The #LUFC Breakfast Debate (Tue 26 June)

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Afternoon all, it would appear that Radz has taken a break from raping the club every 10 minutes to talk one of the world's great coaches into joining Leeds.

Erstwhile wrist-slashers have now been heard debating renewing season tickets and talking about the possibility of promotion.

Admiral Radz, Captain Bielsa and the good ship Happy Clappy will shortly set sail on the high tide of enlightenment and renewed optimism, all aboard. <whistle>
 
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Davy said:
Afternoon all, it would appear that Radz has taken a break from raping the club every 10 minutes to talk one of the world's great coaches into joining Leeds.

Erstwhile wrist-slashers have now been heard debating renewing season tickets and talking about the possibility of promotion.

Admiral Radz, Captain Bielsa and the good ship Happy Clappy will shortly set sail on the high tide of enlightenment and renewed optimism, all aboard. <whistle>
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I am so bookmarking that.
He talked a great game yesterday and if only Orta had left I would be as optimistic as you.
 
milkyboy said:
That would just get you a bunch of synonyms... you might find a dictionary more useful if it’s a definition you’re after.

I know, I know no one likes a pedantic smartarse but sometimes I just can’t help myself.
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I might have learn't something as I thought the dictionary was how to spell and a thesaurus was about definitions.
 
ellandback said:
He wants his players to be lean, and is going to trim the squad by 15 players.

4 or 5 new additions will be made, though it was made clear that Leeds are working to a budget.

Will we see any unexpected departures from Elland Road?

Former Chelsea footballer Jason Cundy says women’s voices are too ‘high-pitched’ to commentate football matches.

His comments were very quickly retracted following his comments recently on Good Morning Britain after being branded 'sexist' by Piers Morgan!

Are Eniola Aluko's opinions as valid as any male sports journo? She does have over 100 England caps to her name as apposed to Cundy's three under 21 caps!
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Afternoon, Ell et al, from a rainy (but warm) Ohrid.

Was thinking about this 15 too many malarkey. Someone mentioned using the u23s when required. This was always a Radz plan from the start. He wanted a squad of 20, with 5 or 6 u23a 'associated' with the first team. Seems Bielsa is thinking along the same lines. I'm now thinking that we won't actually get rid of 15 players. I'm now wondering if, given this 'u23' insight, that he means that some of our 1st team squad will return to the u23s - e.g. Grot, Shaughnessy, O'Connor, Edmundson, and possibly even Pearce. This would mean only 10 or 11 departures required. That actually makes a lot more sense to me now. I'll leave that with you to digest.

I agree with Cundy re. the femail voices commentating. I find them hugely irritating. To be balanced, though, there was one male commentator that hugely irritated me with his voice tone too. Had to put the sound down when he was on. Forget his name now, but it must have been 5-10 years ago. Either he wised up or got the chop, I'm guessing. Oddly enough, I could imagine Hazel Irvine doing a commentary without annoying me. She has a deeper voice. She really knows her football, btw. She was immersed in the football culture in Scotland for years, and rumour has it, Ally McCoist was 'immersed' in her for years too. <whistle>

I'm not interested in Aluko's opinions. I'd be just as interested in a non-league nobody's opinions. Neither have been there & done it at the top level.
 
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Whitejock said:
Afternoon, Ell et al, from a rainy (but warm) Ohrid.

Was thinking about this 15 too many malarkey. Someone mentioned using the u23s when required. This was always a Radz plan from the start. He wanted a squad of 20, with 5 or 6 u23a 'associated' with the first team. Seems Bielsa is thinking along the same lines. I'm now thinking that we won't actually get rid of 15 players. I'm now wondering if, given this 'u23' insight, that he means that some of our 1st team squad will return to the u23s - e.g. Grot, Shaughnessy, O'Connor, Edmundson, and possibly even Pearce. This would mean only 10 or 11 departures required. That actually makes a lot more sense to me now. I'll leave that with you to digest.

I agree with Cundy re. the femail voices commentating. I find them hugely irritating. To be balanced, though, there was one male commentator that hugely irritated me with his voice tone too. Had to put the sound down when he was on. Forget his name now, but it must have been 5-10 years ago. Either he wised up or got the chop, I'm guessing. Oddly enough, I could imagine Hazel Irvine doing a commentary without annoying me. She has a deeper voice. She really knows her football, btw. She was immersed in the football culture in Scotland for years, and rumour has it, Ally McCoist was 'immersed' in her for years too. <whistle>

I'm not interested in Aluko's opinions. I'd be just as interested in a non-league nobody's opinions. Neither have been there & done it at the top level.
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A very wise poster on another forum posted this...



GOALKEEPERS
Andy Lonergan
Kamil Miazek - U23
Bailey Peacock-Farrell
Felix Wiedwald - Gone to Eintracht Frankfurt.

DEFENDERS
Luke Ayling
Matthew Pennington - Returned to Everton.
Liam Cooper
Lewie Coyle
Vurnon Anita
Laurens De Bock
Pontus Jansson
Gaetano Berardi
Conor Shaughnessy - U23
Tom Pearce - U23
Paudie O'Connor - U23
Tyler Denton - U23 - Interest from Brescia

MIDFIELDERS
Adam Forshaw
Ezgjan Alioski
Eunan O'Kane
Stuart Dallas
Pablo Hernandez
Samuel Sáiz
Kalvin Phillips
Hadi Sacko
Ronaldo Vieira
Yosuke Ideguchi - U23
Luke Murphy
Madger Gomes - Gone to Sochaux

STRIKERS
Kemar Roofe
Pierre-Michel Lasogga - Returned to Hamburg
Jay-Roy Grot - U23
Paweł Cibicki - Interest from Legia Warsaw
Tyler Roberts
Caleb Ekuban - Appears he has been released. Not returned to training.
Marcus Antonsson - Interest from Brescia
Ryan Edmondson - U23

Of that lot eight are already going or have gone. Seven are U23 players who have made the step up. Lonergan and Murphy could be released from their contracts, without too much financial cost to LUFC. Leaves a squad of 19 with Goalkeeper, Central Defender, Winger and Striker the positions possibly identified to strengthen. Job done.
 
Of course its early days yet but I have a feeling that Grot will benefit most from Bielsas coaching and Saiz will not stay the course.
 
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