Kristoffer Klaesson

[weasel]

Personally, a player has one or two good games and some folk are clamouring that they should start. We are all guilty of that presumption to a certain degree.

The step up to the first team squad is massive, starting is monumental. Professional seasoned coaching staff know best and whilst they are not always right, arguably they make the right call under the circumstances when they hold someone back or let someone go.

And very easy to do well in a solitary appearance or two or alternatively look sh*te for those two appearances and then get banded as either a world beater or sh*tter than something really sh*t.

Like tossing a coin. Just because it lands heads first two times doesn't mean it will keep landing heads.

[Cjay]

[White Riot]

classic

And with a Supersize Me Octuplet Big Mac n Fries in one hand and a bucket of Coca Cola in the other he'll still do better than Meslier

[Jaydog]

Maybe if Meslier got burgered up like Klaesson he might not be such a limp wristed twat.
Either that or he'd fill the goal.

[White Riot]

Maybe if Meslier got burgered up like Klaesson he might not be such a limp wristed twat.
Either that or he'd fill the goal.

With that dirty talk you're gonnna make me hungry Jay

I bet you say that to all the girls

It's been plain as day that Meslier has been shite for a long time now and he ain't gonna get better.

Should have been flogged and became someone else's problem, along with that albatross coach killer Bamford.

But our Daniel has made Meslier a vice captain in our leadership team He's quieter than a kid with a slapped arse.

That alone should raise concerns about DF's future at LUFC, and believe me that ain't the only concern.

[Jaydog]

With that dirty talk you're gonnna make me hungry Jay

I bet you say that to all the girls

It's been plain as day that Meslier has been shite for a long time now and he ain't gonna get better.

Should have been flogged and became someone else's problem, along with that albatross coach killer Bamford.

But our Daniel has made Meslier a vice captain in our leadership team He's quieter than a kid with a slapped arse.

That alone should raise concerns about DF's future at LUFC, and believe me that ain't the only concern.

So your ultimate fantasy is a woman covered in burgers, Riot?
Actually some parallels between Mes & Bamford.
They do the occasional amazing thing interspersed with utter dross.

[White Riot]

So your ultimate fantasy is a woman covered in burgers, Riot?
Actually some parallels between Mes & Bamford.
They do the occasional amazing thing interspersed with utter dross.

Just the burgers would do Jay

Agree on Mes n Paddy

Some of our fans have become so accustomed to mediocrity and misplaced sentimentality that they identify this as being good.

I always focus on what's good for Leeds United, not what's good for the interests of our players. Especially when they are not gonna cut it and help us progress.

Same applies to our coaches.

[Jammy 07]

Just the burgers would do Jay

Agree on Mes n Paddy

Some of our fans have become so accustomed to mediocrity and misplaced sentimentality that they identify this as being good.

I always focus on what's good for Leeds United, not what's good for the interests of our players. Especially when they are not gonna cut it and help us progress.

Same applies to our coaches.

The injury Bamford picked up during our outstanding away win at Boro last season directly contributed to us not being promoted.

Or have you forgotten that Piroe started in his place against Blackburn in the preceding match and we failed to score and then subsequently we were hammered 4-0 at QPR after his injury ?

[DDB220]

Isn’t this the MacKeeper that quite a few wanted as first choice last season ? I bet there will not be a post from some who said I was the only one who had faith in him….blah blah blah

[Jaydog]

Just the burgers would do Jay

Agree on Mes n Paddy

Some of our fans have become so accustomed to mediocrity and misplaced sentimentality that they identify this as being good.

I always focus on what's good for Leeds United, not what's good for the interests of our players. Especially when they are not gonna cut it and help us progress.

Same applies to our coaches.

Probably right there. You dont have to cuddle a burger after you've eaten it.

Mediocrity at Leeds United. Well I never….

[White Riot]

The injury Bamford picked up during our outstanding away win at Boro last season directly contributed to us not being promoted.

Or have you forgotten that Piroe started in his place against Blackburn in the preceding match and we failed to score and then subsequently we were hammered 4-0 at QPR after his injury ?

As I remember, we also conceded some soft goals at Boro, so I don't view it as being an outstanding win. Although I was jumping for joy that we won

I wouldn't see Bamford being unavailable as being the primary factor in us not getting promoted. We were tripe all over the park during that run in, and the defensive failures are still evident now.

Farke played the biggest part in our failure imo, but not just him.

