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30 Aug 2023 08:59:24
Thomas to Leeds? We need a left back. Hope it's not hi jacked.
1.) 30 Aug 2023 11:53:34
Reported this morning that the clubs have reached agreement over the transfer.
2.) 30 Aug 2023 16:46:56
I’ve read he’s going to Blunts.
29 Jun 2023 19:29:21
Leeds official saying appointment NOT imminent. Probably tomorrow then.
16 Jan 2021 23:55:08
15th to 17th most realistic ambition but we will have to play better and hope a miracle happens with the pitch. When you rely on a system of play with average players you get found out at the top level. Casilla, Struijk, Rodrigo and Bamford the spine. Not good enough. Roberts, Hernandez and Lovers off the bench. Not good enough. Raphinia on wrong wing. Dallas and Alioski not good at this level. Bielsa showing his age? We were good to start with but we could always concede and we only looked certain to get three points when we were three goals up.
29 Jan 2020 07:55:37
Papered over the cracks. Very good second half but we were very poor in the first half. Even playing that bad we made chances against a very average Millwall team but couldn't convert. Hanford as usual the main culprit but others were wasteful as well. We need to sort out the defensive frailalties at set pieces but how you do it with Cooper at the back and a system where Alioski is marking a player six inches taller than him I don't know. We are top of the league but other results keep us there at the moment. Great result in the circumstances but still a worry.
1.) 29 Jan 2020 09:33:55
Got to agree hess, this season we have either been tight at the back and miss firing up front or poor at the back but scoring a few. Last night's game and the Brum game, both wins but easily have lost them. We have done well to stay where we are but worry that failing to strengthen the back line will again cost us this season.
2.) 29 Jan 2020 10:03:18
I think we rode our luck a lot in the first half of the season and some wonder saves plus mistakes from opponents contributed to our good defensive record. There were a few games where I thought if we'd have conceded we might have lost but we kept them out. we haven't been as lucky since Cardiff and that, too is changing games. Maybe we can't be both defensive and score goals and have to accept that we need to be a bit more gung ho and try and outscore the opposition. Worries me with the amount of chances we miss though. Hope the new recruits can go some way to address that and Bamford somehow goes on a scoring streak now until the end of the season.
3.) 29 Jan 2020 18:20:51
Totally disagree. would not have flattered Leeds if it had ended 6-2.
4.) 30 Jan 2020 13:47:07
not sure where you have been all season Whitelight but almost every game we could have had 6 if we had taken our chances. The fact is we don't.
20 Jan 2020 15:40:17
Seems we have a good chance of signing an 18 year old Italian goal keeper. Promotion guaranteed then!
1.) 20 Jan 2020 16:21:35
He’s been training with us for the last ten days, and is expected to be understudy to Meslier when he steps up following Kiko’s expected ban. Miazek not seen as good enough yet.
2.) 20 Jan 2020 17:30:27
And supposed to be top class too.
3.) 20 Jan 2020 18:59:23
Arent they all Martyn.
4.) 20 Jan 2020 20:30:46
Meslier looked pretty handy vs gooners, (and 23’s) , so if he’s anything like him, then great!
5.) 21 Jan 2020 09:45:11
Was just going to reply the same brighty old boy.
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17 Mar 2026 10:23:10
Very surprised we got a point at Selhurst point. Didn't expect it at half time. We were much tighter the second half and good going forward for the first ten minutes or so. We still couldn't score and our problem remains the same. If we are set up to be for moving forward at pace we are usually shaky at the back. Even in that formation we have scored for quite a while and we have lost. If we set up to be tighter at the back we can usually not concede more than one and occasionally get a clean sheet.
We still don't score but occasionally on recent form we get the draw. We are much better when Okafor is up there with DCL but without him DCL is definitely not going to be part of a goal scoring combination. He is so much like Bamford in many respects. Both are hopeless in front of goal but like the old cactus they can flower every seven years! As everyone is saying it's going to be touch and go whether we stay up. If we don't start scoring regularly (2 or more a game) it's not looking good.
15 Mar 2026 15:01:31
I have been saying for some weeks now that we have all the hallmarks of a team ready for relegation. Can't convert chances, can't hold on to points, very uncertain at the back. We have relied upon DCL but he is no consistent goal scorer. Like Bamford before him he runs the line well and he, like Bamford, has had his purple patch, and now that has gone.
Today we are P. poor, can't score from the spot (DCL!) and very shaky at the back and now down to 10 men. I think we will need more than 7 points to stay up and I can't see us getting anywhere near that. Like teams before at Elland Road the pressure gets to them and we crumble. It's deja vu all over again. We will do well to keep it down to 2-0.
