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Ordet er fritt / Playoff Championship 2024

« på: April 28, 2024, 10:38:45 »

Semifinaler
Søndag 12.mai
(kl 13 og 15:15)

Returkamper:
Torsdag 16.mai kl 21
Fredag 17.mai kl 21

Finale Wembley
Søndag 26.mai kl 17:30

Pr i dag blir kampene søndag 12.mai mellom:
13:00 West Bromwich Albion-Ipswich Town
15:15 Norwich City-Southampton

Teoretisk sett kan Leeds unngå å havne i playoff men eg regner det som mer sannsynlig at Leeds havner på tredjeplass enn at Ipswich gjør det. Ipswich møter først et Coventry som er ferdigspilt for sesongen, resultatmessig, men som er gode og kan spille uten press. Deretter har de en kamp mot et Huddersfield som også er ferdigspilt og i praksis nedrykket.
Hååpet er at Coventry vinner. Da kan Leeds avgjøre selv ved å slå Southampton.
Men med måten Leeds har håndtert press i det siste er eg laaaangt fra sikker på at det går.

Dette er også forventningen min mht playoff.
Pr nå har eg liten tro på at Leeds kan prestere tre kamper på rad uten å få innslag som mot QPR, Preston og Coventry nylig.
Kanskje kan vi likevel klare det over to kamper i semifinalen.
Det er mitt håp.

Hva som skjer på Wembley er anyone's guess.
Hvem som er best 'i hodet' blir nok viktig. Og første målet er nok viktig.

OPPLEVELSESMESSIG tror eg at et opprykk på Wembley sammen med 80.000 andre Leedsfans kan bli quite the achievement. Det er IKKE slik at Leeds pr definisjon ikke vil rykke opp via playoff. Men eg er usikker på om laget anno april 2024 er godt nok, mentalt og mht skadesituasjon.
Det har vært for mange glipper.

PS! ...bortemål teller ikke i playoff, sant?

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Ordet er fritt / Sv: Kamp vs QPR @ Loftus Road 26.4.2024 kl 21:00 - Viasport 2

« på: April 26, 2024, 20:02:17 »

Vi får klare oss uten Lord Pat då. Uansett, tre poeng er det viktige…

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Ordet er fritt / Sv: Kamp vs QPR @ Loftus Road 26.4.2024 kl 21:00 - Viasport 2

« på: April 25, 2024, 13:33:16 »

Bamford en doubt. Ville nok rukket den om kampen var lørdag evt søndag
All the players came through Monday. Few hits and knocks causing late decisions. Only major doubt is Bamford because he got a big bruise on his knee.

Bamford fit if it was Saturday or Sunday?
Probably yes.

Presseren
https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/daniel-farke-press-conference-live-29057785

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Ordet er fritt / Sv: Kamper i dag, sesongen 23/24

« på: April 24, 2024, 22:50:08 »

Litt usikker på hvordan et lag med tre dagers pause gjør det mot et lag som har hatt to ukerfri though…

Får håpe Ipswich har blitt rusten, som oss etter internationalbreaks… og at nervene/presset tar dem… 🫣

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Ordet er fritt / Sv: Kamper i dag, sesongen 23/24

« på: April 23, 2024, 22:00:55 »

Fanken! 1-0 til Leicester. Svakt av bortelaget.

auren

Mener det var offside på scoringen, men akkurat i dag bør vi vel ikke skrike som høyest om det…

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Ordet er fritt / Sv: Kamper i dag, sesongen 23/24

« på: April 23, 2024, 21:56:43 »

Leicester mest direkte og aggresive på mål, Saints spiller og spiller.  De er gode med ball, men ikke skapt sjanser.Defionitivt muligheter her om de fortseter possession i 2 omgang og Leicester blir slitne etterhvert. Kampen lever.

Leicester har ikke gått fra seier tilseier i det siste. Jeg regner med at sjansen kommer for Saints. Håper bare at de tar den.

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Ordet er fritt / Sv: Kamper i dag, sesongen 23/24

« på: April 23, 2024, 20:37:09 »

Vil Leicester så godt som sikre opprykket i kveld, fire poeng foran Leeds med to kamper igjen for begge lag. Eller vil Southampton sørge for at det blir et tre eller fire horse race hele veien inn?

