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Er det en konspirasjon eller har jeg vært maks uheldig?

Jeg var med i Fantasy Football League i regi av The Football League forrige sesong og blant over 30000 deltakere klarte jeg å karre meg til en 3. plass som igjen medførte at jeg vant en signert matchtrøye fra en klubb i The Championship. Jeg valgte en signert trøye fra Leeds United og har gledet meg til å ramme den inn. Problemet er at The Football League klarer ikke eller vil ikke skaffe denne trøyen, eller så har Leeds United ikke ønsket å gi en signert trøye som premie til TFL eller så har LUFC aldri fått forespørselen.

Det hele startet 18. juni med denne gledlige mailen:

"Dear Kenneth,
 
We’re delighted to inform you that following the culmination of the 2013/14 Football League Season your team ‘Lids United’ finished 3rd in the overall Fantasy Football League table. You are therefore entitled to claim your prize of a signed shirt from a Championship Club of your choice. Could you please confirm with us which Club’s shirt you would like and we can then organise it with the relevant club.
 
If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact me.
 
Kind regards,
 
Jon Marzetti
Commercial Assistant"


Etter litt mailing frem og tilbake så fikk jeg denne mailen 4. august:

"Hi Kenneth,
 
Due to a certain changes at Leeds, this is taking slightly longer than usual. I can confirm that this is still very much on our list of our priorities and we are working alongside Leeds to organise this.
 
With regards to the address I’m sure we will be able to send it over to Norway, however if there are any issues surrounding this then I will be in touch and we will organise a relevant address in the UK for it to go to.
 
Any further queries please get in touch.
 
Apologies again for how long this has taken.
 
Kind regards,
 
Jon"


Så tok jeg kontakt i begynnelsen av oktober og fikk da denne mailen:

"I am no longer at The Football League, please telephone 020 7487 9900 for assistance"

Etter litt frem og tilbake så skulle en Russell hjelpe meg med drakten:

"Hi Kenneth

I hope you’re well and enjoying the start of the week.

We’re having enormous trouble procuring the signed shirt from Leeds.  We would like to offer you instead two hospitality tickets to a Football League game of your choice (availability permitting).
 
Please let us know a suitable fixture and I will endeavour to arrange.

Kind Regards
 
Russell"


Dette syntes jeg var skuffende og spurte da litt rundt på Twitter om det var noen som visste noen som kunne hjelpe innad i klubben (spurte etter mailadressen til Massimo). Da tok det av og et par mente at TFL aldri hadde spurt klubben og at de motarbeider fans og klubb så ofte de kan.
I lang tid etter det begynte å ta av så fikk jeg denne mailen:

"Hi Kenneth

I will explore that option and get back to you.

In the meantime it has been brought to my attention that you have contacted Leeds United via social media on the subject of the shirt below. I would very much appreciate it if you could remove the posts, and direct all correspondences regarding Fantasy Football and Prizes therein to us at the Football League. All prizes that we offer on competitions are caveated with a clause that they are subject to availability as there are many factors that can impact this both internally and externally, and not necessarily to do with the club itself.
 
Kind Regards
 
Russell"


Blir spennende å se hvordan dette ender, ser ut til å jeg går tomhendt hjem.

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Rotherham United Football Club er en engelsk fotballklubb som spiller i Football League Two. Klubben ble stiftet i 1870, og ble valgt inn i The Football League i 1893.
Grunnlagt: 1870
Idrettsanlegg/stadion: New York Stadium
Administrator: Steve Evans
Treningsfelt: Roundwood Sports Complex


The Sky Bet Championship clash between Rotherham United and Leeds United at New York Stadium has now SOLD OUT.



Fredag 17.oktober:  Rotherham - Leeds  kl 20.45 Sky sports / TV 2 premium/ Sumo

http://www.themillers.co.uk/team/

Becchio er ute med ankelskade i 3 måneder. De har også Ryan Hall i stallen, kommer til å bli heftig hvis han spiller. Paul Green kjenner vi jo godt, og Frazer Richardson spiller også for The Millers.

"Stjernespiller" er vel Ben Pringle og Matt Derbyshire kjenner vi jo fra før.

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Ordet er fritt / EX-manager/head coach: Darko Milanic
« på: September 20, 2014, 00:46:51 »


NYE HEAD-COACH, DARKO MILANIC, ER LEEDS' FØRSTE SOM IKKE KOMMER FRA ØYRIKET!


Simon Austin:
I've had quick contact with Massimo Cellino tonight and he says it's "95% sure" that Darko Milanic will become the new Leeds United head coach.
The club's Italian owner says he will know for sure on Sunday. Presumably this is when Milanic should have sorted out his severance deal with his current club, Sturm Graz.

Privately, Cellino admits he made an error in appointing Dave Hockaday - too inexperienced a manager and lacking the profile and probably the personality for such a big role.

He realised he needed a more experienced boss to come in, which inevitably meant spending more money.

The search led him to the 46-year-old Slovenian, who was an international player of some standing, and who has had success as a manager with Maribor in Slovenia, and then with Austrian side Sturm Graz since the summer of 2013.

And this might sound flippant, but it really isn't - Milanic is also not a bad looking bloke. This will not have escaped Cellino's attention.

He regularly commented on how ugly Hockaday was and even insisted this had held him back in his coaching/ managerial career.

There were other candidates for the job, of course. Cellino tried to get Oscar Garcia, and thought he had succeeded, only for Watford to beat him to the signature of the 41-year-old Spaniard.

