Seconding Asher - he's basically Banks but with a conservative philosophy.
There's also Alastair Reynolds, who does big ships, AIs, etc, but in a
relativistic universe.
And Ann Leckie's "Imperial Radch" trilogy, the first book of which won
every SF award going. A ship's AI escapes
We have those every year... at home usually.
Losing 6-1 to Watford last year. 5-0 to Blackpool the year before. That
3-0 up to 6-4 down to Preston the year before. 5-2 to Barnsley and 4-0
to Cardiff in that season as well.
And our cup runs have only flattered recently because we've been
He resigned it seems. Appears he felt he wasn't a good fit for the job
and it was affecting his game.
- Si
On 16/01/2014 15:34, Richard Walker wrote:
Very interesting. Has Austin been sacked ?
On Thursday, 16 January 2014, 15:08, Nicholas Armit arm...@yahoo.com wrote:
This is actually
From the Leeds on the Road event tonight, someone asked about Diouf not
playing much - McDermott (or McDerMOTt, as the schedule had him)
basically said he missed pre-season, he's been off on international
duty, been on compassionate leave and he'll not make it through a match.
So he prefers to
Yeah, I don't remember him being disliked for his skill, but rather the
way he reacted to being dropped, which was to get his loan ended.
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/birmingham-city-loan-signing-andros-179813
And then his girlfriend stirred things up by posting
Opta.
I should probably put in my sig it's where I work, but I don't have a sig...
- Si
On 22/09/13 19:53, Phill Shields wrote:
Thanks Simon. Source please?
Simon Austin simon...@auzsoft.net wrote:
Tonge 50/53 passes successful, 40/40 in the opposition half.
Austin 38/52 and 22/33
*From:* Simon Austin simon...@auzsoft.net
*To:* leedslist@gn.apc.org
*Sent:* Saturday, August 31, 2013 10:44 PM
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On 31/08/13 16:56, Richard Walker wrote:
disagreed with Rich in an earlier game about Austin giving the ball
away, but today he
On 31/08/13 16:56, Richard Walker wrote:
disagreed with Rich in an earlier game about Austin giving the ball away,
but today he would have been totally right. Awful distribution.
Which is strange because I thought Austin did ok today. I think he only gave
it away about 4 times which is good
Because, going by previous, we'll be “Red Bull Leeds”, playing in the
“Red Bull Arena” in a red and white kit.
cf Red Bull Salzburg, New York Red Bulls, Red Bull Brasil, Red Bull
Ghana and we'd-like-to-call-them-Red-Bull-but-the-DFL-won't-let-us
RasenBallsport “RB” Leipzig.
- Si
On 04/08/13
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/jul/27/ken-bates-sacked-leeds-jet
Ken Bates says he was abruptly sacked from his tenure as the Leeds
United http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/leedsunited president by the
new owners, GFH, after he entered the club into a contract with the
private
It's from their official site... albeit in German.
http://www.fcn.de/news/artikel/fan-info-zum-vorbereitungsspiel-in-leeds/
On 26/07/2013 17:20, nat...@sky.com wrote:
Nurnberg have allegedly sold 550 tickets for tomorrow and have been given the
following information about pubs etc and what
Does pre-season mean anything? Last year we won 6 of 7 games, and came
13th. 11/12 4 wins, 2 draws - 14th. 10/11 4 wins, 2 losses - 7th. The
year we got promoted from League 1 we only won 2 and drew the other 5.
First season in League 1 we lost six pre-season games, then won 8 of the
first 10
Messing with the BBC predictor...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/predictor/default.stm
Six points would pretty much guarantee we stay up, even if every other
result went the worst way for us.
If we don't win another point, and things go to form, it's very very close.
- Si
On 25/11/2012 18:45, N If wrote:
Hi gang. Sorry.
Is there a way to search the list archive (i want to retireve a half
remembered post recently)
Plug something along the following lines into Google:
site:mailman.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/leedslist/ becchio
where Becchio is replaced by what
Depending on what iRiver, you might eke a bit more life out of it if you
put RockBox on it. http://www.rockbox.org/
- Si
On 25/10/2012 09:09, Kneale, Andy wrote:
Doom und gloom, re: my iRiver. I updated the firmware to the latest version
(which is still a few years old), and then converted
Probably doesn't pay to piss off the person you're trying to buy the
club from - save that for when you need to blame the previous regime.