Vinner Leicester så vil Ipswich og Leeds fighte om andreplassen.
Uavgjort vil gi en uavklart situasjon mellom de tre øverste.

Blir spennende!

Leicester har seks kamper siden 29.mars, Southampton sju… Vil dét ha noe å si?

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Ordet er fritt / Sv: Kamp vs Middlesbrough@ Riverside stadium 22.4.2024 kl 21:00 - Viasat2

« på: April 23, 2024, 16:28:09 »

Graham Smyth oppsummerer denne kampen fint, syns eg. Nervene lå tjukt utenpå både publikum og spillere, alle visste at i realiteten var bare seier godt nok:
That's what the last three games at Middlebrough, Queens Park Rangers and at home to Southampton had to offer - so long as a result or two went their way elsewhere - automatic promotion, a chance to be known as a top flight club once again, an opportunity to be remembered forever as too good for the Championship.

The first of the last, at the Riverside, was a gateway. Win it and Leeds could bounce down to London on Friday night with confidence renewed and momentum back on their side. Lose it and you might as well start preparing for the play-offs now. The nerves were palpable among the players, said Daniel Farke, never mind the fans

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united/leeds-uniteds-early-play-off-insight-and-rutter-argument-graham-smyths-middlesbrough-verdict-4601429

Diskusjonen går mht Meslier - han kan sikkert unnskyldes for mye men i sum sitter eg igjen med at vi helst bør stille med noe tryggere mellom stengene når vi etter hvert skal spille PL-fotball igjen...

Det mange av oss ikke var klar over er at Leedsspillerne slet med sykdom i troppen også i går. Vi visste at Ampadu slet med det i forrige uke. I går følte Firpo for å kaste opp underveis:

Leeds United full-back Junior Firpo says he nearly threw up on the pitch during the second half of Leeds' 4-3 win over Middlesbrough on Monday night but completed 90 minutes at the Riverside Stadium despite feeling under the weather.
...
The 27-year-old revealed at full-time he had been suffering with a fever over the weekend and was not the only member of the squad not quite feeling 100 per cent.
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"I've been with a fever [for] three days, I've been ill today, a few lads were feeling the same, we have a little bit illness in the squad," Firpo added. "This shows how important it is to be ready, everyone was ready. Everyone was living everything, including myself, including Jaidon [Anthony] who was ill.

"As I say a few lads were ill, including myself, I was about to throw up in the second half. It was tough."

Får håpe de er bedre innen fredag!
...
Så, om pausepraten:
"When we came in at half-time we said that we will defend with a low block and we will take advantage of the counter-attack, we are the better team doing the counter-attacks," the defender told reporters at full-time. "We have a lot of pace, we have really good players up front, when you have those guys up front I think it's a really, really good advantage."
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This change in tack represented flexibility on Farke's part given the German’s preference for his side to be protagonists in games, as well as the team's durability to withstand pressure, defend resolutely and 'suffer' as centre-forward Bamford put it in a post-match interview.

"We want to stick to our beliefs and processes but we said at half-time, the way Middlesbrough were playing that it was going to be tough and we've got to suffer a bit and to be patient and kind of enjoy the suffering a bit, make sure we're compact. We know we're a good counter-attacking team, and we'll get chances," the 30-year-old said, having ended a six-match drought in front of goal by scoring against his former employers.

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united/enjoy-suffering-leeds-united-man-reveals-half-time-message-and-tactic-change-in-middlesbrough-win-4601214

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Ordet er fritt / Sv: Kamp vs Middlesbrough@ Riverside stadium 22.4.2024 kl 21:00 - Viasat2

« på: April 22, 2024, 23:24:26 »

Sitter og ser post-match på LUTV. Venter på Farke...

...kan LESES her

https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/daniel-farke-press-conference-live-29041624

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Ordet er fritt / Sv: Developement Squad, dvs Reservelaget....eller U-21

« på: April 22, 2024, 23:22:19 »

Under 0-1, men Charlie Allen med et glimrende mål til 1-1 rett før pause.

Var visst bare et en mnd lån til York

Northern Ireland under-21s winger Charlie Allen left Leeds to join York City on a short-term loan deal in February and bagged four appearances for the Minstermen in the National League.
(YEP)

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Ordet er fritt / Sv: Kamp vs Middlesbrough@ Riverside stadium 22.4.2024 kl 21:00 - Viasat2

« på: April 22, 2024, 21:52:34 »

6 min tillegg? Her må noen ha sovnet.

