Emne: KAMP: vs. Walsall 15/12

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Neste kamp er borte mot Walsall på Banks' Stadium (Bescot Cresent) lørdag 15. desember, kl. 16



Overall Record: 10 6-4-0  22-5
- Home; 4-1-0 13-3
- aWAY; 2-3-0 9-3

FA Cup
17/01/1995 Elland Road FACR3R 5 - 2 17881 Deane, Masinga, Masinga, Masinga, Wetherall
07/01/1995 Bescot Stadium FACR3 1 - 1 8619 Wetherall

League Cup
08/10/1985 Fellows Park LCR2-2 3 - 0 8869 Snodin, Snodin, Linighan
25/09/1985 Elland Road LCR2-1 0 - 0 8869 -

League
01/05/1989 Elland Road Division Two 1 - 0 13280 Aizlewood
03/12/1988 Fellows Park Division Two 3 - 0 6885 Davison, Davison, Whitlow
13/03/1963 Elland Road Division Two 3 - 0 17077 Storrie, Storrie, Johanneson
27/10/1962 Fellows Park Division Two 1 - 1 7353 Johanneson
14/04/1962 Fellows Park Division Two 1 - 1 9005 Johanneson
25/11/1961 Elland Road Division Two 4 - 1 10999 Peyton, Charlton, Charlton, Bremner (pen)

Kilde: Leedsfans.org.uk

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Walsall: Leeds Players
This is a list of players who have played for Walsall who have also played for Leeds.

  Leeds  **  Walsall
Player From To ** From To Apps Goals

Len Dunderdale 01/03/1939 01/04/1946 01/03/1936 01/05/1938 32 19
John Finlay 01/06/1951 01/06/1952 01/08/1953 01/06/1954 11 0
Eugene O'Doherty 01/08/1920 31/05/1922 31/05/1926       
Bobby Webb 01/04/1951 01/03/1955 01/03/1955 01/07/1955 9 3
George Meek 01/08/1952 01/08/1960 01/01/1954   44 6
George Meek 01/08/1952 01/08/1960 01/07/1961 01/06/1965 128 22
Terry Carling 01/11/1956 01/07/1962 01/06/1964 01/12/1966 101 0
Chris Crowe 01/06/1956 08/03/1960 01/09/1969 01/06/1970 13 1

Allan Clarke 01/07/1969 01/06/1978 01/08/1963 01/03/1966 72 41

Mick Bates 01/09/1964 01/06/1976 01/06/1976 01/06/1978 85 4
Brian Caswell 20/11/1985 01/03/1988 01/09/1973 01/08/1985 400 17
Gary Williams 01/07/1987 01/01/1990 01/03/1980   9 0

Ronnie Sinclair 01/06/1986 01/09/1989 01/09/1991   10 0

Julian Joachim 30/06/2004 04/07/2005 24/03/2005 08/05/2005 8 6

Jamie Forrester 20/10/1992 17/10/1995 30/12/1999 21/03/2000 5 0

Danny Hay 19/08/1999 15/05/2002 10/07/2002   35 0

Michael Ricketts 24/06/2004 30/06/2006 13/09/1996 17/07/2000 90 15

Shaun Allaway 01/03/2000   01/11/2003   0 0

Kilde: Leedsfans.org.uk

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Walsall: Bescot Stadium


RARE DESTINATION: Bescot Stadium

FELLOW PARK, the stadium where Walsall Football Club was born and bred, was just six years short of its centenary when it was wiped from the Football League's map in 1990.
* Name: Bescot Stadium
* Capacity: 11,500
* Record Attendance: 11,049 v Rotherham in May 2004
* Distance from Elland Road: 122 miles
* Year ground opened: 1990
* United's last visit: January 7, 1995

