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If we win 5-0 I will buy everyone on here a pint.

I will don't worry.

I've had a fucking guts full of plastic fans at work going on at me all week about beating us today.

Most of them haven't been to football since the 80's.

If the bet comes in I spend it all on beer. If it doesn't come in then I take the money out of her money box. That'll teach her to dream.

Cant believe Brez is not playing after Tuesday

Cant believe Brez is not playing after Tuesday

Shit 2pm kick off. Won't be going to this then.

We've got to be the most injury-prone side in the fucking league!

Its all us at the moment

is this the shortest match day thread of all time?

I make that 3 shots on target in 4 games

That's a disgrace.

Thats rubbish , we had 8 on target at Oldham

Thats rubbish , we had 8 on target at Oldham

problem with roberts today was that he was the only threat we consistently looked like we were going to have

:(

I think some of you are being harsh. We outplayed them and we created more chances than them in a tight game.

That said,  3 points is all that counts. They took there chance. Cox wasted ours and Roberts was saved.

My only moans  are a) the system seems devoid of width, though clearly a new system and playing narrow isn't necessarily a bad thing b)s Roberts looked fucked for the last 10, I though it was crying out for a sub.

Fact is Malpas has achieved nothing. He was the cheap option and proving exactly that. Play offs are over, lets just hope we stay up.

Firstly I doubt he was cheap, secondly we were never good enough for the play offs in the 1st place.

We should have been there abouts in the play offs, but we wont be now. FACT!

They went with Sturrocks mate FACT

Im sorry anyone who thinks he is the best man for the job is a cunt

The thing that has annoyed me is, we had one shot on target (it could have been 2 but I can't remember the second). One shot on target, ffs, we were the home team, Leeds were appalling yet we troubled their keeper once!!! (maybe twice).

Yes we should have been in the play offs, this league is not much different from league 2.

They were poor, we were worse. Things are not looking good.

i am aware ling was on his way to town, but then the £100k in his contract came up and we got MM.

but that's not the issue. if we had ling would we have any different players? i doubt it and we'd probably be as indifferent as we are most of the time.

another game and their keeper could have stayed in the dressing room and we still wouldnt have scored. We see to have lost our urgency completely and our attacking is dull and boring and why can we not defend?? Any shot on target teams have seem to land in our net.

Fact is Malpas has achieved nothing. He was the cheap option and proving exactly that. Play offs are over, lets just hope we stay up.

He was the cheap option FACT, or we would have Ling in charge, a Town hero with a proven track record. They went with Sturrocks mate FACT who has made us look shit. Im sorry anyone who thinks he is the best man for the job is a cunt. We should have been there abouts in the play offs, but we wont be now. FACT!

Yes we should have been in the play offs, this league is not much different from league 2.

He is Sturrocks mate you numpty, you have no idea!

All those who think he was the best choice, all i can say is, let now be proof he isnt. Lets see what he achieves. Andy King Part 2.

Im sorry anyone who thinks he is the best man for the job is a cunt.

And so Andy Fitton and pals are cunts then?

They were poor, we were worse. Things are not looking good.

I went to the game and I know the facts of what went on to get Malpas in charge. In time you guys will learn. If you think Malpas is the man, fair enough, you'll learn, same as the Andy King fans!

Apart from the Cheltenham match we have been poor of late, we play a horrible style of football and dont create the chance we did earlier in the season.

i saw that chris, right after some people in the townend started throwing things at him wasn't it?

....oh, apart from Oldham where we had 8 shots on targets.

or when we beat Nottm Forest, or the 2-2 draw away to Walsall or the home game against Swansea.

....as you keep saying, its all about the facts  :roll:

I went to the game and I know the facts of what went on to get Malpas in charge.

We'll see what you think next season after he has had a decent time in charge.

We'll see what you think next season after he has had a decent time in charge.

