Whitey Grandad Posted 12 August, 2023 Share Posted 12 August, 2023 56 minutes ago, hypochondriac said: It's bollocks that's why. He just doesn't want to play for Leeds. Prick. I’ll bet he still takes the money though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 12 August, 2023 Share Posted 12 August, 2023 2 minutes ago, Whitey Grandad said: I’ll bet he still takes the money though. Any players who go on strike are wankers and there should be a harsh penalty. There won't be though sadly so fans will just have to give him abuse. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat Posted 12 August, 2023 Share Posted 12 August, 2023 Coventry 1 up against Middlesbrough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southner Posted 12 August, 2023 Share Posted 12 August, 2023 3 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said: I’ll bet he still takes the money though. I'm amazed there aren't clauses in these contracts preventing pay for refusing to play. Contracts work both ways, and if you expect to be paid after refusing to play even though you were happy enough to sign a lengthy contract, then you're an arsebasket. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baird of the land Posted 12 August, 2023 Share Posted 12 August, 2023 (edited) Ohh Leeds, 1 point from 2 games. Definitely shows that despite the imperfections, we can be thankful we've actually had a reasonably positive league start. Edited 12 August, 2023 by Baird of the land 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 12 August, 2023 Share Posted 12 August, 2023 5 hours ago, Baird of the land said: Ohh Leeds, 1 point from 2 games. Definitely shows that despite the imperfections, we can be thankful we've actually had a reasonably positive league start. Thought all along they’d struggle, but they’ll bounce around January Im not convinced Farke is all that, outside of the Norwich bubble and the clubs in a bit of a mess, post takeover, much like us last year 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 13 August, 2023 Share Posted 13 August, 2023 8 hours ago, Smirking_Saint said: Thought all along they’d struggle, but they’ll bounce around January Im not convinced Farke is all that, outside of the Norwich bubble and the clubs in a bit of a mess, post takeover, much like us last year I think we can be thankful, thus far at least, that none of our better players have refused to play for us. Che, KWP, Charly, JWP, Tella - they’ve all started the season playing despite links away from the club and showed their professionalism. Even Lavia hasn’t spoken out about leaving albeit we’ve not played him. Really only Salisu has come close and that was last season. Leeds have now had Gnoto and Sinisterra act up, and from Farke’s comments some of their younger players are not training well. I like Farke, I do think he’s a decent manager and he does know the Leeds job is going to be a tough one but I do think he’s bitten off more than he can chew. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatlesaint Posted 13 August, 2023 Share Posted 13 August, 2023 The EFL highlights on ITV were, umm, interesting ! An 8 goal thriller doesn’t get top billing cos some American footballer taking over Birmingham is apparently more interesting to probably absolutely nobody who doesn’t support Birmingham. Then we get a diabolical Scottish commentator who, presumably cos they are Scottish bangs on about Armstrong and Adams whilst making comments like “he’s almost taken the net off it’s hinges” 🤦🏻 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSA96 Posted 13 August, 2023 Author Share Posted 13 August, 2023 Leeds losing Jack Harrison to Everton. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry_SFC Posted 13 August, 2023 Share Posted 13 August, 2023 3 minutes ago, CSA96 said: Leeds losing Jack Harrison to Everton. Harrison, Sinisterra, Gnoto all leaving/refusing to play. Doesn't leave them with much quality. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 13 August, 2023 Share Posted 13 August, 2023 20 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said: Harrison, Sinisterra, Gnoto all leaving/refusing to play. Doesn't leave them with much quality. They are in a little bit of a mess to be fair, it's transpired that the guys they signed in January (Rutter, Max Wober) had relegation release clauses, not for a fee, but loan clauses! Max Wobber has already left on loan, Rutter is going out on loan too apparently. Then you've got Harrison, signed a new deal in January but that also came with the big relegation loan clause in it - so the move to Everton will be a loan deal, not any fee. They also lost their top scorer Rodrigo for £2m due to a ridiculously low relegation release clause, so the problem they have now is that they're not generating any revenue by losing their better players - so they're stuck signing freebies like Sam Byram and the odd loan here and there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gingeletiss Posted 13 August, 2023 Share Posted 13 August, 2023 19 minutes ago, S-Clarke said: They are in a little bit of a mess to be fair, it's transpired that the guys they signed in January (Rutter, Max Wober) had relegation release clauses, not for a fee, but loan clauses! Max Wobber has already left on loan, Rutter is going out on loan too apparently. Then you've got Harrison, signed a new deal in January but that also came with the big relegation loan clause in it - so the move to Everton will be a loan deal, not any fee. They also lost their top scorer Rodrigo for £2m due to a ridiculously low relegation release clause, so the problem they have now is that they're not generating any revenue by losing their better players - so they're stuck signing freebies like Sam Byram and the odd loan here and there. They do know, that we have a shit load of pl quality players they can loan from us, including a GK, 2 x CBS, a couple of strikers, and a couple of wide midfielders. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baird of the land Posted 13 August, 2023 Share Posted 13 August, 2023 Thought Madley was bad as ref during Wednesday game. Having watching league highlights i see we got the good Madley. Booking a player for celebrating his first goal in front of his teams fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 13 August, 2023 Share Posted 13 August, 2023 16 minutes ago, Baird of the land said: Thought Madley was bad as ref during Wednesday game. Having watching league highlights i see we got the good Madley. Booking a player for celebrating his first goal in front of his teams fans. These new measures have not been introduced unilaterally by individual referees. The commands come from higher up. Whether we agree with them or dislike them we are stuck with them for the time being. Perhaps the players and training staff will adapt over time remains to be seen but we are talking about footballers here who are not renowned for their intelligence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 13 August, 2023 Share Posted 13 August, 2023 3 minutes ago, Whitey Grandad said: These new measures have not been introduced unilaterally by individual referees. The commands come from higher up. Whether we agree with them or dislike them we are stuck with them for the time being. Perhaps the players and training staff will adapt over time remains to be seen but we are talking about footballers here who are not renowned for their intelligence. I don’t dislike them overall but we’ll be seeing depleted squads within a month or two due to bans Genuinely, with that and the mess at Leeds.. Middlesborough losing their best players, Coventry losing Hamer I know Im optimistic here but it feels like it has to be us and Leicester leading the way surely 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 13 August, 2023 Share Posted 13 August, 2023 4 minutes ago, Smirking_Saint said: I don’t dislike them overall but we’ll be seeing depleted squads within a month or two due to bans Genuinely, with that and the mess at Leeds.. Middlesborough losing their best players, Coventry losing Hamer I know Im optimistic here but it feels like it has to be us and Leicester leading the way surely I think Ipswich are looking impressive. I can see a team like them going the distance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfc4prem Posted 13 August, 2023 Share Posted 13 August, 2023 Leicester still have a few quality players and have got two good results so far. I'd pop them as favourites for the title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 13 August, 2023 Share Posted 13 August, 2023 5 hours ago, Smirking_Saint said: I don’t dislike them overall but we’ll be seeing depleted squads within a month or two due to bans Genuinely, with that and the mess at Leeds.. Middlesborough losing their best players, Coventry losing Hamer I know Im optimistic here but it feels like it has to be us and Leicester leading the way surely We're in trouble on that front, we've got the most yellow cards in the league so far, 11 dished out to us over the two games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpsaint Posted 13 August, 2023 Share Posted 13 August, 2023 57 minutes ago, Pamplemousse said: We're in trouble on that front, we've got the most yellow cards in the league so far, 11 dished out to us over the two games. It was crazy how often the ref was getting the yellow card out yesterday, bloke behind me nearly had an embolism when I think Bednerak ran off with the ball after the ref gave Norwich a free kick and got booked. The totting up process means we’re going to be seeing a lot of suspensions due to too many yellows a lot earlier than usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 13 August, 2023 Share Posted 13 August, 2023 6 hours ago, hypochondriac said: I think Ipswich are looking impressive. I can see a team like them going the distance. Got momentum. Built a good side last summer. Really like Leif Davis at fullback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 13 August, 2023 Share Posted 13 August, 2023 6 hours ago, sfc4prem said: Leicester still have a few quality players and have got two good results so far. I'd pop them as favourites for the title. First eleven looks solid and settled. I fancy them, Ipswich and Hull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiknsmack Posted 14 August, 2023 Share Posted 14 August, 2023 8 hours ago, Chez said: First eleven looks solid and settled. I fancy them, Ipswich and Hull. Norwich looked pretty good (I'd say clearly the better team) against Hull last week and just drew with us. Given that nothing much has changed for them (Barnes replacing Pukki, Stacey replacing Aarons, plus Duffy and Fassnacht joining) and they only finished 13th last season, every team from 4th through to 15th from last year would be a chance. Anything could happen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 14 August, 2023 Share Posted 14 August, 2023 As an aside - watched the Chelsea - Liverpool game yesterday and my ears were reaching for a bucket: Caragher AND Peter flipping Dreary - the main man taking over from Tyler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 14 August, 2023 Share Posted 14 August, 2023 (edited) 14 hours ago, Chez said: First eleven looks solid and settled. I fancy them, Ipswich and Hull. I watched Leicester against Coventry and I thought their defence looked terrible. Coventry seemed