I suppose, in a sense, the club is better off. Ken's put none of his own
cash in (and arguably taken some out), so they're living well within
means. But to
On 01/09/2012 22:12, Richard Walker wrote:
I think we will rack up the suspensions though playing at that level. Austin
deffo will be the first to get a suspension.
I have to defend my namesake, and point out that he hasn't actually got
a card yet... Varney has 3.
- Si
Likely to be untrue given it was on the fake Sky Sports twitter that
sprung up today...
https://twitter.com/SkySportssNews/status/241579971544481793
- Si
On 31/08/2012 19:43, Dr Michael Benjamin wrote:
Don't believe it. Good player.
On Aug 31, 2012 8:24 PM, Lee Jones em...@leedjones.co.uk
On 22/08/2012 11:48, dave walmsley wrote:
I have very mixed feelings about Ken Bates. Obviously he's a bit shady, and
we'd be better off owned by someone with a load of cash.
However, he did take us on at a pretty dire time with a load of debt that I
believe we don't now have?
If I had
On 25/07/2012 21:49, Eric B wrote:
some would say the UK is not a nation but a state, others call it a
nation-state. Depends what you read and who you talk to. The jury is out on
that one. As a foreigner I look at it as a state more
than a nation, ref. the scots wants to have a referendum
On 18/04/12 19:19, Guy Bonello wrote:
As a self-confessed torrent addict I have seen most of the US main
shows and have comiled this list:
Must watch Comedys
Seinfeld
Arrested Development
Chappelle Show
Curb your enthusiasm
The Office
The League
No Archer? For shame.
On 15/04/2012 19:29, m wrote:
2. BIBOTL: if a player commits a yellow or red card offence and
advantage is played, shoukd th ref go back and award the caution at the next
stop in play.eg cudicini should've received a red for bringing down adebayor
today
As I heard it, since a red card
On 25/03/12 17:43, Ted wrote:
Great to get a win down there yesterday. Just a couple of observations...
I didn't see any turkey/gala flags/shirts etc, first time for a while. Mind
u there were a few turkey chants.
I don't think you've seen enough, to be honest. Some of the games I've
been to have been truly dire - the 4-0 at Barnsley for example, or the
draw at Watford for which the term anti-football would be completely
inapplicable, because it still has the word football in it.
Of the 12 games I've been
All the games are removed, as if the competition had had 23 teams from
the start. We'd lose 4 points. West Ham would lose 6.
- Si
On 01/03/12 16:20, Nicholas Armit wrote:
Portsmouth administrator warns club may not complete the season
What would happen to the points? Just be wiped out?
On 18/02/2012 18:59, Guy Bonello wrote:
no, somebody in Ireland found a live feed on his sat dish.
looks like the BBC feed (as Bright and Dublin were watching the game in the
BBC studio)
Could be either, since Sky and the Beeb don't send separate crews even
to PL matches.
- Si
https://twitter.com/#!/FilipoNeves/status/169448520049364993
https://twitter.com/#%21/FilipoNeves/status/169448520049364993
My client Luciano Becchio is interested in signing a new contract but
Leeds United refuse to pay higher terms.
- Si
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To be fair, they were all a bit crap. But then a snowy, freezing Ashton
Gate isn't exactly the best place to see sublime football.
Becchio's obviously leaving though - threw his shirt into the crowd at
the end of the game.
- Si
On 06/02/12 11:56, Richard Walker wrote:
Yes, I'm going to bite at
3 points off I think.
I was there. We weren't brilliant. Too hesitant really. And Palace
nearly pulled off the same trick as last year, except the Ref (who was
fairly crap all over) moved the red card up to the end of the first half.
But it was an improvement on other recent matches (especially
He's a left-winger/midfielder (sources differ, but he definitely
operates towards the left). Scored a couple of times last season, and
set up a few. Seems to have been a regular in the side, but there's
mutterings of not quite making good on his early promise. There's a
touch of arrogance... or
On 27/12/11 15:43, Nicholas Armit wrote:
According to the Derby goalkeeper:
Speaking in the Derby Telegraph , Fielding said, That's what it takes to
beat a good team like Leeds, who were probably one of the best teams we've
faced on our own turf this season.
