KAMP: vs. Swansea City 22/9

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Neste seriekamp er hjemme mot Swansea City 22/9, kl. 16.00.

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Leeds United versus Swansea City  

Overall Record: 32  17-6-9  67-48
Home: 13-3-1 45-16
Away: 4-3-8  25-32

FA Cup
03/01/1970 Elland Road FACR3 2 - 1 30246 Giles, Jones

League Cup
22/10/1963 Elland Road LCR3 2 - 0 10748 Lawson, Storrie

League
07/05/1984 Vetch Field Division Two 2 - 2 5498 Wright, Lorimer
15/02/1984 Elland Road Division Two 1 - 0 10031 Lorimer
16/01/1982 Elland Road Division One 2 - 0 18700 Stevenson, Butterworth
29/08/1981 Vetch Field Division One 1 - 5 23489 Parlane
11/04/1964 Vetch Field Division Two 3 - 0 14321 Giles, Peacock, Peacock
30/11/1963 Elland Road Division Two 2 - 1 21870 Bell, Johanneson
18/05/1963 Elland Road Division Two 5 - 0 11314 Lawson, Collins, Storrie, Storrie, Johanneson
08/09/1962 Vetch Field Division Two 2 - 0 17696 Bremner, Johnson
10/03/1962 Elland Road Division Two 2 - 0 17314 Collins, McAdams
21/10/1961 Vetch Field Division Two 1 - 2 11091 McConnell
08/04/1961 Elland Road Division Two 2 - 2 11862 Charlton, Charlton
19/11/1960 Vetch Field Division Two 2 - 3 11140 McCole, Cameron
11/02/1956 Elland Road Division Two 2 - 2 20089 Nightingale, Charles (pen)
01/10/1955 Vetch Field Division Two 1 - 1 29477 Brook
22/01/1955 Vetch Field Division Two 0 - 2 19637 -
11/09/1954 Elland Road Division Two 5 - 2 20040 Brook, Kerfoot, Nightingale, Nightingale, Nightingale
02/09/1953 Elland Road Division Two 3 - 2 20949 Charles, Charles, Nightingale
27/08/1953 Vetch Field Division Two 3 - 4 26408 Charles, Burbanks, Nightingale
16/04/1953 Vetch Field Division Two 2 - 3 21262 Meek, Charles
13/12/1952 Elland Road Division Two 5 - 1 21065 Charles, Iggleden, Iggleden, Nightingale, Charles (pen)
19/04/1952 Vetch Field Division Two 1 - 4 18206 H. Williams
01/12/1951 Elland Road Division Two 1 - 1 26235 Mills
05/05/1951 Elland Road Division Two 2 - 0 11213 Browning, Iggleden
07/09/1950 Vetch Field Division Two 2 - 4 19501 Dudley, Browning
31/12/1949 Vetch Field Division Two 2 - 1 23192 Browning, H. Williams
03/09/1949 Elland Road Division Two 1 - 2 29767 Dudley
02/01/1932 Elland Road Division Two 3 - 2 12885 Firth, Danskin, Keetley
29/08/1931 Vetch Field Division Two 2 - 0 16175 Firth, Green
18/02/1928 Vetch Field Division Two 1 - 1 13444 Jennings
08/10/1927 Elland Road Division Two 5 - 0 18697 White, White, Jennings, Turnbull, Jennings (pen)