to be able to get through their defence at will and perhaps should have scored more than their 1 goal. That said I thought that, in posession, Leicester looked really good, especially as the game went on. They also were able to bring on Iheanacho for Vardy, Dewkesbury Hall had a really good game too with a good goal to show for it. I def think Leicester will be up there, and if they sort out their defence in this window they could run away with it. Edited 14 August, 2023 by The Kraken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 14 August, 2023 Share Posted 14 August, 2023 31 minutes ago, The Kraken said: I watched Leicester against Coventry and I thought their defence looked terrible. Coventry seemed to be able to get through their defence at will and perhaps should have scored more than their 1 goal. That said I thought that, in posession, Leicester looked really good, especially as the game went on. They also were able to bring on Iheanacho for Vardy, Dewkesbury Hall had a really good game too with a good goal to show for it. I def think Leicester will be up there, and if they sort out their defence in this window they could run away with it. Some PL clubs sniffing around some of their players still, they sound like they are in the same boat as us. Sort the defence out and it will be all sweeeeeet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarehamSaintJames Posted 14 August, 2023 Share Posted 14 August, 2023 Jack Harrison has now left Leeds. Leeds team transport going from a luxury coach, to a bus, to a Ford Focus in a matter of weeks. 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 15 August, 2023 Share Posted 15 August, 2023 (edited) https://twitter.com/fabrizioromano/status/1691344219493814272?s=46&t=MqpubAzkQD51r3m_v775zw good signing at this level, I like him, 8/10.. far from the finished article but a very good option Edited 15 August, 2023 by Smirking_Saint 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 15 August, 2023 Share Posted 15 August, 2023 44 minutes ago, Smirking_Saint said: https://twitter.com/fabrizioromano/status/1691344219493814272?s=46&t=MqpubAzkQD51r3m_v775zw good signing at this level, I like him, 8/10.. far from the finished article but a very good option No assists and 1 goal in 15 for Reading last season. Their forum says technically good but ineffectual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLaw76 Posted 23 August, 2023 Share Posted 23 August, 2023 Championship team stats https://fbref.com/en/comps/10/Championship-Stats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convict Colony Posted 23 August, 2023 Share Posted 23 August, 2023 I see we have the highest expected goals in the league at 10 based on the games so far and QPR have the highest conceded goals so far. This has 0-0 written all over it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSA96 Posted 18 December, 2023 Author Share Posted 18 December, 2023 Steven Schumacher is leaving Plymouth Argyle to become the new Stoke City manager. Nathan Jones to Plymouth just in time for December 29 @ St. Mary's? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLaw76 Posted 18 December, 2023 Share Posted 18 December, 2023 8 minutes ago, CSA96 said: Steven Schumacher is leaving Plymouth Argyle to become the new Stoke City manager. Nathan Jones to Plymouth just in time for December 29 @ St. Mary's? would be a very odd appointment for Plymouth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooney Posted 19 December, 2023 Share Posted 19 December, 2023 13 hours ago, AlexLaw76 said: would be a very odd appointment for Plymouth But he can see his own country from the North Devon Coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLaw76 Posted 19 December, 2023 Share Posted 19 December, 2023 Plymouth Manager departed for Stoke City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waylander Posted 19 December, 2023 Share Posted 19 December, 2023 Billy Sharp joins Hull City https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67763686 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 19 December, 2023 Share Posted 19 December, 2023 2 hours ago, AlexLaw76 said: Plymouth Manager departed for Stoke City. Plymouth linked with Leighton Baines (???), and two former skates, Cowley , and Cotterill among others. Other managerial news - as widely mooted Cooper sacked at Forest. Wouldn’t be surprised if he ended up a Championship club with potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 20 December, 2023 Share Posted 20 December, 2023 11 hours ago, Badger said: Plymouth linked with Leighton Baines (???), and two former skates, Cowley , and Cotterill among others. Other managerial news - as widely mooted Cooper sacked at Forest. Wouldn’t be surprised if he ended up a Championship club with potential. Not sure who - The top 6 managers are all stable and doing well, I think you have to go down to Norwich before you see a manager that could be in a little bit of trouble in Wagner. Swansea and Plymouth don't have managers right now but are they big enough propositions for Cooper? Apparently Palace are monitoring the situation with a view to getting him to replace Hodgson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLaw76 Posted 20 December, 2023 Share Posted 20 December, 2023 17 minutes ago, SNSUN said: Not sure who - The top 6 managers are all stable and doing well, I think you have to go down to Norwich before you see a manager that could be in a little bit of trouble in Wagner. Swansea and Plymouth don't have managers right now but are they big enough propositions for Cooper? Apparently Palace are monitoring the situation with a view to getting him to replace Hodgson. Although it will never happen, the