1.) 15 Mar 2026 16:26:56
Do well to keep it down to 2:0 - we did very well then to keep it to 0:0. Ref was a joke. One of Gudmundsson's two yellows was doubtful, but when Brennan Johnson does a deliberate trip, when already on a yellow, the ref bottles it and doesn't give him a second yellow and red.
First half we were poor, but second we were the better team, even with 10 v 11.
15 Feb 2026 18:08:38
A lot of players were under par and we were lucky to get away with that one. I mentioned a few weeks agp that Buonnotte and Tanaka were poor. Don. t know what's happened to AO and Bunonotte (forgive spelling) is having the the start that Rutter did. Hope he makes the same sort of progress but very lightweight at the moment.
1.) 15 Feb 2026 18:31:18
FB has hardly played all season. Not fully fit and not match ready. It will take a bit longer before he is ready to give his best.
2.) 15 Feb 2026 21:40:10
I think it easy to see why Gnonto and AO are not first choice. AO is capable of brilliance, but can be very ordinary at times. Gruev is more consistent and dependable even if he can’t reach the level AO can.
I know Gnonto is not a defender, but in games like this, that’s where you can end up, and he’s a mistake waiting to happen around our box.
BA was particularly poor today even if he added a bit of chaos in the second half. Very indecisive and lost the ball a lot.
Still a win is a win; let’s hope for a “easy” draw at home and then we’re one match from a Wembley vist.
3.) 15 Feb 2026 21:43:33
I think it’s poor to slag off players who have barely seen any game time this season.
4.) 15 Feb 2026 22:34:39
Don’t be ridiculous OP…who’s slagging anyone off? Sharing observations that’s all.
5.) 16 Feb 2026 04:32:00
Agree with above. We were poor today but got away with it. Lot of under performers but a few haven’t had much game time. But that’s the point. Take the opportunity to give fake a selection problem.
Funny. Fake. That was an auto correct but hey ho.
As has been noted before. We haven’t got a prem squad depth. Very disappointed with gnonto and ao in particular. Amps made a difference. Through to next round. Hope we don’t get gunners. And hope for home cause we are generally woeful away.
6.) 16 Feb 2026 06:03:10
It’s a very easy observation to me that players who have barely played this season and are thrown into a cup game against a team away like Birmingham who will play with an intensity like no other game they will play this season, are expected to play above and beyond themselves.
Not forgetting with half the team changed they are also expected to play seamlessly.
Expectations for players like Gnonto are far too high in my opinion.
Everyone on here complained about Aaronson being selected every game and now with all that game time has come good. Maybe Gnonto would be playing better if he had more game time.?
Not so ridiculous in my estimation Ani4ni.
7.) 16 Feb 2026 07:28:13
In defence of OP, FB has already been panned as a waste of space already by a few, based on the thick end of about 50 mins for us, and very few more at Chelsea.
Additionally, both Ao and Willy are, imo, gametime players, who need to be playing week in week out to achieve their best form.
8.) 16 Feb 2026 08:24:30
Fb was decent in his first 5 min cameo but not yesterday. So that don’t stack up bright.
He is a highly paid professional footballer who trains everyday pretty much. If that’s his best. No thanks.
9.) 16 Feb 2026 10:25:00
Nothing to do with discussing whether a player played or not, performed or not, I resent the accusation that I and others were slagging off players. No one was doing that.
E. g, if I said your posts were wrong or boring that would be like discussing your performance, however, if I called you a moron that would be “slagging” you off. See the difference?
10.) 16 Feb 2026 10:47:10
100% ani. These are highly paid individuals fighting for the right of selection. If they are rusty cause lack of game time then they will never make the big 11. Absolute stupidity to suggest otherwise.
11.) 16 Feb 2026 12:23:37
Like it or not Aus, there's a huge difference between match time and training, and fitness isn't the major factor. The pace of the game, intensity and physicality can make a match just pass you by whether you like it or not, and "rustiness" is a well used term for a reason, irrespective of pay!
Talk of pay is more aligned with "stupidity" I reckon!
Think you hopped on the defensive bus a bit too soon, Ani.
I don't think anyone has accused you directly of being one to slag players off!? I haven't read it that way, or written anything myself to say it? I was personally referring to other comments in other posts!
12.) 16 Feb 2026 18:39:11
Perhaps slagging off was not a good choice of phrase more like unfair opinion when knowing the said players had hardly played any matches and likely played out of position not to mention with already about 6 or 7 first team changes in the team sheet.
You can’t expect these players to be ripping it up in these circumstances and they rarely do.
For me it’s an unfair assessment of these players performances without underlining the reasons why they may have not played a good game.
Those players would be specifically Gnonto, Tanaka and Buenonotte.
My response was initially to Hess’s post.
