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Post by Waterloo Terrier on Mar 7, 2020 18:40:52 GMT 1
Don’t let facts get in the way of a decent tale. Bielsa is the highest paid Championship manager ever, Costa was in excess of £10m, the keeper came from Real Madrid, even Bamford was £7m. Leeds ain’t doing this on a shoe string. They have been chucking loads at it. Makes the job Wagner did even more remarkable. They’ll have to do with no more than £30m losses over three seasons - I can’t see there turnover being higher than the £40m we’ll get this season in parachute money Aston Villa had a £93m wage bill last season and won’t get any grief about FFP. If you think that guarantees anything then you are dreaming. Cowley needs time to turn us round as we all know that parachute money isn’t all going into the club.
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Post by galpharm2400 on Mar 7, 2020 18:44:27 GMT 1
We tried to go toe to toe with them. Simply put we are not good enough yet. People would have complained about packing midfield and defensive rearguard for 90 minutes but that might have gained us a point. Fair play to DC for thinking we had a chance but Leeds outplayed us all over the park. Entertaining and open game for the neutrals. Perfect assessment mate. We were a goal behind and on the back foot before we had time to pack the midfield etc.. Lack of concentration and our starts of both halves have been shocking for some time far too regularly. Losing today is not the end of the world but I personally refuse to go along with it will be ok, there will be 3 teams worse than us , it's a mindset that you can see in the management tactics and the teams attitude at times. Do just enough is something that will keep us in the mire right till the death and I am not convinced we have the team mentality if it gets really tough.
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Post by HuddsTerrier on Mar 7, 2020 18:45:33 GMT 1
They’ll have to do with no more than £30m losses over three seasons - I can’t see there turnover being higher than the £40m we’ll get this season in parachute money Aston Villa had a £93m wage bill last season and won’t get any grief about FFP. If you think that guarantees anything then you are dreaming. Cowley needs time to turn us round as we all know that parachute money isn’t all going into the club. Not bemoaning Cowley, PH or the players on the pitch today - in the circumstances they are all doing well Just very galling to see us so far adrift of the better sides now despite all the huge (unfair IMO) financial advantages we had from the two seasons in the PL
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Post by ben1987 on Mar 7, 2020 18:46:02 GMT 1
Reality is, we got completely outplayed. We were second to everything, they’re far better than us and are promoted.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2020 18:54:16 GMT 1
Another terrible away performance - only remember 1 shot on target which their keeper spilled. Criminal we didn’t go 2 up top and test him - felt like we went for a point away from home yet again.
Glad I didn’t fall for paying £39 for an adult - thank god no away steward ever checks tickets.
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Post by El Mel on Mar 7, 2020 18:55:14 GMT 1
Both sides are going to fancy their chances in this one, given they've both just had 4-0 wins. Hull are in absolute freefall though - 2 points from the last ten games, and Towns win yesterday is definitely more credible, against better opposition in Charlton. Haven't had a bet in months but I might put a couple of quid on an away win. Thank fuck I saved my 2 quid. Pay for a nice bottle of red wine that.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2020 18:58:47 GMT 1
Didn’t lay a glove on them really. Start to second half was very disappointing. Grant needs taking off set piece duties. Abysmal deliveries. Thought O’Brien had a decent game but had no real outlet.
Onto Wigan.
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Post by foxtrot666 on Mar 7, 2020 19:00:56 GMT 1
Poor day and for me living behind enemy lines it's going to be a tough week but with my sensible head on next Saturday is a much bigger game, trying to stay positive, UTT
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Post by otium (EPBS) on Mar 7, 2020 19:07:42 GMT 1
The Cowleys came from a place where players came and trained and played for love. This cosseted lot are millionaires at 20 after 10 years being molly-coddled. Not one of them knows what it would mean to a hard-core fan to have got a win today. Going through the motions most of them.
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Post by joeyjoneslocker on Mar 7, 2020 19:09:52 GMT 1
Poor, Town. Played second fiddle all day today. Leeds played well. On we go. Just need to do enough to stay up. We are good enough.