The ground staged its first fixture on September 1, 1896, but became redundant after the completion of Bescot Stadium. United were among the last clubs to visit, turning out for a second division game under Howard Wilkinson in December 1988. United produced a 3-0 victory.
Much of the credit for Walsall's new ground was due to their former chairman, Barrie Blower, who worked relentlessly to maintain the club's Football League status and provide the town with what was one of the country's most modern stadia during the early 1990s. Around £4.5m was ploughed into the development, initially producing a capacity of 11,104, but the decision to replace the terracing at the William Sharp end with seats in 1992 – at a cost of a further £28,000 – dropped that figure to around 10,000. When Bescot's Purple Stand was opened five years ago the capacity rose again to its current figure of 11,500.
Walsall's home is now officially titled the Banks' Stadium, the result of an 11-year shirt sponsorship agreement between the club and Banks' Brewery. To the majority of supporters inside andoutside the west midlands, however, the ground remains the Bescot.
The Purple Stand, or the Floors-2-Go Stand as it has been renamed, is the stadium's only two-tiered structure and stands behind one of the goals. Otherwise, Walsall's home is an under-stated residence.
At the opposite end to the Purple Stand, away fans sit in the William Sharp Stand, and United can expect to receive around 2,000 tickets for next season's clash, 10 days before Christmas.
The ground is one of the more straightforward to reach. Bescot is served by its own train station, minutes from the away end, and the ground lies just off the M6.
The clubs' most recent encounter in the west midlands in 1995 pulled in just 8,619 for an FA Cup third-round tie, but that figure is likely to be eclipsed. It remains to be seen, though, whether United's visit next season can threaten the record attendance of 11,049.

YEP

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Kjent fjes!



Eneste kjente fjes på Banks' er Michael Ricketts, som har tegnet en tre måneders lånekontrakt 2. november fra Oldham.

Den tidligere engelske landslagsspissen fikk 25 seriekamper (15 som innbytter) og 0 mål, samt 5 ligacup-kamper (2 mål) for Leeds i sine år (2004-06) 

http://www.saddlers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10428~8215,00.html
http://www.leedsfans.org.uk/leeds/players/31928.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ricketts

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Kamp 8/12:

Crewe A. - Walsall 0-0

Saddlers keep out Alex in stalemate
Walsall extended their unbeaten run to nine games in all competitions with a 0-0 draw against Crewe at the Alexandra Stadium.
The visitors started brightly and could have been three up in the first 30 minutes as veteran striker Tommy Mooney caused the Crewe defence all kind of problems.
Mooney could have scored in the 10th minute but he hooked a shot into the side netting after a deep corner from Daniel Fox.
Then it was Fox's turn to worry Crewe goalkeeper Ben Williams with a thunderbolt from long range which was heading into the bottom corner.
Williams then superbly denied Peter Sweeney in the 32nd minute after Mooney had squared to the left winger, but Crewe came the closest to scoring when Elliott Bennett fired against the post from 20 yards after 35 minutes. Walsall continued their supremacy in the second half but the unmarked Scott Dann header over just over the bar after 50 minutes.
But Mooney missed the best chance of the game from just two yards out after a goalmouth melee in the 59th minute, with his shot blocked by Gary Roberts on the line.

Walsall:  1 Ince, 5 Gerrard, 3 Fox, 18 Bradley, 2 Weston, 15 Dann, 22 Sonko, 12 Sweeney *, 7 Wrack, 10 Mooney, 7 Ricketts ** 
On The Bench: 13 Bossu, 6 Roper, 12 Demontagnac * (75), 11 Hall, 19 Deeney ** (88) 
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Money opts to take positives
Walsall boss Richard Money refused to be critical of Tommy Mooney after he missed a golden opportunity to grab all three points at Crewe.
Veteran striker Mooney missed the best chance of Saturday's goalless draw just short of the hour mark at Gresty Road, but Money remained upbeat as his side extended their unbeaten run to nine matches.
Crewe closest to breaking the deadlock in the League One clash when Elliott Bennett fired against the post from 20 yards after 35 minutes.
Money said: 'Tommy Mooney is a great leader and I think we gave him some good service, he's our talisman.
"We are in good form and one or two people from our division will look at this game and our result against Forest (a 1-0 victory) and be a bit suspicious of us."

TeamTalk

[BERGH]

Dette blir en vanskelig kamp da Walsall har bare fått 2 mål bak seg på de 7 siste seriekampene.  Nesten pottetett.

Men vi har toppscoreren i serien

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United are planning for Saturday's game against Walsall without Tresor Kandol, who picked up his fifth yellow card of the season on Saturday. The striker has incurred a one-match ban and misses the clash at Bescot Stadium. (YEP)

[auren]

Da er det vel duket for Flo fra start kanskje? Spørs hvordan det går med rehabiliteringen av De Vries og Constantine.

auren, som har tro på en tøff kamp...

