coventry

2023-12-17 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
Spot on Paul - so many missed chances, game after game - whilst Meslier isn’t the finished article (his near-post right hand side reactions are iffy), we should be comfortable in games like this given the number of chances? Hoping at some point Gray will be back in the middle, and that Bamford w

Re: [LU] Fwd: Rotherham Game

2023-11-26 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
;>  >>> I think we're in danger of very quickly forgetting how badly we were >>> shipping goals pre-Farke. >>> >>> On Sat, 25 Nov 2023, 21:46 Nicholas Armit via Leedslist, < >>> leedslist@gn.apc.org> wrote: >>> >>>>

Re: [LU] Rotherham Game

2023-11-25 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
frustrating. Nick On Saturday, November 25, 2023 at 10:55:15 AM EST, John Lee via Leedslist <[2]leedslist@gn.apc.org> wrote: I think this insistence on re-setting the entire team every time we get possession, by playing it back to Cooper/Rodon/Meslier cripples

Re: [LU] Rotherham Game

2023-11-25 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
I think this insistence on re-setting the entire team every time we get possession, by playing it back to Cooper/Rodon/Meslier cripples one of our key strengths - our attacking speed. I would definitely have Gray in the middle, and I hope Farke is beginning to see that this ultra- cautious defen

Re: [LU] Any reports on yesterday?

2023-10-29 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
For clarity, we lost the game because we conceded a goal, Bamford's miss meant we were still level even after he missed it - he wasn’t responsible for their goal!! Sent from my iPad > On 29 Oct 2023, at 18:17, seanscribe--- via Leedslist > wrote: > >  We only lost at Stoke because of the in

Re: [LU] Engerland

2023-10-18 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
It made me smile too Betty. Although not as much when he got knocked over early doors, and the next tackle he went in at neck height ;-) Lucky he decided to pull out. Got away with a second yellow later too - good management by Southgate to sub him. Whilst he’s sometimes too cautious for my lik

Re: [LU] Quiet after the weekend

2023-10-04 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
e. There are no more must wins, they are for teams and clubs with ambition and guts. We don't, and it's too late. Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> From: Leedslist on behalf of John Lee via Leedslist Sent: Tuesday, October 3,

Re: [LU] Quiet after the weekend

2023-10-04 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
teams and clubs with ambition and guts. We don't, and it's too late. Get Outlook for Android<[22]https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> ________ From: Leedslist <[23]leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org> on behalf of John Lee via Leedslist <[24]l

Re: [LU] Quiet after the weekend

2023-10-04 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
een is simply unbridgeable. There are no more must wins, they are for teams and clubs with ambition and guts. We don't, and it's too late. Get Outlook for Android<[9]https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> From: Leedslist <[10]leedslist-bou

Re: [LU] Quiet after the weekend

2023-10-03 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
Still work in progress I know, but I hope we see Rodon & Gray back in for Coops and Kamara. All our squad will have a role to play this season, but for now playing our best xi seems like a good idea? Whilst Cooper sometimes plays well, there is undeniably a nervousness in Meslier when Coops is

Re: [LU] Tonight's starting XI and bench

2023-09-20 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
Look a lot stronger now that Summerville is on for Gnonto. It looks like another game where Dull’s best player is going to be their goalie? Apart from some dodgy passes from Ayling a pretty impressive first half - just need a goal! > On 20 Sep 2023, at 19:09, John Boocock wrote: > > Starti

[LU] Miwworl

2023-09-18 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
Not seen any posts so thought I’d comment - if you can’t crow about a result like that against that club when can you? Early days obviously, but there are signs of becoming contenders at least. Ampadu looks a great buy and deservedly got MOTM, but a very impressive team performance, and well ta

Re: [LU] Transfer latest from Betty Towers

2023-08-31 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
It is all rather exciting :-) I was pleased the club refused to compromise with the German guy Amiri who wanted a Get Out clause if we didn’t go up this season! No more contracts like that say the club. 50/50 re Greenwood - good deadball skills, but hasn’t really become a first teamer. Ditto

Re: [LU] nonLU Northern Soul at the Proms

2023-08-27 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
Agree 100%. I only watched for 4/5 songs, and may have another crack later, but the male leader singer really did lack soul - others on my fb feed have raved about it, but it seemed pretty sterile to me, and not a little corny! On the plus side though, we got 3 points :-) A long way to go re t

[LU] Another transfer incoming?