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Post by richhtfc on Mar 7, 2020 19:10:48 GMT 1
Hard to watch was that, they completely over powered us. We started way too nervously/cautiously and the early goal just compounded things. We kept working but they pressed us to death, really disappointing considering how great at pressing we’ve been in recent times.
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Post by VLP Fan Club on Mar 7, 2020 19:13:40 GMT 1
One of them to just hold your hands up today lads and say they’re better than us, because they are.
Rose tinted glasses off, they deserve to go up, let’s just focus on ourselves.
Pains me to say it but fair play to them.
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Post by Million Dollar Babies on Mar 7, 2020 19:17:06 GMT 1
Chalobah comfortably our best player on the day. Looked more fired up for it than the rest
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Post by kennyk2 on Mar 7, 2020 19:21:24 GMT 1
Chalobah comfortably our best player on the day. Looked more fired up for it than the rest Quite a turnaround.
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Post by rastrick32 on Mar 7, 2020 19:21:47 GMT 1
Chalobah comfortably our best player on the day. Looked more fired up for it than the rest Been good for a few weeks now.
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Post by tepidterrier on Mar 7, 2020 19:25:52 GMT 1
The Cowleys came from a place where players came and trained and played for love. This cosseted lot are millionaires at 20 after 10 years being molly-coddled. Not one of them knows what it would mean to a hard-core fan to have got a win today. Going through the motions most of them. yawn. just lost to a better side man to man and in coaching terms. they pegged our players back and put them in corners they couldn't get out of, and punished us when we tried to push out. it's how Bielsa's teams work. also, for a supposedly minted high stakes gambling jet setter you seem very bitter about how much money football players make. cosseted is a strong word considering the amount of physical conditioning they have to do, and that you passively earn a living from them plying their trade!
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Post by terriers321 on Mar 7, 2020 19:38:41 GMT 1
Didnt think we were that bad first half without really doing much. Second half was shite.
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Post by ben1987 on Mar 7, 2020 19:47:11 GMT 1
Didnt think we were that bad first half without really doing much. Second half was shite. After the first goal, we got ourselves going a bit especially close to half time where we had some good movement but still didn’t really look like scoring. We may as well of had a wheelie bin on the left instead of grant, he never got into the game nor did we try to get him into it. He was asleep for their first goal, assumed his eyes were drawn on given the amount of space he let Ayling have, how could he not see him? Second half, like you say we were shite. Willock looked poor today, I felt he should of been subbed off much earlier. Their danger mainly came from crosses from out wide but we seem reluctant to press the ball and stop them crossing. O’Brien worked hard as did chalobah but they didn’t have enough options ahead of them any time they had the ball. It was a poor game, no excuses, they need to put it right on Saturday.
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Post by Chips Longhorn on Mar 7, 2020 19:50:44 GMT 1
Greyarea will be along at 3am to tell us 7 of our players would get in their first team :-)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2020 19:51:53 GMT 1
The Cowleys came from a place where players came and trained and played for love. This cosseted lot are millionaires at 20 after 10 years being molly-coddled. Not one of them knows what it would mean to a hard-core fan to have got a win today. Going through the motions most of them. yawn. just lost to a better side man to man and in coaching terms. they pegged our players back and put them in corners they couldn't get out of, and punished us when we tried to push out. it's how Bielsa's teams work. also, for a supposedly minted high stakes gambling jet setter you seem very bitter about how much money football players make. cosseted is a strong word considering the amount of physical conditioning they have to do, and that you passively earn a living from them plying their trade! Yes spot on - they're the best side in the Championship with and without the ball - end of. Now onto Wigan...
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Post by buckers on Mar 7, 2020 19:57:27 GMT 1
Mounie to start against Wigan please.
