1/2- veis ......

[Cherry]

D er noe som skjer HVER gang laget vårt vinner  , en utrolig lun  -  deilig følelse i kroppen!
Dere som er her inne vet hva jeg snakker om...

Nå er vi halvveis, vi er 23 kamper unna ett opprykk - og vi har "  los" ... Følelsen som er rundt dette er 
slik en unge har det foran godteriet på kjøpesenteret.... Man ser mulighetene!!!

Vi har muligheten gjennom nye eiere til å FORSTERKE  stallen i vinduet som snarlig åpner - og etter en seier som i dag hvor Davide Somma kommer på banen igjen, vi slår ett top 3-  lag - og har ennå Rudy Austin " å gå på... Hvilke drømmer som åpenbarer seg!!!!!

... MEN jeg er Leeds gutt, har vært med lenge- og vet  at ingen ting kommer seilende på en fjøl for Klubben vår......men fytti rakkern å deiliiii det er å se fremover i dag!

Må det vare!!!

God Jul!

[Kato]

Vi møter et Forest litt ute av flyt 2. juledag. Selv er vi virkelig i flytsonen. Kan være topp 5 til årsskiftet.

Vi er uansett på skuddhold når vinduet åpner.

Ingen tvil om at lånespillerne som kom inn (Tate og Thomas) var med og snudde trenden.

[Leedsfan]

Vi vinner når vi spiller tidvis godt og tidvis på hæla. Tenk om Warnock treffer med litt glasur i januar, et par skikkelige forsterkninger. Hvis puslespillet blir komplett så kan vi faktisk rykke opp.

Jeg er meget fornøyd med ligaformen, men det hadde vært deilig med noen kamper hvor vi vinner lett. Vi kommer til å bli slitne hvis hver kamp spilles som en cupfinale..

[Asbjørn]

Half term report

LUFC Leeds United - Half Term Report


With the championship at the halfway stage Vital Leeds United does it`s half term report on the season so far.

Leeds have taken 35 points from their opening 23 games and have produced a mixed bag of form since the start of the season.

Neil Warnock was busy in the summer, bringing in eleven new players prior to the big kick off and there was also the emergence of youngster Sam Byram, who impressed during pre-season and lined up in the side on the opening day.

An opening day win over Wolverhampton Wanderers, who came down from the Premier League last season, gave the Leeds faithful renewed optimism as Leeds fought for every ball.

Leeds won just one of their next five games and the eternal pessimists amongst the Leeds fans were once again contemplating a season of struggles and woes.

The run culminated in a 3-2 home defeat to Hull City but in true Leeds fashion, they then went on an unbeaten run of four games in the championship, winning three of these.

Leeds were also enjoying a good run in the Capital One League cup and they beat Premier League highflyers Everton 2-1 at Elland Road to book their place in the fourth round.

Jekyll and Hyde Leeds then went on a run of seven games without a win, picking up just three points in the process and leaving them in eighteenth place in the championship.

Despite their poor league form they continued their run in the league cup, beating Premier League side Southampton 3-0.

The Whites went into the next week facing three very tough looking fixtures starting with top of the table Crystal Palace.

They were given a huge boost ahead of the game with the news that GFH Capital had finally agreed a deal to take over the club and they were boosted even more when Warnock was able to bring in Alan Tate and Jerome Thomas on loan from the Premier League.

Leeds broke their poor run with a 2-1 home win over top of the table Crystal Palace and they followed this up four days later with a 1-0 home win over third placed Leicester City.

A West Yorkshire derby at Huddersfield Town the following Saturday was next up against former boss Simon Grayson as well as midfielder Adam Clayton, who would have both been looking to prove a point against their former employees.

Despite trailing early on, Leeds hit back to produce on of their best performances of the season and make the short journey home with all three points in a 4-2 win.

Once again, just as Leeds fans were beginning to believe, a lacklustre performance at Derby County saw their three match winning run come to an abrupt end in a 3-1 defeat.