He also met former West Brom manager Steve Clarke, but wasn't convinced the Scot really wanted the job.

In fact Clarke admitted he wanted to manage a Premier League side.

Cellino joked that Clarke had once been assistant to Gianfranco Zola (at Watford), so can't have been taught very well.

The two Italians famously fell out when Cellino owned Cagliari and took Zola there as a player.

The 58-year-old also met former Leeds boss Simon Grayson - and his agent. The eccentric Italian joked that he wasn't sure who was the manager and who was the agent, because the latter spoke more than the former.

Cellino admits he's baffled and frustrated that managers (or head coaches) in England all seem to have agents, and that they exert so much influence.

He insists things are different in Italy.

Anyway, it looks like Milanic is the man, so long as he can sort out the final details of his severance with Sturm Graz, and we should know on Sunday.

Another chapter begins at Elland Road, with the club about to appoint their first foreign coach.

Cellino insists that Milanic will have a talented and improving squad of players to work with if he comes in. The Italian has been impressed with their recent progress under caretaker boss Neil Redfearn.

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På tur til England / Leeds - Blackpool 8. november på Elland Road.
« på: September 10, 2014, 20:32:38 »
Bare jeg som velger årets sikreste hjemmeseier? Blir torsdag til søndag på meg!

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Ordet er fritt / Ex fotballkonsulent: Graham Bean
« på: August 21, 2014, 16:30:23 »
Wiki:
"Graham Bean (born 1961) was the first Compliance Officer of the English Football Association.

Born in Barnsley, he served with the South Yorkshire Police for 20 years before joining the Football Association in January 1999. He had previously served as chairman of the Football Supporters Association (FSA) from 1996 until his appointment at the FA. Whilst chairman of the FSA, he served on the Football Task Force, which was chaired by former Conservative MP David Mellor.

Whilst at the FA, Bean investigated many high profile disciplinary incidents and led investigations into financial irregularities at Chesterfield and Boston United. On leaving the FA in 2003 Bean set up his own football disciplinary consultancy service, Football Factors. Bean has also worked as an adviser to Sir Alex Ferguson.

In 2012, TwoHundredPercent.net referred to Bean as a cybersquatter after he began buying up internet addresses relating to the Northwich Victoria Supporters Trust's new football club the day after a vote on the name. When interviewed by the Northwich Guardian Bean argued that he engages in "sharp business practice"."


Bean er han til høyre:)

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-fa-appoint-mr-bean-as-new-sleazebuster-1184251.html
Sitat
Graham Bean, who will give up his job as a detective constable in the South Yorkshire police force to take up his new position in January, has been the national chairman of the Football Supporters' Association for the past two years.

Bean's new role - his official title will be Football Association Compliance Officer - will be to oversee issues of financial irregularities, drug abuse, racism, violent play and general misconduct within football.

"As compliance officer, he will be responsible for investigating and, where appropriate, prosecuting disciplinary cases and alleged breaches of the FA's rules and regulations," an FA spokesman said yesterday.

In high-profile cases of alleged misconduct by players, managers or clubs, Bean will investigate the evidence and recommend to FA chief executive Graham Kelly - who remains the overall decision-maker on such issues - whether action should be taken. If a personal hearing is then requested before an FA disciplinary committee, Bean will take on the role of prosecutor, which does not currently exist.

The FSA added in a statement: "We welcome the establishment of the post and hope the compliance officer and in time any future compliance unit will make a significant contribution to tightening up regulation within the game, particularly in relation to the financial affairs of individual clubs.

"We congratulate Graham and, although he will step down as FSA chair at the FSA national committee meeting on 15 November, we are confident that he will continue to represent the interests of fans competently and effectively in his new post."

Bean was elected national chairman of the FSA in July 1996 and in that capacity is a member of the Football Task Force headed by former MP and broadcaster David Mellor.

While at the FSA, Bean has also been involved in setting up a nationwide bank of solicitors and barristers with expertise in football-related law.

The role of a compliance officer was first proposed in Sir John Smith's report to the FA last year into the values, finances and reputation of football in the wake of the so-called `bungs' inquiry.

Other measures being introduced following the report are the establishment of a code of conduct, the modernisation of disciplinary processes and the setting-up of a financial advisory unit to give information to clubs. A short-list of 10 lawyers, police officers and people with a criminal justice background was drawn up for the new post, from which Bean was chosen.

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Ordet er fritt / En varslet renessanse
« på: August 13, 2014, 15:59:52 »
Massimo Cellino varslet en renessanse og den kommer tidligere enn mange av oss forventet.

Nå ser det ut til at Cellino fikk litt hastverk med å forsterke laget etter den forsmedlige kampen mot Millscum.

I dag ser det ut til at vi signerer:
- Liam Cooper(22 år), en meget lovende midstopper.
- Giuseppe Bellusci (24 år), midstopper og en tidligere u-21 landslagsspiller for Italia med nesten 100 kamper i Serie-A.
- "Billy" Sharp (28 år), en født målscorer som vi har vært linket til i nesten 10 år.

Fra før har Cellino signert: Silvestri (keeper), Taylor (keeper), Berardi (forsvarer), Benedičič (midtbane), Bianchi (midtbane), Ajose (angrep) og Doukara (angrep).

Ut porten har disse forsvunnet: Ashdown, Pugh, Drury, Brown, Diouf,  Green, Ariyibi, Varney, Stewart, Peltier, Zaliukas, Lees og McCormack.

Jeg vil påstå at vi ikke kommer til å savne noen av de som har gått ut av porten foruten Ross, og han er et stort tap. Derimot så vil trolig flere av de nye spillerne forsterke oss, spørsmålet er hvor mye..