pompey bloke is 10/1.....people actually putting money on it LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee On Solent Saint Posted 20 December, 2023 Share Posted 20 December, 2023 1 hour ago, SNSUN said: Not sure who - The top 6 managers are all stable and doing well, I think you have to go down to Norwich before you see a manager that could be in a little bit of trouble in Wagner. Swansea and Plymouth don't have managers right now but are they big enough propositions for Cooper? Apparently Palace are monitoring the situation with a view to getting him to replace Hodgson. Carrick at Boro could be struggling soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 20 December, 2023 Share Posted 20 December, 2023 9 hours ago, Lee On Solent Saint said: Carrick at Boro could be struggling soon. League Cup SF though … Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 21 December, 2023 Share Posted 21 December, 2023 I think like pretty much all high profile sacked managers, Cooper will take a bit of time. Few ever really jump straight in to another job, it's incredibly rare - Dean Smith to Norwich after Villa is the only one recently and that went great. We had all this last season with people convincing themselves that Graham Potter would get sacked at Chelsea and walk into Staplewood the next day. A year on, he still hasn't taken a job. Cooper is not going to pitch up at a Championship club this season. His most likely next role will be a freshly relegated one next summer, or someone like us or Leeds if we blow the play offs and panic. Maybe the Welsh job, but probably too early and not well paid enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Super Saint Posted 21 December, 2023 Share Posted 21 December, 2023 No reason for them to rush into a new job whilst their contract is still paying out! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodymatt Posted 24 December, 2023 Share Posted 24 December, 2023 I’m interested in comparing how we are doing against our last promotion season. Does anyone know of a particular website that lets you look at how the league table looked after 23 games when we were last in the league? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Block41 Saint Posted 24 December, 2023 Share Posted 24 December, 2023 7 minutes ago, goodymatt said: I’m interested in comparing how we are doing against our last promotion season. Does anyone know of a particular website that lets you look at how the league table looked after 23 games when we were last in the league? https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/championship/league-table/2011-2012/date/20111226 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsland Codger Posted 24 December, 2023 Share Posted 24 December, 2023 1 hour ago, Block41 Saint said: https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/championship/league-table/2011-2012/date/20111226 Thank you for this. I note the position of Reading. 6th, 11 points behind the leader (us) and with a vastly inferior goal difference. Whatever happened to them that season? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErwinK1961 Posted 24 December, 2023 Share Posted 24 December, 2023 1 hour ago, Block41 Saint said: https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/championship/league-table/2011-2012/date/20111226 Reading won the league from there.. #believe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmore Saint Posted 24 December, 2023 Share Posted 24 December, 2023 Also amazing to think that in that list are 6 current PL teams.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 24 December, 2023 Share Posted 24 December, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, ErwinK1961 said: Reading won the league from there.. #believe Remarkable turnaround. Bastards. Edited 24 December, 2023 by Saint_clark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodymatt Posted 24 December, 2023 Share Posted 24 December, 2023 (edited) 8 hours ago, Block41 Saint said: https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/championship/league-table/2011-2012/date/20111226 Thank you, Sir. Interesting that we are only 2 points behind where we were at this stage last time. Same 2 points behind where Burnley were at this stage last season too. Shows how good a job The top 2 have done so far. I think we can catch Ipswich, just a question of whether we can finish ahead of Leeds too. Edited 24 December, 2023 by goodymatt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Bates Statue Posted 26 December, 2023 Share Posted 26 December, 2023 For the first time this season, we're further ahead on points compared to the same number of games played in Nigel Adkins' promotion season. Back then we had a bit of a wobble in December, but it was still enough to stay top with 47 points. At this stage, in both seasons we have 14 wins, the key difference being we've still only lost 4 this time around. https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/championship/spieltagtabelle/wettbewerb/GB2?saison_id=2011&spieltag=24 https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/championship/spieltagtabelle/wettbewerb/GB2?saison_id=2023&spieltag=24 Still a long way to go, but back in September I really didn't expect us to trouble the top 2 at any point, so it's tremendous that we are on this run. I'm sure there will be bumps along the way and the odd defeat shouldn't de-rail our season, but it's increasingly looking like we are capable of fighting for automatic promotion. Whether we get it or not, who knows, but I'm enjoying it. Bring on the rest of the season. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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