2023-08-25 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
Sky are reporting we’re in talks to sign Paintsil from Genk for £8.5million - here’s the Wiki header re him — Joseph Paintsil is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a left winger for Belgian club Genk, and the Ghana national team. Wikipedia Born: 1 Feb

Re: [LU] Incoming from officious Email

2023-08-25 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
Indeed, I believe his Dad was a detective ;-) Sent from my iPad > On 25 Aug 2023, at 08:10, Damian WALSH wrote: > > Is that the Yorkshire Piroe? > > Damian > >> Le jeu. 24 août 2023 à 23:21, John Boocock a écrit : >> >> Leeds United are delighted to announce the signing of Swansea City str

Re: [LU] Transfer policy

2023-08-22 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
I’m with you re Orta - some didn’t work out, ahem, but we gambled on supposedly decent players. Anyway, more pressing news - Gnonto is now training with the first team again. Won’t his first home game be ‘interesting’ - he’ll need to score plenty to even have a chance of this being forgotten, t

Re: [LU] First (past the) Post

2023-08-22 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
It ain’t like it used to be :-( Sadly, the football is! Sent from my iPad > On 22 Aug 2023, at 09:22, John Boocock wrote: > > Damien, > > Welcome home (as the greatest pop duo on the planet might say). > > Student? Pah! Been a student for this last 5 years me. > > See you at the next sit-in

Re: [LU] Bye bye jack

2023-08-14 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
Of all the players who’ve gone, Rodrigo aside, none of them were good enough for the Premier League. Obviously I’m hoping some serious recruitment plans are in place for the next 2/3 weeks, but the players who have gone pretty much got us relegated/almost relegated twice in 2 seasons - they simp

Re: [LU] Fwd: Cardiff

2023-08-08 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
My problem with trying to ‘analyse’ where the club is at is at is that until the transfer window closes we have no idea who is staying. I doubt Gnonto will be at Leeds, rumours are rife about Summerville wanting a move, but key for me will be if an unfit Adams can be held onto? If we were to los

Re: [LU] From the archives

2023-08-02 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
Hope you saw my 2 Joke de Jours mails David? Sent from my iPad > On 31 Jul 2023, at 23:47, outlook_08f25012e96fd...@outlook.com > wrote: > > Still lurking. > > Didn’t we use to have a “Joke du jour”? Perhaps it was somewhere else. > > The coat will be going on this Sunday to trudge dow

Re: [LU] New season

2023-08-01 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
I’m not ‘too’ pessimistic - the 49ers have clearly had plenty to deal with financially, the stream of quitters now on loan has been both helpful and unhelpful, but the clamour to give our youth a chance is hopefully going to happen? I don’t see Paddy being fit enough for more than 20 starts, dit

[LU] Fwd: LU: Non LUFC: Best jokes of the Edinburgh Fringe 2004

2023-08-01 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
Betty - here’s another Ralph list classic from 2004 Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > From: "Ralph" > Date: 4 October 2004 at 11:04:58 CEST > To: "Leeds United Email List" > Subject: LU: Non LUFC: Best jokes of the Edinburgh Fringe 2004 > > The dodo died. Then Dodi died, Di died an

Re: [LU] Final delve into the archives

2023-08-01 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
I’ll have you know Gary Speed was a slightly trimmer version of me ;-) Sent from my iPad > On 1 Aug 2023, at 11:09, John Boocock wrote: > > This is a fabulous post about the MOALM fron Gav: > > From gburn...@vax.ox.ac.uk Tue Mar 26 12:14:45 1996 > Reply-To: Gavin Burnage > Subject: LU: Meet

