Not for me BA gets "pushed" off the ball too easy for my liking. And ok the PL is faster / higher tempo than the Championship but the physicallity in the Championship is greater than the PL, especially in midfield. "if" he was allowed to play im sure he has more than enough quality to play in the Championship but we all know we are going to targetted and BA will be first on most oppositions "hardman" list to stick it into. Id prefer BA to be offloaded and a spot made available to one of the young lads to try and make their own, Perkins, Gyabi, Joseph, Gray, Miller, we've a few decent lads that won promotion last season so why not present one of them a carrot?

One team ALWAYS come from nowhere Soopa, in December//Jan they could be 16th and in MAy they are in the Playoffs, Fulham done it from 17th one year i remember, its a mad league.

You aint wrong there Glory, sadly. Ya growing up and into my 20's / 30's we knew we were limited with the pool of players we had but at least they gave it a go, some still slate Big Jack (rip) over his "hoofball" tactic but hey it worked for him and those players, could they have played more on the ground? i think so but Jack had his way and as everyone knows its a results based business and tbf to Jack HE GOT RESULTS. With SK i just dont see improvement, in the space of 8-9 years we have gone from comfortably beating Gibraltar 7-0 (3 nil up after 20mins) to winning against the same opposition 3-0 but 0-0 at HT and us scoring our third in the 93rd min. Thats not improvement ROI inside the top 50 in the world rankings against a team outside the top 200, leave it out. But to top it all the media over here arent slating SK in fact some are still blaming John Delaney (i know he didnt exactly cover himself in glory) but the grass roots facilities really did improve all across the country not just in Dublin, but he gets no credit for that. The facilities that JD sanctioned money for are / were being used to develop this current crop of internationals, so without JD where would we be? i shudder to think. Yes we punched above our weight for years but now we have gotten soft, people saying we cant compete with the bigger countries (thats b*ll*x) look at Croatia ffs thier population is less than 4 million people and they are inside the top 10 in world rankings. SK has to go and the FAI need to bring back someone like Denis O Brien to pump proper money into the game, continue with Club development playing/building facilities but more importantly help the Domestic League (both divisions) to grow, help them compete in Europe win games break into the Europa League's and Conference Leagues group stages for a start and then in 10 years time have a few clubs trying to make it into the CL group stages. the age old saying money goes to money isnt a fairytale its true, invest properly in the right way and that investment will pay for itself in years to come.

Its a long time before the 6th of Aug I'll be blind if i keeping watching this sport

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Thought i replied to this thread yesterday????? Are the mods replacing the pink buttons with brown ones????? anyway i think 7 points from opening 4 games is best we will do if im honest. Beat baaaaaadiff and tractor boys a draw and and a loss in the other 2 fixtures, wouldnt be the worst start to the season but enough to keep us in contention, anything less and i feel another long season of frustration is ahead of us LUFC fans.

I think 7 at most. Should beat baaaaadiffff, and tractor boys, and a draw and a defeat in the other two games. 7/12 wouldn't be the worst start anything less and it will another long season i fear.

Starts on Aug 6th Home to baaaadiffff

Id have Eddie back in a heartbeat tbh TC10

Another brilliant pre-season about to be had. NOT I appreciate the new owners want to make the right appointment regarding the new manager but jezzz at the expense of the players going into pre-season training, new style of play, new combinations, this is has all the hallmarks of a pretty average start to the new footballing season.

I think Forshaw will need to prove that he is a PL player to other Clubs first. Yes when he did play he looked as if he could handle the job but unfortunately he hadnt any real sustained period of time in midfield playing against different setups to show what level he can play at. I like AF, i think he is a grafter but i hope he stays with us in the championship prove his worth in the Championship and then if leeds go up all good, if not he will have shown his value to other scouts. Only problem i see is his age at 32, 33 if he waits a year, will he have the legs to battle in the PL?