[Roy]

Kan fort bli Flo fra start. Er enig med de som sier at dette blir vanskelig, Walsall virker bra bakover, men scorer ikke mye. Tett kamp med lite mål?

[Sleivind]

Da er det vel duket for Flo fra start kanskje? Spørs hvordan det går med rehabiliteringen av De Vries og Constantine.

auren, som har tro på en tøff kamp...

Constantine er vel defintivt ikke tilbake til helga, De Vries var vel bare ute med sjukdom, så han bør vel være klar til helga. Så det blir spennende å se om Wise velger å bruke Flonaldo fra start.

[Leif Egil]

Flo og Beckford på topp er jo et meget spennende spisspar. Og burde skremme vettet av de fleste forsvar i League One! Så spørs det om Flo holder seg skadefri ut uken da...

Walsall borte blir forøvrig en hard nøtt å knekke. Tror vi skal være tålig fornøyd med 1 poeng her - men jeg tar gjerne i mot 3 nye...

[Peter7]

Dette blir en soleklar Leeds-seier.
Sier bare: Michael Ricketts

[flynn]

Ifølge YEP http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/leedsunited/Stil-no-starting-slot-for.3573536.jp vil ikke Wise bruke Flo fra start. Han holder ikke mer enn en omgang eller så sies det.
Derimot er De Vries frisk igjen etter å vært syk forrige helg, mens Løven er klar som ett egg etter tåskaden. Han fullførte hele treninga i går, og bør derfor være makkeren til Beckford på lørdag etter mitt skjønn.

Flo er vel ganske sikkert på benken, og med Wise sin taktikk med å hive innpå spisser mot slutten av kamper hvor det trengs mål så blir nok De Vries ganske sikkert også å finne der mot Walsall.

Kandol ligger an til å få en skikkelig utfordring, om han vil tilbake i startoppstillingen 


flynn

[Jon R]

Takk for flott oppdatering, flynn. Har selv litt liten kapasitet til å tråle internett om dagen. 

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Scott Dann looking forward to Leeds clash
 
SCOTT Dann today admitted that the visit of Leeds United on Saturday is the season's stand-out occasion at the Banks's Stadium.
Walsall's 10-match unbeaten run faces its biggest test yet against a Leeds side who would lead League One by 13 points had they not been docked 15 points for breaching competition rules.
Leeds are averaging two goals a game. Walsall have conceded just five in the last 13 - so it should be a compelling contest.
Twenty-year-old Dann has been a huge factor in the Saddlers' superb defensive record. Now he is prepared for the sternest test of his fledgling career.
"Leeds was the first fixture everyone in this division looked for in the summer," he said. "Many people think Leeds shouldn't be in this division and everyone here is just looking forward to Saturday. As a player you always want to play against the top teams in the league.
It will be a tough game but going into every game you want to keep a clean sheet, so in that way it doesn't really make a difference who you play."
Walsall will be aiming for a seventh clean sheet in eight games after a scrappy 1-0 FA Cup win over Northampton on Tuesday.
"It was not one of our better performances," admitted Dann. "But we are through to the next round, which is what we wanted."
 
icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk

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Ifølge YEP http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/leedsunited/Stil-no-starting-slot-for.3573536.jp vil ikke Wise bruke Flo fra start. Han holder ikke mer enn en omgang eller så sies det.
Derimot er De Vries frisk igjen etter å vært syk forrige helg, mens Løven er klar som ett egg etter tåskaden. Han fullførte hele treninga i går, og bør derfor være makkeren til Beckford på lørdag etter mitt skjønn.

Flo er vel ganske sikkert på benken, og med Wise sin taktikk med å hive innpå spisser mot slutten av kamper hvor det trengs mål så blir nok De Vries ganske sikkert også å finne der mot Walsall.

Kandol ligger an til å få en skikkelig utfordring, om han vil tilbake i startoppstillingen 


flynn

Jeg tror ikke det finnes noen som kan erstatte Kandol. De Vries virker som Bambi-på-isen (les: Brian Deane) og Constantin er for liten til å fylle target-man rollen.
Kandols hodespill og styrke teknisk kan bare matches av Flo, men det er vel bare utopi å tro at han holder en halv sesong som førstevalg på topp som makker til Beckford.

