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Post by griffa on Mar 3, 2024 15:02:01 GMT 1
The Athletic article from Phil Hay reeks of entitlement. Bizarre analogy saying if it was snooker it would have been a re-rack. Bemoaning that we didn't play to their strengths and let them waltz through us. Bunch of weirdos. Phil Hay, enough said - UTT. |
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Post by turbo2 on Mar 3, 2024 15:34:23 GMT 1
I went for a drink with my chesty mates after the game. They are the non delusional types ( I know you might not believe that ). They all agreed the ref was defo in their favour and laughed that he couldn’t wait to get his red card out. They were delighted with a point. My L**ds supporting best mate's summary of the game- 'one shit team versus one that played badly on the day'🙄 They just can't help themselves!!! You need to find a new best mate 😂😂😂 |
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Post by kennyk2 on Mar 3, 2024 15:47:37 GMT 1
The L**ds peacock rode into Town on the back of the Sky bandwagon and got its feathers ruffled. That's all. The media don't like it because it goes against the grain and doesn't follow the narrative.
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Post by Captainslapper on Mar 3, 2024 15:48:00 GMT 1
The Bamford goal was an awful goal to concede. Despite Town doing really well, and not being critical in any way (keep the dogs away)..just before the cross came in Helik turned to Pearson to pick up Bamford because another Leeds player had moved into the box and no one had picked him up.. so Helik moved to mark him and Pearson was then supposed to move about 3 yards to mark Bamford..but pearson didn't react and as the ball came across pearson was the wrong side of Bamford who then had an unchallenged tap in. Helik's reaction said it all. Mind you Lees had been dragged out of the danger zone anyway so we were caught short. Don't know where Spencer was but he was subbed a few minutes after...he'd had a very good game and looks like he will be a regular now. We've had a bit of an issue in and around our 6 yard box for a few games now, at Southampton, the first few minutes yesterday when Nicholls made a great stop..then Bamfords goal.. Not saying youre not right but it's a bit harsh. Pretty much any goal conceded you can break down to being a defensive error..should have done this,,should have been there, etc. Thought our back 4 was superb once the red card happened. Did they just have 1 shot on target..the goal ?? Not just those of course with others like Rudoni doing a lot of defensive work too. |
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Post by 2ellandback on Mar 3, 2024 15:58:38 GMT 1
The Athletic article from Phil Hay reeks of entitlement. Bizarre analogy saying if it was snooker it would have been a re-rack. Bemoaning that we didn't play to their strengths and let them waltz through us. Bunch of weirdos. Phil Hay, enough said - UTT. This is the biased report in The Athletic: Ten minutes of injury time at the end of the first half, when 10 hours would have been about right. Ball in play for 22 minutes of that half and a West Yorkshire derby crowd reduced to guessing where the first red card would land. Football? After a fashion, but not quite as God intended it. A red card duly landed at the feet of Jonathan Hogg, Huddersfield Town’s enforcer and captain, just before half-time arrived, a second yellow card his punishment for planting a forearm in Junior Firpo’s face. There was Leeds’ cue to cut the nonsense and Daniel Farke had seen plenty of days like this before, matches requiring patience or perseverance until the tide turns and sweeps opponents out to sea, but not this time and not at Huddersfield’s expense. Rationally, the obvious point for Farke to make after a 1-1 draw was that in anything other than a rigged competition, you cannot win them all. A club record got away from him at Huddersfield, a 10th league victory in succession, but given that Leeds have not built a run so long at any time since their incarnation at Salem Chapel in 1919 says something about what they have been doing since the turn of the year. Success breeds success and the more it grows, the greater the scope to be a victim of it or harshly judged by the failure to sustain it. Time was when a 1-1 draw at Huddersfield would do and perhaps it still will. Opta noted this week that on the day in 1931 when Leeds last put nine league wins together back-to-back, Boris Karloff’s Frankenstein was being released. It was a neat reference to the monster Farke has been trying to build at Elland Road and Huddersfield went into bat against it with the unapologetic intention of fighting it; sticking feet in, playing for attacking set pieces, avoiding