This was followed by what looked another tricky week, with three games at Elland Road.

In form Ipswich Town were first up but Leeds had no trouble putting the Suffolk side to the sword with a 2-0 win.

Premier League big boys Chelsea were next up in a mouth-watering League Cup Quarter Final clash.

Leeds went in at the break ahead thanks to a swift move that was clinically finished off by Luciano Becchio.

It all went down hill after the break, as Chelsea showed their Premier League class scoring five times.

The week was finished with a clash against another side in the top three in the table. Middlesbrough came to Elland Road just three points off the top spot and looked like they were going to return to Teesside with all three points as they led 1-0 close to the break.

Once again though, cometh the hour cometh the man this season and Luciano Becchio scored one of his best goals for the club to bring the sides level on the stroke of half time.

Becchio scored his second of the afternoon and his seventeenth of the season in the second half to make it five wins from the last six games and move Leeds onto the coattails of the play-off places.

More importantly, Elland Road looks once again like becoming a fortress, something it hasn`t been since their return to the championship in 2010.

The win over Middlesbrough was their fourth in a row at home, something they haven`t done since the opening months of last season.

What makes it more impressive is it has come against the form sides. Palace were top, Leicester and Middlesbrough were both in third and Ipswich were the form side in the division.

At the halfway point, Leeds are in eighth place with 35 points from their opening 23 games.

It has certainly been a mixed bag performance wise. The championship is once again as unpredictable as ever and if Leeds can take their current form and consistency into the second half of the season, then anything is possible.

The tightness in this league was summed up in Leeds first sixteen games of the season. Not one of the opening sixteen games of the season were won by more than one goal for either side.

What Leeds must do now is something they haven`t done in the last two January transfer windows and that is invest on a sustained promotion push. That is going to be the first test for our new owners.

Warnock feels he only wants to add a striker to the five players he has had on loan in the past month but there are other areas of the pitch, which desperately need strengthening.

A left back must be a priority. We have used four different players in this position this season and Warnock has preferred Lee Peltier playing out of position at left back than three recognised players in this position.

Whilst I think Alan Tate has brought organisation to the back four since his arrival on loan from Swansea City, his clear lack of pace is a worry and we need someone with pace and experience. We are always going to score goals, so we need to be watertight at the back.

Another strong central midfielder to partner Rodolph Austin when he returns from injury would make us formidable in the middle of the park.

Once again, loan player Michael Tonge is looking like a likely signing in January but I do not see him as the answer to the problem whilst the likes of Michael Brown and David Norris are good to have when required as back up but not starting week in week out.

We do need another poacher in the box. Someone who is proven at this level. Becchio has already shown this season that he will have runs of form and we need quality in reserve.

Bring in these three players and it will not only give us a strong starting eleven but the squad will keep them on their toes and when called upon, we will have a bench that can change games.

Overall so far, we are closer to the play-offs than I would have predicted before the opening game. We haven`t exactly been playing really well, so to be just two points outside the play-offs, we once again have a tremendous chance to push on in the second half of the season. As Leeds fans, we all know, we never do anything easy.


Read more: http://www.leeds.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=303366#ixzz2Fy1mAYjv

[Asbjørn]

Neil W:
He said: “The Championship is wide open. Anyone above 14th can go up and we want to try and hang in there.

“I must admit, I do think we are currently a little bit above where I thought we’d be, if I’m honest. With the team we’d got, I thought we’d be a little bit lower down.

“But it shows what can be done. We have a group of lads who do not know when they are beaten. We have people who can play different positions and energy and experience.”

http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/latest-whites-news/leeds-united-somma-return-is-big-boost-warnock-1-5255204

[testo]

Neil W:
He said: “The Championship is wide open. Anyone above 14th can go up and we want to try and hang in there.