Kilde: Leedsfans.org.uk

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

Leeds ** Swansea City
Player From To ** From To Apps Goals

John Armand 01/12/1922 01/05/1929 ** 01/05/1929 01/06/1931    
Stan Moore 01/08/1931 01/06/1935 ** 01/06/1935      
Billy Humphries 01/09/1958 01/11/1959 ** 01/03/1965 01/06/1968 143 22
David Stewart 03/10/1973 01/11/1978 ** 01/02/1980 01/06/1981 57 0
Terry Yorath 01/04/1967 01/08/1976 ** 01/05/1986 01/06/1987 1 0
Keith M Edwards 01/10/1969 01/07/1972 ** 01/07/1972 01/10/1972 0 0
Derek Parlane 03/03/1980 01/08/1983 ** 01/01/1985 01/06/1985 21 3
Alan Curtis 01/06/1979 01/12/1980 ** 01/07/1972 01/06/1979 248 72
Alan Curtis 01/06/1979 01/12/1980 ** 01/10/1989 01/06/1990 26 3
Alan Curtis 01/06/1979 01/12/1980 ** 01/12/1980 01/11/1983 90 21
Glan Letheran 01/05/1973 01/12/1977 ** 01/09/1979 01/06/1980 21 0
Lee Chapman 10/01/1990 01/08/1993 ** 01/03/1996 01/06/1996 7 4
Terry Connor 01/11/1979 22/03/1983 ** 01/11/1992   3 0
Terry Connor 01/11/1979 22/03/1983 ** 01/08/1990 01/09/1991 39 6
Lyndon Simmonds 01/11/1984 01/02/1987 ** 01/10/1986   8 1
Terry Phelan 03/08/1984 30/07/1986 ** 30/07/1986 29/07/1987 57 0
Ray Wallace 01/07/1991 01/08/1994 ** 01/03/1992   2 0
Kevin Evans 01/06/1997 31/08/2000 ** 17/01/2000   2 0

Kilde: Leedsfans.org.uk

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Ex-folk i Swansea

Lite folk i Swansea City for tiden med Leeds-linker.

Ex-Leeds-spiller Warren Feeney er i klubben, på utlån fra Cardiff. Den nordirske landslagsspissen ble til overs da Cardiff hentet inn ex-Leeds-spillerne Robbie Fowler og Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink. Uvanlig at de to erkerivalene i walisisk fotball låner ut spillere til hverandre, men så er det i dette tilfellet. Utlånsavtalen er inngått med utsikter til en permanent overgang.
Den tidligere traineen fikk ingen kamper for Leeds før han fikk gå gratis til Bournemouth i 2000.

http://www.swanseacity.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10354~5737,00.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Feeney

[roaldv]

I 1981 møtte Swansea Leeds i sin første kamp noensinne i 1. divisjon, og de moste da Leeds 5-1 hjemme på Vetch Field. Mål bl.a av den hjemvendte Messias, Alan Curtis som vel hadde bare måtelig suksess i Leeds...

Av en eller annen grunn hadde jeg veldig mange fotballbilder av Alan Curtis fra 79-80 sesongen, så jeg trodde nok den gang at han var en av de helt store Leeds-stjernene. Sannheten var nok at han aldri innfridde de store forventningene som knyttet seg til ham som en goalgetter, og han returnerte derfor til Swansea etter bare en og en halv sesong.

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Kamp 14/9:

LATE SHOW SEALS WIN

Swansea left it late but eventually hit back to claim their first home league win of the season by beating Carlisle 2-1.
The visitors had led through Danny Graham's penalty early in the second half, but Darryl Duffy and Paul Anderson netted in the space of two minutes to seal the win.
The Cumbrians went into a surprise lead just after the restart when Leon Britton brought down Jeff Smith in the area and up strode substitute Graham to silence the home crowd with a coolly taken spot-kick.
Although Swansea's play particularly down the flanks was fast and furious, their front duo of Duffy and Jason Scotland rarely threatened the visitors' goal.
Swansea boss Roberto Martinez gambled as the game went into its closing stages by taking off a defender and throwing on another attacker and the plan worked as Carlisle keeper Kieren Westwood spilled a long shot and Duffy was in quickly to score from an angle.
One minute later the comeback was complete when substitute Paul Anderson sent the home fans wild, but the Swans must learn that ruthless finishing must go along with their swift passing game if they are to get out of this division.

Swansea: 21. Dorus De Vries, 3. Kevin Austin  (26. Paul Anderson  70), 15. Dennis Lawrence, 16. Garry Monk, 22. Angel Rangel, 7. Leon Britton, 8. Darren Pratley, 18. Andy Robinson, 32. Joe Allen (28. Thomas Butler 59),  9. Jason Scotland  (35. Warren Feeney 90), 11. Darryl Duffy.
SUBS: 30. David Knight  (GK), 4. Kristian O'Leary.

