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Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Thu Oct 21, 2021 12:25 pm  
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Unless he wanted to play CL football mate which he isn`t going to get at Leeds anytime soon.
The thing that gets me is Bielsa is hell bent on playing the same core players even if it means playing them out of position.
Dallas is a good example playing RB,LB, holding midfield, attacking midfield and wing.
We now have Shackleton covering RB when we have Drameh who has played in the Championship and is playing well in the U23`s as a RB.
Rodrigo an out and out striker for Spain playing as a 10 and now he can`t score.
Same for Roberts playing 10 but is a better striker no wonder he`s dropped to Championship standard.
We now are playing Greenwood as a 10 when he`s better upfront.
2 other wingers Bielsa wanted Costa and Poveda now out on loan.
And for me the jury is still out with James.


He wanted to come to us last year, he confirmed that on social media. Agree with all your points re Bielsa selection, there's a great article that Phil Hay has written on The Athletic recently that talks about Bielsa and his insistence on a small squad and how it relies on keeping players in form throughout the squad so they can cope with injuries (like Leeds did last year), however Leeds have now got a perfect storm of Bielsa's small squad and loads of players out of form. Apparently Leeds were concerned about the risks of a small squad but they trust Bielsa to keep getting it right... lets hope that continues.
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Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Thu Oct 21, 2021 12:28 pm  
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And another note (you`ve set me off now) :lol:
I see Bruce has now gone looking likely Eddie Howe will take over.
We really need to start getting some wins under our belt before the teams around us start to get some.


:lol:

Newcastle will be very interesting to watch and it's most definitely bad news for us. When they have a full squad out it's not relegation material, trouble is they rarely do. They've a p*ss poor defence to boot. However if they get the manager appointment right and can manage to recruit well in Jan (which is no easy task) then they'll undoubtedly stay up.

We need to take care of our own business now and get some players on the pitch and back in form. Looks like Firpo and Ayling are out for a few weeks yet, Firpo pulled a muscle in murderball apparently... :roll:
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Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Thu Oct 21, 2021 8:19 pm  
Newcastle being Newcastle will prob spend £1b, go thru 8 managers and finish no higher than 12th!
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Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Thu Oct 21, 2021 10:52 pm  
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He wanted to come to us last year, he confirmed that on social media. Agree with all your points re Bielsa selection, there's a great article that Phil Hay has written on The Athletic recently that talks about Bielsa and his insistence on a small squad and how it relies on keeping players in form throughout the squad so they can cope with injuries (like Leeds did last year), however Leeds have now got a perfect storm of Bielsa's small squad and loads of players out of form. Apparently Leeds were concerned about the risks of a small squad but they trust Bielsa to keep getting it right... lets hope that continues.

Be interesting if we are bottom 3 in January and we haven`t brought in a couple or 3 players what the reaction will be.
Do we have the smallest squad in the PL?
Wrt Firpo I`m not sure he`s the fittest player we have in that squad either.
Thing is even with those injured players coming back in other than Raphina and Phillips we don`t have that much on offer.
Both Ayling and Bamford didn`t do much at the start of the season anyway.
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Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Sat Oct 23, 2021 8:01 am  
You will beat Wolves at home no drama.
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Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Sat Oct 23, 2021 8:58 am  
I think if Phillips plays it`s 1-1
If he doesn`t play it`s 2-1 Wolves.
I would play Roberts in the #9 spot with Rodrigo on the bench only because Bielsa likes Roberts.
Me personally I wouldn`t have Roberts in the squad.
Big game needed from Dallas/Klich today.
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Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Sat Oct 23, 2021 3:38 pm  
There needs to be some serious investment in January.
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Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Sat Oct 23, 2021 3:50 pm  
Yeah 49ers need to invest $100m in extending Bosa. No money spare for Utd im afraid this year.
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Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Sat Oct 23, 2021 4:06 pm  
Better performance and the least we deserved in the end.
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Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Sat Oct 23, 2021 7:09 pm  
Much better but couldn`t be worse than last week.
Not sure who is worse Harrison or Roberts both out of their depth.
It`s getting embarrassing Bielsa picking Roberts week in and week out.
Klich again very poor and if James is worth £30 million then Raphina must be worth at least £100 million.
What was the point playing a 5 foot 6 James as the lone striker against a back 3 all over 6 foot? :CRAZY:
On a positive note how good was it to see Gelhardt and Summerville up the tempo and create something?
Both should play the full 90 at the expense of Roberts and Harrison and Foreshaw for Klich.
Fingers crossed Raphina doesn`t have a serious injury.
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