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Post by rockwall on Jun 2, 2023 12:25:13 GMT 1
Mbenza was probably the best direct free kick taker we'll ever see at the club. Carss Irons Williams All better...
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Post by rockwall on Jun 2, 2023 12:26:01 GMT 1
The chant "Uh to be a" - makes no sense When did the second part; "Uh to be a Terrier" get dropped Yeah it is very cringe. We need some new chants
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Post by cyberman on Jun 2, 2023 12:29:51 GMT 1
What happened to the guy that used to shout - "Give us a "H" - Gives us a "U" etc etc
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Post by 28901 on Jun 2, 2023 12:48:46 GMT 1
Despite being in the top six all season, and actually top for several weeks, Town were lucky to be promoted to the PL in 2017.
The clubs badge and nickname are shite
There was always a terrific atmosphere at leeds Road
The club should fill in the corners, even though that would mean getting shut of the floodlight pylons and no one would sit there as we cant fill it anyway
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Post by alexdire on Jun 2, 2023 12:59:21 GMT 1
The current version of Smile Awhile we chant (in 4/4 rather than the original 3/4) sounds crap. It's too fast, ruins the melody, and makes us sound out of breath. It's just crap all round. I wish it had never been brought back.
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Post by Venezuelan Pete on Jun 2, 2023 12:59:52 GMT 1
The chant "Uh to be a" - makes no sense When did the second part; "Uh to be a Terrier" get dropped Surprised we haven't been accused of making monkey noises with this tbh. Seem to remember one fan during the Prem era thought we were singing "Oo oo ee ah"
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Post by 3Pipe on Jun 2, 2023 13:19:22 GMT 1
What happened to the guy that used to shout - "Give us a "H" - Gives us a "U" etc etc He got asthma and moved to Hull.
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Post by willo on Jun 2, 2023 13:26:16 GMT 1
Most Leeds fans genuinely don't care about our rivalry. Most ManU fans genuinely don’t care about any “rivalry” between them & Leeds.
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Post by JG Mellor on Jun 2, 2023 13:36:27 GMT 1
Been thinking about a few hottakes lately about Huddersfield lately and wanted to see if anyone had any, I’ll start: The atmosphere of the ground used to be one of the best in England, but the last few seasons I think it takes us a goal to get going and has been a bit quiet. I don’t blame it to be honest, the football has been mostly shite for a few seasons now, but it’s nowhere near as good as it used to be, even when we got battered every week in prem. I'm not sure we should be singing all the time, otherwise they might not know they are playing shit. They might summise that we are actually enjoying it.
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Post by JG Mellor on Jun 2, 2023 13:37:55 GMT 1
What happened to the guy that used to shout - "Give us a "H" - Gives us a "U" etc etc He retired to Coventry
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Post by kindo on Jun 2, 2023 13:38:43 GMT 1
Genuine question - what is a "hottake"? Asking for an old geezer not down wiv da kidz... Probably an Americanism
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Post by Leporid on Jun 2, 2023 13:49:40 GMT 1
Jan Siewert made professional suicide coming to us. He probably could have been a decent manager but we were an absolute shambles at the time, devoid of any confidence and players shafting us for a wage. Was never going to work for anyone at that time. Tom Ince really was a great player for us. Corberan absolutely did us over leaving so close to the season start. Away games are 10 times better days than home games, but I suppose that isn’t controversial. The proportion of pissed up, thick, middle aged blokes and coked up young men is higher at away games though.
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Post by Leporid on Jun 2, 2023 13:50:13 GMT 1
What happened to the guy that used to shout - "Give us a "H" - Gives us a "U" etc etc Lost his voice.
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Post by htafcokay on Jun 2, 2023 14:23:36 GMT 1
Jan Siewert made professional suicide coming to us. He probably could have been a decent manager but we were an absolute shambles at the time, devoid of any confidence and players shafting us for a wage. Was never going to work for anyone at that time. Tom Ince really was a great player for us. Corberan absolutely did us over leaving so close to the season start. Away games are 10 times better days than home games, but I suppose that isn’t controversial. The proportion of pissed up, thick, middle aged blokes and coked up young men is higher at away games though.It's bad enough at the fucking home games.
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Post by Jello Biafra on Jun 2, 2023 14:23:58 GMT 1
'Concourse Culture' won't get you a slap in the chops from grumpy old bastards that think your booze and drug-addled behaviour is fucking pathetic.
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Post by dbterrier32 on Jun 2, 2023 14:46:38 GMT 1
Bacuna was probably one our best technical gifted players at the club (from 2003-onwards), so talent , shame about his attitude Don’t think this is controversial. Think it was plain to see for everybody.