Etter sesongen er flere av disse på vei ut, da de har utgående kontrakter: Kenny, White,  Warnock,  Thompson,  Austin,  Tonge,  Norris,  Hunt, Smith og Poleon.

De eneste som er verdt å beholde er Smith. Når resten forsvinner så vil det bli plass til enda flere gode Cellino-kjøp.

Cellino varslet en renessanse og det ser jammen ut som han gir oss en også. Når han kjøper tilbake Elland Road før november så er vi nesten der vi skal være, klar for opprykkskamp i sesongen 2015-16..

Forza Leeds!

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.....+ LUTV på iPhone/iPad.

På TV:
- Et lite tips til dere som betaler GET eller andre 349,- i måneden for å se Premier League, The Championship osv.. Slutt med det!

Kjøp dere en AppleTV til 700,- og TV2 Sumo Gull til 2199,- for et år (190,- pr, måned). Da har dere allered spart litt over en høvding. Sumo kan jo også brukes på telefoner, nettbrett osv. Du går altså aldri glipp av en eneste kamp..

AppleTV og Sumo kan også brukes til mye mer enn fotball!


LUTV på iPhone/iPad

- Last ned en nettleser som heter "Puffin Free Web Browser" som er gratis
- Betaler du 7,- kr i halvåret så har du flash support og kan se og lytte på LUTV





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Ordet er fritt / Deal OFF: Federico Viviani
« på: Juli 22, 2014, 19:59:22 »
På plass i Mansfield i kveld, klar for Leeds i morgen? Trolig på ett år lån fra Roma, 22 år!

"Defensiv" midtbanespiller med en fryktet frisparkfot!




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Ordet er fritt / EX-Head-coach: Dave Hockaday
« på: Juni 18, 2014, 17:08:58 »
Skrevet av: Eirik Aase (http://championshipnorge.com/?p=4391)

Det ser ut som David Hockaday blir ny hovedtrener hos Leeds United. Han er et ukjent navn for de fleste, og her kan du lære litt om hvem han faktisk er.

Helt siden Massimo Cellino tok over som sjef på Elland Road har det ligget i kortene at Brian McDermott ikke kom til å fortsette som sjef på Elland Road etter denne sesongen. At han fikk sitte helt til sesongslutt var overraskende nok for min egen del. Etter at McDermott forsvant ut portene hos Yorkshire-klubben har Cellino gitt klar beskjed om at han kom til gjøre en liten omstrukturering utenfor banen. Istedenfor å bruke den britiske modellen med en manager som styrer alt fra overganger, gnagsår til taktikk, har han valgt å innføre en modell som er helt vanlig i Italia, hvor man har en sportsdirektør som styrer det meste som gjelder overganger, kontrakter og mye mer, i tillegg til en hovedtrener som tar seg av trening, taktikk osv.

Hovedtreneren skal lede laget fra benken, og er den som kommer til å få mest fokus i media. I denne rollen ga Cellino tidlig uttrykk for at han ønsket en britisk trener, og folk som Chris Hughton og Gary McAllister ble tidlig linket til klubben. Etterhvert seilet Readings akademisjef Eamonn Dolan frem som favoritt til jobben, men Cellino skal visstnok ha blitt overrasket over hvor høyt verdsatt han var hos Reading. Etter mye spekulasjoner rundt Dolan, kom det klare beskjeder på tirsdag kveld om at Dave Hockaday ser ut til å ha sikret seg jobben som hovedtrener på Elland Road. Mange har nok allerede klødd seg godt i håret og lurt veldig på hvem denne Hockaday faktisk er, og derfor skal du her få en kort presentasjon om mannen som skal lede The Peacocks fra sidelinjen den kommende sesongen.

Etter ungdomsfotball hos den lille klubben Billingham Synthonia gikk turen til Blackpool i 1975 for den 17-år gamle Dave Hockaday. The Seasiders lå da i Second Division, som var det nest øverste nivået i England på den tiden. Der spilte han i åtte sesonger, og på den tiden fulgte han The Tangerines ned til Fourth Division, før han forlot klubben til fordel for divisjonsrival Swindon Town. Der tok han turen opp til Second Division igjen etter to opprykk med The Robins, og det kunne faktisk ha blitt opprykk til øverste divisjon også hadde det ikke vært for rot utenfor banen. De vant nemlig play-off finalen mot Sunderland i 1989/90-sesongen, men ble etterhvert fratatt opprykket på grunn av økonomiske problemer. Han forlot klubben foran den kommende sesongen for £50k, og hans neste destinasjon var Hull City. Da hadde han allerede spilt over tre hundre kamper for The Robins, og det ble nedrykk for Hockaday i hans første sesong hos The Tigers. Mot tampen av karrieren gikk turen til Stoke City på lån, før han gikk permanent til Shrewsbury Town. I 1995 tok han turen ut av ligasystemet for å spille for Cirencester Town, og det var nok her trenerinstinktet i Hockaby for alvor kom til syne.


David Hockaday har litt av en jobb foran seg.

