Leeds United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours 2024/25

Ceist_Beag · 25-03-2021 4:15pm

Phil Hay reported that yesterday (that second test was negative). Was there another (third) test today that came back positive or something?

https://twitter.com/PhilHay_/status/1374783525426237443?s=20

event · 25-03-2021 4:19pm

If he has COVID and gets symptoms, let me tell ye its not a rest he'll get

Seathrun66 · 25-03-2021 4:57pm

event wrote: »

If he has COVID and gets symptoms, let me tell ye its not a rest he'll get

Absolutely. But several reports from pals of zilch symptoms when diagnosed. And seemingly the same for many of these top athletes. Varying immune systems.

event · 25-03-2021 11:12pm

Phillips played the full 90 for England tonight, was very much their 2nd string. He's a cert to go to the Euros anyway

Damo 2k9 · 26-03-2021 11:58am

Id imagine most of this is rubbish

https://twitter.com/Sport_Witness/status/1375387705266278400

But only a matter of time before this type of stuff started to pop up. Injuries have done him no favours, but being played out of position for so long surely has to have an effect on him.

whiterebel · 26-03-2021 12:07pm

One thing that strikes me about Rodrigo, is how well he fits in to this system. No questioning his workrate or commitment. He looked suitably pi$$ed off when he was subbed last time, but didn't throw his toys out of the pram, as Pablo had done previously.

adaminho · 26-03-2021 12:48pm

https://twitter.com/LUFC/status/1375413751952896001?s=19

event · 26-03-2021 1:31pm

Damo 2k9 wrote: »

Id imagine most of this is rubbish

https://twitter.com/Sport_Witness/status/1375387705266278400

But only a matter of time before this type of stuff started to pop up. Injuries have done him no favours, but being played out of position for so long surely has to have an effect on him.

I like him. But if we got our money back, I'd have no problem selling him tbh. I dont think he'll ever make the midfield position his own and he wont get a look in with Bamford.

But we dont know his home life. Maybe his missus/fella isnt over here with him, living alone in lockdown, Leeds is a grim enough place tbh. I never mind when players want to go back home or to better climate. But when that arises, just get rid, if it is true

Jimmy Two Times · 26-03-2021 1:42pm

event wrote: »

Leeds is a grim enough place tbh.

Grim compared to Valencia I'd definitely agree.

Ever been to Middlesbrough,Blackburn or .... ( Insert the name of any other Northern UK city / town with the honourable exceptions of Whitby and possibly Harrogate

:D )

When we went to the Boro away game last season,ended up staying in a small town near Durham called Stanley ( don't ask,just suited the logistics ). Talk about grim.

event · 26-03-2021 3:48pm

Yeah. I got a train once from Birmingham to Cardiff. It was like hell

is_that_so · 28-03-2021 8:35am

whiterebel wrote: »

One thing that strikes me about Rodrigo, is how well he fits in to this system. No questioning his workrate or commitment. He looked suitably pi$$ed off when he was subbed last time, but didn't throw his toys out of the pram, as Pablo had done previously.

His problem this season has been the stop start nature of his involvement. Between COVID and injuries it hasn't been great. It's hard to gauge with all of these rumours and some of them are just linking a player with a pulse to a random team.

whiterebel · 29-03-2021 3:40pm

Well done Tyler. Dipstick. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/56568296

event · 29-03-2021 11:04pm

Great to get him back tbh

NuckChorris1 · 30-03-2021 11:58am

whiterebel wrote: »

Well done Tyler. Dipstick. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/56568296

He stayed up late in the hotel. He didn't break the bubble or bring anyone into the hotel or anything. I can't believe they are actually given a set bedtime. Trust them to be able to look after themselves as adults or don't pick them at all. Seems like an over-reaction. Not like the manager is a beacon of moral light.

Wouldn't want to be Tyler getting the "I'm not angry, I'm just disappointed" look from Bielsa though!!

Seathrun66 · 30-03-2021 12:26pm

NuckChorris1 wrote: »

He stayed up late in the hotel. He didn't break the bubble or bring anyone into the hotel or anything. I can't believe they are actually given a set bedtime. Trust them to be able to look after themselves as adults or don't pick them at all. Seems like an over-reaction. Not like the manager is a beacon of moral light.

Wouldn't want to be Tyler getting the "I'm not angry, I'm just disappointed" look from Bielsa though!!

Bielsa may be telling them all to do the same on the next international break.

And to be fair those guys have such structured lives that to have a late night chat with pals at the hotel is one chance for them to chill during lockdown. They're already really restricted as to what they can do. A pal of mine was teaching English to overseas players at Arsenal and she was amazed at what they were forbidden from doing - cycling, skateboards, ski-ing, swimming, casual football or other sports in the park, etc, etc. Made sense but very restrictive for young lads. And of course they stopped Freddie from going to the moon.

event · 30-03-2021 2:08pm

Thats all banned usually in case they injure themselves. David Batty was banned from riding a motorbike as well

downthemiddle · 30-03-2021 10:54pm

event wrote: »

Thats all banned usually in case they injure themselves. David Batty was banned from riding a motorbike as well

What would they have made of Duncan McKenzie's party piece?