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Post by mosher on Jun 2, 2023 14:49:22 GMT 1
Bacuna was probably one our best technical gifted players at the club (from 2003-onwards), so talent , shame about his attitude Don’t think this is controversial. Think it was plain to see for everybody. Yep. The very definition of "waste of talent". Had the skills, just not the attitude or mentality to maximise his potential.
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Post by royrace on Jun 2, 2023 15:06:31 GMT 1
A team of Andy Booths would be terrible, where's the creativity coming from?! Stupid song.
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Post by aloadofdbullocks on Jun 2, 2023 15:12:24 GMT 1
That we are not “the greatest team in football, the world has ever seen”?
Actually no - forget that.
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Post by royrace on Jun 2, 2023 15:14:35 GMT 1
Jan Siewert made professional suicide coming to us. He probably could have been a decent manager but we were an absolute shambles at the time, devoid of any confidence and players shafting us for a wage. Was never going to work for anyone at that time. Tom Ince really was a great player for us. Corberan absolutely did us over leaving so close to the season start. Away games are 10 times better days than home games, but I suppose that isn’t controversial. Siewart was an astonishingly misguided appointment, doomed to failure from day one, as bad as the appointment of Buzz, another completely unfathomable one, especially when you heard him talk. Five minutes on wiki and I knew both would be a disaster, confirmed in Fotheringam's case when listening to an old Norwich podcast. Agreed on Ince though, bring him home! Oh and VLP is the best winger we've had in 42 years, cant comment on what went on before that.
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Post by sabailand on Jun 2, 2023 15:23:30 GMT 1
Those cardboard clapper things were embarrassing.
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Post by townarentbest on Jun 2, 2023 16:05:24 GMT 1
The back of the North Stand Lower tier is the best place in the entire stadium to watch a game from.
Its the closest to goal mouth action you can be from any place in the entire stadium, and its very rare you get wet, presumably down to there being a roof that people don't seem to believe exists!
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Post by galpharm2400 on Jun 2, 2023 16:11:09 GMT 1
We got to through the 2017 Play-offs without scoring a goal. Despite finishing the second leg 1-1. Thats been cleared up once or twice. No Town player(then) scored a goal😉
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Post by galpharm2400 on Jun 2, 2023 16:13:34 GMT 1
What happened to the guy that used to shout - "Give us a "H" - Gives us a "U" etc etc He retired to Coventry Like Pavarroti and all the great Tenors, his voice wasnt what it was and he retired gracefully🙄
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Post by galpharm2400 on Jun 2, 2023 16:15:31 GMT 1
Those cardboard clapper things were embarrassing. The 'trying too hard' to engage vocal and other noise support is almost always fairly cringey🤔
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Post by Sio on Jun 2, 2023 16:15:35 GMT 1
The back of the North Stand Lower tier is the best place in the entire stadium to watch a game from. Its the closest to goal mouth action you can be from any place in the entire stadium, and its very rare you get wet, presumably down to there being a roof that people don't seem to believe exists! Surely the front of the North Stand Lower tier is closer to the goal mouth action?
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Post by htafcokay on Jun 2, 2023 16:20:38 GMT 1
We got to through the 2017 Play-offs without scoring a goal. Despite finishing the second leg 1-1. Thats been cleared up once or twice. No Town player(then) scored a goal😉 Don't own goals count?
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Post by galpharm2400 on Jun 2, 2023 16:26:58 GMT 1
Thats been cleared up once or twice. No Town player(then) scored a goal😉 Don't own goals count? The thing was no Town player scored a goal? ? No Town player scored a goal in open play at all. We also didnt have a positive goal difference, all good pub questions for the future.?
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Post by townarentbest on Jun 2, 2023 16:28:13 GMT 1
The back of the North Stand Lower tier is the best place in the entire stadium to watch a game from. Its the closest to goal mouth action you can be from any place in the entire stadium, and its very rare you get wet, presumably down to there being a roof that people don't seem to believe exists! Surely the front of the North Stand Lower tier is closer to the goal mouth action? Well yes. I meant to say the North Stand is the closest to the goal mouth. But the back of the North Stand gives the optimum closeness vs height factor (I think its the steepest stand in the ground, so you're closer to the front at the same height than you would be anywhere else in the ground too). The South Stand is set back quite a bit further from the goal-line, and is shallower, so get up to optimum height and you're even further away. The end stands should have been built in reverse...it would have made access to the upper tier easier as well, given you go downstairs to get to the top of the South Stand - 3 or 4 walkways and you'd be straight into the South Stand Upper as opposed to the limited access just from the two extreme ends of the North Stand Upper as it is now.
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Post by rockwall on Jun 2, 2023 16:35:55 GMT 1
The thing was no Town player scored a goal? ? No Town player scored a goal in open play at all. We also didnt have a positive goal difference, all good pub questions for the future.? A town player did score... Tom Lees....
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