We'll see what you think next season after he has had a decent time in charge.

ummm yes, thats what I've been trying to say

If we are not carefull we could be back in league 2 next season!

unlikley. 8 points clear with a game in hand on at least 1/2 of the teams.

unlikley. 8 points clear with a game in hand on at least 1/2 of the teams.

On current foem, how can you say that? We are by no means clear of relegation!

If we play like we did today for the rest of the season we wont go down

Lets bump this thread next season, we'll see who was right ;-)

If we play like we did today for the rest of the season we wont go down

agreed.

We got beat!

yes, but not every team is as good as Leeds United, are they!

Were they that good though? I dont think so!

Other than Cheltenham, we have been poor of recent weeks!

Winning 19 games and only losing 7 seems to indicate Leeds United are a good team

Well their defence was good and alot stronger than alot of other back 4s we've seen down here this season.

Going forward, they didnt have too much about them....or in midfield but their defence stood up and were counted.

Against a lesser defence today we would have scored a few and won that game.

On a brighter note, I couldn't hear any drums from where I was sitting.

See, Malpas couldn't even organise that properly. :wink:

3 points on Tuesday and we'll be right.Bournemouth,Luton and Port vale are almost shoe-ins for relegation and I think there is  at least one other side(Gillingscum) that is worse than us.I've only got one gripe with MM and that's the decision not to recall Brez today after Tuesday.

That cheered me up too.

I also thought the away fans stealing the balls was quite funny.

That actually really pissed me off. :evil:

not trawling the thread so sorry if i'm going over old ground.

ref was shit,missed stuff for us but also missed a blatant pen from ifil in the second half.
comminges could play a higher level than this.
roberts had a decent game,as did paynter.
smith was a shadow of the keeper i know.
overall we had the better chances,the only reason they were not shots on target was down to player faults.the chances were there.
like the look of the new cb as he deffo has something about him.
town end looked idiots singing your support is fucking shit to leeds.
poor atmosphere for a big crowd.
loads of leeds in home areas.most were blatantly obvious as they had scarves and club wear on.well done stewards NOT!
saw a few scuffles pre match, and that was quite entertaining.

think we might have won if the midfield had balance.allen has the touch but is too weak.easton is not a right mid!
right substitution, but to late morris!

Thought we played fairly well compared to last saturdays shit, and think a draw would have been a fair result given the chances. They took their one clean cut chance and we didnt really create a great deal.

I went to the game and I know the facts of what went on to get Malpas in charge

i agree about roberts delivery from dead ball being a bit shit.

Just back and here are my thoughts So a win, did we deserve it, probably not, it wasn't an encouraging performance we seemed to have no midfield, they'd attack, Casper would kick it out and they would attack again that was the pattern for most of the day.
Right that's the negatives out of the way let’s look at the positives and give you a fans view. 3 points and a win was an absolute must today and the defense who although not amazing they did fight for the cause very well, especially Rui of course. Lubo I thought had a really shaky start but I did see him make some quality challenges later on and he'll deserve his place as long as he doesn't repeat his early performance today.

Basically though Gary Mac needs to sort out a non-existent midfield, there is no one to hold the play up, no one to feed the strikers regularly throughout a match and nobody who can make Leeds control the game.

That's that, we will need to perform better than that in the future but we weren't a great deal worse than Swindon.
You could say we were good where it matters and that is in the penalty boxes, but that may be pushing it a little. Kandol takes credit for a well taken goal his 2nd in 2 matches and he most certainly should have won us a penalty in the second half but the ref was waving to his mum in the crowd at the time.



A word about the fans, it was really hard to get a song going because we were spread out in probably the worst, most derelict ground I've been to. We had the stand behind the goal and then about a third of one of the side stands. At one point I think there were about 4 or 5 different songs being sung by different sections of our fans at the same time.
Police were funking shite you'd think they've never dealt with away fans before, police helicopters, loads and loads of vans with dogs, FFS they even penned us in for about 15 minutes or so. Ridiculous waste of time and taxpayers money, there was no trouble but having a helicopter, police dogs and getting us agitated by caging us up like animals would have made sparking some more likely.