the naivety of thinking they could mimic Leeds’ strategy and better them at it. One of these teams might be going up and it is not the one inherited by Andre Breitenreiter. Breitenreiter’s fronted up like a side who will do what is necessary to avoid going down. “They played with a knife between their teeth,” Farke said. “But no complaints. It’s what you expect.” Eight days earlier, Leicester City had taken the cultured approach in trying to beat Leeds, coming very close to pulling it off but ultimately failing. Though Leeds cashed in lucky chips against Leicester, the open nature of that game enhanced the chances of a fightback occurring because open football is what Farke’s squad like. The ball in play for 22 minutes in one half yesterday was very much their nemesis, the flow grinding to a halt whenever it tried to gather pace, nobody able to find their rhythm. Huddersfield rued Hogg, already on a caution, chinning Firpo as the full-back went up for a header because their game plan had them 1-0 to the good, but it was also likely that the vibes Hogg epitomised would come with that consequence. Leeds had fallen behind a few minutes earlier, sucked into the sort of foul Huddersfield were looking for, wide on the left and within good range of Illan Meslier’s box. A Danny Ward header from it put the cat among the pigeons and Meslier’s parry sat up nicely for Michel Helik to smash the loose ball in, an almost unmissable chance. Leeds had seen something similar at the start of the match, their most fluid attack ending at the feet of Crysencio Summerville who had a lot of vacant net to aim at but angled his shot in a way that let goalkeeper Lee Nicholls block it with a leg. The spectacle would have been different had that gone in, but much time passed before Leeds got that close again. The depth of their toil was not unrelated to the fact that until half-time, the game was stationary too often: Hogg chopping down Summerville to earn his first booking, Matty Pearson going into Willy Gnonto’s ribs and then going down the back of Summerville’s left leg with his studs, Yuta Nakayama forced off after being inadvertently caught by Hogg’s foul on Summerville, medical teams running back and forward and the stretcher forever poised in the technical area. If this had been snooker, the contest before Helik scored would have justified a re-rack, but that goal and Hogg’s rapid dismissal was an opportunity for Farke to apply a few tweaks, push Leeds through the gears and turn the screw. An equaliser came in the 67th minute when Dan James fed Connor Roberts and Patrick Bamford slid in the Welshman’s killer cutback, but Leeds’ creativity and the weight of chances they fashioned failed to reflect Huddersfield’s inferior numbers. Breitenreiter’s organisation took some credit for that, disciplined lines in a 4-4-1 and deep defending curtailing some of Leeds’ pace. Glen Kamara, unusually, was a yard behind in his thinking in midfield. Summerville clipped a post late on but found the end of too many cul-de-sacs and Leeds were almost guilty of force-feeding him as they went after a winning goal, neglecting to send enough possession down the right where Roberts and James had come off the bench and were offering fresher legs. Georginio Rutter headed a good chance from a corner over, too, but two shots on target was not the sound of water crashing on the rocks. We were a bit slow in the head,” admitted Farke, who said the atmosphere in his dressing room afterwards was more akin to a bruising defeat. “I like this ambition and this attitude, but it’s important not to dwell on it.” That’s the Championship: about to break records one minute, keeping results in perspective the next. The only job harder than managing in the league is trying to referee in it, particularly when games like Saturday’s make it nigh-on impossible to please anybody. Farke has the advantage of having two titles behind him and, as such, can hope that words of wisdom cut through with more effect than the average soundbite. A draw could be worth its weight in gold, he insisted. A single point could be worth two or three places at the end of the season. Too true. But what happened a couple of hours later — Leicester losing to Queens Park Rangers, Ipswich Town navigating their way past Plymouth Argyle and Southampton using the 96th minute to slap down Birmingham City — only reinforced the suspicion that all four clubs in this marathon are going need every point they can get. |
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Post by harris on Mar 3, 2024 16:19:18 GMT 1
Absolutely hilarious that this Leeds fan thinks our 5 yellows yesterday should result in a behaviour review. Just a week after they received 5 cards against Leicester. Incredibly thick fanbase.