Han startet et fotballakademi i Cirencester, som heter The Cirencester Football Academy. Dette akademiet ble etterhvert godt kjent i hele fotball England etter at de vant National College Championship. Hans akademi var en av de første kjente akademiene, og i ettertid har de aller fleste store klubber på balløya blitt inspirert av hans akademi. Fem år etter at han startet akademiet ble han hentet til Watford for å være trener for U18-laget til The Hornets. Under hans opphold på Vicarage Road var han med på å utvikle spillere som Ashley Young, Paul Robinson og Tommy Smith. Fem år etter det igjen ble han førstelagstrener hos Watford og var da med på å lede laget til Premier League i 2005/06. Halvveis ut i første sesongen i Premier League ble han sparket da Adrian Boothroyd valgte å erstatte han med Malky Mackay. Han ble da hentet til MK Dons av Martin Allen, og ble med Allen til Leicester City etter sesongslutt. Dessverre for Allen fikk han ikke nyte Hockadays tjenester lenge, for bare noen uker senere ble han ansatt som trener for ungdomslaget til Southampton. Etter halvannet år i jobben på St Marys ble han løst fra kontrakten igjen. Han slo seg nok en gang sammen med Martin Allen som da var i Cheltenham Town, men ga seg der når klubben ansatte John Schofield som sjef.

Etter flere år som trener skulle Hockaday endelig prøve seg som manager. Forest Green Rovers trengte ny manager etter at Jim Harvey var ferdig i klubben, og Hockaday fikk jobben med å overta. I sitt første intervju som Rovers-sjef fikk han spørsmål om han hadde det som trengtes for å bli manager. Da svarte han klart og tydelig at han hadde vært manager i femten år, ettersom han hadde hatt de samme arbeidsoppgavene som en manager under hans jobber som trener for ungdomslag osv. Derfor var han ikke redd for å begi seg ut på oppgaven som sjef på The New Lawn, men dessverre ble det lite suksess fra start av. Forest Green endte faktisk på nedrykk i Conference Premier, men takket være økonomiske problemer for Salisbury City, fikk de likevel beholde plassen i ligaen. I den påfølgende sesongen var de nok en gang utrolig nær nedrykk til Conference South. Denne gangen var det en bedre målforskjell som reddet de fra nedrykk. I de to påfølgende sesongene gikk det bedre, og Forest Green endte på 10.plass i to sesonger på rad. På slutten av 2012/13-sesongen ble han linket til managerjobben hos Swindon Town etter at Paulo Di Canio forsvant fra The Robins, men han avfeide ryktene, og ga klar beskjed om at han trivdes godt hos Forest Green.

Forrige sesong ble en skikkelig nedtur for Hockaday, og til tross for ligaens kanskje høyeste budsjett, tapte de syv av åtte kamper i september/oktober. Eneste utvei for klubben var å gjøre en endring på ledersiden, og klubben ble enig med Hockaday om å avslutte arbeidsforholdet i oktober. Siden den gang har det ikke skjedd noe nevneverdig i managerkarrieren til Hockaday, og hvis han nå blir ny Leeds-trener, blir det veldig interessant å se om han har det som trengs for å lede Leeds United tilbake til Premier League.

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Ordet er fritt / EX-Altmuligmann: Benito Carbone
« på: Mai 29, 2014, 22:50:54 »
"Benito Carbone was frequently described as a mercenary during his six years as a player in England.
All in all, the diminutive Italian forward played for 18 clubs during a lucrative career that featured spells at Sheffield Wednesday, Aston Villa and Bradford City.

So it's something of a surprise to hear the 42-year-old explain he is working for free at Leeds United.

"At the moment, I have got no contract and am not taking one pound," explains the immaculately turned out Italian.

"But that is no problem, because I want to prove I can do my best for this club and for the chairman.

"I am not bothered about money now. You need to show how good you are at your job. When the chairman decides to give me a contract, I’m here."

So what exactly is his job?

Carbone certainly set tongues wagging when he attended Leeds' Championship game against Birmingham on April 26th, wearing an official club jacket.

People presumed he must have been about to take over as manager from Brian McDermott. After all, he already had experience as a manager, after spells in the lower leagues in Italy with Patvia, Pavia, Varese and St Christophe.

Yet the former forward, who is 5ft 5 and doesn't look a pound heavier than in his playing days, insists the manager's job was never even on the table for him.

Manager's job

"My job title is technical consultant for the first team and especially the academy," he explains in clear English.

"The priority for me is the academy, because we need to build a new structure for next season.

"When I retired in 2010 I was manager for three years in Italy, but I never talked to Mr Cellino about my first manager's job, never ever.

"We still have Brian, the manager, and the assistant coach Nigel (Gibbs). I never speak to the chairman about the first team job.

"He said 'help me now, outside the pitch', and that’s my job."

He admits he does aspire to become a manager one day though, which perhaps explains why he was eager to come to Leeds and work for nothing.

"My priority is one day to be manager," he says. "I don’t know where, if it is the first team in Leeds or if I have the opportunity to start with the under 21s.

"At the moment this is my role and I am very happy to do it. Maybe in 20, 25 days I change something and go to do something else. I am very happy to do that.

"The chairman wants to keep an English manager, like Brian. We still have the manager now, so we don’t talk about a new manager.

"The priority is to sort the problems inside the club and the academy. We don’t talk about the first team, because that is ok."

Cellino has spoken about Carbone with such warmth and affection that you could be forgiven for thinking they have known each other for years.

Yet, in truth, the pair didn't know each other even two months ago. Carbone takes up the story of how they came to work together.

"My former agent, Giovanni Branchini, is like my father. I worked with him from the age of 12, 13, up to 35.

"He is friends with Mr Cellino, who asked him who could come to Leeds to help him. He suggested me.

"I had never met Mr Cellino before I came here. I thought maybe in two days he will kick me out again! Fortunately, it was not like that.