PA Sport

[Tom S]

Leeds Utd  v Luton
1 - 0

Leeds Utd v Hartlepool
2 - 0

Bristol R v Leeds Utd
0 - 3

Leeds Utd v Swansea
4 - 0

osv.



WE'RE LEEDS AND PROUD!!!

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Matt Heath: Culture of trust key to Leeds United's winning start

Matt Heath believes a culture of trust among the staff and players at Elland Road has underpinned Leeds United's remarkable response to the worst season in the club's history.
Leeds have the chance to match a 34-year-old record this weekend after protecting their 100 per cent start to the League
One term at Bristol Rovers on Friday night, and Heath is relishing the up-turn in fortune after witnessing the loss of United's Championship status last term.
United won only 13 league matches during the 2006-07 season, but Dennis Wise's players are already halfway to eclipsing that figure after just six games of the present campaign.
A seventh straight victory over Swansea City at Elland Road on Saturday would equal the club's best ever start to a league season - set in 1973 at the beginning of Don Revie's final year in charge of Leeds - and could leave United three points short of League One's play-off positions, six weeks after starting the season with a 15-point deficit.
Their results have vindicated the extensive clear-out of players from Elland Road during the summer, a cull which reached doubled figures after Leeds were relegated from the Championship, and Heath claimed the change of personnel was responsible for United's renaissance.
The defender said: "He's got his own players now, and players he can maybe trust a little bit more.
"The people who are in the team are the people he wants to be there, and we're playing our hearts out because we've got faith in him.
"Last season was difficult. There wasn't a lack of effort or hard work, and a lot of people were genuinely trying their best to get the club out of trouble, but we couldn't make excuses. It wasn't good enough and we all knew that. Something had to change.
"We're going to try and correct that this season by getting straight back up there, and we couldn't have had a better start.
"There's room for improvement, but you can always say that. We can't be disappointed with six wins, and I don't think we're playing badly. But the manager will keep us working on the training ground and I'm sure he's not completely happy with aspects of our performances.
"There are a few creases to iron out but you look forward to doing that when things are going well. You want every game to come as quickly as possible, and I think that's the difference between this season and last.
"It's nice to come into training on a Monday morning knowing that you've put another win on the board. That didn't happen very often last season, and it didn't happen enough.
"At the moment, we're working towards every game with a buzz in the air. This is a ball that's rolling, and it's rolling in a good direction. Every result is adding to that. The momentum is getting bigger week-by-week, and there's a lot of incentive to keep it going."
Heath has completed all eight of United's league and Carling Cup fixtures this season, due in part to the absence of a second-choice centre-back before Paul Huntington completed his moved to Leeds from Newcastle last month, and was an influential presence at Bristol Rovers on Friday, but the quality of the club's defensive record has been pushed from view by the performance of their strikers, Tresor Kandol and Jermaine Beckford.
Beckford's brace secured Friday's 3-0 victory at the Memorial Stadium, which lifted Leeds off the bottom of League One, and Kandol claimed his fifth goal of the season at a crucial stage in the second half. The pair have already produced 10 league goals this term.

Rovers' manager Paul Trollope admitted the difference in quality between the respective strikeforces on offer to him and Wise had been crucial, but United's defensive statistics are no less impressive. Friday's clean sheet was their third in succession, and the club have conceded just three times since the start of the League One schedule.
Heath said: "We're putting a lot of hard work in, and we're seeing a tough pre-season paying off.
"The two up front are on fire, and as long as they keep sticking the goals in then we'll be happy. But I think everyone is contributing to our results at the moment.
"We're probably riding our luck here and there, but some of that is down to very good defending - a few last ditch challenges, and a lot of effort and resilience. We're not conceding many goals, and it's all a recipe for success.
"But six wins isn't a reason to take anything for granted and we can't really mention it (promotion) at the moment. We'd be getting ahead of ourselves if we did."

Rovers had constructed a run of five league games without defeat before Friday's fixture, but
Trollope was magnanimous in the aftermath and admitted he did not expected United's surge to end quickly.
Trollope said: "Our unbeaten run was going to come to an end some time, and it happened against a very good side.
"I think Leeds will catch up and be up amongst it at the end of the season. They have quality in their strikers that we haven't come up against for a while, and they made their chances count."