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Post by Porrohman on Mar 3, 2024 16:23:46 GMT 1
Phil Hay, enough said - UTT. This is the biased report in The Athletic: Ten minutes of injury time at the end of the first half, when 10 hours would have been about right. Ball in play for 22 minutes of that half and a West Yorkshire derby crowd reduced to guessing where the first red card would land. Football? After a fashion, but not quite as God intended it. A red card duly landed at the feet of Jonathan Hogg, Huddersfield Town’s enforcer and captain, just before half-time arrived, a second yellow card his punishment for planting a forearm in Junior Firpo’s face. There was Leeds’ cue to cut the nonsense and Daniel Farke had seen plenty of days like this before, matches requiring patience or perseverance until the tide turns and sweeps opponents out to sea, but not this time and not at Huddersfield’s expense. Rationally, the obvious point for Farke to make after a 1-1 draw was that in anything other than a rigged competition, you cannot win them all. A club record got away from him at Huddersfield, a 10th league victory in succession, but given that Leeds have not built a run so long at any time since their incarnation at Salem Chapel in 1919 says something about what they have been doing since the turn of the year. Success breeds success and the more it grows, the greater the scope to be a victim of it or harshly judged by the failure to sustain it. Time was when a 1-1 draw at Huddersfield would do and perhaps it still will. Opta noted this week that on the day in 1931 when Leeds last put nine league wins together back-to-back, Boris Karloff’s Frankenstein was being released. It was a neat reference to the monster Farke has been trying to build at Elland Road and Huddersfield went into bat against it with the unapologetic intention of fighting it; sticking feet in, playing for attacking set pieces, avoiding the naivety of thinking they could mimic Leeds’ strategy and better them at it. One of these teams might be going up and it is not the one inherited by Andre Breitenreiter. Breitenreiter’s fronted up like a side who will do what is necessary to avoid going down. “They played with a knife between their teeth,” Farke said. “But no complaints. It’s what you expect.” Eight days earlier, Leicester City had taken the cultured approach in trying to beat Leeds, coming very close to pulling it off but ultimately failing. Though Leeds cashed in lucky chips against Leicester, the open nature of that game enhanced the chances of a fightback occurring because open football is what Farke’s squad like. The ball in play for 22 minutes in one half yesterday was very much their nemesis, the flow grinding to a halt whenever it tried to gather pace, nobody able to find their rhythm. Huddersfield rued Hogg, already on a caution, chinning Firpo as the full-back went up for a header because their game plan had them 1-0 to the good, but it was also likely that the vibes Hogg epitomised would come with that consequence. Leeds had fallen behind a few minutes earlier, sucked into the sort of foul Huddersfield were looking for, wide on the left and within good range of Illan Meslier’s box. A Danny Ward header from it put the cat among the pigeons and Meslier’s parry sat up nicely for Michel Helik to smash the loose ball in, an almost unmissable chance. Leeds had seen something similar at the start of the match, their most fluid attack ending at the feet of Crysencio Summerville who had a lot of vacant net to aim at but angled his shot in a way that let goalkeeper Lee Nicholls block it with a leg. The spectacle would have been different had that gone in, but much time passed before Leeds got that close again. The depth of their toil was not unrelated to the fact that until half-time, the game was stationary too often: Hogg chopping down Summerville to earn his first booking, Matty Pearson going into Willy Gnonto’s ribs and then going down the back of Summerville’s left leg with his studs, Yuta Nakayama forced off after being inadvertently caught by Hogg’s foul on Summerville, medical teams running back and forward and the stretcher forever poised in the technical area. If this had been snooker, the contest before Helik scored would have justified a re-rack, but that goal and Hogg’s rapid dismissal was an opportunity for Farke to apply a few tweaks, push Leeds through the gears and turn the screw. An equaliser came in the 67th minute