Re: [LU] Promotion

2019-12-12 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
And of course, it depends on the distribution of points among the other teams. Last season we ended up with 3 teams breaking away and chasing 2 automatic spots, so by definition somebody had to finish 3rd with a relatively high points total. At the moment we have 2 teams breaking away, with non

Re: [LU] I'm sorry to go on about this.........

2019-12-23 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
On Sunday, 22 December 2019, 22:51:08 GMT, Robert Heath wrote: .but when are the bloody FA going to come up with a verdict on Casilla? Every bloody racist incident that happens now (and it looks like there was another one today)is going to add a few games onto his ban. __

Re: [LU] Brum

2019-12-29 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
While the game was on I was travelling back from spending Christmas week with my mum, and once I was back I thought I might as well avoid the score until I saw the highlights on Quest. Can you just imagine intensity of having that roller-coaster condensed into a couple of minutes without knowin

Re: [LU] Augustin

2020-02-12 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
Viduka had a big arse. Which proved useful one day when he turned his back on the West Ham keeper who was trying to clear a backpass. Inevitably he found Viduka's arse much too large an obstacle to get the ball round, leaving Viduka the simple task of turning round to put the ball into the net.

[LU] Millwall v Fulham

2020-02-12 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
I've been watching this on Sky, as Fulham would of course go above us with a win. May the lord forgive me for supporting Millwall for one night only, even in these circumstances. It's a cracking game so far. Milosovic given all the space in the world to give Fulham the lead, then there was a tru

Re: [LU] shoot rich and wap

2020-02-16 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
I refer the honourable gentleman to this shot from Alioski from outside the box, this season... Huddersfield 0-2 Leeds United Highlights Goals | | | | | | | | | | | Huddersfield 0-2 Leeds United Highlights Goals | | | On Sunday, 16 February 2020, 18:48:55 GMT, seansc

Re: [LU] LU: Tonight’s Game

2020-02-26 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
And while we're doing requests, does anyone know of any good pubs to watch the game in Slough? I'm now working down here on a 12 month contract, and discovered last night that 'Sky Go' had decided to stop working on my laptop. On Wednesday, 26 February 2020, 16:04:09 GMT, Mick Robinson (Gmai

Re: [LU] Hull

2020-03-01 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
He's already managed my favourite club in the Spanish league, in the shape of Athletic Bilbao. (Choosing my words carefully so I don't call them a 'Spanish club', in view of their Basque following).  I've never been there, but I've 'supported' them in Spanish football since 1982, when I read th

Re: [LU] FIFA 20...

2020-03-16 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
Did FIFA show any Leeds fans getting thrown out for celebrating the goals while in one of the 'home' stands? On Monday, 16 March 2020, 02:11:20 GMT, Jeremy Adams wrote: I actually watched the game, Bamford was outstanding, had a couple of other decent chances. i.e. totally unrealistic

Re: [LU] Trivia Question from Heimbane

2020-04-28 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
Steph Houghton | | | | | | | | | | | Steph Houghton Stephanie Jayne Houghton MBE (/ˈhɔːtən/; born 23 April 1988) is an English footballer who both plays for and cap... | | | On Tuesday, 28 April 2020, 18:12:31 BST, wrote: Yeah - bang on.  It's Steph Houghton. Ni

[LU] Wigan go into administration

2020-07-01 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
This might change things a little. My sympathy is mitigated by the fact they would have had an extra £30 in they hadn't refused to sell me a ticket when we played there on the final day of the Garry Monk season.  They are away to Brentford on Saturday, and their 12 point deduction will give them

[LU] News of an old boy

2020-07-25 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
I'm watching the stream of the play-off game between Havant and Dartford (I was born in Dartford, so I occasionally follow their fortunes). And in charge of Havant today is none other than Ian Baird, formerly of this parish. He's their assistant manager, but is in charge today because their mana

Re: [LU] FA Cup. Manchester vs Leeds United. 1951

2020-08-13 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
I've made my views known in the comments section. On Thursday, 13 August 2020, 16:22:40 BST, Richard Naef wrote: Defund Pathe! Couldn't spot King John, but the standard of football was dreadful and we didn't score, so I'm guessing he wasn't -Original Message- From: Leedslist

Re: [LU] Aha.........