YEP 17/9

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Allen and Bodde miss Robins clash
Swansea starlet Joe Allen is ruled out of the trip to Cheltenham after he limped out of Friday night's win over Carlisle with an ankle injury.
The 17-year-old midfielder enjoyed his first league start for the club, although the problem is not as bad as first feared and he could be back to face Leeds at the weekend.
Fellow midfielder Ferrie Bodde serves the final game of his three-match ban.
Left-back Marcos Painter is edging closer to a return following three weeks out with a foot injury, and will be assessed closer to kick-off.
Darren Way (shin) and Owain Tudur-Jones are still unavailable, but the midfield duo have been pencilled in for a reserve run-out on Wednesday night.
Defender Alan Tate (knee) is expected to be out for another month.

TeamTalk 17/9

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quote:Originally posted by roaldv

I 1981 møtte Swansea Leeds i sin første kamp noensinne i 1. divisjon, og de moste da Leeds 5-1 hjemme på Vetch Field. Mål bl.a av den hjemvendte Messias, Alan Curtis som vel hadde bare måtelig suksess i Leeds...

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Allen Could Return For Leeds Trip
Roberto Martinez has received a boost this week with the news that Joe Allen could return as early as next weekend to face Leeds United.
The youngster suffered an injury during Friday night's game at home to Carlisle as he made his full League debut.
Martinez said:
'It's a lot better than we thought,''
'Thankfully it's not ligament damage.
'He took three or four hard challenges and is very sore, but we are only looking at three or four days maximum before he can return to training. He could even be available for selection against Leeds.''
Ferrie Bodde also returns for the Leeds game after a 3-match ban.

swansea.vitalfootball.co.uk

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Dette blir svanens død!!!![]

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Swansea vant i går 2-1- Cheltenham var det visst?

[auren]

Jepp... Swansea vant 2-1 borte mot Cheltenham. Sterkt. De ligger nå på 4.plass. Vi har vel nesten kun møtt topplag (topp 6) denne sesongen. Da tenker jeg på lag som ble spådd en toppplassering denne sesongen og tabellplasseringen før møtet mot oss. Det laget som har vært lengst nede på tabellen før et møte var vel Nottingham Forest, utrolig nok.

auren, som tror på ny tøff kamp der gjestene har det meste av spillet...


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Kamp 18/9:

Swans hit back to beat Robins
Second-half goals turn game in visitors' favour

Swansea City moved up to fourth in League One by coming from behind to win 2-1 at Cheltenham Town.
Cheltenham had taken an early lead at Whaddon Road, but fell to defeat after two second-half goals from the visitors.
Young striker Ashley Vincent poached his second goal of the season to put the hosts in front after just four minutes.
But Swansea's summer signing Jason Scotland continued his impressive start to the campaign by scoring his sixth goal for the club five minutes into the second half.
The winner arrived on 69 minutes when Andy Robinson scored to send Swansea rocketing up the table.

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Leeds United clockwatch

Thursday 20 September
11.19am - Alan Thompson has been ruled out of Saturday's clash with Swansea after failing to recover from a groin strain.

9.07am - Swansea striker Darryl Duffy gives an interview to www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk about Saturday's game at Elland Road claiming both clubs will be League One's title contenders.

[auren]

Synd Thompson ikke når kampen, men smart at vi ikke risikerer han. En halvskadd og treig Thommie er ikke hva vi trenger... Er vel duket for Hughes og Douglas sentralt igjen tenker jeg.

auren

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[mari]

I følge den offisielle siden er det pt solgt 25.270 billetter. Kapasiteten på Elland Road "working capacity" er 31.500.

Sier at man forventer årsbeste og at det ikke er usannsynlig at kampen blir utsolgt.

Det vil ta minimum 14 dager å få godkjennelse for bruk av "East Stand upper" og dette er uaktuelt til Swansea kampen (kanskje senere i år ?)