when Dan James fed Connor Roberts and Patrick Bamford slid in the Welshman’s killer cutback, but Leeds’ creativity and the weight of chances they fashioned failed to reflect Huddersfield’s inferior numbers. Breitenreiter’s organisation took some credit for that, disciplined lines in a 4-4-1 and deep defending curtailing some of Leeds’ pace. Glen Kamara, unusually, was a yard behind in his thinking in midfield. Summerville clipped a post late on but found the end of too many cul-de-sacs and Leeds were almost guilty of force-feeding him as they went after a winning goal, neglecting to send enough possession down the right where Roberts and James had come off the bench and were offering fresher legs. Georginio Rutter headed a good chance from a corner over, too, but two shots on target was not the sound of water crashing on the rocks. We were a bit slow in the head,” admitted Farke, who said the atmosphere in his dressing room afterwards was more akin to a bruising defeat. “I like this ambition and this attitude, but it’s important not to dwell on it.” That’s the Championship: about to break records one minute, keeping results in perspective the next. The only job harder than managing in the league is trying to referee in it, particularly when games like Saturday’s make it nigh-on impossible to please anybody. Farke has the advantage of having two titles behind him and, as such, can hope that words of wisdom cut through with more effect than the average soundbite. A draw could be worth its weight in gold, he insisted. A single point could be worth two or three places at the end of the season. Too true. But what happened a couple of hours later — Leicester losing to Queens Park Rangers, Ipswich Town navigating their way past Plymouth Argyle and Southampton using the 96th minute to slap down Birmingham City — only reinforced the suspicion that all four clubs in this marathon are going need every point they can get. So he's still as much of a wanker as he was when he was at the YEP 🤔. Whinging about our physicality from the bloke who wrote a piece on how Leeds should try to kick Mooy out of a game against them. |
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Post by Baby Ate My Eight Ball on Mar 3, 2024 16:32:08 GMT 1
The Athletic article from Phil Hay reeks of entitlement. Bizarre analogy saying if it was snooker it would have been a re-rack. Bemoaning that we didn't play to their strengths and let them waltz through us. Bunch of weirdos. That guy is an absolute card. Remember him tweeting that Leeds needed to take Mooy out of the game physically in the promotion year and he was working at the YEP - his shtick/persona to me has always seemed like one of their meathead fans. Which was also ironic given their whinging about our physicality yesterday. |
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Post by wildhogg on Mar 3, 2024 16:58:00 GMT 1
There's an article in the YEP which describes yesterday's game as having been 'a fairly rancid afternoon form viewers'. 😂
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Post by alfredsterrier on Mar 3, 2024 17:03:36 GMT 1
Still trying to work out how we were so physical but they committed more fouls🤷🏻♂️
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Post by bigtruck on Mar 3, 2024 17:42:24 GMT 1
Still trying to work out how we were so physical but they committed more fouls🤷🏻♂️ Exactly. And the domination they had alongside their 2 shots on target. 620 passes they completed yesterday against our 160 and they did absolutely f**k all with it. |
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Post by griffa on Mar 3, 2024 17:42:36 GMT 1
My L**ds supporting best mate's summary of the game- 'one shit team versus one that played badly on the day'🙄 They just can't help themselves!!! You need to find a new best mate 😂😂😂 Very biased report by Phil Hay strangely, no mention of Gnonto, consistently fouling Town players, no mention of Gnonto, pushing & shoving Town players, when defending corners, despite being warned by the Referee, he completely over looked Bamford's assault on Jack Rudoni. No surprise that ex Yorkshire Evening Post - L666ds reporter, may have a slightly biased view of Beeston's games. Bamford's foul on Jack Rudoni, was the type of challenge seen in the days of Bremner, not seen by Phil Hay - UTT. |
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Post by pauldaltonsboots on Mar 3, 2024 19:18:29 GMT 1
Hahahaha dry your eyes Phil Hay!