"He liked me a lot and gave me a lot of responsibility from the first day. For me, it’s the best thing that has happened in the last one and a half two years.

The 'real Cellino'

"For me, it is fantastic to work with him. I want to grow and with him you grow, because he understands about football and really understands about everything."

The respect and affection is clearly mutual. Carbone always refers to Leeds' colourful new owner as 'Mr Cellino' or 'the president' and describes him as a mentor.

"I first met him in his office and after that meeting, everything was clear," Carbone remembers.

"He is a good man who has experience about football and really understands it. He also has a big, big heart.

"He gives you a chance to really do a job for the club. The first thing he said to me was ‘you don’t need to work for Massimo Cellino, you need to work for Leeds United’.

"He really understands that this is a big, big club and he wants to do his best. With this chairman, we can bring this club again to a high level, in one, two, three years' time.

"He is a clever person. I’ve seen him work for two or three weeks and he is incredible. He impressed me. He starts in the morning and finishes maybe at six or seven the next morning.

"Even when he is not hear we speak on the phone once or twice a day. For sure we will be back again on a big, big level.

"He tries to sort every problem and, believe me, at this club there are a lot of problems."

That's certainly something of an understatement.

About 85 staff at the club are expected to be made redundant; Cellino and McDermott have barely spoken since the Italian took over last month; players claim they found out they were being released via the media and social media; and former managing director David Haigh - who was originally earmarked for the chief executive's role - has been in jail in Dubai.

However, Carbone urges the fans to keep the faith and insists the club is now on the right track.

"It is not chaos - maybe before (Cellino arrived) it was chaos," he says. "When the chairman started, he was trying to build the family.

"That is why we need to understand who are the right people to work for this club.

"We try to sort every single problem before the season starts because we want to leave the players and coaches free. When the season starts we must think to play football."

He argues that redundancies simply have to be made.

"There is debit everywhere and Mr Cellino pays every single day from his pocket," Carbone says.

"If you have 100 people and just 20 work and the others watch, then you don’t need the other 80. We need everybody on the same direction, the same objective.

Academy changes

"That is the best way to build a family - to work together to the same objective. There were a lot of people saying ‘this is my area, not your area, so you can’t work here’.

"No, it is not good. We are a family. You help me and I help you and we work together."

Was it right for players to be told of their released after they had read about it though?

"After the last game (of the season), the manager organised straight away to go on holiday with the team," Carbone says.

"Then we had time until Friday to give to the Football League the (retained) list. If we don’t give to them then they fine us.

"If we don’t talk with the manager then we need to take the responsibility. It’s really quick, a short time."

The academy will also have to be reformed because it is haemorrhaging money, says the former Inter Milan and Napoli star.

The academy currently caters for groups from under-nine upwards, but they might have to start at under-15s and even sacrifice the club's category two status in the short term in order to save money.

"The chairman had the same structure in Cagliari - starting from under nines," Carbone explains.

"But the cost was maybe 75% less (than it is at Leeds). That is why the club every single season had big problems and finished the season with no money or risk to close everything."

Cellino has ordered McDermott, his coaches and all the players back to Elland Road on Monday - and Carbone believes that will mark the start of a new era for the club.

"The chairman wants to talk face to face with every player and understand whether they want to stay here," he says.

"With the manager, we will organise everything for next season.

"I think the players will stay here maybe two or three days and then maybe go back on holiday for another two, three weeks, and be ready to go on pre-season.

"We have the idea to go on pre season somewhere in Italy. I don’t know where exactly at the moment."

Carbone is currently living in a city-centre apartment in Leeds, but might bring his wife and two sons, who are agers 16 and 18, over in due course.

His younger boy in particular is a very good footballer, and currently plays in Inter Milan's academy.

Carbone admits: "He is not bad - good quality, a midfielder", and he chuckles when I suggest he could come and play for Leeds, saying "that is a good idea".

So what are the expectations for next season? Cellino has suggested it could be too early to gain promotion, with that being more likely in 2015/16.

"With many things we have a chance to do better, because every single season we have to do better," Carbone says.

"New players, new ideas, new philosophy. Strong, compact, every single one to the same direction, from the secretary to the chairman, to the coaches, to me.

"For sure we can then do better next season and I am excited."

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Ordet er fritt / Avkortning i ferie!
« på: Mai 18, 2014, 16:55:43 »
Det diskuteres mye i diverse fora om at Cellino har sagt at gutta skal møte 28. mai i stedenfor 3-4 uker senere som de er vant til.

Hvorfor gjør han dette og hva skal han få ut av dette? MC har jo sagt at han vil snakke med hver enkelt spiller og i slutten av mai/begynnelsen av juni er en fin tid for dette.

Han har jo også stengt TA, hvis han har tenkt at spillerne skal tjuvstarte oppkjøringen så blir jo det litt underfundig.

Hva skjer egentlig?

Jeg synes i utgangspunktet ikke synd på bortskjemte spillere som har underprestert.