Mulig det var jeg, for jeg har ikke fått med meg hverken lange eller mange opphold i spillet...

Fem lange målfeiringer kanskje…  Ikke noe annet eg kommer på

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Ordet er fritt / Sv: Kamp vs Middlesbrough@ Riverside stadium 22.4.2024 kl 21:00 - Viasat2

« på: April 22, 2024, 21:45:58 »

Ser for meg at to av målene våre ville vi ikke fått i Premier League… VAR

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Ordet er fritt / Sv: Developement Squad, dvs Reservelaget....eller U-21

« på: April 22, 2024, 16:28:41 »

Det endte 1-1. Nyttig for da forblir Everton under oss påtabellen. Det unge laget har sanket en del poeng på slutten av sesongen og avansert fra 26.plassen til nåværende 21.plass med en kamp igjen av sesongen.

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Ordet er fritt / Sv: TEMA: Elland Road

« på: April 22, 2024, 16:14:59 »

https://x.com/leeds_snippets/status/1782292024386838535?s=61

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Ordet er fritt / Sv: Developement Squad, dvs Reservelaget....eller U-21

« på: April 22, 2024, 15:52:05 »

Kamp mot Everton på LUTV nå.

 Leeds United U21
Team news
Christy (GK), Sutcliffe (C), Moore, Coleman, Cresswell, Debayo, Snowdon, Crew, Thomas, Chambers, Allen.

Subs: van den Heuvel (GK), Chadwick, Cline, Monteiro, Ferguson.

Flott Hallgeir. Denne kampen kom brått på meg 🫢
Charlie Allen tilbake fra utlån altså
Ellers blir Alfie Cresswell testet i nye posisjoner for tiden. Midtstopper vanligvis, høyreback sist, venstreback nå. Visstnok en del av utdannelsen at de skal utfordres i nye posisjoner…
Feilinformert her. Alfie er venstre midtstopper i dag.
Hver gang Snowdon nevnes hører eg likevel Snodin og tenker på Ian

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Ordet er fritt / Sv: Kamper i dag, sesongen 23/24

« på: April 21, 2024, 18:57:55 »

Coventry fra 0-3 til 3-3 og nå ekstraomganger

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Ordet er fritt / Sv: Developement Squad, dvs Reservelaget....eller U-21

« på: April 20, 2024, 09:50:51 »

Her er den off.sidens kamprapport.

https://www.leedsunited.com/news/academy/33371/u21s-updates-newcastle-united-vs-leeds-united

Etter min beregning (litt usikker) startet seks spillere som også kan spille U18-finalen.
(Cresswell, Coleman, Richards, Chadwick, Chambers, Allen) - litt usikker på Thomas...

Thomas er forresten en som har spilt mye U21-fotball siste året. Spiss, gode egenskaper men lite sluttprodukt har vært mitt inntrykk. Omsider ser tilliten ut til å betale seg.

Målene
https://x.com/LUFC/status/1781447873244098583

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Ordet er fritt / Sv: Kamp vs Middlesbrough@ Riverside stadium 22.4.2024 kl 21:00 - Viasat2

« på: April 19, 2024, 23:38:59 »

Hvem er det som lager disse sitatene?  Kan ikke tenke meg det er noe Farke har sagt.  Under Bielsa holdt man også på med dette Believe greiene.  Hele tribunen var dekket med det.

Fra YEPs referat av presseren:

Farke on finances
We have conversations in the background on what is possible and not possible, this is not for the public. My topic is football, I love to speak about football. I’m not an accountant, I’ve also got an economic background a little bit, I understand the background, when we have conversations I understand what is necessary. I believe the club is in top class hands. I think we’re definitely on the right path. I’m sure we’ll have a really good future. Perhaps we will not be the club who’s capable to spend the biggest money, not in the Premier League or Championship. I don’t want to be successful just because I can buy the best players, I want the processes to be the right way. Your life is easier as a manager when you can bring quality in. I will be insistent on giving us the best possible squad. If it’s not possible, I’ll not be asking for miracles. This club does not rely on one player or spending loads of money. We want to build something with sustainability, as long as I’m here we’ll work exactly in this way.
14:04 BST
Farke continued
I invite everyone to be a believer it’s more fun than being a moaner. We go for it anyway.