[LU] Fwd: Non LUFC: Joke de jour (the old ones are still mildly amusing

2023-08-01 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
As Betty scours the list archives he reminded me of 2 emails in positions no 1 & 2 in my Inbox - both from Ralph in NZ, and his often humorous posts - this is from 2011 - the other is 2004 but it appears to be playing up! Begin forwarded message: > From: ra...@inspire.net.nz > Date: 22 August 2

Re: [LU] EFL finally approve the takeover

2023-07-17 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
Let the fun begin :-) Sent from my iPad > On 17 Jul 2023, at 22:20, Wiggy wrote: > > From the official site… > > Statement. > > Today, Leeds United Football Club can announce that the EFL has > approved the sale of the Club to 49ers Enterprises, paving the way for > the immediate t

Re: [LU] New Manager

2023-07-05 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
I’m not unhappy re Farke. He has experience at this level, and got results. Of course, who knows what our squad will look like in 4 weeks time? If there is one thing that is blighting football at the moment it is the myriad of bogus click-bait football sites suggesting Pele’s grandson is just ab

Re: [LU] All quiet on the manager front

2023-06-30 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
I think the Leeds ‘issue’ is the number of individual investors, like the golf guys, who all expressed an interest in having a finger in the pie, meaning due diligence being done on god alone knows how many people? On the face of it it’s slightly frustrating, but at least we haven’t got Cellino

Re: [LU] Sam Gone!

2023-06-02 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
Glad to see the back of him to be honest Kev, and I suspect we’ll have an announcement re a new manager long before a month has passed? Quite what happens next will be intriguing. I finally got to watch the Spurs game this morning, having been away all week. Really, the defending is shocking -

Re: [LU] Phil Hay in the Athletic

2023-06-01 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
As a bystander, then watching a game of economic he-said/she said sheds no light on what is actually going on, or how it may affect LUFC in the longer term. If Radz has gone behind the 49ers backs, and frankly who knows if that is true, then I don’t know how that will impact? I also think the At

Re: [LU] LUST Statement

2023-05-29 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
I think LUST should have kept quiet to be honest. What do they expect to hear? It’s just another example of self-entitled whining, as if we are not allowed to fail. The season has been poor, from Board to fans. For LUST to moan about Orta giving a bit back is rich given the crap he’s had to face

Re: [LU] Finally all over.

2023-05-28 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
At least we are not in a Ridsdale scenario? Undoubtedly some average>hapless players bought, but we were gambling, and eventually our luck ran out. We deserve to go down, we have not been competitive enough consistently, and the club needs rodding through to clear the sh*te! What comes next wil

Re: [LU] Twitter & Bamford

2023-05-14 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
It has always been the case that we have a sizeable minority of utter scum as ‘fans’. The obsessional herd-hatred towards Bamford, Orta, Meslier, Rodrigo amongst others, coming mainly from grown men, makes you wonder just how damaged they are! Or just plain dumb! Like you say Nick, it’s just fo

Re: [LU] Well that’s that then…

2023-05-09 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
We have 3 games to go. We need to win between 1-3 games. It is do-able! There’s time aplenty to muse on other leagues, but for now, let’s concentrate on staying in the Prem, which will much easier than getting there again! If Everton can stick 5 past Brighton, then anything is clearly possible!

[LU] Miserable, uplifting, useless, great, battling, negative, hope, despair

2023-05-06 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
Well, as defeats go, that was a pretty decent one, and keeping the goal difference advantage over Forest was probably worth a point. Idiotically, even a miserable sod like me saw some spirit and organisation which engender a little bit of positivity for the next 3 games. When I looked at our b

Re: [LU] Sunk deeper

2023-05-03 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
Oh, and his assertion that the judge had made Sammy Lee unemployed made him look like a simpleton. Yes, just cancel the trial and we’ll do it all again cos Sammy has had a 4 week job offer :-) Sent from my iPad > On 3 May 2023, at 17:06, John Lee via Leedslist wrote: > > Well, we

Re: [LU] Sunk deeper

2023-05-03 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
Well, we’re stuck with whatever he can come up with now. His press conference was lessons in the obvious, which maybe the players need, rather the the Marsch psycho-babble or Gracia’s timidity? One thing that did stand out was how old he now is, in both body and mind! Managing Leeds might not

Re: [LU] Big Sam.

