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The College Dropout Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 On 02/05/2023 at 15:24, Ace said: He gets a worse rap than his record deserves because he's a horrible bastard and he fucked up his biggest jobs (here and england) but to say he isn't a good defensive coach is ridiculous, outside of us every team he's went to he's made them harder to beat with or without a transfer window. He's far better than Gracia hence they will be a tougher challenge. Expand He’ can only ever sort out a defence when he’s allowed to bring in 3-4 of his type of backs to the wall defender and hoofball expert. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 (edited) On 02/05/2023 at 21:00, Optimistic Nut said: Leeds had 3 titles, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup and 2 Fairs Cups before Roman arrived. 6 of the 7 trophies came within an 8 year window. Pre-Roman Chelsea had won 1 title, 3 FA Cups, 2 League Cups and 2 Cup Winners Cups. Pre Abu-Dhabi City had won 2 titles, 4 FA Cups, 2 League Cups and the Cup Winners Cups. Three similar looking honours lists but not one where you could really say Leeds were a bigger club than both. Expand Context though innit. Leeds were also runners up in the league and FA Cup numerous times in the 60s and 70s, and runners up in the European Cup and Cup Winners Cup. Then in the 00s they were challenging and in the Champions League. I'm not saying Leeds are bigger now. I'm just saying I accept it pre-takeover, because it's pretty solidly backed up, especially with my dad's generation. Edited May 2, 2023 by Kid Icarus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 Allegedly, £500k for four games for big Sam with a £2.5m survival bonus. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 On 02/05/2023 at 21:03, Jack27 said: Expand Nice. Can't wait to see him screaming from the cherry pucker again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 Trust us to be this fat cunt's first home game. Hate the way football does this shit, they'll be playing absolutely out of their skin against us. There'll definitely be scope for us to score a few though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 It's wild that wor Alan isnt in a job. The bar is so low. Pards to Chelsea would genuinely be an upgrade. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 On 02/05/2023 at 21:00, Optimistic Nut said: Leeds had 3 titles, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup and 2 Fairs Cups before Roman arrived. 6 of the 7 trophies came within an 8 year window. Pre-Roman Chelsea had won 1 title, 3 FA Cups, 2 League Cups and 2 Cup Winners Cups. Pre Abu-Dhabi City had won 2 titles, 4 FA Cups, 2 League Cups and the Cup Winners Cups. Three similar looking honours lists but not one where you could really say Leeds were a bigger club than both. Expand Three of those Chelsea trophies came in a two year spell - four in a four year spell - at the end of the century. For the vast, vast majority of football history Leeds and Man City were bigger clubs than Chelsea. Chelsea were just another London club until the late 90s - Arsenal and Spurs were the big London clubs. Plenty of us saw West Ham as London's third club Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 On 02/05/2023 at 11:39, Wolfcastle said: Made our game trickier no doubt. May not pan out that way but the environment of new manager, first home game, must win is a worse scenario than before. Expand Eddie has got this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 I can see Leeds shipping more goals under Allardyce tbh. You couldnt get much less of an Allardyce team that one, imagine Leeds suddenly abandoning pressing from the front and trying to maintain a good defensive shape. They're going to be all over the place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 Sammy Lee can't go with him, he's on Jury Duty Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamPS Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 Allardyce is the bottom of the barrel, only hired as pretty much every other manager has already been hired/fired this year Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 I don't understand how his appointment makes our game with them any tricker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 More relevant is that Gabriel might miss our game. Holding and that tall lad CB pairing. We’ll win 3-1 or 2-0. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloGeordio Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 (edited) On 02/05/2023 at 21:26, Decky said: Trust us to be this fat cunt's first home game. Hate the way football does this shit, they'll be playing absolutely out of their skin against us. There'll definitely be scope for us to score a few though. Expand It’s the new us, not the old us. It’s the same fat Sham! Edited May 2, 2023 by PauloGeordio Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 The second most depressing thing in football is your team are looking relegation doomed and certain sections of the support start clamouring to press the 'Allardyce Button' as, well, Big Sam yada yada yada. The most depressing thing is your club actually doing it. Must be so depressing for Leeds fans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomYam Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 Prior to 1964, LeedsU couldn't have been regarded among the biggest 25 clubs in the country. Limited history, smallish crowds for such a large city, won nothing. Revie changed all that. Chelsea and ManC had richer histories but, like Leeds, their stories grew substantially from the mid-60s onward. Liverpool had been a bigger club than any of the aforementioned but, just like the others, their story grew from the mid-60s (monumentally in their case). Inviolably, and this has been the case since the mid-60s, to qualify as a 'big' club these days (by most people's reckoning) that club must be located in a big city. Forget that Burnley has a much richer history than Leeds, as well as a far greater local supporter base relative to population size, few would regard them as the bigger of the two. That's partly due to that 1965-74 decade, but it's also down to demographics/economics. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomYam Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 On 02/05/2023 at 21:56, brummie said: The second most depressing thing in football is your team are looking relegation doomed and certain sections of the support start clamouring to press the 'Allardyce Button' as, well, Big Sam yada yada yada. The most depressing thing is your club actually doing it. Must be so depressing for Leeds fans. Expand Deeply depressing, but hippos for courses if their team stays up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 Apparently Mateu Alemany joining us from Barcelona to be overlord of football stuff, having, quoting the Spanish press, "being promised an unlimited budget" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conjo Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 On 02/05/2023 at 21:03, Jack27 said: Expand Feels a bit like the owners have gone to the school of Freddy Shepherd for problem solving. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfcastle Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 On 02/05/2023 at 22:04, brummie said: Apparently Mateu Alemany joining us from Barcelona to be overlord of football stuff, having, quoting the Spanish press, "being promised an unlimited budget" Expand You won't piss it up the wall either. Whats your take on the Leeds/Man City/Chelsea debate? (bigger pre the latter two's takeovers) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 On 02/05/2023 at 22:04, brummie said: Apparently Mateu Alemany joining us from Barcelona to be overlord of football stuff, having, quoting the Spanish press, "being promised an unlimited budget" Expand Something Villa don't have.....but Newcastle actually do Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 On 02/05/2023 at 21:51, The College Dropout said: More relevant is that Gabriel might miss our game. Holding and that tall lad CB pairing. We’ll win 3-1 or 2-0. Expand Wilson would give Gabriel fits if he played. Just don’t want Saliba back for them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 On 02/05/2023 at 23:16, duo said: Something Villa don't have.....but Newcastle actually do Expand No-one does with FFP Emery will have wanted the guy, and English clubs will now offer a lot more money to DoF positions than even the continent's biggest clubs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 On 02/05/2023 at 22:04, brummie said: Apparently Mateu Alemany joining us from Barcelona to be overlord of football stuff, having, quoting the Spanish press, "being promised an unlimited budget" Expand Is he going to replace that Purslow who whinged about us spending money? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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