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Leeds 'in fantastic form' - Walsall boss Money



Walsall boss Richard Money has urged the clubs supporters to play their part in attempting to halt the Leeds United juggernaut at the Banks's Stadium this weekend. The Saddlers are expecting the biggest crowd of the manager's reign and go into the clash on the back of a ten match unbeaten run which has produced six clean sheets. However, Money is by no means under-estimating the size of the task posed by the Whites, who have racked up 15 wins already in a remarkable season.
'Our supporters are going to have to sing very loud to make themselves heard and inspire the team - and I am sure they will not disappoint,' he said. 'We know we are facing opposition with some excellent players and in fantastic form. But we could not be meeting them at a better time. We're in good form, we will meet the challenge full on and I'm sure our younger players are eager to show a wider audience what they have to offer.'
Young defender Scott Dann is anticipating a compelling contest. 'Leeds was the first fixture everyone in this division looked for in the summer,' he explained. 'Many people think Leeds shouldn't be in this division and everyone here is just looking forward to Saturday. As a player you always want to play against the top teams in the league and the best players. It will be a tough game but going into every game you want to keep a clean sheet so in that way it doesn't really make a difference who you play. We have been playing well as a team so hopefully we can keep them out.'

glorygloryleeds.com

[BERGH]

Kanskje Carole bør få starte på topp sammen med Beckford.   Da kan vi gå for hurtige kontringer.

[Per-Stian]

Ankergren

Richardson Marques Heath Hughes

Prutton Douglas Howson Carole

De Vries Beckford

Bytter: Flo i 20 min for De Vries, Westlake 15 min for Prutton, Kishishev 5 min for Howson

[Runar]

Vet ikke noe særlig om Walsall, men d at Kandol mangler kan jo gi muligheten til noen andre...

De ser jo ikke ut til å slippe inn mye mål Walsall så valget av angrep og strategi kan bli avgjørende.

Flo tåler ikke mer en max en omgang så han bør starte på benken. Constantine er vel skadet, Carole på topp er en litt spennende tanke. Vi kan jo Gå over til 4-5-1 å bare ha becks på topp, eller vi kan benytte De Vries. Jeg er ikke noen stor fan av denne De Vries og skulle helst ha gitt Ameobi en kamp framfor han. Elliot kan jo få en sjelden mulighet også.

Sitter jo ikke med fasitet, men selvtilliten i laget bør jo være såpass at det kunne vært en gyllen mulighet til å prøve Elliott...Uansett hvordan han gjør det så kommer jo Flo inn å scorer på første berøring etter en drøy times spill

----------------Casper---------------
Frazer - - - Marques -- Heath - - Hughes

Prutton - - Douglas - - Kish - - Carole

                       Howson

                     Beckford
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Eller Elliott inn på topp og Howson ned på midtbanen for Kish

[jackbauer68]

Blir nok De Vries på topp med Beckford.Og hvorfor tror dere han setter ut Westlake?Wise skrøt han opp i skyene etter H`field,så Carole må nok nøye seg med benken.
Blir noen spennende uker nå i alle fall,vi satser på Top of the League innen nyttår

[pedro]

Er det fortsatt ingen som vett staus på Da Costa. Er han skada eller?

[BERGH]

Costa vil bli lånt ut ifølge Wise

[BERGH]

Fotballeksperter i leeds mener at FLO vil starte kampen.   Dette blir en vanskelig kamp. Hvis jeg husker riktig så lå Walsall sist i begynnelsen av serien hvis vi ser bort ifra leeds.

Det betyr at de er en av formlagene i divisjonen

come one leeds

Ankergren, Richardsen, Heat, Marques,Hughes, Prutton,Douglas,Kishishev,Westlake, Beckford, FLO

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Wise: Pressure what pressure?