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Bad Boy Bodde Back to Bust Leeds

Watch out Leeds because Swansea's bad boy Bodde is returning from a three match suspension and this time he means business.
Swansea City midfielder Ferrie Bodde has vowed to learn from his mistakes and make up for lost time at Leeds United on Saturday.
The Dutch star is set to return from a three-match ban after being sent-off against Doncaster three weeks ago for head butting an opponent.
With Robinson and Britton already deemed unavailable due to hamstring related injuries, Bodde's return to action is a welcome boost for the Swans.
But Leeds have won all six of their opening games and a seventh would equal the club's best ever start to a league season - set in 1973.

Ferrie Bodde said:
"It was extremely frustrating to miss the last three games."
"I've only ever been sent off twice in my career and that was my first straight red."
"I've never done anything as stupid as that before and I've made a promise to my team-mates and the gaffer not to do it again."
"I've never felt so bad in my career because I let everyone down."
"Yes, I was being wound up by the opposing player, but my reaction was not good."
"But I've got to forget it now and just learn from the experience."

Roberto Martinez said:
"At the moment there couldn't be a bigger or better test for us."
"Not because of Leeds proud history, but because of the form they are in with six straight wins."
"The performance has to be of the highest standard, showing the same character and commitment as our last two games."
"Only then will the result follow because if we are not ready to fight and battle, then we won't be able to play our own football."
"Leeds have had a great start to the season."
"They probably felt that the whole world was against them when they had those 15 points deducted at the start of the season, but they've used that to their advantage."
"They are a very well organized side; don't leave themselves exposed too often and are very good at set pieces."
"They've also got six or seven players with Premiership experience who make the right decisions most of the time.

swansonline.net

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Leeds United clockwatch
Thursday 20 September
9.07am - Swansea striker Darryl Duffy gives an interview to www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk about Saturday's game at Elland Road claiming both clubs will be League One's title contenders.

United v Swans could be a title decider!

One of Darryl Duffy's most vivid footballing memories is of the European Cup draw which brought together Leeds United and Rangers 15 years ago.
At the age of eight, the young Ibrox fanatic was so taken by the drama of the two-legged tie that he channelled his pocket money into buying a video commemorating Rangers' 4-2 aggregate victory.
The recording was lost long ago, but Duffy has not forgotten the respected force that Leeds once were. He will, however, come to Elland Road with Swansea City this weekend with the conviction that both clubs on show are mere shadows of their potential, and the leading lights in League One.
Saturday's game is not quite the 'Battle of Britain', as the meeting between United and Rangers in 1992 was predictably termed, but Duffy believes it may have the makings of a League One title contest.
Expectation is rife in Leeds, but the residents of southern Wales are not easily satisfied, and after two narrow failures to win promotion to the Championship, City hope their time has come.
Ending United's passage of six successive wins â€" the only perfect record in English football â€" would tempt others to think the same.
"This is our biggest game of the season, without a doubt," said Duffy. "There's a lot of talk and expectation surrounding Leeds but the Swansea fans are expecting big things from us, and we know that we're one of the clubs being tipped to go up.