Zaph · 30-03-2021 11:22pm

Seathrun66 wrote: »

A pal of mine was teaching English to overseas players at Arsenal and she was amazed at what they were forbidden from doing - cycling, skateboards, ski-ing, swimming, casual football or other sports in the park, etc, etc. Made sense but very restrictive for young lads. And of course they stopped Freddie from going to the moon.

Peter Crouch had a show on TV last summer, and part of it each week was doing something risky with another retired footballer that they wouldn't have been allowed do when they were playing. I remember he went sky diving with one and water skiing with another. I suppose it makes sense considering the investment clubs put into players, and how much they could lose if that player got a serious, or even career-ending injury after getting knocked off a bike or falling while skiing.

adaminho · 30-03-2021 11:35pm

Zaph wrote: »

Peter Crouch had a show on TV last summer, and part of it each week was doing something risky with another retired footballer that they wouldn't have been allowed do when they were playing. I remember he went sky diving with one and water skiing with another. I suppose it makes sense considering the investment clubs put into players, and how much they could lose if that player got a serious, or even career-ending injury after getting knocked off a bike or falling while skiing.

Not dangerous but Alan Shearer said the first thing he did when he retired was have a pie!

Seathrun66 · 30-03-2021 11:51pm

adaminho wrote: »

Not dangerous but Alan Shearer said the first thing he did when he retired was have a pie!

Sums up Alan Shearer.

whiterebel · 31-03-2021 9:15am

What was the joke years ago.? Shearer went home, threw the wife on the bed, and hoovered where she stood.....

adaminho · 31-03-2021 10:53am

https://twitter.com/TheAthleticUK/status/1377153940098256897

Ceist_Beag · 31-03-2021 12:24pm

I know these types of article always fondly remember players but that is a truly lovely article. He really sounds like an amazing man.

event · 31-03-2021 1:32pm

The Athletic did a survey on fans of clubs and the season so far. So should only be Leeds fans on The Athletic answering this

Happiness with clubs performance this season - 54.83%
Happy if same manager in place next season - 98.13%
Think team has a chance of winning a trophy by end of next season - 50.53%
Believe their club is well run - 97.92%
Believe club has spent well on transfers in last 12 months - 89.84%
Thinks team plays entertaining football - 95.85%

Interesting results.

I'd love to know a few things:

Who are the 45.17% who are not happy with the performance this year
Who are the 4.15% who dont think we play entertaining football

:pac:

Ceist_Beag · 31-03-2021 1:59pm

Survey on VAR available at https://surveymonkey.co.uk/r/fsa-var-consultation - have your say.

PabloAndRoy · 31-03-2021 2:00pm

event wrote: »

The Athletic did a survey on fans of clubs and the season so far. So should only be Leeds fans on The Athletic answering this
Happiness with clubs performance this season - 54.83%

Happy if same manager in place next season - 98.13%

Think team has a chance of winning a trophy by end of next season - 50.53%

Believe their club is well run - 97.92%

Believe club has spent well on transfers in last 12 months - 89.84%

Thinks team plays entertaining football - 95.85%

Interesting results.

I'd love to know a few things:
Who are the 45.17% who are not happy with the performance this year

Who are the 4.15% who dont think we play entertaining football

:pac:

You could say that the sheer amount of leaked goals, particularly from corners, could influence a lot of that 45%. I suspect a few in there thought we would be playing for top 6, but I would think most are about leaked goals rather than league position.

event · 31-03-2021 7:02pm

Kalvin starts again. Think he's started every game for England in these 10 days

10000maniacs · 31-03-2021 8:02pm

event wrote: »

Kalvin starts again. Think he's started every game for England in these 10 days

Lets hope he doesn't pick up a knock.

adaminho · 31-03-2021 8:51pm

Damo 2k9 wrote: »

Id imagine most of this is rubbish

https://twitter.com/Sport_Witness/status/1375387705266278400

But only a matter of time before this type of stuff started to pop up. Injuries have done him no favours, but being played out of position for so long surely has to have an effect on him.

https://twitter.com/PhilHay_/status/1377345829258850310/photo/1

downthemiddle · 31-03-2021 10:07pm

Alioski beat Germany !!!

whiterebel · 31-03-2021 10:26pm

adaminho wrote: »

https://twitter.com/PhilHay_/status/1377345829258850310/photo/1

🇪🇸 I'm not a person to comment on news, however in this case I'm forced to make it clear that the news about my willingness to leave Leeds or a possible bad relationship with Bielsa is fake. I am very sorry that some people try to misinform when their work is just the opposite.
I'm happy, focused and working to the max to help alongside my teammates finish the club in the best way possible.
Love being at the @leedsunited, respect to my coach and I can relate to this Club!
Come on Leeds MOT

Apparently a quote from the man himself.....

event · 01-04-2021 8:29am

10000maniacs wrote: »

Lets hope he doesn't pick up a knock.

