Breaking news: Leeds sign Bolton defender Michalik

[Lids]

Håper ikke dette er gammelt nytt heller? []

Leeds United have drafted in Slovakian defender Lubomir Michalik on loan from Bolton to bolster their relegation fight.


The 23-year-old only signed for Wanderers in January on a three-and-a-half year deal, and has been shipped out for a month to get first team experience.

He becomes the second emergency loan signing in just over a week, after Radostin Kishishev was brought in as a replacement for wantaway midfielder Kvin Nicholls.

Michalik is expected to make his debut in the Championship survival six-pointer against Luton Town tomorrow.

Thomas

[auren]

Ã... nei.... Kampen mot Luton og Michaliks debut er ABSOLUTT ikke gammelt nytt!

auren

Leeds
Till
I
Die!

[Per-Stian]

Hehe, sit du på andre sida av jordklota og har ei anna tidsrekning, Lids? [] Michalik har allereie rukke å spele på seg ein kamp i Leeds-trøya, og det er vel venta at han startar også idag mot Leicester[]

[4ever arcticwhite]

Så at den nylig var dukket opp på newsnow, og trodde et øyeblikk på en permanent overgang, men så var det nok bare litt kluss i oppdateringene en eller annen plass.....

- The future's so white, I've got to wear shades [8D]

[Lids]

He he, dere får ha meg unnskyldt - er litt "offline" for tiden.  Så kampen (på lørdag) på en meget dårlig stream (sms'ene med scoringsvarsel/sluttvarsel kom ca 5 min før det skjedde på streamen). []

Thomas

[chief]

Det må være virkelig sterke saker du hiver i deg for tiden Thomas.  

GI MEG OPPSKRIFTEN.


1 4 all and all 4 1

[stian]

signet Lubo Michalik? Hva blir det neste? At vi selger Aaron Lennon for småpenger??

She was half woman, half fish. Terrible in the kitchen, but a bloody good swimmer.

[Asbjørn]

quote:Originally posted by stian

signet Lubo Michalik? Hva blir det neste? At vi selger Aaron Lennon for småpenger??

Slapp av, dét kommer da aldri til & skje... [xx(][xx(][xx(]





Please heed these words that I speak
B.Dylan

[Per-Stian]

Poyet: Michalik is staying put
Leeds assistant manager Gus Poyet insisted match-winner Lubomir Michalik will remain at Elland Road beyond the end of his loan spell.

The Slovakia international, who headed home his first goal for the club in the 87th minute to secure Leeds a 2-1 win over Plymouth, is due to return to Bolton on Monday.

But the big central defender has played a key role in Leeds' five-match unbeaten run and after his late winner saw Leeds climb out of the bottom three for the first time since November, Poyet stressed he would not be returning.

The Leeds number two said: "He's staying. He's going nowhere.

"You normally wait until the end (of the loan spell) because you don't know what's going to happen to the player.

"You can't risk him getting an injury and giving you a problem so you have to wait until the last game, the last moment to see if he's fit and available."

Michalik's initial loan spell is scheduled to expire after the Easter Monday clash at Colchester.

Poyet added: "We are waiting but if he keeps playing like that and doing that there's no way he's going back. Sorry Sam (Allardyce)."

The former Chelsea midfielder confirmed Leeds would be travelling to Colchester on Saturday night and a four-hour journey would help focus attention on the task at Layer Road after the joy at moving clear of the drop zone.

"It's a great day. The last five games have been fantastic. I don't know how many months we've been there.

"We're feeling great and enjoying it but unfortunately you cannot enjoy it too much because there's another big game on Monday.

"We're very happy today, but the job is far from done, we have to make sure we keep going.

"The players are very happy, they've been absolutely fantastic out there, when you win a game like this, again in the last few moments of the game and with the supporters and how they were today it's difficult to come down.

"But fortunately we're going away today, staying together for the next two days and we'll make sure everybody calms down."

David Healy cancelled out Peter Halmosi's 36th-minute opener for Plymouth just before half-time to maintain his rich vein of form.

And although the visitors created the better chances in the second period - Leeds goalkeeper Casper Ankergren denied David Norris, Scott Sinclair and Halmosi with fine saves - Michalik sent most of Elland Road's biggest crowd of the season into raptures.

Plymouth manager Ian Holloway questioned whether Michalik's header had crossed the line, but despite another defeat he was pleased with his players' improved display.

Holloway said: "I still can't believe how we've lost, but that's life. You've got to be able to win headers in your box.

"But other than that I thought we were terrific. We were calculated, we were calm, we looked a composed side, we looked like we deserved to have a few more points on the board than the team we were playing against."

On the goal Holloway said: "Was it in? Well I thought he was going to give it didn't you? He would have been a brave man not to with all them behind the goal.

"But was it in? I doubt it very much myself, but that's life."

Holloway said he did not expect his side to get too many favours from the referee during the game, but was full of praise for a raucous Elland Road crowd.

"I came here today not expecting to get one decision to be honest.

"You're going to have 35,000 people going absolutely ballistic, but what impressed me was that they didn't turn on their team.

"Well done to the Leeds fans and I felt their players responded to them. That's two great results they've just had so they're still in there."