13.) 16 Feb 2026 22:24:42
OP, no one can argue BA doesn’t get minutes and he was poor yesterday; likewise AO is no where near an ever-present but he’s had a lot more minutes than most coming into the team yesterday and was also poor imo. Some of these players are going to get less and less opportunities as we come to the crunch end of the season: I doubt DF will risk a weakened team in the FA Cup, given beating Norwich would put us one match from Wembley.
To be fair to those yesterday, Birmingham was always going to be a tough game; they were already in great form at home and this was their cup final. I still think these fringe players are Important; Gnonto has shown on numerous occasions to come on and change a game.
I think if I was being critical and to provide some defence to these players, is that introducing them 6 or 7 at a time is always going to be an issue. I mean, the whole midfield was “new’ and fresh from injury. We only wrestled an element of control once Amps came on.
03 Feb 2026 13:16:36
Any thoughts on Buanonotte? I am hoping his progress is going to be a bit like Rutter's. At the moment for the few minutes he has been actually on the pitch he looks unimpressive to say the least.
Then again Rutter looked like he'd never kicked a ball in his life for quite a few games before he got his act together. Hope this new lad can up his game.
1.) 03 Feb 2026 17:34:36
I thought he looked quick and dangerous.
He will bag a few goals for us, no doubt.
By the end of the season we will be sad to see him go.
2.) 03 Feb 2026 19:27:16
Agree with Mo, definitely an asset, he’ll need a little time to adapt but have no doubt he’ll contribute to our survival.
3.) 03 Feb 2026 20:03:47
Very popular player at Brighton but they had an abundance of riches in midfield at the time, very skilful and can take a free kick,
There were always the same doubts (with BA) whether he has the body strength for the epl, but if he gets his confidence back, he could be the difference maker we’ve been crying out for.
4.) 03 Feb 2026 22:56:03
Thought he looked ok in ltd minutes. Expect him to maybe be a starter within a month.
5.) 04 Feb 2026 01:04:53
Like all new players joining an established group, he'll need time to settle in and get used to how everyone else plays. Having watched him playing for Leicester last season he's clearly got talent, so all we need to do is bring it out.
6.) 04 Feb 2026 06:35:37
Bit early to say Hess. I think when we get past the next 4 games and into more winnable fixtures he could be a real difference maker. Probably the closest Pablo replacement we've had to date since El Mago left.
01 Feb 2026 14:49:25
You had to expect that result surely. There's huge gap in quality and depth between the two teams. In addition Arsenal play a style of football that our midfield and defence just can't cope with. Other 'better' teams than us play a different style which we have managed to a degree. Best I was hoping for was 0-3 Until we develop massively Arsenal will always have the upper hand. Somebody aid we needed to play better on the day. We could have upped our game a bit but nothing like what was needed.
Arsenal got 8 straight wins in Europe. They just had a bad spell which was unusual and unlucky for us they were more than up for it. Their poor form (for them) allowed Wolves to defend for their lives without really looking like they could score- get a point and Man U are on a high at the moment and stole the the 3 points at the death. Fortunately we don't have to play Arsenal again this season. let's hoe Burley and Forest don't take advantage of yesterday's result.
30 May 2019 22:58:19
Miracles? - Yes to a degree but in real/ concrete terms we are no better than before. - In the championship. When someone gets us out then it will be a miracle.
05 Dec 2025 16:03:08
We usually play better/ get results without him. Stick to what has been playing unless injuries play a part.
03 Dec 2025 10:43:06
Chelsea, and to a degree Liverpool regaining some form. Anything at all from these two games will be an unexpected bonus for us,
13 Sep 2025 18:25:13
We can only wait and see. I hope he can step up. Unfortunately he has never performed well at the top table. Hope Farke has done for him what Bielsa did for Philipps.
30 Mar 2025 14:01:02
I'm not keen on James for the reasons he couldn't cope with the Premiership. You are not keen on Messlier for the same reasons as I am. However Farke knows that Messlier is necessary for his play out from the back style. Should we get a better keeper? Yes, If one is available. I've seen a lot of keeper making real howlers in the premiership this season who cost a lot of cash. Good keepers like good strikers are difficult to come by. Splashing the cash does not guarantee you'll get either. Our best striker, by the way, and by a country mile was Bamford in our first season back in the Premiership. Before and since not so good! The lack of an all round striker means the load has to be spread around among lesser mortals.
30 Mar 2025 12:51:06
The point about James that he platters to deceive. Yes he has those stats but they should be so much better given the opportunities he has. goals and assists are shared because of our style of play. Piroe can score more but he has been given a job. Joseph has the same job. Do that job and score in that order. He / they patrol and cover an area if they score as well its a bonus as far as Farke is concerned.