"Swansea opened their new stadium a couple of years ago, and the potential down here is massive. We've got a strong squad and an excellent manager, and I think there's a feeling that we've maybe outgrown this division.
"That doesn't mean that we'll get promotion this season, but it means we should be aiming for it. Leeds are in the same boat and they're serious contenders now, if not favourites to win the league. Saturday is a massive game between two ambitious clubs.
"Elland Road's a fantastic stadium, and it's actually strange to think that I'm going there in League One. I'm a Rangers fan, and one of my favourite memories as a boy was the 'Battle of Britain' in the Champions League. They were special games â€" the sort of games that come around once in a blue moon â€" and I enjoyed them so much that I went out and bought the double video afterwards.
"I've lost it now, but I can remember the best moments â€" Gary McAllister's goal at Ibrox, and Ally McCoist's diving header at Elland Road.
"It was a surprise to me to see Leeds fall into the Championship, and dropping down to this level was completely unthinkable.
But their form is unbelievable at the moment, and we'll need a top-class performance to win there."
Swansea's confidence will be strengthened by their sizeable advantage over Leeds in the League One table, and it is only now that the value of United's 15-point penalty to other clubs in the division is becoming truly apparent.
City are seven points clear of Dennis Wise's squad, despite contrasting United's perfect statistics with their own record of three wins from six games, and without the intervention of the Football League, Leeds would be sitting eight points ahead of the Welsh club. A seventh straight win on Saturday would have put United well beyond Roberto Martinez's sight, at least in the short term.
Martinez has felt a degree of strain this season, and back-to-back victories over Carlisle and Cheltenham have come at a convenient time for him.
Swansea passed up the chance to qualify for the play-offs on the final day of last season, and were beaten by Barnsley in the final 12 months earlier. Success has been close enough to touch, but too far away for City to realise.
Duffy, a former Rangers and Falkirk striker, joined Swansea on loan from Hull City in March, and made the transfer permanent in May.
He signed with the assurance that City would bid again for entry into the Championship this season and, despite their ponderous start, Tuesday night's 2-1 win at Cheltenham moved the club into fourth position.
"It's a very big season for us, and we know what we're aiming for," Duffy said. "Our results have been a little bit mixed so far, but our performances have been excellent. We're playing some really nice stuff and we've set quite high standards for the rest of the season. The fans will expect more of the same, so it's a bit of a rod for our own backs.
"The margin for error in this league seems pretty small. We were down in mid-table a couple of weeks back, but two victories have lifted us up to fourth. It's going to be very competitive and Leeds are proof of that. Their 15-point deduction seemed like a big problem at the time, but they've gone through it so quickly.
"Six wins on the bounce is superb form and they deserve all the praise they're getting. I think a lot of people have got one eye on them."
Swansea have selection problems ahead of Saturday's clash after midfielders Leon Britton and Andy Robinson were sidelined by injuries sustained at Cheltenham, but Dutchman Ferrie Bodde is available to Martinez after a three-match ban.
Martinez's players are between Wise and a small piece of history, with Leeds a single victory short of the club's best ever start to a season, but Duffy said: "Their run can't continue forever.
"It's been very impressive so far, and it would be incredible if it went much further.
"They'll obviously fancy their chances, but it's a four-hour journey for our supporters from Swansea and I hope we'll make it worth their while."