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Post by Ross83 on Mar 3, 2024 19:39:17 GMT 1
Nice to see we had them riled today. Odd really, we’re a side fighting for survival and they should be so much more professional. Their lad who hit the post reacted like a child as well. So many footballers wouldn’t last 5 mins in real life… Anyway, onwards and upwards, and hopefully Leeds will start sliding down together… 🤞 Poor little petal, when I watched it back I'm sure you could see the glimmer of the tears in CRYsencio's eyes. I won't lie I was laughing my bollocks off when both him and Gnonto were limping around after 10mins. Bullied. |
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Post by swam4mwg on Mar 3, 2024 20:46:14 GMT 1
Town bullied Leeds and they didn't like it. Strange how they weren't rolling around on fhe floor when they went behind 🤔 Not a game for the purists, but it was derby game which was very hyped up leading up to it. Town were not just going to let them come here and get into any kind of flow.
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Post by overtonterrierspirit on Mar 3, 2024 21:36:18 GMT 1
Town bullied Leeds and they didn't like it. Strange how they weren't rolling around on fhe floor when they went behind 🤔 Not a game for the purists, but it was derby game which was very hyped up leading up to it. Town were not just going to let them come here and get into any kind of flow. And it’s about time we started being more aggressive. Teams have been doing this to us for years. |
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Post by suttystolemymarsbar on Mar 3, 2024 22:28:13 GMT 1
Still trying to work out how we were so physical but they committed more fouls🤷🏻♂️ Dirty Leeds. Haven't changed since the 70's. Except their fans seem to think that - in this decade - it's not the way to play the game. |
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Post by utttrooper on Mar 3, 2024 22:42:16 GMT 1
Absolutely hilarious that this Leeds fan thinks our 5 yellows yesterday should result in a behaviour review. Just a week after they received 5 cards against Leicester. Incredibly thick fanbase. In the top 4 leagues another 2 teams got 5 bookings and both MK Dons and Wimbledon got 6. Stupid fuck |
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Post by Porrohman on Mar 3, 2024 23:20:05 GMT 1
After a day's reflection I've come to the conclusion the ref grew up watching Noels House Party. It's the only explanation for why he was looking after the team dressed like Mr Blobby.
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Post by Justasmithers on Mar 3, 2024 23:46:28 GMT 1
Town bullied Leeds and they didn't like it. Strange how they weren't rolling around on fhe floor when they went behind 🤔 Not a game for the purists, but it was derby game which was very hyped up leading up to it. Town were not just going to let them come here and get into any kind of flow. Bullies hate getting bullied |
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Post by galpharm2400 on Mar 3, 2024 23:49:46 GMT 1
Absolutely hilarious that this Leeds fan thinks our 5 yellows yesterday should result in a behaviour review. Just a week after they received 5 cards against Leicester. Incredibly thick fanbase. In the top 4 leagues another 2 teams got 5 bookings and both MK Dons and Wimbledon got 6. Stupid fuck The only reason we got 5 and they got one booking was simply down to the ref choosing to ignore 2 professional fouls by Leeds players, failing to even give a foul when 99 out of a hundred refs would have and probably 80 out of a hundred would have issued a yellow card for the challenge on Kasumu. The idea that only the Town players were 'leaving one on' at tackles etc was nonsense. 5 bookings apiece and one red would have been harsh but would have reflected the way the ref was running the game?? As a Town fan Im not blind to our naughty side but having won the European Cup and been champions of Europe it seems that can make you blind to a team that has always had a very naughty side, even when they genuinely had a massively talented footballing team. A lot of over acting going on yesterday, lot of chelping at the ref accompanied by enough dark arts to match us. If the ref was right to book 5 Town players then he must have been right to give more fouls against Leeds than us? Clearly we were not the main party involved in 'breaking the game up'  |
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Post by utttrooper on Mar 4, 2024 0:03:07 GMT 1
In the top 4 leagues another 2 teams got 5 bookings and both MK Dons and Wimbledon got 6. Stupid fuck The only reason we got 5 and they got one booking was simply down to the ref choosing to ignore 2 professional fouls by Leeds players, failing to even give a foul when 99 out of a hundred refs would have and probably 80 out of a hundred would have issued a yellow card for the challenge on Kasumu. The idea that only the Town players were 'leaving one on' at tackles etc was nonsense. 5 bookings apiece and one red would have been harsh but would have reflected the way the ref was running the game?? As a Town fan Im not blind to our naughty side but having won the European Cup and been champions of Europe it seems that can make you blind to a team that has always had a very naughty side, even when they genuinely had a massively talented footballing team. A lot of over acting going on yesterday, lot of chelping at the ref accompanied by enough dark arts to match us. If the ref was right to book 5 Town players then he must have been right to give more fouls against Leeds than us? Clearly we were not the main party involved in 'breaking the game up' You can't argue with Hoggy's second yellow but when Bamford's foul on Rudoni was worse you have to seriously question the lack of consistency. They completely played the ref much like Hull did and is something we should probably be resorting to if it helps get results. We received the odd rub of the green but what we received in that regard is a fraction of what they got. We were by no means clean and were looking to keep the play scrappy and not let them get any rhythm going but when they had more fouls than us and were no worse than ours its ridiculous the special treatment they got. |
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Post by trotsky on Mar 4, 2024 0:11:01 GMT 1
The Athletic article from Phil Hay reeks of entitlement. Bizarre analogy saying if it was snooker it would have been a re-rack. Bemoaning that we didn't play to their strengths and let them waltz through us. Bunch of weirdos. That guy is an absolute card.