We go Marching On Together but let’s win some more games and score some more goals hey?

I thought Leeds were pretty ordinary and the most unsporting guests down here for a while, particularly the front 2 who were complete tools. Thier goal was two yards offside and right in front of the lino. Their gyppo, however, was different class and was MOM for me.
The referee was also a complete tool. His decisions on handball and dangerous play were a shambles. Leeds certainly had the benefit of more decisions than we did. He also missed two stonewall penalties 1 for us on the Minge and one of theirs after Ifill fouled their guy.
I don't think we played particularly well and the lack of technique of a lot of players showed in these conditions.
Smith - looked poor. Roberts was OK until his last touch which was absolutely abysmal whether a shot or a cross. Ifill and Aljofree were OK as was Vincent. Despite the fact we have four wide men on the books, i personally think The Minge is better than all of them.
I wasn't impressed by the midfield at all. MOM for me was Paynter again abnd Cox did OK.
All in all a very frustrating game - I think we could have played all night and still not socred.

I actually think we miss Zaboob - he plays well down the left side with Vincent.

Whats up between MM and Zaboob? The game was crying out for someone who was less predictable than Roberts in the second half and but Zaboob seems to have been frozen out.

That actually really pissed me off. :evil:

I can't believe we didn't win yesterday... Talk about bloody one sided! Our lack of scoring and wins is beginning to concern me but we've got time to put it right... I hope.

Agree about Allen, very very promising young player. Needs to get in the gym and stock up a bit. But with more games I could see him being excellent.

Was Roberts told to float the ball in from every corner? so fucking annoying its hard to score with a header when there isnt much power on the cross! Roberts needs to whip the corners in, if u look at Ashley Young he whips crosses in with pace and defenders cant deal with it, if i remember correctly villa have scored the most goals from set pieces and Young has the most assists in the prem

Was Roberts told to float the ball in from every corner? so fucking annoying its hard to score with a header when there isnt much power on the cross! Roberts needs to whip the corners in, if u look at Ashley Young he whips crosses in with pace and defenders cant deal with it, if i remember correctly villa have scored the most goals from set pieces and Young has the most assists in the prem

yes, but Ashley Young is good and Roberts is shit!

think is, Roberts took so many shit corners/free kicks today, like he does every game.....so why keep letting him take them!

Well if thats true it's a big shame.

He would have got forward and given the strikers some good balls yesterday.

Zaaboub, Roberts, McGovern, Sturrock, Corr, Smith and maybe even Paynter will all be surplus to requirements for next season.

McNamee I feel will improve, the others are just ordinary average Division One/Two players.

Just survive this season then clear out the surplus and build a team around the strength the spine of the team - Brezovan, Ifil, Ajofree, Peacock, Easton, Cox

getting rid of Paynter would be stupid, that is all....

Thats absolutely rediculous. How can you want to get rid of half the team that was good enough 5 weeks ago. Theres no way Malpas can bring in players of the quality you are suggesting letting go.

McGovern, Corr, Smith and Paynter will all stay. Without exception.

Were people not around in january or what? We were playing really well. Best Ive seen for ages.

We should spend on a manager who brings in his own backroom staff. Malpas is a waste of time.

Zaaboub, Roberts, McGovern, Sturrock, Corr, Smith and maybe even Paynter will all be surplus to requirements for next season.

McNamee I feel will improve, the others are just ordinary average Division One/Two players.