2020-09-08 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
Lets have another question. Who was the last Leeds player to represent England in the 1980s?  On Tuesday, 8 September 2020, 22:02:48 BST, Robert Heath wrote: Just read the answer to my own question on some website: Phillips became the first Leeds star to represent the Three Lions sinc

Re: [LU] Aha.........

2020-09-09 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
g our first season back in the top division. And the player making his England debut to break the long run was a defensive midfield player. On Wednesday, 9 September 2020, 03:31:57 BST, wrote: Barnes? -Original Message- From: Tim Whelan via Leedslist To: Leeds List ; Robert

[LU] Bielsa: the manager behind the myths

2020-09-10 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
I've just found this on the BBC website:- Sportsworld - Bielsa: the manager behind the myths - BBC Sounds | | | | | | | | | | | Sportsworld - Bielsa: the manager behind the myths - BBC Sounds What's it really like to play for the obsessive and demanding Leeds coach Marcelo Bielsa?

Re: [LU] 5 wins

2020-12-16 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
I'm claiming the win. I intentionally said on Facebook that Bamford would stop scoring, to force him to score a goal just to make me look like a tit. -- Original Message -- From: "Peter Castlehouse" To: "'Steve Gillen'" ; "'Alec McQueen'" Cc: "'Leeds leedslist'" Sent: Wednesday,

Re: [LU] Spurs

2021-01-02 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
I was wondering if Phillips intentionally got booked near the end, so he can serve his ban during the Crawley game, for which he might have been rested anyway. But if that theory was right Klich would also have got himself booked for the same reason, and he didn't. -- Original Message --

Re: [LU] Crawley

2021-01-11 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
I can think of two more recent managers who took the FA Cup seriously, despite their many obvious faults otherwise. Neil Warnock's finest 90 minutes as Leeds boss was the 2-1 fourth round win over Spurs. We were then unlucky to get Man City away in the 5th round, when there was plenty of dr

Re: [LU] Oh they've all gone quiet over there

2021-05-11 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
I’d love us to have a proper go at FA Cup next season. It’s annoying that the  way the draw went this season we could have got to the semi-final without  having to play anyone higher than us in the league. Though obviously with the  restrictions it wouldn’t have been the greatest season to get to

Re: [LU] Liverpool

2021-09-13 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
Unfortunately, it was correct that Liverpool's first goal did stand. As it was pointed out to me while I was baying for a VAR intervention, Salah was behind the ball when it was played across the face of the goal, therefore not in an offside position. As far as Roberts is concerned, his main

Re: [LU] Derby in the sh*t again

2021-11-16 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
It could have been worse for them. If it hadn't been for Sheffield Wednesday's points deduction they would have been relegated last season, and they would now be in League One with their own points deductions and facing relegation to League Two. -- Original Message -- From: "Wiggy"

Re: [LU] FA Cup - Hammers away

2021-12-06 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
I make that the fifth successive FA Cup game in London or further south, and of course the other four have all been defeats. Our last win in the FA Cup was over Cambridge in the 3rd round in 2018, which was of course followed by embarrassment at Sutton in the next round. It's about time we wo

Re: [LU] Arse

2021-12-20 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
The worst case scenario is that we go down and that Newcastle are one of our fellow relegatees. They would have the financial clout to rebuild their squad during the summer and would almost certainly grab one of the two automatic promotion slots in 2022/3, to leave only one for us to fight fo

Re: [LU] Southampton

2022-04-03 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
I thought that for the free kick Meslier should have been standing in the  centre of the goal rather than over to the left. He was depending on the wall  to cover the right side of the goal, but against a free kick taker of  Ward-Prouse’s quality you can’t rely on that. As it was he got his finge

Re: [LU] D Day

2022-05-22 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
It won't yet be ‘all for nought’ if we go down today. We would still have the parachute payments to give us a big advantage in the 2022/3 Championship season, which we wouldn't have had if we had never gone up. We'd still have to come back up inside a two seasons max, but surely if clubs like

Re: [LU] 6 -2

2022-08-01 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
Just a couple of historic notes. From memory, I think Bridges suffered his knee injury in the away game at Besitkas, not the home game when we put six past them. And one home game slightly more recently than 2001 when we scored 6 at home was the 6-1 win over QPR in the 2004/5 season. Tim W.