'I thought they were superb,
I do think Rich might focus a little too much on Becchio's bad points (I
picture him at games staring unblinking at the poor lad, notebook in
hand, noting every error), but he hasn't been doing much in the last
couple of games I've been to - especially as hoofing the ball
Becchio-ward seems to be
There's a long article on such a defence here:
http://www.ministryoftruth.me.uk/2011/12/21/what-did-suarez-actually-say-to-evra/
tl;dr version: Suarez used a term which could, between friends, be an
affectionate nickname - between opponents in a game, it likely was mean
to be insulting.
- Si
On
ESPN has also claimed engineering works at the weekend were a cause.
Although not why this won't affect Man U fans travelling to the game
against Man City.
https://twitter.com/#!/ESPNTVUK/status/144397331930955776
- Si
(Joke shamelessly stolen from Andrew Haigh)
On 07/12/2011 11:10, Leeds List
On 29/10/11 17:15, Ted wrote:
Well, not too bad for us today - a two goal win tmrw will put us third. My
money's on 3-1 to us.
One goal and we'd be third on goals scored.
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On 19/10/11 07:51, Dr Michael Benjamin wrote:
Seriously
I wonder just what effect this shagging around has on the dressing room?
Surely very little now given he moved out a while ago after the affair
started earlier this year.
- Si
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On 16/10/2011 14:24, Paul Cundell wrote:
Parkin is fat
I'd just like to repeat that watching him in a Donny shirt was the
easiest game of Where's Wally I've ever seen.
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If anyone's interested in stats... McCormack's now scored in six league
games in a row - the first Leeds player to do it since John McCole in
59/60. The record is 8 - Billy Furness in 31/32.
- SI
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I
Sent from my iPhone
On 25 Sep 2011, at 19:05, Simon Austin simon...@auzsoft.net wrote:
If anyone's interested in stats... McCormack's now scored in six league
games in a row - the first Leeds player to do it since John McCole in
59/60. The record is 8 - Billy Furness in 31/32.
- SI
On 22/09/2011 11:42, DAVID NATTAN wrote:
I suspect he will be brought in at left back initially with White being moved
to left midfield.Whether White has the pace and skill to replace Max we will
soon find out.I suppose the other option is to keep White at LB and Pugh at
left midfield.Or we
On 02/09/11 11:19, Kitching, Mark wrote:
But that's the loan market, we can't spend £1mill on a player in the loan
market.
Suppose you could say he can use the pot for wages though.
Apparently there are also loan fees now too. So it is possible to
spend in the loan market... on top of
Twitter chatter from David Conn, he of Bates's hate list and the Grauniad:
Been filming in Geneva for BBC documentary on Leeds United. What a
story that club is #lufc
it's a BBC half hour documentary on Leeds United. This month, date to
be confirmed #lufc #twitterwhites
chance
to stay in London.
That's correct. Puncheon deal was agreed until QPR came in for him and
he pulled out.
On 02/09/11 11:11, Simon Austin wrote:
Of course one might not believe anything that comes out of Bates's mouth...
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https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bates-Out-Protest-at-Bremner-Statue-1330-on-13th-August/157417537669432
On 07/08/2011 17:41, tim.whe...@talk21.com wrote:
My prediction for next week is that there will be some sort of 'Bates out' demo
at the end of the game, which will be far more
US-only Internet radio. http://www.pandora.com
- Si
On 02/08/2011 20:24, tim.whe...@talk21.com wrote:
What is Pandora? I'll have to watch it if they have plenty of Morrissey.
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On 31/07/2011 22:56, Ian Murray wrote:
Did scum boy play?
Smith was injured - wasn't even on the bench.
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On 04/07/2011 09:28, Ian Murray wrote:
Nope. Freedom of expression is important. Look at all that Giggs nonsense -
would not have been possible with constitutional protection for the media.
Well, to be fair, depends on the constitution. Ours is... Article 10 of
the Human Rights Act 1988:
On 11/06/2011 09:51, Sean Emmott wrote:
On 10/06/2011 19:58, Simon Austin wrote:
Apropos of nothing, of all our players who had 20 shots or more,
accuracy-wise Kilkenny was 7th and Johnson 9th out of 9. In Norwich's
team, Johnson would have come 8th out of 8.