YEP 20/9

[Peter7]

Med solid støtte fra hjemmefansen bør dette bli en grei seier ... 4-0 (Kandol 4)

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Kandol 4 Congo!

[GeirO]

Hvorfor kan ikke superspissene våre dele broderlig, to hver?......eller blir dette kampen vi taper, når vi minst venter det? Kven kveit?

[auren]

Swansea er nok minst like god som de andre lagene vi har møtt til nå. Blir nok jevnt og tett.

auren, som ikke helt har troen på den syvende strake seieren...


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[Tom S]

Poengtap nærmer seg, men det skal (bør) ikkje komme på Elland Road.

Trur vi slår Swansea, men taper neste borte mot Gillingham.



WE'RE LEEDS AND PROUD!!!

[sveifors]

Swansea har spilt to sterke bortekamper på rad, jeg tror dette blir litt vrient. Håper jeg tar feil.

[Per-Stian]

Mogleg eg byrjar å bli litt vel overoptimistisk, men kan aldri tenkje meg at vi avgjer poeng heime mot Swansea. No har eg trudd at vi skulle gje frå oss poeng i fleire kampar, men til alt hell har vi grusa all motstand. Trur vi vil stå att med sju strake sigrar, og at vi vinn knepent.

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MARTINEZ SET FOR TOUGHEST TEST OF ALL
Roberto Martinez comes face to face with old pal Gus Poyet at Leeds tomorrow believing Swansea City will not face a tougher test all season.Poyet was a senior pro when Martinez was a youngster coming through the ranks at Real Zaragoza in the early 1990s.
They will be reunited at Elland Road, where former Uruguay star Poyet is assistant boss to ex-England player Dennis Wise.
And Martinez has warned his team that the two ex-Chelsea midfielders will send out a side primed to chalk up a club-record equalling seventh straight victory.
"I played with Gus at Zaragoza," smiled the Swansea boss, "and I think you would have got long odds then on us being in opposite dugouts in League One now.
"Gus is a winner and I know he will pass that on now he is a coach.
"He has had a very, very successful career and he will have a huge influence on the Leeds players.
"The way he is, and the way Dennis Wise is, they'll treat every game as a final.
"They'll make sure everyone knows they won't accept second best and they'll not allow anyone to underachieve.
"And the fact that they come into this game with six straight wins behind them means Leeds will have even more belief. I can guarantee you it's going to be a massive test for us."
Martinez's plans for Swansea's first trip to Leeds since a Second Division encounter in 1984 have been badly hampered by injuries to first-choice wingers Andy Robinson and Leon Britton.
But Tom Butler and Paul Anderson stand by for first league starts of the campaign, while Ferrie Bodde is expected to return in central midfield after suspension.
With no sign of Martinez landing the centre-back he craves, Marcos Painter for Kevin Austin looks like being the only switch in defence.
Leeds, meantime, look like being unchanged from their 3-0 triumph at Bristol Rovers last weekend, a win which saw them climb off the foot of the League One table.
Relegated from the Championship last season, the 2001 Champions League semi-finalists were controversially forced to start the season on -15 points after breaking the Football League's insolvency rules.
But rather than feeling sorry for themselves, Wise's team have started the campaign so spectacularly that they are now firm favourites to win the title.
"I always felt the points penalty could help them if they accepted the situation in the right way," Martinez added.
"They've got that feeling that the world's against them and they also have a very, very powerful squad.
"They have seven or eight players with Premiership experience, and they have strikers in Jermaine Beckford and Tresor Kandol who are enjoying a honeymoon period. Together all that is winning them games and, given the form they're in, this is difficult a game as you could have in our division."
Their start to the season has been much less dramatic, but Swansea do head north on the back of three successive wins and Martinez has ruled out the idea of playing for a point.
"What we want, as always, is a good performance," he said.
"We want to go there and do ourselves justice and then the result will follow."
A crowd approaching the current capacity of 31,500 is expected, with more than 2,500 Swansea fans heading for Leeds.
Vetch Field legend Alan Curtis, who also had a spell at Leeds, goes back to Elland Road this weekend for only the second time having rejoined Swansea's coaching staff.
"It's a massive club," he said, "and I've spoken to our players about how much they should look forward to it.
"They have made a fantastic start to the season, but you only have to watch our lads train to see how much talent there is here too."

thisissouthwales.co.uk

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quote:Originally posted by kjelvi

Ex-folk i Swansea
Lite folk i Swansea City for tiden med Leeds-linker.
Ex-Leeds-spiller Warren Feeney er i klubben, på utlån fra Cardiff.

Vetch Field legend Alan Curtis, who also had a spell at Leeds, goes back to Elland Road this weekend for only the second time having rejoined Swansea's coaching staff.
"It's a massive club," he said, "and I've spoken to our players about how much they should look forward to it.
"They have made a fantastic start to the season, but you only have to watch our lads train to see how much talent there is here too."