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united/middlesbrough-vs-leeds-united-daniel-farke-reveals-early-team-news-and-injury-update-before-riverside-visit-4597579

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Ordet er fritt / Sv: Developement Squad, dvs Reservelaget....eller U-21

« på: April 19, 2024, 22:06:19 »

Må si eg syns laget (spillerne) har hevet seg utover sesongen. Flere og flere har tatt U21-nivået (halvparten er jo U18-spillere).

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Ordet er fritt / Sv: Kamp vs Middlesbrough@ Riverside stadium 22.4.2024 kl 21:00 - Viasat2

« på: April 19, 2024, 20:57:02 »

Roberts slo opp skaden sin og mister ihvertfall de neste to kampene.

Her må eg bare ta selvkritikk. Sammen med en skokk strandarar (‘Dinnje Stranda’) var vi på Gaucho’s rett etter kampen med Roberts i nabobåsen.

Hadde vi visst bedre hadde vi sendt Torgeir, fysioen vår, inn i båsen og fiksa skaden.
Sorry, vi visste ikkje bedre 😳

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Ordet er fritt / Sv: Sesongen 2023/2024 i Championship

« på: April 18, 2024, 08:16:39 »

Faktisk!

📊 Every time #LUFC have lost this season, they've had more possession than their opponent. On the other hand, Leeds are unbeaten when they've had less of the ball than the opposition (P5, W4, D1).

3️⃣ That's good news for their remaining fixtures.

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk//sport/football/leeds-united/leeds-uniteds-damaging-keep-ball-exercise-revealed-as-promotion-strategy-emerges-in-remaining-cup-finals-possession-middlesbrough-boro-qpr-southampton-saints-4594447

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Ordet er fritt / Sv: Kamper i dag, sesongen 23/24

« på: April 15, 2024, 19:56:42 »

Spent på Southampton i morgen. Sjette kampen på 19 dager. Hittil har det blitt 2-2-1 men eg regner med at slitasjen begynner å komme nå. Men akkurat i morgen møter de et Preston som har hatt samme kjøret (2-1-2). Men med seier kan Preston kutte avstanden til playoff til fem poeng så motivasjonen burde være der…
Southampton skal altsåfortsette kjøret med tre nye kamper med tre og fire dagers mellomrom.

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Ordet er fritt / Sv: Under 18's

« på: April 15, 2024, 17:23:48 »

Datoen for finalen mot Manchester er klar - man flyttet den lenger frem i tid faktisk:

📅 #LUFCU18's FA Youth Cup Final clash with Man City, will take place on Friday 10th May (7pm) at the Etihad Stadium

https://x.com/LUFC/status/1779887442201350436

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Ordet er fritt / Sv: Developement Squad, dvs Reservelaget....eller U-21

« på: April 15, 2024, 17:21:22 »

Tabellen som Hallgeir etterlyser. Vi gikk forbi Derby i dag og i de neste to har vi Newcastle og Everton, begge lag vi kan passere...

https://www.flashscore.co.uk/football/england/premier-league-2/standings/#/dfN9k4Q8/table/overall

Dagens start-ellever:
Van den Heuvel (GK), Cresswell, Debayo, Lopata-White, Godden, Chadwick, Crew (C), Chambers, Allen, Snowdon, Thomas

𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡: Christy (GK), Moore, Monteiro, Ferguson, Coleman

⚽️⚽️ Joe Snowdon (22’, 25)
⚽️ Reuben Lopata-White (31’)

Great performance & result, lads! 👏

#LUFCU21s | #PL2

Om du vil se målene:

https://x.com/LUFC/status/1779884634181878074

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Ordet er fritt / Sv: Kamp vs Blackburn Rovers @ Elland Road 13.4.24 kl 1330 på VSport 2

« på: April 12, 2024, 19:54:01 »

Ingen kommenterer presseren? 🫢

Farke fikk spr om byttene, og svaret:
Some of those thousands of managers that you mentioned have made a talking point of your substitutions and the timing of them. When you look back at this season, have you ever second guessed or analysed a decision to substitute or not to and felt you should have done it differently? Or is it impossible? Because you don't know what the player would have done?