2023-05-02 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
if a dodgy footballing dinosaur is the answer, f*ck knows what the question is? > On 2 May 2023, at 13:53, Nicholas Armit wrote: > > Better music during the pre-game for sure! > > Nick > > On Tuesday, May 2, 2023 at 08:19:02 AM EDT, John Lee via Leedslist >

Re: [LU] Big Sam.

2023-05-02 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
The final humiliation indeed! If they wanted a fat old bloke who hasn’t worked for 10 years I’d have been a better option ;-) Sent from my iPad > On 2 May 2023, at 11:54, Alec McQueen wrote: > > He stands an infinitely higher chance of getting some kind of result over the > next 4 games than

Re: [LU] Fwd: Prolonging the agony

2023-04-26 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
Javi Gracia - it’s hard to believe his talks can be in any way inspirational - his press conferences are insipid, pointless exercises which give no confidence that he knows how to deal with this. I suspect the differing qualities of our players did come as a shock to him though. All that said, h

[LU] Prolonging the agony

2023-04-25 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
Not quite bad enough to lose, definitely not good enough to win, and so the game of will we/won’t we goes on. A fair result in many ways, although how Bamford didn’t score near the end I don’t know - he looked embarrassed himself. That said, I also think he might have been offside? Our passing

Re: [LU] Any improvement?

2023-04-22 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
I for one have no clue as to how we are trying to play, but whatever it is it isn’t effective. Our midfield is clueless - I agree about Greenwood - more of a presence than the others, and strikes a much better dead-ball. I thought Aaronson showed some decent touches today, but the crumpling to t

Re: [LU] Well

2023-04-18 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
Agree re Cooper coming back, but I’d move Struijk to right back. I think we’re going down, but I thought that last season too. We’re worse now! McKennie / Roca in midfield - p*ss poor! Tottenham putting us down will not be a good look! > On 18 Apr 2023, at 08:39, Richard Walker via Leedslist

Re: [LU] Well

2023-04-17 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
I think it’s an elaborate double-bluff, which will see Bamford & Wober recalled, McKennie given a 1 way fare back to Italy, and maybe an attempt to play some football. Admittedly the last part of that is a stretch? In a game which I expected to lose, to see the same capitulation was pretty unbe

Re: [LU] Worst 45 minutes for a long time

2023-04-09 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
Well we saw Roy Hodgson’s tactical know-how completely eradicate a Leeds side completely deflated by their first goal, and Gracia had neither the ideas or, more crucially, the personnel on the bench, to do anything about it. Had Adams been there maybe we’d have stopped them rolling through the m

Re: [LU] Arse tomorrow...

2023-03-31 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
It’s hard to see us getting 3 points if the form guide is considered, but we always have a punchers chance, so I’ve not really written it off completely. Wober will be the major loss. Agree with Rob re Sinisterra - for all the moaning about injuries to Bamford, Rodrigo, he’s not exactly robust.

[LU] Concentrate on the league now!

2023-02-28 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
For 65 minutes some promising signs, albeit the same old problems/bad luck as far as sticking it in the net! Fulham changed tactics, played a high press, and we fizzled out. For all the moaning about Bamford, Summerville is becoming my scapegoat at times - he gets into good positions, but he m

Re: [LU] Southampton - WE WON

2023-02-26 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
Excellent result obviously. Sick of all the anti-Bamford tripe tbh, especially so when you consider how many chances Summerville misses? Hope Bamford can get a couple of goals soon to shut the trolls up! Just watching bits of Spurs v Chewlsea, and we certainly have a decent chance of getting so

Re: [LU] Match v " team of weirdos "

2023-02-13 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
Well, no sooner moaned about than removed as a contender - Sky saying Scheuber (sp?) is no longer in contention for the Leeds job. Probably no bad thing. Sent from my iPad > On 13 Feb 2023, at 13:45, seanscribe--- via Leedslist > wrote: > > It's true that "our subs made us worse," but I thin

