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Jaydog wrote: Tue May 02, 2023 5:02 pm How come it’s taking this long to announce it all.
Is Big Sam pushing for extra Fray Bentos in his package.
He's just gone into what is known as the McQueen trance

It happens to Sam bless him.

Takes a few hours to snap out of it

Stems back to this moment when he was working with Hayley
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Unfortunately it's Angus Kinnear whose the one stood next to him now but bless him Big Sam can imagine
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Jaydog wrote: Tue May 02, 2023 5:02 pm How come it’s taking this long to announce it all.
Is Big Sam pushing for extra Fray Bentos in his package.
According to the Daily Fail, he's taking charge of training tomorrow!
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Cjay wrote: Tue May 02, 2023 5:22 pm He's just gone into what is known as the McQueen trance

It happens to Sam bless him.

Takes a few hours to snap out of it

Stems back to this moment when he was working with Hayley

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Unfortunately it's Angus Kinnear whose the one stood next to him now but bless him Big Sam can imagine
Gorgeous. I totally would.
Big Sam I mean. All covered in lashings of thick gravy.
Mmmmm
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SG90 wrote: Tue May 02, 2023 5:24 pm According to the Daily Fail, he's taking charge of training tomorrow!
Love to be there for that. Be better entertainment than watching us play
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How is he going to implement a new style of play?
Isn't he a long ball merchant, no tippy tappy play.

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BradWhite wrote:How is he going to implement a new style of play?
Isn't he a long ball merchant, no tippy tappy play.
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Shouldn't be a problem, we've been playing hoof ball for a while now.

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BGwhite wrote: Tue May 02, 2023 6:05 pm Shouldn't be a problem, we've been playing hoof ball for a while now.

