: Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:25 am  

Bang wrote:

Not bad me am I? Sound me. I'm a good lad me.

As for LUFC wellllllll frig sake. TC makes a very good point. We need some constancy. We need to get a good run leading up to Xmas, beating the likes of Hudders especially at home and beating the teams we play around our league position, not dropping points in the last minutes. We really no need to sort out our centre halfs. Work needs to be done on defending crosses.

We haven't beat a team around us so far this season apart from Scunny which was the first game, quite worrying tbh!

: Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:26 am  

: Wed Nov 26, 2008 10:11 am  

Terrace Casual wrote:

Did a worse team not beat the same opposition 5-2 last week?

There is no consistency whatsoever. It's alright playing football but you have to get results too and that is not happening.

The same back four and keeper conceded the same number of goals, and in both games the team created far more chances than their opponents.

The squad isn't great in terms of the defence, and the defence has been weakened through injury, illness and suspension. Unfortunately a 5' 9", ageing right back is the best option we have in the centre of defence at the moment. Net result is that we will be vulnerable at set pieces to balls lofted in. On Saturday Telfer got alot of stick on Radio Leeds (from those with a birdseye view of the commentary on the radio) as his poor headed clearance from a corner was the fault for the goal - had he been an inch or two taller he wouldn't have got underneath it and the headed clearance would have been good. He can't make himself taller nor can height be coached into him.

If in January a centre half is brought in and a settled back four play for the remainder of the season but Leeds still don't go up then the criticism will be valid.

: Wed Nov 26, 2008 11:19 am  

Ronniealdinho wrote:

We haven't beat a team around us so far this season apart from Scunny which was the first game, quite worrying tbh!

Exactly. We need to start beating them.

: Wed Nov 26, 2008 12:06 pm  

Genial Harry Grout wrote:

The same back four and keeper conceded the same number of goals, and in both games the team created far more chances than their opponents.

The squad isn't great in terms of the defence, and the defence has been weakened through injury, illness and suspension. Unfortunately a 5' 9", ageing right back is the best option we have in the centre of defence at the moment. Net result is that we will be vulnerable at set pieces to balls lofted in. On Saturday Telfer got alot of stick on Radio Leeds (from those with a birdseye view of the commentary on the radio) as his poor headed clearance from a corner was the fault for the goal - had he been an inch or two taller he wouldn't have got underneath it and the headed clearance would have been good. He can't make himself taller nor can height be coached into him.

If in January a centre half is brought in and a settled back four play for the remainder of the season but Leeds still don't go up then the criticism will be valid.

these problems were evident last season but nothing was done about it other than making a crap right back our captain.

: Wed Nov 26, 2008 1:48 pm  

Leeds Go Top

Leeds Go Top

: Wed Nov 26, 2008 2:33 pm  

Do we get a trophy for this??

: Wed Nov 26, 2008 4:38 pm  

I never would have guessed that one

: Wed Nov 26, 2008 4:56 pm  

Terrace Casual wrote:

these problems were evident last season but nothing was done about it other than making a crap right back our captain.

Michalik had been bought in January, Sheehan and Telfer were signed in the summer. Had we been able to get rid of Kandol, Sweeney and Westlake maybe there'd have been money for another defender too. Plus, I'd assume the management thought it unlikely that they'd have had the level of disruption there has been to the defence this season.

: Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:19 pm  

http://www.leedsunited.com/page/LatestNewsDetail/0,,10273~1467707,00.html Leeds announce profits of 4.5 million, suck on that Mr.Creditors!!!!!

http://www.leedsunited.com/page/LatestNewsDetail/0,,10273~1467707,00.html Leeds announce profits of 4.5 million, suck on that Mr.Creditors!!!!!