[Per-Stian]

Lubos Lift Leeds

Tykte det var ei fengande overskrift (kopiert frå Bolton sine heimesider)

[Per-Stian]

Hadde aldri trudd eg skulle gi Lubos Michalik poeng på bakgrunn av Preston-kampen, men idag stod Micha fram som ein solid stoggar. Han vann mange hovudduellar, blokkerte mange skot og skåra vinnarmålet.

[Tom S]

quote:Originally posted by Per-Stian

Hadde aldri trudd eg skulle gi Lubos Michalik poeng på bakgrunn av Preston-kampen, men idag stod Micha fram som ein solid stoggar. Han vann mange hovudduellar, blokkerte mange skot og skåra vinnarmålet.

Men, han har ikkje fart - ingen PL stoggar....



WE'RE LEEDS AND PROUD!!!

[Per-Stian]

quote:Originally posted by Tom S

quote:Originally posted by Per-Stian

Hadde aldri trudd eg skulle gi Lubos Michalik poeng på bakgrunn av Preston-kampen, men idag stod Micha fram som ein solid stoggar. Han vann mange hovudduellar, blokkerte mange skot og skåra vinnarmålet.

Men, han har ikkje fart - ingen PL stoggar....



WE'RE LEEDS AND PROUD!!!

Nokon som har sagt at han held PL-nivå? Sånn passe god nok for Leeds i nedrykkssumpa i CCC.

[GeirO]

Er ikke imponert over Lubo! Han viser mange svakheter i hver match. Fart og plasseringsevne er to ting.....

[Oggy]

Har sagt det før, gjentar det gjerne:
Vi har pr. tiden to stoppere som alt for ofte
har store plasseringsproblemer - noe som ikke
rent sjelden setter oss i unødig farlige situasjoner!

Vil påstå at det er nesten et under at vi ikke har
blitt straffet hardere for dette -selv i de siste 5
kampene vi har unngått tap.
Vi mangler etter min smak, en klar Sjef bak - en som
"setter" linja slik Drillo ville vært stolt over,
gjerne med linjal.

Både Heath og Lubo er god på hodet, og tar det meste av høye baller.
Men ingen av de er spesielt spillende stoppere, trygg med ballen i
bena og hurtig.
Rui har vist seg å ha noen av disse kvalitetene, og MÃ... derfor få
spilletid igjen.

Men Wise skifter ikke på vinnende lag, anter jeg.

[Peter7]

quote:Originally posted by Tom S

quote:Originally posted by Per-Stian

Hadde aldri trudd eg skulle gi Lubos Michalik poeng på bakgrunn av Preston-kampen, men idag stod Micha fram som ein solid stoggar. Han vann mange hovudduellar, blokkerte mange skot og skåra vinnarmålet.

Men, han har ikkje fart - ingen PL stoggar....



WE'RE LEEDS AND PROUD!!!

Når en "sprinter" som Ian Harte kunne spille back i Premier Leauge og Champions League, kan nok også Michalik spille midtstopper på samme nivå. Hurtighet er ikke like nødvendig for en stopper som for en back, og det ville nok kompensere godt om han hadde en rask spiller ved siden av seg (og da mener jeg ikke Heath).

***
Crainey 4 Scotland!

[mari]

På Boltons offisielle sider er det bekreftet at Michalik blir på Elland Road ut sesongen - jeg synes dette er positivt. Ønsker at han danner en stopperduo med Marques i de siste kampene, men det blir vel helst Heath ettersom Heath synes å ha en nesten ubegrenset tillit hos Wise....Ã... bli vist tillit er forøvrig bra - kan jo gi selvtillit..Men så var det dette med gull av gråstein

[Per-Stian]

Bolton have accepted Leeds United's request to extend defender Lubomir Michalik's loan deal until the end of the season.

The Slovakian international stopper has impressed during his short time at Elland Road and scored the winner against Plymouth at the weekend.

Gus Poyet (pictured) said over the weekend that The Whites were determined to keep Michalik, whose initial one-month spell was due to expire following Monday's game at Colchester.

And Bolton boss Sam Allardyce has agreed to let the 23-year-old continue to help Leeds' fight for survival for the rest of the Championship campaign.

"Lubomir has enjoyed his time at Leeds," Allardyce told the club's official website. "During the month he has been at Elland Road, Leeds haven't lost a game.

"We have been monitoring his performances and the lad has done well.

"To score the winning goal against Plymouth Argyle on Saturday was fantastic and I'm made up for him.

"We do have the option to call him back if we require him, but he is likely to play in all of Leeds' remaining matches this season."

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=459679&CPID=10&clid=2&lid=2&title=Michalik

[berlin]

Det blir jo ingen endringer ut sesongen, så det er bare å krysse fingrene for Heath/Michalik/Marques gjør færrest mulig brølere i gjenstående kamper. Det er pr. idag vårt svakeste punkt, "by far".

På den positive siden må det likevel poengteres: De er et angrepsvåpen som Leeds bruker bevisst. Både Heath og Michalik kan score mål ( spesielt på dødballer ), og det er faltiskt mange gode stoppere i PL som ikke gjør det ( og forsåvidt ikke trenger det ).

[Sheridan]

Good news