Not Slippy G for me Not proven he can sustain PL survival. Villa 21/22 season just over 1 point per game, thats too close for comfort would need some dross teams in the PL to be below us. Gers in a two horse race only manage just over 2 points per game, so that aint great either.

Let them off. To me they have shown (by there own actions) they are not committed to the LUFC, so off with them, give me a committed guy over a prema-donna any day of the week.

I agree with you Smurf. Yes the board has made mistakes radz included but i just dont see how one year Radz agrees to land one of the top 5 coaches into LUFc and 12 months later thinks someone like JM is a fitting replacement. I fear and have always had the opinion JM is a Yank Plant and JM picked 3 American players. Radz is a business man first and foremost so i dont think Jesse was HIS choice.

SELL THE LOT NO Heart, dont deserve the Jersey, give the starting 11 in the spurs game to the U23 side that actually fought for the Club this season and delivered something.

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I'm resigned to the fact we are down if anything else happens it would be a miracle. Spurs will open up up like a hot knife through butter 4-0 nil them And to be honest this LUFC team have done nothing for us especially since the WC, we've had more than enough chances to get ourselves out of trouble (even went 13th in the table once stage) but no there was no fight, no passion and if i was at ER on Sunday i wouldn't applaud them after the game, regardless of the result. Im still of the opinion something major happened in the Dressing room against Palace at HT and since then this squad was split, they were never "united" from that point. I honestly am hoping that Big Sam picks the U23 team (now that's a team id applaud regardless of the spurs result) but i know he wont, but many of this current LUFC squad dont have the stomach for a championship battle so i hope many are sold on. the fat lady is in full voice and belting out MOT unfortunately I honestly thought i couldnt be as dejected as i was in 2004, back then i had hope of bouncing straight back up, this time i know that aint happening so im utterly depressed as i see us now being lumped in with the Norwich's, derby's, coventry's of the footballing world

Angry is an understatement We could all see (the fans in the stand) where we had problems, our last two preseasons showed them up, we didnt address them. We were shocking at set pieces (its only since SA came in has that looked to be worked on) No play maker since siaz / pablo No decent centre half pairing (which imho broke mesilier's confidence) - Had cresswell but let him go eventhough we could all see we were one injury away from being behind the 8 ball. Millwall want to keep him i wonder why? No striker, despite rodders really improving this season in the ball in net department. NO, ZERO goals from midfield worth talking about (how can any team win games if Bambo cant score and rodders isnt playing????? NEVER ADDRESSED People can blame orta all they like but and i do too, but he is only one cog in the whole wheel, the players MUST carry the can for this almost certainly relegation season, but they are the last people that will be made feel responsible for this ultimate failure, the players were the ones that took the jersey and crossed the white lines, they didnt perform simple as that. Im raging not because we are dropping into the championship, its because this squad is more than capable of staying up imho, they are not the same United team that came out of the dressing room for the second half the day we played Palace. We had more than enough opportunities to pull away from the relegation fodder but the players didnt perform, and for me thats bloody criminal that here we are again is the faith of LUFC to aligned with the Norwich's, Derby's Coventry's of this world???????? Think radz has to go now, think the 49ers will try to buy a dead duck and wont really invest in LUFC becasue we arent in the big pond with the other big fish, so i fear in my 55th year that my beloved LEEDS UNITED is about to become an also ran :( Gutted But i've followed LUFC all my life and i wont change, never will, i just hope i dont have to look up how to fly from Ireland to Darlington to get to see our famous white jersey!!!!!

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Fair question and "if" SA does keep us up i think the Club should offer him a contract, and if big Sam walks away then the Club can hold its head high because if Sam does keep us up and he is glossed over then that wouldnt be just in my book. SA was overlooked at Newcastle after their takeover and you can see by the recent press interviews he gave that hurt him so im not surprised he got our lads up for the barcodes game. Hopefully SA keeps us up and hopefully the Club / Radz will do the right thing