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Post by Ibiza Town on Mar 4, 2024 0:30:47 GMT 1
Is Radulovic just not very good ? Thought he might of come on instead of koroma to try and hold the ball up. Think he just needs 6 months at Motherwell. Or Port Vale See how keen he’ll be to get back |
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Post by tyketaffy on Mar 4, 2024 0:43:52 GMT 1
This might ruffle a few feathers but I lived in North Wales for a few years and Leeds have a large fan base particularly around Pwllheli. The guys I chatted with loved their football and were not the usual shirt off chestwankers. We could have a real chat about Town and Leeds and it was interesting to hear them complain just as much about Leeds as the worst negative town fan on here complain about Town, no bigging it up just real fans. They were fans in that most home games they had at least one coach load of them going and it cost them a lot of cash to go cost of the coach, ticket costs and overnight stay etc.
I had always been used to Leeds fans here being all mouth about what a big club they were so it was a nice change to chat on a daily basis with them with no BS. They like a lot of us worried first about getting to 50 points to avoid the drop and owt after that was a bonus. They slagged the players off, Bamford in particular was not rated or liked. I’m not defending the dickheads in the media or the idiots in social media bigging it up about Leeds but at least the ones I met were decent football supporters who took their kids to the games at great expense on ordinary wages and loved their team without being dicks.
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Post by Henry Mcgee on Mar 4, 2024 7:34:30 GMT 1
The only reason we got 5 and they got one booking was simply down to the ref choosing to ignore 2 professional fouls by Leeds players, failing to even give a foul when 99 out of a hundred refs would have and probably 80 out of a hundred would have issued a yellow card for the challenge on Kasumu. The idea that only the Town players were 'leaving one on' at tackles etc was nonsense. 5 bookings apiece and one red would have been harsh but would have reflected the way the ref was running the game?? As a Town fan Im not blind to our naughty side but having won the European Cup and been champions of Europe it seems that can make you blind to a team that has always had a very naughty side, even when they genuinely had a massively talented footballing team. A lot of over acting going on yesterday, lot of chelping at the ref accompanied by enough dark arts to match us. If the ref was right to book 5 Town players then he must have been right to give more fouls against Leeds than us? Clearly we were not the main party involved in 'breaking the game up' You can't argue with Hoggy's second yellow but when Bamford's foul on Rudoni was worse you have to seriously question the lack of consistency. They completely played the ref much like Hull did and is something we should probably be resorting to if it helps get results. We received the odd rub of the green but what we received in that regard is a fraction of what they got. We were by no means clean and were looking to keep the play scrappy and not let them get any rhythm going but when they had more fouls than us and were no worse than ours its ridiculous the special treatment they got. Bamford's wasn't worse than Hogg's - clear yellow though so poor from the ref that. Also the Kasumu yellow was pathetic - gave it purely on the Leeds player's reaction. Other than those 2 I thought he reffed a derby okay - you could even argue we got away with one for Pearson's studs on the back of Summerville's leg. |
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Post by daltonterrier44 on Mar 4, 2024 8:01:20 GMT 1
Think he just needs 6 months at Motherwell. Or Port Vale See how keen he’ll be to get back if you can’t get a look in over Ward then writings on the wall Already, has he even got a minute since he came off v Wednesday? Looks very lightweight and has no intention to put himself about…putting him on in a “battling” role Koroma did what he could in would have made him look even worse IMO, either get him t’gym or get him out on loan soon as I recon. |
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Post by Baby Ate My Eight Ball on Mar 4, 2024 8:18:29 GMT 1