Stats wise:

Last season
Bamford 8 goals in 33 appearances
Piroe 13 goals in 42 appearances

Bamford 14 goals in his last 71 appearances
Piroe 54 goals in his last 134 appearances

All league matches only.

Piroe is way more available and scores lots more than our Paddy.

[Jammy 07]

As I remember, we also conceded some soft goals at Boro, so I don't view it as being an outstanding win. Although I was jumping for joy that we won

I wouldn't see Bamford being unavailable as being the primary factor in us not getting promoted. We were tripe all over the park during that run in, and the defensive failures are still evident now.

Farke played the biggest part in our failure imo, but not just him.

Stats wise:

Last season
Bamford 8 goals in 33 appearances
Piroe 13 goals in 42 appearances

Bamford 14 goals in his last 71 appearances
Piroe 54 goals in his last 134 appearances

All league matches only.

Piroe is way more available and scores lots more than our Paddy.

All true.

However it's also true Bamford was dropped against Blackburn (h) and we suffered our first home defeat of the season. Paddy recalled against Boro and we score 4 before he went off injured on 75 mins.

Now I very well might be wrong but our results seemed better when Bamford played instead of Piroe. Although we certainly didn't miss Bamford in the play off semi final so it's quite possible I'm posting bollocks

[Kennyb41]

'With a fit PB we quite simply, get promoted'

We didn't get promoted.

PB got injured.

One did say.

[White Riot]

All true.

However it's also true Bamford was dropped against Blackburn (h) and we suffered our first home defeat of the season. Paddy recalled against Boro and we score 4 before he went off injured on 75 mins.

Now I very well might be wrong but our results seemed better when Bamford played instead of Piroe. Although we certainly didn't miss Bamford in the play off semi final so it's quite possible I'm posting bollocks

It's all conjecture anyway

And it's not inconceivable that I'm the one talking a load of shite, but otherwise there's no point in having a forum

Paddy has these rare periods when he seems like he can do things for us and spark others into life. Then he loses form, confidence goes out the window and he looks horrendous and magically picks up an injury and gets out of the firing line.

His form last season, just after Christmas, coincided with us having a great winning run. But for me it's like Farke stumbles across success rather than making decisions that generate success.

When things went wrong during the run in, other than Norwich, Farke was unable to turn things round and couldn't get one convincing performance from a squad that had rattled off nine wins, I think it was?, on the belt.

That was shocking, and as much as I wanted us to go up, if we had done we'd now be getting dry humped every week in the Prem. Which as we know from recent memory isn't a lot of fun.

After that amazing performance at Chelsea Farke had the information and ammo needed to start Joseph and that might have got us up too. But Daniel completely ignored a diamond that was laying at his feet.

So for me Farke needs to show some drastic improvement, that I don't feel he's capable of, or he'll be out on his arse fairly soon.

[danhirons]

It's all conjecture anyway

And it's not inconceivable that I'm the one talking a load of shite, but otherwise there's no point in having a forum

Paddy has these rare periods when he seems like he can do things for us and spark others into life. Then he loses form, confidence goes out the window and he looks horrendous and magically picks up an injury and gets out of the firing line.

His form last season, just after Christmas, coincided with us having a great winning run. But for me it's like Farke stumbles across success rather than making decisions that generate success.

When things went wrong during the run in, other than Norwich, Farke was unable to turn things round and couldn't get one convincing performance from a squad that had rattled off nine wins, I think it was?, on the belt.

That was shocking, and as much as I wanted us to go up, if we had done we'd now be getting dry humped every week in the Prem. Which as we know from recent memory isn't a lot of fun.

After that amazing performance at Chelsea Farke had the information and ammo needed to start Joseph and that might have got us up too. But Daniel completely ignored a diamond that was laying at his feet.

So for me Farke needs to show some drastic improvement, that I don't feel he's capable of, or he'll be out on his arse fairly soon.

Unpopular opinion, but the same thing for me happened with Bielsa. He rarely made any changes apart from enforced ones and so only ever made changes really when he was forced to and stumbled across some gems that way

[White Riot]

Unpopular opinion, but the same thing for me happened with Bielsa. He rarely made any changes apart from enforced ones and so only ever made changes really when he was forced to and stumbled across some gems that way

It was inevitable with Bielsa that there would be enforced changes, small squad, tough training regime, man to man marking system that requires quality players that we generally didn't have, injuries.