Re: [LU] Match v " team of weirdos

2023-02-13 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
A real conundrum re the new manager. Skubala has, with the key players, got the team playing well, although the acid test comes with the next 2 games. I would give him those 2 games IF our only other option is the Ajax guy. We didn’t heed the warning re Marsch’s sacking at Leipzig, and surely th

Re: [LU] Dont want to kick a man when he's down but this seems very true

2023-02-07 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
for iOS >> From: Nicholas Armit >> Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2023 9:22:53 PM >> To: Simon McNally ; bruvvalee...@yahoo.co.uk >> >> Cc: leeds list >> Subject: Re: [LU] Dont want to kick a man when he's down but this seems very >> true >> >

Re: [LU] Dont want to kick a man when he's down but this seems very true

2023-02-07 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
but this seems very > true > > Any links to these Bamford comments? I can't find them. > > Nick > > On Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at 08:51:21 AM EST, John Lee via Leedslist > wrote: > > > I simply don’t understand why Marsch couldn’t see the all-too-obvious

Re: [LU] Dont want to kick a man when he's down but this seems very true

2023-02-07 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
I simply don’t understand why Marsch couldn’t see the all-too-obvious failings in his tactical approach - he’s either incredibly arrogant, and couldn’t possibly be wrong, or just plain dumb? The failings were there for all to see at the end of last season, so it’s not a new thing. I have to conc

Re: [LU] Who next ?

2023-02-06 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
Social media chatter seems to be around Corboran - I think that’d be an interesting choice. Not impressed by any of the usual names - Big Sam (god forbid), Gerrard, I’m not sure I could see Pochetino at Leeds, but he’d be a statement signing. Of course the club seem pretty organised when repla

Re: [LU] Forest

2023-02-05 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
gt; I was a bit surprised by the selection. I’d have expected McKennie to start > but at least he’s dropped Aaronson. > As ever, worried when I see Cooper starting. > Feels massive today. > > Sent from Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> > >

Re: [LU] Forest

2023-02-05 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
lly wrote: > > Me too. > I was a bit surprised by the selection. I’d have expected McKennie to start > but at least he’s dropped Aaronson. > As ever, worried when I see Cooper starting. > Feels massive today. > > Sent from Outlook for iOS > From: Leedslist on behal

Re: [LU] Forest

2023-02-05 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
Yep, today isn’t a ‘must’ win, but if we don’t the mood music will be very grim indeed. Marsch’s tactical nous, or lack of, have left me unimpressed from day 1, but we have some really good players and I’m just hoping a cohesive unit will develop, pretty damn quickly! We have a really strong be

Re: [LU] Magic of the cup

2023-01-24 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
What could possibly go wrong ;-) Sent from my iPad > On 24 Jan 2023, at 22:23, John Boocock wrote: > > Accrington Stanley it is then. 12.30 Satdi on the Beeb (or for the lucky few, > the Wham Stadium). Voicey will have creamed himsen. > > Betty > _

Re: [LU] Cardiff

2023-01-19 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
A real ‘novelty’ of a cup match to have it won so early, albeit against hapless opponents. But of course, the same defensive frailties as soon as a team starts to push forward - it started when Llorente fluffed his role, fell over to ‘cover his mistake’, and from then on they started to look ner

Re: [LU] Dave Dowden.

2023-01-09 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
Such sad news John. Knowing Dave’s diagnosis since you told me, seeing him zipping around on his bike, camping, climbing hills and generally ‘cracking on’ was genuinely inspirational. A lovely bloke and always ready with a tale - commiserations to all of you who knew him much better than me, a

Re: [LU] Cardiff 21 years ago

2023-01-08 Thread John Lee via Leedslist
And up he pops with a back-heel for Perkins’ leveller :-) Sent from my iPad > On 8 Jan 2023, at 15:32, "bruvvalee...@yahoo.co.uk" > wrote: > > Oh, he’s back ;-) > > Sent from my iPad > >> On 8 Jan 2023, at 15:22, John Lee via Leedslist wrote: >>

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