Leeds United will travel to Walsall in search of their 16th league victory tomorrow with manager Dennis Wise insisting: "The pressure is off us."
Wise expects the strain of the chase for a top-six finish in League One to bypass his players during the second half of the season after seeing United revive the form that built their 13-match unbeaten run at the start of the term with convincing wins over Port Vale and Huddersfield Town last week.
Leeds have already negated the 15-point penalty which installed them as leading candidates for relegation from League One in August, and their victories last week brought seven goals without reply, including four in their crushing defeat of Huddersfield at Elland Road.
Wise's squad have a slight chance of reaching the top of the league this weekend, although four teams above them would need to drop points, but United's manager plans to keep his players free from the pressure of the challenge they have undertaken.
Wise said: "I like them to enjoy themselves and to relax. What can happen? This isn't life threatening.
"I don't want them to feel any pressure and they don't need to at the moment. We're doing very well and the players know they are. They're confident.
"They had a bit of a bad spell (in November) but they still didn't show it. You have to remember the pressure that was on them at the start of the season – the pressure on us was whether we were going to stay up. It's off us slightly."
United's assistant manager Dave Bassett indulged the increasing expectation in Leeds by revealing last week that the club planned to reach the top of League One by the end of this year, but the opposition presented to Wise at Bescot Stadium tomorrow will draw his gaze away from January 1.
Walsall are unbeaten in 10 matches and will turn out with confidence this weekend. The fixture pitches Michael Ricketts against his former club and the striker's goal ensured Nottingham Forest were beaten for only the second time away from home this season earlier this month.
Wise said: "We've done very well but, at the same time, we've done nothing. I keep saying it, but it could all go pear shaped and it could all go wrong.
"If we lose the next 15 games, I'd be out of a job. But we have to feel confident because we've done very well so far.
"I don't feel the pressure. I didn't feel it last year either, even when I had 3,000 Leeds fans running after me at thefinal whistle (after United's 1-1 draw with Ipswich Town in April). I'm quite relaxed about it all, and I want the lads to feel like that."
United are sitting on 32 points, two points behind leaders Swansea City and Leyton Orient, and Wise admitted the congested make-up of League One was assisting the club's ambition of promotion. Leeds predicted before the start of the season that the most prominent club would have cleared 40 points before Christmas, but Wise said: "I think it's going to be a lower points total than we expected from the winning team this season – lower than the last five years.
"A lot of teams have beaten each other, and it's been up and down. It's panned out quite nicely for us.
"We looked at the first 19 or 20 games in a list, and we put certain teams on 39, 40 or 41 points after those games. It's been decent for us so far. There aren't any runaway leaders."

YEP

[Per-Stian]

Manager Dennis Wise will warn his confident looking United side to be wary of Walsall when his men look for their 16th league victory of the campaign.

"It's going to be a tough game for us and they'll cause us problems, we know that," the United boss said.

Walsall are unbeaten in their last ten matches and were in eighth place, just four points behind fifth-in-the-table United, after last weekend's matches.

"They are a very well organised side who play 4-4-2 and we know what they are about. We have had a look at them and this game will be tough for us.

"They are not far away from a play-off place so we know we have a game on our hands. They are a decent team and it will be up to us to 'do a bit'," he added.

But United recovered from their November 'blip' with successive victories against Port Vale and Huddersfield Town, scoring seven goals and keeping two clean sheets.

The United boss admitted that his players were in high spirits this week. "We had an 11-a-side game on Tuesday and it was very good. One of the teams was the one that will start against Walsall and it was a very lively game.

"It was good to see that they were doing the things that we have asked them to do.

"We're doing very well and the players know they are. They're confident," he added.

http://www.leedsunited.com/page/NewsroomDetail/0,,10273~1191146,00.html

[Leppan]

Walsall har ikke tapt på de 10 siste kampene, det positive er at de ikke scorer mange mål, men slipper også inn lite med mål.

[Roy]

Walsall har ikke tapt på de 10 siste kampene, det positive er at de ikke scorer mange mål, men slipper også inn lite med mål.

Da kommer tapet i morgen 

[Asbjørn]

Frykten min foran kampen går i at vi kanskje ikke klarer å sette noen inn i "Kandol-rollen". Frykter at de Vries blir for rusten og at Flo ikke holder lenge nok (kan jo være at Wise driver "mind games" med sine uttalelser ang. the Flo).  Og må f.eks. Constantine inn blir vi gjerne "for trang" i spillet vårt når vi ikke har Kandol til å fordele baller..

Men bevares, kan da godt være at de Vries stopper kjeften på meg.

Men det virker som Walsall'erne er flinke å holde tett bakover... Så dette kan fort bli en motvindsmatch...

[stefan]

Hvis det er ett lag i denne møkkadivisjonen som kan åpne forsvaret til walsall så er det oss!!