It would be interesting to see if our frequency of injuries has lessened since Bielsa departed? Cos my gut feeling is that it has.

Bielsa did try different things e.g. KP as a CB, which was swiftly jettisoned and then he molded him into a great DCM.

He did try James and Harrison as strikers, and that was never gonna work in the memory of man. Persistence with Tyler Roberts, nice kid, but zero improvement under Bielsa.

Farke was convinced Georginio is a number 9, and went on a 15 monologue, Bielsa style, to put to bed the idea that Georgi would be playing elsewhere and Piroe was not a striker. His hand was forced cos it didn't work and he had to change things to get Georgi out of the firing line.

So yeah, similarities in a stubborn outlook and refusal to adapt. During the run in last season Daniel refused to change things and failed to turn out fortunes around.

I'm the Prem, during our second season we were well and truly sussed under Bielsa and we had teams and coaches rolling up to ER and basically taking the piss out of us. So for me he 100% had to go. I loved him as a person and what he did for us, but you can't sit reminiscing about the past when you're falling apart on the pitch.

When Russell Martin was asked would he change tactics before the play off final he said "No need, we will continue with what has succeeded against Leeds United". Now that's confidence, and he justified it by having his team stroll around Wembley and pick up an easy win.

And yet Daniel has stated "We're not predictable". Maybe not to himself and some of our fans, but opposition coaches have recognised our predictably and adjusted to it.

[Jammy 07]

We should all hope Farke is successful otherwise it will most likely mean a 3rd season out of the PL with all the financial carnage that will bring.

The Championship will as ever be a tough grind but from our perspective it would probably be better if more teams are involved in the race for automatic promotion meaning we can throw in the odd bad performance without it really costing us.

[danhirons]

It was inevitable with Bielsa that there would be enforced changes, small squad, tough training regime, man to man marking system that requires quality players that we generally didn't have, injuries.

It would be interesting to see if our frequency of injuries has lessened since Bielsa departed? Cos my gut feeling is that it has.

Bielsa did try different things e.g. KP as a CB, which was swiftly jettisoned and then he molded him into a great DCM.

He did try James and Harrison as strikers, and that was never gonna work in the memory of man. Persistence with Tyler Roberts, nice kid, but zero improvement under Bielsa.

Farke was convinced Georginio is a number 9, and went on a 15 monologue, Bielsa style, to put to bed the idea that Georgi would be playing elsewhere and Piroe was not a striker. His hand was forced cos it didn't work and he had to change things to get Georgi out of the firing line.

So yeah, similarities in a stubborn outlook and refusal to adapt. During the run in last season Daniel refused to change things and failed to turn out fortunes around.

I'm the Prem, during our second season we were well and truly sussed under Bielsa and we had teams and coaches rolling up to ER and basically taking the piss out of us. So for me he 100% had to go. I loved him as a person and what he did for us, but you can't sit reminiscing about the past when you're falling apart on the pitch.

When Russell Martin was asked would he change tactics before the play off final he said "No need, we will continue with what has succeeded against Leeds United". Now that's confidence, and he justified it by having his team stroll around Wembley and pick up an easy win.

And yet Daniel has stated "We're not predictable". Maybe not to himself and some of our fans, but opposition coaches have recognised our predictably and adjusted to it.

wasn't there some weird stat that we had no injuries ahead of the pompey game for the first time in god knows how long? I suspect you're right

You're right, I have a friend who followed gladbach (where farke managed) and the Germans were so infuriated by his refusal to make subs/change things around etc.

[JoeDenver]

Isn’t this the MacKeeper that quite a few wanted as first choice last season ? I bet there will not be a post from some who said I was the only one who had faith in him….blah blah blah

Not enough evidence to say he was better than Mes or not, but he clearly outperformed Darlow and was my pick for #2 over him. Obviously this was prior to the recent run of poor off field choices…

Frankly, I can’t believe what goes in the heads of some of these athletes. Given the keys to the castle and instead choose to piss it all away.

[The Subhuman]

Not enough evidence to say he was better than Mes or not, but he clearly outperformed Darlow and was my pick for #2 over him. Obviously this was prior to the recent run of poor off field choices…

Frankly, I can’t believe what goes in the heads of some of these athletes. Given the keys to the castle and instead choose to piss it all away.

I think he's a good goalkeeper, I'll happily own up to that.