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  • Transfers! Here we go!!!!

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  • Seeing if Newcastle blow their load on a lot of shite

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  • Waiting for the fixture carnage to really kick in

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  • It'll help distract me from my December alcoholism comedown

    0 0%
  • New year, new turtle

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    Leeds will be better off hiring Big Sam when he does. Keep the big list of 'Bielsa disciple' foreign idiots in the drawer.

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    Pulisic

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    Some shambolic defending by both on show already.

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    Chalobah channelling his inner Phil Jones.

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    Is there time for Sierra Leone to call him up for the Afcon ffs.

    Pulisic has dodgy eyes. I reckon he touches women inappropriately.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    The reaction to getting beat by City, Arsenal etc was ludicrous. You have terrible players and a weak squad, that's going to happen with this system - but it's also the system that allows you to beat the shit and therefore stay up.

    When he leaves and you hire Bob Tactics in his place, you're going to need a serious squad overhaul or go down.
    Whenever he ends up leaving we're absolutely fucked Jim. He pretty much is Leeds United at this point. I know that sounds like hyperbole but it's mostly true. It's his team and what he gets out of the players is mind blowing. You do get the odd dickhead piping up when we have a bad run but generally speaking he's effectively deified in Leeds and the surrounding area at this point.

    If we did get relegated my main concern would be that it would cause him to leave. Because then it would be back to the wilderness. I mean he's not a young guy so I accept that this can't go on forever. Our best bet would be replacing him with one of his disciples. The problem being most of them ply their trade at levels that far exceed our pulling power.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    Is there time for Sierra Leone to call him up for the Afcon ffs.

    Pulisic has dodgy eyes. I reckon he touches women inappropriately.
    I’m jealous of how quickly his beard grows. Definitely has a want about him.

    I’m shocked how open this game is

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    How is that a yellow never mind a free kick?

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    I kind of assumed that Bielsa would go at the end of this season. He is such a one-off that I assume money is not a motivating factor for him at all, although I dunno, maybe it is. I'm not sure what more there is for him to do unless there's a large investment in much better and well-scouted players that could get you to the European level.

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    Mo

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    Mo Salah….

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    Klopp owns Stamford Bridge.

    Marcus Alonso ��

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    Once again the imprecision of what we do up front is so costly. Starts many an opposition move. Obviously having an inflatable unicorn at left back doesn't help either.

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    Mr Small-Steps Man.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    I kind of assumed that Bielsa would go at the end of this season. He is such a one-off that I assume money is not a motivating factor for him at all, although I dunno, maybe it is. I'm not sure what more there is for him to do unless there's a large investment in much better and well-scouted players that could get you to the European level.
    No, I don't think money is much of a factor for him at all. He apparently paid the "Spy-gate" fine out of his own pocket, which was a couple of hundred grand I think. The club would obviously have covered that.

    He lives (or at least did) in a little flat he rents above a shop in Wetherby so he can walk the training ground. People always used to see him in coffee shops or doing his shopping at the Morrisons. Although you don't see that as much over the last year or so, so maybe he has got himself some fancier, Premier League digs. But I would be surprised. He doesn't strike me as a money orientated person at all.

    I think the chairman would happily nail him down to a very lucrative, multi-year deal but he never signs for more than a year at a time, and he never renews until the end of the season either.

    The key question, like you say, is what is the "next step" for him with us. It's a strange one because he never even seems bothered about signing new players either. He's more about "what can I get out of what I have here". I guess you need to keep him interested enough to feel like there is more he can do. You have to look to the chairman and the director of football to invest and give him more to work with in that respect.

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    What a strike by Kovacic.

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    What a fucking goal that is.

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    Fucking hell, what a goal.

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    Leeds squad is bad but it's not like they've not spent money, they just have the worst recruitment bods in the league. What was it, about 100 million on Junior Firpo, Rodrigo, Dan James and Helder Costa?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lewis View Post


    Mr Small-Steps Man.
    I'd book him for that.

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    Those goals are always beautiful. Just a shame it was against us.

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    lol. Get fucked, scousers.

    Scintillating game. We're every bit a match for Liverpool except in the finishing department.

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    Fuck the Scouse pricks.

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    I'm not sure this Irish lad knows the dimensions of his goal.

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    Are Neville's screeching and sex noises usually this pronounced? Very annoying.

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    Quote Originally Posted by John Arne View Post
    Are Neville's screeching and sex noises usually this pronounced? Very annoying.
    He's absolute box office. Generational pundit.