Re: [LU] Current Predicament

2022-10-29 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
Just to add to the gloom, I remember that on both the last two occasions we were relegated from the top flight, in 1982 and 2004, Wolves were one of the teams who went down with us. So it’s a bad omen that they are one of other clubs near the bottom this season. -- Original Message --

Re: [LU] FA Cup

2022-11-28 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
Yes, 2-0 away in the 5th round, on the way to winning the trophy in 1972. -- Original Message -- On  Monday, 28 Nov, 22 At 20:41, Michael Benjamin wrote: Have we ever beaten them in the cup? Dr Michael Benjamin Community Psychiatrist Oranit Israel From:

Re: [LU] The Curse strikes again!

2022-12-11 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
I was expecting the curse to do for France last night because they hadn’t selected Meslier. Or is it waiting for the semi-final, to make them lose to Morocco? -- Original Message -- On  Saturday, 10 Dec, 22 At 21:14, Robert Heath wrote: Feel desperately sorry for Big H...but h

[LU] Who will join this elite list on Sunday?

2022-12-14 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
1954 Hungary 1974 East Germany 1978 Italy 2010 Switzerland One of two countries will join this list on Sunday. There are no others in the history of the World Cup. ___ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinf

Re: [LU] Who will join this elite list on Sunday?

2022-12-15 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
Jolly well done and go to the top of the class! A perfect answer. It's now certain that another country will join this list, and it will be either Tunisia or Saudi Arabia -- Original Message -- From: "Robert Heath" To: "Tim Whelan" Cc: "Leeds List"

[LU] Accrington it is then

2023-01-24 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
They have just scraped through against the mighty Boreham Wood for the right to play little old us. Needing a penalty in extra time to secure their 1-0 win. ___ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leed

Re: [LU] Stanley

2023-01-28 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
The 5th round draw is on Monday night, at 7pm on the One show. And we will get whatever pig of a tie they can dream up for us, something like Man City away. -- Original Message -- From: "John Boocock" To: leedslist@gn.apc.org Sent: Saturday, 28 Jan, 23 At 18:15 Subject: [LU] Stanley

Re: [LU] Stanley

2023-01-29 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
says that..oh forget it, we'll be drawn away again. On Sat, Jan 28, 2023 at 8:58 PM Tim Whelan via Leedslist mailto:leedslist@gn.apc.org> > wrote: The 5th round draw is on Monday night, at 7pm on the One show. And we will get whatever pig of a tie they can drea

[LU] Someone agrees with Rich Walker

2023-02-01 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
https://tbrfootball.com/danny-murphy-suggests-leeds-midfielder-marc-roca-isnt-good-enough-for-the-premier-league/ ___ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubsc

Re: [LU] Return to Yesteryear

2023-09-02 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
And many congratulations for surviving on this planet for as long as you have. Last week I also had an early significant birthday celebration in the prawn sandwich section of Portman Road, even though my 60th isn't until next Saturday. I hope you get to see as good a performance as I did.

Re: [LU] Swansea

2023-11-30 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
Is it just me, or is anyone else getting tired of the fact that we haven't hit a decent free kick all season? Certainly no goals direct from free kicks, or even any that went remotely close or forced the keeper to make a decent save. (There might have been one that floated gently over the wal

Re: [LU] Tractor boys

2023-12-24 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
One quirk is that all three goals in the first half were scored by former Leeds academy players, including the kind contribution from Leif Davis. As well as having three different Dutchmen on the scoresheet. -- Original Message -- From: "Richard Walker via Leedslist" To: "nat...@sky.c

Re: [LU] The Story So Far

2024-02-04 Thread Tim Whelan via Leedslist
Apart from all that we also need Liverpool to win the league, as they did in the last three seasons when we have been promoted to the top division (in 1964, 1990 and 2020). That could happen. That is of course the reason that it took so long for us to get promoted back to the Premier League, as

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