"After each and every game you analyze what we have done, also pretty self critical what we as a coaching staff or me as a manager could have done better. But the second topic is also right, you never know. So it's impossible to judge because you never know if you would have played a game, for example, the last game with a completely different lineup or you substitute earlier or you substitute not at all. You never know, if a different striker would have perhaps scored or if I should have let Patrick Bamford longer on the pitch because he would have scored in the last minute or whatever or you should have changed the base formation. You never know. It's also why we love the sport that much because everyone can have an opinion. But for me it's just important that I totally trust my players and my group of players otherwise we wouldn't share for example that many goals. Yes, if someone thinks we should be there  with better decisions, I can't argue against this because I can't prove the difference. Like I mentioned before I like to stay humble and also to stay self critical and I don't want to put myself into the spotlight. But staying humble, I love the statistics, I think I was nominated three times right now and won three times the manager of the month. I am nominated for manager of the season, we are playing the best season in the history of this club. We have the best defensive record, we have the best home record in the league, we have the best home record in the history of Leeds United Football Club. We are there with 87 points after 42 games, we have shared many many goals, we have the best goal difference. We have still the chance to play the perfect season. It could be that it's perhaps because of me that we are not there even better in the table and are already promoted. It could be, I can't argue against this because I can't prove it a different way round. But one thing is also for sure, although I try to analyze each and every game and I also like to be self critical, if I am allowed to say this in a humble way, I am also not too nervous or too critical about our season so far. The most important topic is I totally trust and back my players and I also managed the season out of this league also a few times and you have a gut feeling and the gut feeling right now is we are out to create something special in the last games and the gut feeling is that we are allowed also to look back on the season and speak about it being quite a successful season. It's just the gut feeling I have and we will see what the outcome is.”

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united/leeds-united-v-blackburn-rovers-daniel-farke-press-conference-every-word-on-ipswich-town-leicester-city-southampton-dallas-tribute-and-gut-feeling-4588882

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Ordet er fritt / Sv: Kamp vs Coventry@The Coventry Building Society Arena 6.4.2024 kl 16 LUTV

« på: April 06, 2024, 16:58:41 »

Tror Donnohue tar det på kornet her mht Coventry:
It’s's exactly the sort of game you'd have expected from Coventry. They're tough, organised and carry a physical threat up top. Leeds will be kicking themselves at the manner in which they conceded because it's a very nil-nilly game you can see being decided by fine margins. #lufc

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Ordet er fritt / Sv: Kamper i dag, sesongen 23/24

« på: April 06, 2024, 15:50:54 »

Phil Hay har et poeng!

Whoever av topptrioen som misser ut om direkteopprykket kan fort slite om de møter Norwich i playoff…

https://x.com/philhay_/status/1776602400788189527?s=61&t=KF6bDF_lP8ZP8GAlg2t4VQ

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Ordet er fritt / Sv: Kamp vs Coventry@The Coventry Building Society Arena 6.4.2024 kl 16 LUTV

« på: April 06, 2024, 15:47:06 »

…i de tidligste Daily Mail-reportasjene ble det gjort et poeng ut av at Archie hadde valgt å representere England i motsetning til sine forfedre, mens yngre bror Harry ville spille for Skottland.

Vel, Harry har også skiftet side:

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harry Gray has been named in the @England Under-16s squad for their upcoming games against Italy, Belgium & Nigeria

#LUFCYouth | #LUFC

https://x.com/leedsutdacademy/status/1776263653009793313?s=61&t=KF6bDF_lP8ZP8GAlg2t4VQ

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Ordet er fritt / Sv: Kamp vs Coventry@The Coventry Building Society Arena 6.4.2024 kl 16 LUTV

« på: April 06, 2024, 15:43:02 »

Archie i godt selskap!

Archie Gray is the youngest player in Leeds United's history to start 40 matches for the club. Five youngest are... #lufc

18y 25d Archie Gray
18y 34d Terry Connor
18y 74d John Charles
18y 115d Billy Bremner
18y 147d Gary Sprake

https://x.com/jrcooper26/status/1776598437510746142?s=61&t=KF6bDF_lP8ZP8GAlg2t4VQ

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Ordet er fritt / Sv: Kamp vs Coventry@The Coventry Building Society Arena 6.4.2024 kl 16 LUTV

« på: April 06, 2024, 15:40:01 »

Det vi ikke vet ennå er om det er en rusten utgave av Gruev vi får, er han kanskje bare på 80%?
Det er ikke gitt at vi får se en Gruev i vanlig slag, det var bare det eg ville skrive…