The #LUFC Breakfast Debate (Thursday 26th November)

Good Morning. It's Thursday 26th November, and here are the latest headlines from Elland Road

It's tier 3 for Leeds!

Leeds fans are anxiously waiting, for the Health Secretary to set out which tier each local authority in England will fall under after the end of the national lock down next week.

We heard yesterday that stadiums in England that sit in Tiers 1 and 2 will be able to open back up to fans – for 4,000 and 2,000 fans for each respective tier. Unfortunately, it looks likely that Leeds will fall under the third category - total lock down.

Council leader Judith Blake was quoted as saying, “Whilst we don’t know for sure what level Leeds will be in, and don’t anticipate finding out until later in the week… with the figures as they stand we anticipate we will be in the Very High (Tier 3) Alert Level.”

Barry Sheerman, Labour MP for Huddersfield said, “We are going into Tier 3, there is no doubt about that.

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Has Elland Road had its day?

Last year Leeds drew up plans to extend Elland Road by a further 15,000 seats, by demolishing the West Stand, and rebuilding it in line with the East stand. This would be the Capacity to just over 50,000.

A the time (September), Leeds MD Angus Kinnear's main concern was how to go about the demolition, rebuild, and cater for the fans:-

“Redeveloping the West Stand can take the capacity up to 50,000 and that’s what I think is a very achievable level for Leeds United to ensure you’re always sold out,” “That’s the key. You want to make sure, even for smaller games, you’re sold out.

“We’ve now started to formalise the plans for how do you redevelop that stand while you have to do it within a season, so how do you manage your capacity and keep your capacity high during that time. “There are ways that can be achieved so you’re not losing too many seats.

Surely, anyone with half a brain, even back in September could have drawn a conclusion that should fans be allowed back to Elland Road this season, the numbers will be drastically reduced.

So why not start the demolition now?

15,000 further seats would go a long way to satisfying the 20,000 Leeds fans on the waiting list!

Is a 50,000 all seater enough to compete with the big boys? With plans passed to build 'Park Life' (a new community sports hub, delivered in partnership with the Football Foundation and Leeds City Council) on the wasted land around Elland Road and Fullerton Park, would it be a better idea to demolish the whole stadium and start again?

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Corberan reveals why he made switch

Bielsa's former right hand man, and Academy coach Academy Coach Carlos Corberan has been speaking about his switch to the John Smiths Stadium, and why he decided the time was right!

"We had made it back into the Premier League. I was working alongside a coach like Marcelo and for a club with fans like Leeds. So why change?" "I always wanted to be a coach. You also understand that, if you want to keep growing, every stage has to come to an end at some point.

"After promotion, I felt there couldn’t be a better ending. Promotion was the best way to give thanks for all the support and trust that Marcelo, Andrea, Iván and Víctor, alongside his working group, had given me.
"I had been given a great opportunity and I wanted to pay them back in the best possible way. In football, it is fundamental to give the best of yourself to people who believe in you.

"There is nothing more important than the club you are at, otherwise, you are at risk of valuing what you have only when you lose it. "So you have to try to make the decision to leave on your own terms, and not ever have that decision taken by the people who hired you to be there.

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Morning all

 

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Morning Everyone

 

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Morning all

Another day and yet more stories about Riqui Puig but is it factual that Orta has been in touch with either Barcelona or Puigs agent? I think someone who is supposed to be a worldy in the making but is now 21 and not getting first team football. Is he just being marketed ......

One to look at regarding Puig is his former team mate Rafa Mujica who we brought in from Barcelona and he went to Australia with Bielsas pre season squad, put straight back into the U23s and then sent out on loan. He did well scoring 4 in 3 for his second loan club last season, but so far this season at Oviedo he hasnt appeared? Same age as Puig both at Barcelona academy at the same time and all through the different age groups. In fact we took another kid even younger who was the son of a Barcelona legend and supposed to be the dogz. We let him go after 6 month

 

Morning all

 

Is this the morning all thread

 

I think this shall be a fair test for us, Everton have become a descent footballing team this season, very dangerous at set pieces and are an attacking minded team..... might suit us perfectly.
Harrison needs to get a good game under his belt as the last descent game he had was at Liverpool. Bamford is now getting recognised as a dangerous striker and he knows how to look after himself, to be honest I have knocked him in the past but credit where it’s due he has come out of the blocks this season and shut all the doubters up.
Amigo must start with Rodrigo but who do we prefer at LB Dallas or Alioski, personally I would like to see a natural LB not a makeshift one, Leif Davis springs to mind, all his team mates say he is great in training, especially Phillips, then why hasn’t he made it into the first team?
I think we might just nick this one by the odd goal .

 

An interview with Paddy Kenny.

This is quality. Well worth watching

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Afternoon Shaks and everyone else.

There you go Shaks the thread has now progressed

 

Afternoon Aski

 

They say bad news comes in threes, lets hope not. Alex Sabella has also been taken ill in Buenos Aries with a probable heart attack. Like Bielsa and Maradona Sabella also managed Argentina. Some of us remember Alex playing for Leeds. So lets hope he pulls through and no more Argentine managers hospitalised

 

I remember him Doc. Didn't he play for Sheff U as well.

 

After that World Cup when Spurs brought over 2 Argentine Internationals like Ricky Villa and Ossie Ardiles, Sheff Utd brought over Alejandro Sabella (Alex) we bought him from the blunts in 1979/80 and he went back to Argentina in 1981. Very very good player in the mould of Tony Currie. He then played for Estuendes and has since been manager of the club

 

So the new tier system, basically all the London premier league teams will have some fans the rest have to wait...

 

Good afternoon from a colg Bardsey
I have to go about my caferta tomorrow lets hope they take it out
Sabeela was an excellent buy from Sheef U pity his boss was not uo to it Adamson I wish him a speedy return

 

Glad to see you posting again Leeds60. Hope you're on the mend.

 

Todays biggest football statement and it came from Marcelo Bielsa: “Klich could play for any team in the world” wow so the top coach in world football saw something in him after he was loaned out to Utrecht and made him into a worldy? What value must he be now? Remember we only paid £1.5m

Wonder why Fifa have shortlisted him for coach of the year? A comparison could be Villa made an £80m player into a £20m player

Another thing that came out today was that Victor Orta has been scouting Koch for years way before he joined Leeds. Scouting him from when he was a teen because he knew he could be one of the worlds best. He has been keeping tabs on him for years and when Bielsa needed a new CB he was already on his way to Germany to look at another player but realised Koch was playing in the game.. boom

 

Chelsea v Leeds United

Fixture date: Saturday 5th December 2020

New kick-off time: 8pm live on Sky Sports

Venue: Stamford Bridge



Leeds United v West Ham United

New fixture date: Friday 11th December 2020

New kick-off time: 8pm live on Sky Sports

Venue: Elland Road



Leeds United v Newcastle United

New fixture date: Wednesday 16th December 2020

New kick-off time: 6pm live on Amazon Prime Video

Venue: Elland Road



Manchester United v Leeds United

New fixture date: Sunday 20th December 2020

New kick-off time: 4:30pm live on Sky Sports

Venue: Old Trafford



Leeds United v Burnley

New fixture date: Sunday 27th December 2020

New kick-off time: 12pm live on Sky Sports

Venue: Elland Road



West Bromwich Albion v Leeds United

New fixture date: Tuesday 29th December 2020

New kick-off time: 6pm live on Amazon Prime Video

Venue: The Hawthorns