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Ordet er fritt / Sesongen 2014-2015
« på: April 03, 2014, 11:18:14 »
Fixtures for Season 2014/15 will be revealed at 9am on Wednesday 18th June.
http://po.st/a2xtkm ‪

SEASON 2014/15 

June 2014
18th   Fixture release date (click for more info)
    

August 2014
9th   Season start (click for more info)
w/c 11th   Capital One Cup Round 1
w/c 25th   Capital One Cup Round 2
    
September 2014
w/c 1st   Johnstone's Paint Trophy Round 1
w/c 22nd   Capital One Cup Round 3
    
October 2014
w/c 6th   Johnstone's Paint Trophy Round 2
w/c 27th   Capital One Cup Round 4
    
November 2014
w/c 10th   Johnstone's Paint Trophy Area Quarter-Finals
    
December 2014
w/c 1st   Capital One Cup Round 5
w/c 8th   Johnstone's Paint Trophy Area Semi-Finals
 
January 2015
w/c 5th   Capital One Cup Semi-Final 1st leg
w/c 12th   Johnstone's Paint Trophy Area Finals 1st leg (subject to change)
w/c 19th   Capital One Cup Semi-Final 2nd leg
    
February 2015
w/c 2nd   Johnstone's Paint Trophy Area Finals 2nd leg (subject to change)
    
March 2015
1st   Capital One Cup Final
22nd   Johnstone's Paint Trophy Final
    
May 2015
23rd   Divisional Play-Off Final - Wembley Stadium
24th   Divisional Play-Off Final - Wembley Stadium
25th   Divisional Play-Off Final - Wembley Stadium

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Ordet er fritt / EX-lånespiller: Jack Butland
« på: Februar 20, 2014, 17:15:03 »
Bekreftet på www.leedsunited.com

På lån ut sesongen..

Keeper og en solid sådan. Bra signering!

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Ordet er fritt / RYKTER: Spillere inn - spiller ut, del 22
« på: Februar 01, 2014, 00:58:17 »
Danilo Fernando Avelar, born on June 9, 1989 in Paranavai, Paraná, is a professional Brazilian football player. He currently plays for Leeds United.

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Ordet er fritt / Ex-Storaksjonær: Massimo Cellino 5/4-14
« på: Januar 30, 2014, 22:58:48 »


http://sulia.com/channel/soccer/f/39b9fcd6-ecb7-4097-8797-b93afe66d9db/?action=prop&source=tw&form_factor=desktop

Sitat
Massimo Cellino's intervention on Leeds United's transfer planning came as the Italian businessman was granted extraordinary access to the club's training ground on Monday. With Cellino replacing the now-ruptured English consortium Sport Capital as GFH's preferred bidders for a majority stake in the club, he arranged for his choice as coach, Gianluca Festa, to tour Leeds' Thorp Arch training complex.

 According to club sources, Cellino's group requested that GFH place a hold on Varney's proposed switch to Blackburn Rovers on the basis that they regarded the forward as an important part of their plans for the team. Those plans were also to include the import of seven overseas players to be led by Festa, who observed training on Monday and asked to be granted a seat on the Elland Road bench for Tuesday's Championship meeting with Ipswich Town.

 â€œI’ve had to go through a lot,” said Brian McDermott on Thursday. “Things you never thought you’d go through. It’s been beyond frustrating.” The Leeds manager has so far survived GFH's own move to sack him during a run of eight games without victory as well as Cellino's attempt to replace him.

 Varney is now expected to join Blackburn as agreed on Friday's transfer deadline day, saving £12,000 a week of salary for GFH, which has been borrowing from Andrew Flowers and his principal Sport Capital consortium partner to cover Leeds' wage costs. It is also an indication that Cellino's takeover bid is not set to complete

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Leicester: (spilte hjemmekamp mot Man City 17. desember, 1-3)

Leicester - Burnley (14. desember) 1-1

CITY (4-4-2): Schmeichel; De Laet (Wasilewski 70), Morgan (c), Moore, Konchesky; Knockaert, James, Drinkwater, Dyer; Nugent (Taylor-Fletcher 70), Vardy (Schlupp 83).

Subs not used: Hammond, King, Miquel, Logan.


QPR - Leicester (21. desember) 0-1

CITY (4-4-2): Schmeichel, De Laet (Wasilewski 81), Morgan (c), Moore, Konchesky, Knockaert, Drinkwater, James, Dyer, Vardy (Taylor-Fletcher 68), Nugent (Schlupp 78)

Subs not used: Hammond; King, Miquel, Logan


Leicester - Reading (26. desember) 1-0

City (4-4-2): Schmeichel, De Laet, Konchesky, Drinkwater, Morgan (c) James, Vardy, (Taylor Fletcher 88) Dyer (Hammond 86), Moore, Knockaert, Nugent (Waghorn 75)

Subs not used: King, Miquel, Logan, Wasilewski


Leicester - Bolton (29. desember) 5-3


City (4-4-2): Schmeichel, De Laet, Konchesky, Drinkwater, Morgan (c), James, Vardy (King 86), Dyer, Moore, Knockaert (Hammond 86), Nugent (Taylor-Fletcher 77)

Subs not used: Waghorn, Miquel, Logan, Wasilewski


Millwall - Leicester (01. januar) 1-3

City (4-4-2): Schmeichel, Wasilewski, Morgan, Moore, Miquel, Knockaert, King, Hammond, Dyer (De Laet 56), Taylor-Fletcher (Schlupp 74), Nugent (Drinkwater 80)

Subs not used: Logan, Konchesky, James, Waghorn,


Leicester - Derby (10. januar) 4-1

City (4-4-2): Schmeichel, De Laet, Konchesky (Schlupp 71), Drinkwater, Morgan (c), James, Vardy (Wood 79), Dyer, Moore, Knockaert, Nugent (Taylor-Fletcher 83)

Subs not used: Hammond, King, Logan, Wasilewski

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Ordet er fritt / EX-lånespiller: Jimmy Kebe
« på: Januar 09, 2014, 16:39:13 »


På lån ut sesongen og opsjon på kjøp sier ryktene.