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Post by Million Dollar Babies on Mar 7, 2020 19:57:58 GMT 1
Greyarea will be along at 3am to tell us 7 of our players would get in their first team :-) I haven't seen many Championship sides who look like they've constantly get extra men on the pitch. It feels like their players are everywhere, they've always got loads going forward and rarely look exposed at the back. We struggled with how little time they gave us on the ball If they had been more clinical this season they would be well clear. They've dominated all but a handful of games
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Post by Chips Longhorn on Mar 7, 2020 20:04:16 GMT 1
Greyarea will be along at 3am to tell us 7 of our players would get in their first team :-) I haven't seen many Championship sides who look like they've constantly get extra men on the pitch. It feels like their players are everywhere, they've always got loads going forward and rarely look exposed at the back. We struggled with how little time they gave us on the ball If they had been more clinical this season they would be well clear. They've dominated all but a handful of games That's right. Put a decent finisher in that team they would be 15 points clear. An excellent side and good luck to em
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Post by sabailand on Mar 7, 2020 20:09:34 GMT 1
Second fiddle for most of the game, but when you concede so early against a team that hasn`t conceded now in five you`ve got an uphill battle straight away. After conceding early we settled down and first half we weren`t too bad.Second half and again conceding early after only six minutes of the start meant game was as good as over, we were feeding off scraps and Leeds thoroughly deserved to win on the second half alone. Thought town helped create a decent atmosphere, and thought it was funny when just after a rendition of `two nil in your cup final` the attendance was given out as the best of their season.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2020 20:14:16 GMT 1
The Cowleys came from a place where players came and trained and played for love. This cosseted lot are millionaires at 20 after 10 years being molly-coddled. Not one of them knows what it would mean to a hard-core fan to have got a win today. Going through the motions most of them. that's unfair we were beaten by a team that deserves to go up anddespite you being disappointed as others are you should acknowledge leeds today. I did and I'm a town fan as well
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2020 20:15:34 GMT 1
Second fiddle for most of the game, but when you concede so early against a team that hasn`t conceded now in five you`ve got an uphill battle straight away. After conceding early we settled down and first half we weren`t too bad.Second half and again conceding early after only six minutes of the start meant game was as good as over, we were feeding off scraps and Leeds thoroughly deserved to win on the second half alone. Thought town helped create a decent atmosphere, and thought it was funny when just after a rendition of `two nil in your cup final` the attendance was given out as the best of their season. Yes that attendance announcement was our best moment of the match...
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Post by workshyfop on Mar 7, 2020 20:22:36 GMT 1
Have you all lost your marbles? “Good luck to them” and what a great team they are? Fuck that! I hope they never win another game. The fact we can’t compete with them is a disgrace to the people who have run our club into the ground. Wankers!
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Post by kennyk2 on Mar 7, 2020 20:33:19 GMT 1
Have you all lost your marbles? “Good luck to them” and what a great team they are? Fuck that! I hope they never win another game. The fact we can’t compete with them is a disgrace to the people who have run our club into the ground. Wankers! Had a beer or two? The people in charge of the club when we got promoted were naive... not their fault... I mean what on earth? Huddersfield Town promoted to the PL! The stars aligned in the second season, but in the wrong way. Leeds may stay up for a season or two, or three. But... and it's a big but... at the end of the day if they do get promoted, they will be a Brighton, or a Bournemouth, or an Aston Villa, or a Southampton. There are ups and downs with any club. We've had our up and they are going to get theirs. In 3 years time it will be very different.
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Post by Farsley Terrier (UK product) on Mar 7, 2020 20:34:20 GMT 1
if we'd have set up defensively we might have got something out of the game. Shame we're a side in transition at the moment. Credit to them though they have a game plan and they stick to it.
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Post by workshyfop on Mar 7, 2020 20:39:56 GMT 1
Have you all lost your marbles? “Good luck to them” and what a great team they are? Fuck that! I hope they never win another game. The fact we can’t compete with them is a disgrace to the people who have run our club into the ground. Wankers! Had a beer or two? The people in charge of the club when we got promoted were naive... not their fault... I mean what on earth? Huddersfield Town promoted to the PL! The stars aligned in the second season, but in the wrong way. Leeds may stay up for a season or two, or three. But... and it's a big but... at the end of the day if they do get promoted, they will be a Brighton, or a Bournemouth, or an Aston Villa, or a Southampton. There are ups and downs with any club. We've had our up and they are going to get theirs. In 3 years time it will be very different. Yes, had a beer or two. Still doesn’t explain why Town fans are going all giggly over being outplayed by Leeds and wishing them well. Also, I still don’t understand why more folk aren’t more pissed off at this season.
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