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FERRIE INSISTS: I WANT TO DITCH THAT 'RED-CARD MAN' REPUTATION
Ferrie Bodde is vowing to ditch his "red-card man" reputation starting at Leeds United tomorrow.The classy midfielder returns at Elland Road from a three-match ban having had three weeks to stew over what he describes as the worst moment of his career.
With Swansea City leading Doncaster 1-0 and heading for victory on September 1, Bodde saw red for a butt on Brian Stock.
Around half an hour later, his team-mates joined him in the dressing room having been beaten 2-1.
Bodde held his hands up, accepting a fine and a slap on the wrists from his manager.
But the player billed as the Dutch Roy Keane disputes the suggestion that he was a sending-off waiting to happen.
Bodde insists that contrary to some reports, disciplinary problems have not dogged him throughout his career.
"Everybody thinks that I am the red-card man, but that is only the second time I've been sent off and the first time ever it's been a straight red,'' he says.
"My only other red card was for two yellows, one for a normal tackle and one for standing in front of the ball (at a free-kick).
"I don't know why they call me the Dutch Roy Keane.
"It must be for picking up yellow cards, because I've never done something stupid like I did against Doncaster before."
He has taken his punishment, but Bodde is still keen to mount something of a defence following his flashpoint with Rovers midfielder Brian Stock.
"A lot of things happened in that game," he adds.
"They tried to wind me up and I have to learn that people want to catch you out.
"I heard on the TV after the game that Ferrie Bodde had started it, but it actually started in the first minute when I got a kick on my ankle.
"Then there was another later in the first half, then at the start of the second half there was an elbow in my stomach.
"The ref told me to keep smiling each time, and I was wondering why he hadn't done anything about it.
"The fourth time I was on the ground and their player was standing on my knee. I held him, then I thought he was going to bounce his head against mine and what I did was a reaction. It was a small touch, but the ref sent me off."
Immediately, as 11,000 pairs of eyes watched him trudge down the tunnel, Bodde was filled with regret.
"As soon as it happened I felt bad," he goes on.
"We were the best side at that point, we were getting close to a second goal.
"Then I went off and not long afterwards Doncaster had equalised.
"I've never felt so bad in my football career as I did then.
"I said sorry to my team-mates and to the gaffer, and I'm also sorry to the fans. I know my reaction wasn't good."
Martinez is backing Bodde to learn from his error, and the Spaniard needs him to do just that.
Because Bodde's butt did not only leave Swansea a man down for 28 minutes against Doncaster, it left them without arguably their player of the season so far for the next three matches.
The 25-year-old, signed in the close season from Den Haag, looks a bargain at £50,000, but not when he is sat in the stands.
A frustrated spectator, Bodde will do his best not to be dismissed again.
"I cannot say that I will never get sent off again, you can't say 100 per cent because humans react," he adds.
"But I have learned my lesson. I know I have to control myself and I think I can do that.
" I have to do that, because I promised the gaffer and the rest of the lads that it will not happen again."
The playmaker's only fear is that the reputation he insists is not warranted has already spread too far.
Word may have travelled to other clubs that Doncaster riled him successfully, while officials may be expecting Bodde to do wrong from the start.
"I read on the internet that people think I'm a crazy guy on the pitch," he continues.
"Maybe referees read these things too and are looking out for me, I don't know.
"But I'm not crazy. I want only to win, I don't want to do stupid things, and I'm hoping that in my next game I can start afresh."
Perhaps Leeds, with a manager notorious for spikiness in the shape of Dennis Wise, are not ideal opposition for the comeback.
Assuming he starts - which he surely must do on the strength of his pre-suspension form - Bodde may be singled out for special attention by Wise, the wind-up merchant.
Whatever, he is not concerned.
"Leeds are a big club with a big stadium and it will be a nice game to play in if I'm picked," Bodde says.
"I have heard of Dennis Wise - I think he is known as a terrier.
"If he wants to wind me up, let him do it. I can behave well.'

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LEEDS v SWANSEA
Leeds' seemingly inexorable rise to the top of the table will be tested to the full by Swansea City who are coming in to form. A midweek win at Cheltenham has lifted the Swans to fourth and ensured they have two wins on the road already.
Nevertheless, they will face a Leeds outfit brimming with confidence after six straight wins, which has wiped out their points deficit and left them with three in the bank. Another win against Swansea will lift them into mid-table and make life look a lot easier.
But assistant manager Gus Poyet has moved to quell expectations in Yorkshire after sounding a caveat. "Promotion was the idea when we got relegated but someone told me the other day that every single team that got points deducted has gone down," Poyet said.
"At the moment we're okay but it's going to be mean if we make 92 points, which would probably make us champions, and because of the 15 points you maybe end up in the play-offs.
"You need a very, very good season. Let's see if we can do it. But first let's get safe and make history about being the team not to go down with a points deduction and then let's see if we've got eight or ten games to make the rest of the points."
Tresor Kandol, at his eighth club in nine years, has pledged his future to the club in another boost for Dennis Wise. "Right now I think I've found the right club - a big club that's looking to move forward," he said. "I don't want to go anywhere. I've moved around too much, and it's time to settle down. I want to get on with what I've got to do.
"This club looks after the players, and the manager does as well. I have an understanding with him, and that's the sort of thing that wants to make you stay." Swansea have Darren Way and Owain Tudur-Jones edging their way back to fitness after lengthy absences as well so the outlook is bright at Liberty Way.

CLARKY'S VERDICT: Swansea have come from behind to win three times this season but Leeds will have too much for them and record their seventh straight win of the campaign.

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