Legger inn denne foreløpige meldingen fra LUFC.com:
http://www.leedsunited.com/news/article/bzgis8fjseqq1cp5fm82qqppo/title/kebe-set-to-be-next?

Legger ved "confirmasion" fra LUFC.com:
http://www.leedsunited.com/news/article/12tqyfw1bsoqu1hv8cfsahssa8/title/no-holiday-for-jimmy

 :)

"promo"

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Ordet er fritt / Januarvinduet-2014
« på: Desember 29, 2013, 21:52:15 »
McD etter kampen mot Nottingham Forest:

"I have given four names to the owners, we will see if we can do a deal when it comes to the money."

Hva tror dere?

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Har Nottingham Forest skadetrøbbel når de spiller med høyrebacken Halford som spiss, eller liker Davies en høy spiss som kan kaste langt?



Forest: Darlow, Lichaj, Hobbs, Lascelles, Jara, Vaughan (Chalobah 67'), Lansbury, Reid (c), Abdoun (Paterson 82'), Mackie (Derbyshire 86'), Halford
 Subs not used: De Vries, Harding, Osborn, Majewski
 Scorers: Halford 29', Reid 80'
 Booking: Darlow 85'

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Ordet er fritt / Stallen opprykkssesongen 2014-2015
« på: November 05, 2013, 21:35:09 »
Alt positivt som skjer denne sesongen tar jeg som en bonus, skulle vi havne på play-off og rykke opp så er jo denne tråden til en hvis grad irrelevant.

Keepere:
Kenny (2015)
Cairns (2014, forlengelse?)
Ashdown (2014, forlengelse?)

Høyrebacker:
Byram (2016)
Peltier (2015)

Venstrebacker:
Neil Warnock (2015)
Aidan White (2015)

Midstoppere:
Pearce (2016)
Lees (2016)
Wootton (2016)
Zaliukas (2014, forlengelse?)

Høyre midtbane/ving:
---!!---

Venstre midtbane/ving:
---!!---

Sentral midtbane:
Austin (2015)
Murphy (2016)
Green (2015)
Mowatt (2016?)

Spisser:
McCormack (2016)
Smith (2016)
Morison (2016)
Blackstock (signere etter lån?)

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Spillere som ikke får ny kontrakt etter sesongen (?):
Ryan Hall
Michael Brown
Zac Thompson
Danny Pugh
Luke Varney                                       
Adam Drury                                           
El Hadji Diouf   

Spillere som blir solgt/gitt bort etter sesongen (?)
Tonge (2015)
Norris (2015)
Hunt  (2015)

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Alle forsterkninger er velkomne, men for meg ser det ut som vi er godt dekket i forsvar, sentral midtbane har også god dekning.

Vi trenger vinger på begge sidene og vi trenger en 20-måls spiss (kan det holde med Ross og Dexter)?

Hadde vi klart å kvitte oss med alle disse så burde det frigjøre MYE penger til nye spillere: Hall, Brown, Thompson, Pugh, Varney, Drury, Diouf, Tonge, Norris og Hunt.

Håper at McD jobber med de som skal inn i januar og etter sesongen allerede nå!

Gir stallen og McD oss en grunn til å være optimist??


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Ordet er fritt / EX-Spiller: Scott Wootton
« på: August 20, 2013, 21:12:44 »
Ny midstopper!


Scott James Wootton (født 12. september 1991 i Birkenhead) er en engelsk fotballspiller, som spiller for Manchester United. Wootton spiller primært som midtstopper, og har også blitt brukt som venstreback.


Wootton startet karrieren i Tranmere Rovers, og i en alder av 13 gikk han til Liverpool. Han spilte for Liverpools U-18-lag fra han var 14 år, men gikk til Manchester United etter å ha avslått et tilbud om kontrakt som juniorspiller for Liverpool. Wootton signerte for Manchester United i 2007, hvor han spilte for rekrutteringslaget og reservelaget fram til 2010/11-sesongen.

Wootton gjorde sin første inntreden for Manchester United den 26. september 2012, da laget slo Newcastle United på Old Trafford i Ligacupen, og han gjorde sin Champions League-debut da han kom inn som innbytter for Jonny Evans etter halvspilt kamp mot CFR Cluj, en kamp Manchester United vant 2–1.

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Ordet er fritt / Matchday Hospitality - VIP-billetter
« på: August 15, 2013, 19:36:12 »
"Måtte" kjøpe VIP-billetter før bortemøtet mot City forrige sesong og det gav litt mersmak. Artig med Danny Mills og Norman Hunter som delte noen artige historier, og det gjorde ikke noe å starte med litt champagne og mat før kamp.

Er det noen av dere som har testet "suitene" og alt de fører med seg, erfaringer? Skal på Leeds - Birmingham i oktober og tenkte jeg skulle unne meg litt ekstra..

https://www.lufc.talent-sport.co.uk/PagesPublic/ProductBrowse/MatchDayHospitality.aspx

https://a248.e.akamai.net/images.talentarena.co.uk/Leeds/v3/Assets/1314_MH_Brochure.pdf




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Ordet er fritt / Fantasy Football League og Fantasy Premier League
« på: August 03, 2013, 12:22:57 »
Vi er 9 stykker som er meldt på i "LUSCOS"-serien, det hadde vært artig med noen flere.

Hva med Håvard K, Jon R, DHY, hb, Kato, Jackbauer, Bjorn, Auren og alle de som vil være med???

Her er en LUSCOS liga som utspilles i vårt "kjære" The Championship: PIN: 7679891

http://fantasy.football-league.co.uk/

Her er et lag til en deltager:



Det er gratis og meget fort gjort!! Hvor mange Leedsspillere er det på ditt lag??