- SI
Who were the top 3?
1
Pretty much. 2/3 of Snoddy's shots were from outside the box. Half of
those were on target. 3 went in. Becchio only tried 9 times from
outside, and missed all but one. Johnson had 32 shots from outside the
box, of which a quarter were on target. Meanwhile, Mad Max tried 45
times and got 1/2 on
Apropos of nothing, of all our players who had 20 shots or more,
accuracy-wise Kilkenny was 7th and Johnson 9th out of 9. In Norwich's
team, Johnson would have come 8th out of 8.
- SI
On 10/06/2011 16:15, Mark Tuffey wrote:
Geez, neither Kilkenny or Johnson were able to help guide us to the
http://twitpic.com/50z730
- Si
On 22/05/2011 14:19, Jeremy Adams wrote:
Talking of Jocks, can anyone tell me who the Sunday Herald named as the
footballer with the injunction? Can't get on to their website, assume it's
overloaded.
Mind you maybe listowner doesn't want anything on this list
On 17/05/11 13:19, David Brennan wrote:
Question is am I alone? Does everyone else think the play-offs are a good
idea?
As an attempt at extending the worth of games at the end of the season
they seem to work, though I think they could be improved to make
finishing third more of an advantage
Firefox + Noscript for normal browsing. Chrome to run ChromeDeck.
- Si
On 03/05/2011 19:12, Mark Tuffey wrote:
Any personal preferences between Explorer, Safari, Chrome, Firefox and Opera?
Running Windows 7.
Cheers
Mark
El Presidente Wisconsin Whites
Leeds United
Chicago Fire
On 03/05/2011 23:05, Ian Murray wrote:
We need a constitution that protects everyone equally and binds the state and
the individual. Who could argue with the principles of the US constitution?
I'd probably quibble over the bits allowing slavery...
- Si
They signed a player, Alejandro Faurlin, but someone else owned some of
his economic rights (whatever they are), and they didn't tell the FA
about it until they wanted to buy them back, which is against the rules
that were brought in after Tevez fuss. They also may have paid money to
an
On 02/05/2011 17:42, Nicholas Armit wrote:
Sorry, but did all you royalists get 2 days off for the wedding? I thought The
Thatch got rid of the May Bank Holiday...(could be well off base here).
Off base...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/feb/04/may-day-tradition-margaret-thatcher
With an
On 25/04/2011 08:34, Robert Heath wrote:
We#ve got a big game this evening!
I hope not, or I'll arrive about five hours early...
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Yes. Got the ticket as well.
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On 17/03/2011 09:31, Robinson, Mick wrote:
Has anyone with just membership received their Millwall tickets already?
Mick
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But then, no-one until Connolly at 61, George Harrison Ringo Starr John
Lennon Paul McCartney at 81, Somma at 91 and Bradley at 98...
Going to suggest this is heavily biased towards time played.
- Si
On 14/02/11 10:48, Sean Emmott wrote:
According to the Actim index, 4 of the 12 best players
Analysis from the boys at work
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11096_6668253,00.html
- Si
On 17/01/2011 22:02, Damian Walsh wrote:
Is it just me or does anyone else think that seeing Darren Bent and 18M
quid in the same headline is an indication of the footballing world gone
mad...
On 03/12/2010 21:23, John Sykes wrote:
If no one else, ITV, SKY or whatever was going to air with the story of
corruption, then why did BBC have to do it when they did.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2010/11/fifa_football_panorama.html
In terms of its timing, we only obtained the list
The rotation was dropped, but there are still limitations. When a
country wins, any other country from the same federation is blocked from
bidding for the next two. That meant only Asia, Oceania, North America
and Europe could bid for 2018 - but only the USA was willing to go up
against
On 16/10/2010 21:06, Øystein Bjøndal Lund wrote:
What I don't understand, and also don't like, is the tendency to go to the
corner to waste time at the end of the game. Why do we do that? We only
waste 2-10 seconds, we loose possession of the ball, we throw away our own
attack and we started
31 mins played. 3 passes (1 successful). 1 shot (0 on target).
- SI
On 16/08/10 12:44, Brendan Osborne wrote:
..anyone else think Beckford looked way out of his comfort zone playing
against Blackburn on Saturday?
He came on after 60 mins but I don't think the highlights showed him
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