Yeah that was my worry. Glad for him personally, I think playing for england would have been something that would have prompted him to want to move. Great to see he can do that while playing with us in the PL.

But he does pick up knocks, would have liked to see him rested a bit

Oh I picked Leeds in my last man standing competition at the weekend. So if we lose on Saturday, we know who to blame.

iseegirls · 01-04-2021 10:26am

event wrote: »

Oh I picked Leeds in my last man standing competition at the weekend. So if we lose on Saturday, we know who to blame.

I picked them for their home game against Brighton a few weeks back - so I'm not touching them any longer.

Same with my Fantasy team, any time I pick Bamford for captain, he never performs.

NuckChorris1 · 01-04-2021 12:49pm

Little reminder that Saturday's game is on Premier Sports (UK media say Amazon which can confuse it). Solid win expected by me and then one nice scalp from the following 3 games. Preferably against scum (with a Berardi red card) but I'm not too fussy.

10000maniacs · 01-04-2021 2:40pm

adaminho wrote: »

https://twitter.com/PhilHay_/status/1377345829258850310/photo/1

I'm 100% sure he'll come good eventually if he stays.

adaminho · 01-04-2021 6:13pm

https://twitter.com/LUFCMOTcom/status/1377518341032673283

Seathrun66 · 02-04-2021 12:04am

Good noises are continuing to come from the Rodrigo de Paul camp but I'm very wary of it. Maybe Orta has done something special again but I'm scared to hope.

is_that_so · 02-04-2021 8:45am

Seathrun66 wrote: »

Good noises are continuing to come from the Rodrigo de Paul camp but I'm very wary of it. Maybe Orta has done something special again but I'm scared to hope.

Apparently Phil Hay claiming they are looking at others first, on the latest Athletic podcast.

NuckChorris1 · 02-04-2021 11:53am

I'm sure you've all seen the away jersey pushed at 50% but just bought it and due to it coming to Ireland there's a £5 VAT deduction. Shipping is £13.99 so it helps towards that cost. £39 total. Not bad. Checked JD Sports online and they're only doing vintage ones. Still €90 on adidas.ie.

Seathrun66 · 02-04-2021 12:57pm

Ben White linked to MU again, and Liverpool undoubtedly still sniffing about. Would have loved him back but how good does he look now after a season in the PL? We've not seen enough of our CDs this year but is it possible that Llorente, Koch and Struijk are all better long-term prospects that White? Even with the bad injury run we're surely covered for those positions?

Zaph · 02-04-2021 1:09pm

Seathrun66 wrote: »

Ben White linked to MU again, and Liverpool undoubtedly still sniffing about. Would have loved him back but how good does he look now after a season in the PL? We've not seen enough of our CDs this year but is it possible that Llorente, Koch and Struijk are all better long-term prospects that White? Even with the bad injury run we're surely covered for those positions?

Yeah, I don't think the season back at Brighton has helped White develop as much as he would have had he stayed at Leeds. Still a very good player, but given how Struijk in particular has upped his game of late, I'm a lot more confident that we're just fine without him and that the money can be put to better use elsewhere.

event · 02-04-2021 2:09pm

Yeah would rather we get a LB and a midfielder who can step in for Phillips

Seathrun66 · 02-04-2021 9:49pm

Zaph wrote: »

Yeah, I don't think the season back at Brighton has helped White develop as much as he would have had he stayed at Leeds. Still a very good player, but given how Struijk in particular has upped his game of late, I'm a lot more confident that we're just fine without him and that the money can be put to better use elsewhere.

Where does White rank alongside our four Central Defenders? For me he's currently better than Cooper and Struijk but that may change. I believe that Koch and Llorente are better players and the former will improve hugely. We may need to tie both to longer contracts before the European Championships.

adaminho · 02-04-2021 10:01pm

Seathrun66 wrote: »

Where does White rank alongside our four Central Defenders? For me he's currently better than Cooper and Struijk but that may change. I believe that Koch and Llorente are better players and the former will improve hugely. We may need to tie both to longer contracts before the European Championships.

For me he's in the Bartley/Jansson category! Yes they were good at the time but would you swap for whats there now?

event · 03-04-2021 2:08pm

Cooper in for Struijk

Meslier
Ayling Llorente Cooper Alioski
Phillips
Raphinha Dallas Roberts Harrison
Bamford

downthemiddle · 03-04-2021 2:28pm

event wrote: »

Cooper in for Struijk

Meslier
Ayling Llorente Cooper Alioski
Phillips
Raphinha Dallas Roberts Harrison
Bamford

The cavalry are on the bench.

Carcharodon · 03-04-2021 3:15pm

That was nice, Raphina looks superb so far

Zaph · 03-04-2021 3:34pm

How was that not 2-0?

Seathrun66 · 03-04-2021 3:40pm

Zaph wrote: »

How was that not 2-0?

Decent save.

Nice layoff from Roberts.

Damo 2k9 · 03-04-2021 3:42pm

How was that not a red card is what I'm wondering

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