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Ordet er fritt / Ex-CEO: Paul Hunt, varte bare noen måneder
« på: Juli 22, 2013, 19:18:01 »
Sparket fra Blackburn og velkommen skal du være.

Alt er vel bedre enn Shaun?

KEY APPOINTMENT MADE AT ELLAND ROAD


Club appoints acting CEO...

Leeds United are delighted to announce the appointment of Paul Hunt as the club's new acting CEO.

Paul brings a wealth of footballing experience to the club having previously been Deputy CEO at Blackburn Rovers and Commercial Director at both Leicester City and Wigan Athletic.

Paul has already been assisting the club on a consultancy basis and his appointment as acting CEO comes with the start of the new Championship season less than two weeks away.

Managing Director David Haigh said: "We are very pleased with this appointment as it strengthens the existing management team we have in place. Paul has already been working with the club in an advisory capacity and in his new role he will have a key part to play in the day to day management of the club."

Paul Hunt said: "I'm delighted to have the opportunity to join Leeds United. It goes without saying that this is a huge football club with a terrific history and fanbase.

"Having already witnessed the enthusiasm and dedication of the staff here during my time as a consultant, I am looking forward to working more closely with them and the owners."

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Har laget en LUSCOS liga i Fantasy Premier League også denne sesongen. Code to join this league: 147453-62752

http://fantasy.premierleague.com/

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Her er en LUSCOS liga som utspilles i vårt "kjære" The Championship: PIN: 7679891

http://fantasy.football-league.co.uk/


Bli med i år også!!

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Ordet er fritt / Leeds salute/hilsen redder familiestemningen..
« på: Juli 13, 2013, 13:51:24 »
Jeg er vel ikke alene om å ha barn som går i barneskolen. Der snakker de kun om Manchester United, Ronaldo og Messi.

Sønnen min på 7 år sier at han ikke liker Leeds selv om han har fått mange drakter og annet supporterutstyr opp igjennom årene. Han liker Manchester United og Ronaldo. Ronaldo og Real Madrid kan jeg godta, men ikke SCUM.

Har snart vært på Tenerife i 2 uker nå og lillegutt synes det er artig at ukjente gutter/menn slår seg på brystet når de ser meg i Leedsutstyr eller når han selv går i det.. Han har også lært seg Leeds salute nå og sier at han holder med Leeds..:)

Leeds salute FTW..   God sommer, tre uker igjen..:)

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Ordet er fritt / Den store taktikkeri-tråden!
« på: Juli 09, 2013, 13:09:00 »
Ser ut som McD holder det han lover, spille en stil som passer spillerne han har tilgjengelig.

McC virker å få en offensiv midtbaneplass bak to spisser. For å få til det så må vi spille en diamant på midten. De to sentrale blir Tonge og Murphy? Ankeret blir vel enten Green eller Austin?

White og Byram hadde passet som vingbacker, men Warnock får vel venstrebacken.

Dere som er i Slovenia får utdype mer hvordan spillet ser ut....

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Ordet er fritt / 01.07.2013 dagen hvor alt ble snudd på hodet?
« på: Juli 01, 2013, 11:46:36 »
 ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)

Bates ut, Harvey litt mer ned og Murphy inn.

TSS
Sitat
Leeds United brought in the post-Bates era with sweeping boardroom changes and big promises for a successful future.

A statement on the official site confirmed Salah Nooruddin as the new Leeds United chairman, while David Haigh becomes Managing Director and Shaun Harvey “steps down” as CEO, but retains a role at the club as director.

Harvey remains a director of the club due to his “considerable footballing experience” Nooruddin told the official site, which is an unusual way to sum up his three administrations, but I suppose he’s better placed than most to spot potential pitfalls – having fallen into the vast majority of them at some point.

Huge potential, great club, excellent fans; all the standard remarks of people joining Leeds United are being thrown around by Nooruddin and Haigh this morning, but they’re coupled with some big promises of investment and plans to make Leeds United a “first class football club”.

Speaking to BBC Radio Leeds’ Adam Pope, Haigh told fans that Leeds United “have a fantastic manager in Brian McDermott, and will be investing in the squad this summer” while Salah Nooruddin added “we will bring in a new era for Leeds United, delivering the first class football club supporters crave and deserve.”

All of this comes amid speculation that Luke Murphy is at Thorp Arch this morning to discuss terms with the club and undergo a medical, with Leeds United now frontrunners in the race to sign Crewe’s highly-rated midfielder.

Bright new era or false dawn? Only time will tell, but the new Chairman and Managing Director are saying all the right things and if Luke Murphy does become Leeds United’s first seven-figure signing in eight years later today, it’ll be quite the statement of intent from Leeds United’s new boardroom.

Good riddance Ken. It’s been emotional.


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Ordet er fritt / Ditt "drømmelag" for neste sesong....
« på: Mai 25, 2013, 19:08:12 »
....ut i fra nåværende spillere og spillere som er linket til oss under silly season:

Da prøver jeg meg:

                        Kenny
Lichaj      Lees     Mills(c)    Warnock
Byram    Green    Austin   Thomas
                Morison  Ross

Benk: Ashdown, Peltier, Pearce, White, Humphrey, Diouf og Le Fondre

Satser på flere rykter (og ikke minst kjøp) som kan forsterke laget..:)

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Spill og tipsforum / VGmanager Tippeligaen
« på: April 15, 2013, 21:29:50 »
So far, so good.


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