“I must admit, I do think we are currently a little bit above where I thought we’d be, if I’m honest. With the team we’d got, I thought we’d be a little bit lower down.

“But it shows what can be done. We have a group of lads who do not know when they are beaten. We have people who can play different positions and energy and experience.”

http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/latest-whites-news/leeds-united-somma-return-is-big-boost-warnock-1-5255204

En liten 1/2 gardering av Warnock, 1/2 veis i serien 

[Asbjørn]

Idet overgangsvinduet åpner ligger vi plassert i samme sjiktet som vi har gjort alle tre årene etter opprykket til Championship.  Ved de to forrige anledningene har vi 'tapt' i forhold til andre lag ved ikke å forsterke i vinduet, og vi har falmet etter hvert.

Det er å håpe at vi ved å kunne gjøre det motsatte unngår denne effekten denne gang.

There is hoping...

[Asbjørn]

Ellers:
Hjemme 8 2 3 19-17  26 poeng
Borte       3 3 7  19-25  12 poeng

Vi har faktisk lykkes bra poengmessig hjemme. Og det er viktig.
Nå gjelder det å gjøre noe med bortestatistikken også...

[berlin]

Etter seieren over Bolton har vi følgende serie siste 9 kamper:

V-U-T= 6-0-3 = 18 poeng

Det er mulig at følgende serie ville sett mer solid ut
V-U-T = 5-3-1 = 18 poeng
men altså: ikke flere poeng. enn med den serien vi faktisk hadde.

Det er altså et snitt på nøyaktig 2 poeng pr kamp, som må sies å være godkjent.

[Leedsfan]

Etter seieren over Bolton har vi følgende serie siste 9 kamper:

V-U-T= 6-0-3 = 18 poeng

Det er mulig at følgende serie ville sett mer solid ut
V-U-T = 5-3-1 = 18 poeng
men altså: ikke flere poeng. enn med den serien vi faktisk hadde.

Det er altså et snitt på nøyaktig 2 poeng pr kamp, som må sies å være godkjent.

Warnock out..

[samadhi]

Vi er i bra form (6-0-3)
Vi ligger i perfekt angrepsposisjon mot playoff og opprykk (nr 8, 2p bak nr 6)
Vi har fått nye eiere.
Vi er i starten av ett transfervindu, og for første gang på 10 år har vi mest trolig penger.
Vi har en manager som er ekspert på å rykke opp.
Vi har mange spillere tilbake fra skade (Ross, Somma, Austin)

Gleder meg til en morsom vårsesong 

[Asbjørn]

Vi ligger i perfekt angrepsposisjon mot playoff og opprykk (nr 8, 2p bak nr 6)

Watford har en kamp mindre spilt og kan med seier i hengekampen gjøre luken om til 5 poeng 

[Kato]

Det går fint å tape en og annen kamp, så lenge vi unngår alle disse uavgjortene. Blir lite poeng av de.

[Leedsfan]

Det går fint å tape en og annen kamp, så lenge vi unngår alle disse uavgjortene. Blir lite poeng av de.

[berlin]

Det går fint å tape en og annen kamp, så lenge vi unngår alle disse uavgjortene. Blir lite poeng av de.

Enig.

[Hobben]

Har nettopp studer tabellen og jeg ser at vi ligger kunstig høyt!!

[Leedsfan]

Har nettopp studer tabellen og jeg ser at vi ligger kunstig høyt!!

Uansett hva som skjer så blir det sett på som galt. Vi ligger kunstig høyt etter å ha spilt møkkafotball, tenk om det løsner snart.....?!?

[enur]

Etter seieren over Bolton har vi følgende serie siste 9 kamper:

V-U-T= 6-0-3 = 18 poeng

[...]

Det er altså et snitt på nøyaktig 2 poeng pr kamp, som må sies å være godkjent.

Godkjent. Klarer vi å opprettholde snittet resten av sesongen, holder det trolig til PO.