Just survive this season then clear out the surplus and build a team around the strength the spine of the team - Brezovan, Ifil, Ajofree, Peacock, Easton, Cox

agreed mate, i can see Paynter scoring goals

not trawling the thread so sorry if i'm going over old ground.

ref was shit,missed stuff for us but also missed a blatant pen from ifil in the second half.
comminges could play a higher level than this.
roberts had a decent game,as did paynter.
smith was a shadow of the keeper i know.
overall we had the better chances,the only reason they were not shots on target was down to player faults.the chances were there.
like the look of the new cb as he deffo has something about him.
town end looked idiots singing your support is fucking shit to leeds.
poor atmosphere for a big crowd.
loads of leeds in home areas.most were blatantly obvious as they had scarves and club wear on.well done stewards NOT!
saw a few scuffles pre match, and that was quite entertaining.

think we might have won if the midfield had balance.allen has the touch but is too weak.easton is not a right mid!
right substitution, but to late morris!

I haven't seen as many games this season as you DV, what I've seen of Paynter is he is  OK, but that is it OK.

 We will probably need another 9 points from 12 games to stay up.....we've got 9 from the last 9, so on current form we should be OK, but there are some tough looking fixtures .   Lose to Uddersfield on Tuesday and the alarm bells should start ringing....they're the sort of team to beat, lose a lot away from home don't score many and ship a few.

  Worry is that it will be totally lacking atmosphere on Tuesday, can the players get themselves up, for this key fixture?

i hope dell is right.
because if he is, it will mean money would have been invested in better players than those he mentions.

hoping he is right, and thinking he is, are two different matters mind.

I thought Moony and Howard were both out of contract,, might be wrong?

Was Roberts told to float the ball in from every corner? so fucking annoying its hard to score with a header when there isnt much power on the cross! Roberts needs to whip the corners in, if u look at Ashley Young he whips crosses in with pace and defenders cant deal with it, if i remember correctly villa have scored the most goals from set pieces and Young has the most assists in the prem

Mcnamee is the best crosser we have here. He may not do some other things that great but from what i have seen his crossing is top class. That's why i would have subbed him on yesterday for Roberts with about 15 minutes left.

This is a terrible attitude to have. I know Paynter isnt everyones cup of tea. But he is a player who can be pushed to much better performances that what he gives us at the moment.

Thinking that we can just get rid of Paynter (100k), or McGovern (100k) just like that will take this club back to where we were. On the brink of collapse. We have to get the best out of what we have, buy in areas where we really do need players. Having said that, I think McNamee is a big mistake. So I suppose I am a bit of a hypocrite. But strengthen in areas the team/squad is weakest.

Weve been too hasty to disregard players who have suffered a dip in form in the past. Howard and Mooney spring to mind.

Changing 5 or 6 first teamers in the summer would be an absolute disaster. I could see us getting relegated if we let Malpas do that.

can see Paynter staying along with mcgovern and robbo, sturrock nicho pook will go, undecided bout corr

should have brought McNamee on for Allen and go 442, Roberts and McNamee down the wings getting balls into the box, we was sucessfull under Sturrock playing 442, our players suit 442 so Malpas plays 4-3.5-2.5  :?

Yeah or that. Either would have been fine. But Malpas didn't do any of them  :(

I think anyone who thinks someone would pay 100,000 pounds for JPM or Paynter based on their achievements here is somewhat wide of the mark anyway.

am i slating the players mentioned?no!
but if they were to be replaced by better ones i wouldn't be complaining.would you?

Err, thats what we payed for them.

Ifil has been shit for his last few games, I can see why he was dropped. Pat looked good til he pulled his muscle.

I just spoke to the bloke who covered the game for Radio Leeds (without revealing my affiliations.)

His summary "Swindon were pants."

 :cry:

I just spoke to the bloke who covered the game for Radio Leeds (without revealing my affiliations.)

His summary "Swindon were pants."

 :cry:

I liked the look of Kanyuka in the 20 minutes or so when he was on. I was worried everytime the ball went towards Ifil. Personally I thought he looked a liability, very surprised.

The beast was improved on saturday, athough still not back to his best. If you think he was a liability on sat, you should have seen his and Aljofree's "performance" v Wallsall!

Oh dear, they must have been woeful!