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Does anyone know about a "behind closed doors friendly with Leeds tonight?

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  1. Danger Fox

    Danger Fox New Member

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    A poster on the Leeds board has suggested that we are playing Leeds at Elland Road tonight - I hadn't heard that, nor have I seen it advertised - Anyone else heard this, or is he wrong?
     
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  2. LeicesterWizard

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    I doubt this tbh, why would we play a team behind closed doors when Leeds could make loads of money from it?
     
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    Not like captain birdseye to miss a trick and trouser some more money!
     
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  4. AKCJ

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    Players like Alie Sesay and Liam Moore are playing.

    It's nothing major <ok>
     
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  5. Lord_Dyer

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    Sven said we are not entering a reserve league and he will pick and choose times and teams for our second string to play behind closed doors. This fits the bill?
     
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  6. Simon21-LUFC

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    It's true, in fact it's been played and we won 3-2 <ok>.
     
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    Someone who was involved on twitter reckons it finished 3-0 to Leeds.

    Dunno, what strength of squad did you lot play?
     
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  8. Danger Fox

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    Well done - I knew you'd beat us one day <ok>
     
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  9. AKCJ

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    It's because Super Stevie Howard wasn't playing <ghost>
     
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  10. LeicesterWizard

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    Was it a youth game?
     
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    Simon21-LUFC Well-Known Member

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    Well either way then we won and scored 3 goals haha. Well the 2 people I heard scored (Grella and Payne) are our 5th choice striker and a youth forward respectively. I do know Andy O'Brien was playing though to get back to fitness, apart from that I have no idea.
     
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  12. AKCJ

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    We we're playing 17 year olds <laugh>
     
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  13. LeicesterWizard

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    Yeah, bet it was a youth academy team, with Adam Smith and Jeffrey Schlupp, maybe Yann too?
     
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    I'd guess the likes of Moreno, Crncic & N'Guessan were playing as well. So it was basically our youth team and members of our 'C' team <ok>.
     
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    Nooooo.

    Players like Liam Moore, Alie Sesay, Jason Banton
     
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  16. Pull Your Fox Up

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    Paynter scored so i can only assume we had Weale in goal?
     
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  17. AKCJ

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    'Mike Grella (2) and Sanchez Payne scored the goals for Leeds #LUFC'

    Paynter is Leed's first choice at the moment <laugh>
     
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    Did Jason Banton sign for us then?
     
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  19. Simon21-LUFC

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    McCormack's ahead in the pecking order. A bit unfair to be claiming that about our 4th choice because 1st and 2nd are injured!

    And it was 3-0 Grella x 2 and Payne <ok>
     
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