This might ruffle a few feathers but I lived in North Wales for a few years and Leeds have a large fan base particularly around Pwllheli. The guys I chatted with loved their football and were not the usual shirt off chestwankers. We could have a real chat about Town and Leeds and it was interesting to hear them complain just as much about Leeds as the worst negative town fan on here complain about Town, no bigging it up just real fans. They were fans in that most home games they had at least one coach load of them going and it cost them a lot of cash to go cost of the coach, ticket costs and overnight stay etc. I had always been used to Leeds fans here being all mouth about what a big club they were so it was a nice change to chat on a daily basis with them with no BS. They like a lot of us worried first about getting to 50 points to avoid the drop and owt after that was a bonus. They slagged the players off, Bamford in particular was not rated or liked. I’m not defending the dickheads in the media or the idiots in social media bigging it up about Leeds but at least the ones I met were decent football supporters who took their kids to the games at great expense on ordinary wages and loved their team without being dicks. I noticed one of their coaches with a couple of Welsh names on the front. There was bad traffic going west bound on the m62 because of a vehicle fire (took me 2 hours to get home in Stockport) and saw 2/3 of their coaches stuck in it as well. |
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Post by griffa on Mar 4, 2024 8:25:27 GMT 1
You can't argue with Hoggy's second yellow but when Bamford's foul on Rudoni was worse you have to seriously question the lack of consistency. They completely played the ref much like Hull did and is something we should probably be resorting to if it helps get results. We received the odd rub of the green but what we received in that regard is a fraction of what they got. We were by no means clean and were looking to keep the play scrappy and not let them get any rhythm going but when they had more fouls than us and were no worse than ours its ridiculous the special treatment they got. Bamford's wasn't worse than Hogg's - clear yellow though so poor from the ref that. Also the Kasumu yellow was pathetic - gave it purely on the Leeds player's reaction. Other than those 2 I thought he reffed a derby okay - you could even argue we got away with one for Pearson's studs on the back of Summerville's leg. Yes it was worse than Hogg's foul, he hit Jack Rudoni with force & intent, whereas there was no force in Hogg's foul, but definite intent. Bamford launched at Jack Rudoni, should have a straight red card - referee Andre Kitchen bottled the decision - UTT. |
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Post by Marshleeds on Mar 4, 2024 8:48:47 GMT 1
After a Weekend in transit to warmer climes caught the game live on Sky at the Airport.
Frustrating for Leeds as we weren’t anywhere near as fluent as we can be especially first half and the lack of shots on target against a 10 man Town in the second half.
Hogg was a deserved Red Card and Pearson to me was also very lucky not to see red for his assault on Summerville.
We were too greedy not passing when we should and was shouting at the IPad to bring on Mateo Joseph, scorer of 2 goals at Chelsea on as even v 10 men we never looked like scoring after the equaliser apart from a hit post but who am I to question our well respected manager Daniel Farke. Town were up for the fight, never remotely expected them to lay down meekly as you did in the reverse fixture at ER and you certainly didn’t ( even trying to steal our ‘Dirties’ reputation in the process but at least it shows fight)
Probably a fair result in the end but watching results later probably equally as frustrating for both as most other results didn’t go how either of us would have wished.
The irony this week Leeds play Stoke (H) on Tuesday and Wendies (A) on Friday and much as it will stick in many of your throats you really need us to win those as much as we do.
Hoping the game passed without incident off the field as haven’t been across that and let’s see what the rest of the Season holds for us both. 🫣🫣🫣
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