Good Morning Everyone, Leeds fans are the most vocal on Twitter out of all 92 English professional clubs, a new study has found. Supporters of the Sky Bet Championship club came out on top in the study, averaging 7.7 tweets per fan over the last six months. Fellow Championship side Middlesbrough were second in the study at 6.6 tweets per fan, while Everton were the leading Barclays Premier League club with 6.3 tweets, ahead of Arsenal on 4.7. The study, conducted by social scores network CrowdScores, looked at fans' interaction with their club's official Twitter accounts. They compared how many followers each club's official Twitter account had against the number of mentions of that Twitter handle. It also analysed the sentiment of each tweet, marking each as positive or negative. Adam Pearson has been talking to the YEP about his time at ER, and working alongside Cellino :- “He’s got his finger on every pulse,” Pearson said. “It’s completely wrong to think that he’s taken a back seat or stepped back. He’s involved in everything and dictating everything. And quite right if it’s your money funding the club. If I’ve made a difference then I’m pleased about that but it’s more the case that Massimo’s put in place key people who know how to keep the club running – the coaching staff and Stuart Hayton, the club secretary. It’s taken the weight off his shoulders in terms of transfers and they’ve been done in a far more calm and efficient manner. “Last summer he was doing so much of the work himself. To be honest, I think a lot of lessons have been learned from last season. Football’s such big business in England and you have to have people with the right skill sets in the right areas. If things look better from the outside then they probably should.” Pearson has confirmed that Leeds will not make any money on the Delph sale:- Pearson said: "There's nothing came through on Fabian. "That buy-out cut us out of that", he added.
Good morning to Matt and co from a sunny Bardsey Pearson also intimated that we may bring in one loanee and a permanent signing I wonder who they will be Goldson a centre back maybe and Will Buckley would put the icing on the cake I think we now have a much more balanced squad a young squad and I don't see why we can't get promotion if one looks at the money spent by clubs its paltry only Derby and Boro have spent much.Blackburn have sold all their jewels once Rhodes goes to Boro QPR once Austin goes to Newcastle will have got rid of the backbone of the team so I don't expect too much from them looking forward to the new season
Morning Mike, What I particulary like is the signings bring balance to the squad. There (hopefully) won't be any square pegs in round holes like we found with Redfearn. Bizzare, I wrote the above, after reading your first line. Great minds n all that!
Morning all, cannot believe we are not getting a bean from the Delph transfer, surely Capt. Birdseye would have that written into the T & C's when he wasblatantly raping the club. Couldnt get a bet on with Corals, who i have an account with, these pillocks here in Qatar have blocked betting sites ffs, we are 34/1 to come in the top 3. To be perfectly honest i have not been this excited of the start of a new season in many a year, there seems to be calm amonst the club, all parties pulling in the same direction, who or what is the difference?? is it Pearson? has Cellino learnt from his first year? i personally think that Cellino trusts Pearson and they work closely together on all aspects for the best results to benefit the club............MOT
Morning all, the Dallas signing tipped it for me although I don't want to get ahead of myself, last season I was excited about the arrival or Berardi, Sloth and Adryan who on paper looked excellent. I am not saying Berardi and Sloth were bad, they just didn't hit the expectations I had of them. In all a near perfect pre-season, backroom staff in place, we haven't sold anyone who matters, we have competed when needed (Wood), we have actually signed a captain and not sold one, got the main players in before a season starts and we have played good quality opposition so when we face Burnley it shouldn't be a nasty surprise. Bring on Saturday
Now I'm really worried .... Ristac is positive On the Delph issue Pearson said" that buy-out" scuppered anything happening. I thought a buy-out clause was like any other transfer but obviously not contractually/legally. My understanding is that although we were only due cash for anything (10%) over £8m and even though there was nothing over £8m we should have been due around £400k in a contingency of sorts. However because it was a buy-out his contract deal it falls through? I like the thought that Pearson is giving Cellino a lot of credit which means we have a solid back office operation and don't need to worry about Cellino's next casualty
Morning Doha, Apparently you can get a VPN (virtual private network) which allows you to bet with British bookies from a country where access to online betting is restricted. Enables you to bet online as though you were UK based
Doha, if you use Google Chrome, have you tried using the Zenmate extension? It changes the country you're in, effectively - i.e. as far as the computer is concerned, it's in the UK, US or whatever you set. Not sure if that'll get you round the problem, but it helps me get into Pirate Bay etc. which is banned over here.
Morning all Yup you can feel there's a more positive mood around the fans. If Ristac is happy then something right must be going on. I would still be happy with a few more signing under our belt but I'd gladly take a few loanees or signing of trial players. Bring on Saturday
Forza/WJ many thx for your replies, shall attend to that when i finish work as i do honestly think that we shall be in the mix come March, so to invest a few bob e/w wont go a miss
Morning all I'm feeling much more confident this year, than i have in a long time. Our first few fixtures arent too easy, lets hope Cellino has factored this in before weilding his no doubt all ready sharpened axe. Have we managed to get 90 mins out of Wood yet? His injury record isnt great and thats a concern for me, but i have always rated him. I see Connor Wickham went for over 6 mill to Palace. Makes the wood deal look even better IMO!
Ted Heath liked bumming young boys, well, bugger me, who 'd have thunk it?, what is it with the Tories and *****philia? All Tories should be rounded up and burnt at the stake
Morning gents. Nearing end of relaxing couple of weeks. Had a major blip when Mrs Eire fell down Steps and took a bad Blow to head. We spent a night at a and e at local hospital. Alls ok now thankfully. And before anyone suggests it, no she didn't trip over my armchair
Thanks Bucks. Happened Saturday night. Was worrying for a while. She was out cold for maybe ten minutes. Has a huge bump on head but all X-rays were clear.
Jesus, that must have been a worry! Hope you had travel insurance? The main thing is shes recovering!