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    We've been largely terrible in that half. Our goals a result of COUNTER PRESS. Crazy game.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Manc View Post
    I'm not sure this Irish lad knows the dimensions of his goal.
    I honestly thought he was German.

    Great game. Unfortunately the worst referee in England will send someone off and ruin it

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    Quote Originally Posted by -james- View Post
    He's absolute box office. Generational pundit.
    During that Mason Mount DID HE KICK HIM??? VAR check I was convinced that the VAR was just listening to Gary and going with the strength of his 'ooooooh' for any potential red card. I'm fairly sure nothing actually occurred at all. We're all in some kind of life-imitates-Neville circular reality.

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    Anyway, Salah's getting another two here and we'll probably gift them another one somewhere, so I'm looking at six as a potential clubhouse target for the victory and their left back and Combine Harvester are seemingly dead set on helping us out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    I kind of assumed that Bielsa would go at the end of this season. He is such a one-off that I assume money is not a motivating factor for him at all, although I dunno, maybe it is. I'm not sure what more there is for him to do unless there's a large investment in much better and well-scouted players that could get you to the European level.
    Quote Originally Posted by Alex View Post
    No, I don't think money is much of a factor for him at all. He apparently paid the "Spy-gate" fine out of his own pocket, which was a couple of hundred grand I think. The club would obviously have covered that.

    He lives (or at least did) in a little flat he rents above a shop in Wetherby so he can walk the training ground. People always used to see him in coffee shops or doing his shopping at the Morrisons. Although you don't see that as much over the last year or so, so maybe he has got himself some fancier, Premier League digs. But I would be surprised. He doesn't strike me as a money orientated person at all.

    I think the chairman would happily nail him down to a very lucrative, multi-year deal but he never signs for more than a year at a time, and he never renews until the end of the season either.

    The key question, like you say, is what is the "next step" for him with us. It's a strange one because he never even seems bothered about signing new players either. He's more about "what can I get out of what I have here". I guess you need to keep him interested enough to feel like there is more he can do. You have to look to the chairman and the director of football to invest and give him more to work with in that respect.
    This is like that Ayrton Senna documentary. He would manage for free but minimum wage rules and...

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    This game man

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    This is proper football.

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    Get up Konate, you big fanny.

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    Anthony Taylor desperate for a Chelsea winner.

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    Did Tuchel have sweat patches on his coat there?

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    Mental how Liverpool are 3rd.

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    Fantastic game. No surprise both teams out of puff for that final 10 mins really.

    Unfortunately again the story for both of these two. Too many draws will stop them beating the relentless money machine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Waffdon View Post
    Mental how Liverpool are 3rd.
    They'll finish second.

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    Depends on who goes further in CL I think. But yeah, I can imagine Chelsea scrapping over the 4th trophy whilst winning an FA Cup or League Cup

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    Azpilicueta can fuck right off. Mané clearly puts his arms up to leverage himself for the header and only catches that arsehole because he doesn't jump.

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    As with every season the only thing to play for is to be the one that screws City over in the Champions League, and these tow are the best bet. Them wasting their good form now [as they often do] bodes well for that. As was the case when Liverpool went unstoppable and then meffed up at the first opportunity in knock-out football.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Waffdon View Post
    Depends on who goes further in CL I think. But yeah, I can imagine Chelsea scrapping over the 4th trophy whilst winning an FA Cup or League Cup
    This has seen a bit of talk about this among Liverpool fans this week.

    Liverpool tend to go all out for league and CL and ignore the cups. In seasons like this where City are already long gone, why not take a proper run at a cup?

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    Yeah I seen Carragher’s piece on it which made a lot of sense. The Lukaku drama is the norm for Chelsea and even then they’ll still win trophies during this. Be it an FA Cup or Europa League.

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    The league cup semi is probably a better metric for 'taking it seriously' than the FA Cup. The first few rounds in that are always a lottery of not drawing Chelsea [always happens] and hoping your youth team can mook their way past whoever they are playing.

    When's Harvey Elliot likely to be back? Never?

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    He’s due to start training fully with the first team this coming week.

    Current hope is to have him properly available by the end of the month.

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    Was Kelleher the best thing ever or the worst thing ever today?

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    He was very good. Could do nothing really about either goal. Showed safe hands and distribution otherwise.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Giggles View Post
    Was Kelleher the best thing ever or the worst thing ever today?
    Did well. Couldn't really fault him for the goals. Players don't seem to trust him, though, which invites pressure sometimes.

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    Still reckon he’s our best chance for a keeper once Bazunu inevitably disappears. Obviously needs to move but these few cameos for Liverpool will hopefully mean he goes to a somewhat high level.

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