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I don't think he will play hoof ball, as we don't have a proper target man to hold it up. We have Bambi and Rodders, both weak as piss. There's possibility he may use Gnonto more as a forward player down the middle.
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Overman wrote: Tue May 02, 2023 6:15 pm I don't think he will play hoof ball, as we don't have a proper target man to hold it up. We have Bambi and Rodders, both weak as piss. There's possibility he may use Gnonto more as a forward player down the middle.
We don't have a defence either, probably best that they do hoof the ball because they can't pass or keep possession.
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Kennyb41 wrote: Tue May 02, 2023 3:34 pm I'm absolutely livid and raging that one man with a silver tongue has had total control over all things football at Leeds, jeez i hope Chelsea get him.
I heard that Chelsea approached Orta and interviewed him for the job. They got him to tell them what players he'd sign if he was in charge of signing players for them. When Orta left Todd Boehly laughed his socks off and said, "What a mug we don't need to hire him now we can just go out and sign all these players he has recommended."
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Have to agree with Sam on the modern obsession with playing out from the back. Not to say I don’t like football played that way but some teams simply aren’t capable of it. And keepers trying to be Maradonna is effing annoying. Sometimes a hoof is good.
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Karl Robinson, god help Leeds. He’s useless. At Oxford he got us to the Playoff final which we lost to Wycombe. Wycombe, who hoofed it up to Akinfenwa and did sod all else.
The next season we lost in the Playoff semi final, well thrashed by Blackpool. The following season 8th and this year he was sacked after what he called a run of bad luck. One (1) point from 27.
He’d had a top six budget and failed to fill the squad, gave a 2 year contract to Sam Baldock, who has played about 180 minutes all season. Bought in Josh Murphy who played about 90 minutes all season on £7.5k a week.
When he lost the dressing room, he sent our main striker out on loan on transfer deadline day, failing to replace him with a known goal scorer.
Every transfer window he comes out with “We’ll do our business early” but it’s always last minute.com so we ended up with sloppy seconds.
His marriage is over, apparently screwing one of the ladies team.
He post match interviews were comical. We’d play like a sunday league side and he’d say it was like watching Brazil. He’d constantly blame the ref, linesman, fourth official, tea lady, anyone but accept he’d screwed up. It’s like listening to a whining, whinging, deluded child, but in a scouce accent.
Liam Manning came in and brought professionalism, calmness and structure and thanks to him we’ve avoided relegation
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If you have Robinson as a no. 2, look forward to Championship football.
I hope he’s not appointed for your sakes. Good luck.
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BradWhite wrote: Tue May 02, 2023 6:30 pm We don't have a defence either, probably best that they do hoof the ball because they can't pass or keep possession.
We don't have a midfield either with Laurel & Hardy going missing every game.
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Jaydog wrote: Tue May 02, 2023 6:46 pm Have to agree with Sam on the modern obsession with playing out from the back. Not to say I don’t like football played that way but some teams simply aren’t capable of it. And keepers trying to be Maradonna is effing annoying. Sometimes a hoof is good.
That for me is why I think the appointment can work short term. Teams are used to playing the high press as every team tries to play from the back. Hoof the ball and all those players pressing are out of the game. Hoof it forward to players with a bit of pace and you have the chance to win the ball in really dangerous areas.
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Grumpy Git wrote: Tue May 02, 2023 6:55 pm Karl Robinson, god help Leeds. He’s useless. At Oxford he got us to the Playoff final which we lost to Wycombe. Wycombe, who hoofed it up to Akinfenwa and did sod all else.
The next season we lost in the Playoff semi final, well thrashed by Blackpool. The following season 8th and this year he was sacked after what he called a run of bad luck. One (1) point from 27.
He’d had a top six budget and failed to fill the squad, gave a 2 year contract to Sam Baldock, who has played about 180 minutes all season. Bought in Josh Murphy who played about 90 minutes all season on £7.5k a week.
When he lost the dressing room, he sent our main striker out on loan on transfer deadline day, failing to replace him with a known goal scorer.
Every transfer window he comes out with “We’ll do our business early” but it’s always last minute.com so we ended up with sloppy seconds.
His marriage is over, apparently screwing one of the ladies team.
He post match interviews were comical. We’d play like a sunday league side and he’d say it was like watching Brazil. He’d constantly blame the ref, linesman, fourth official, tea lady, anyone but accept he’d screwed up. It’s like listening to a whining, whinging, deluded child, but in a scouce accent.
Liam Manning came in and brought professionalism, calmness and structure and thanks to him we’ve avoided relegation
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If you have Robinson as a no. 2, look forward to Championship football.
I hope he’s not appointed for your sakes. Good luck.
This is the problem when you’re desperate. You end up losing any sense of judgement. And his entourage will be insisted on as being part of the package.
But thanks for the heads up anyway
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weasel wrote: Tue May 02, 2023 7:00 pm That for me is why I think the appointment can work short term. Teams are used to playing the high press as every team tries to play from the back. Hoof the ball and all those players pressing are out of the game. Hoof it forward to players with a bit of pace and you have the chance to win the ball in really dangerous areas.
Isn’t that Marschball to some extent?
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Grumpy Git wrote: Tue May 02, 2023 6:55 pm Karl Robinson, god help Leeds. He’s useless. At Oxford he got us to the Playoff final which we lost to Wycombe. Wycombe, who hoofed it up to Akinfenwa and did sod all else.
The next season we lost in the Playoff semi final, well thrashed by Blackpool. The following season 8th and this year he was sacked after what he called a run of bad luck. One (1) point from 27.
He’d had a top six budget and failed to fill the squad, gave a 2 year contract to Sam Baldock, who has played about 180 minutes all season. Bought in Josh Murphy who played about 90 minutes all season on £7.5k a week.
When he lost the dressing room, he sent our main striker out on loan on transfer deadline day, failing to replace him with a known goal scorer.
Every transfer window he comes out with “We’ll do our business early” but it’s always last minute.com so we ended up with sloppy seconds.
His marriage is over, apparently screwing one of the ladies team.
He post match interviews were comical. We’d play like a sunday league side and he’d say it was like watching Brazil. He’d constantly blame the ref, linesman, fourth official, tea lady, anyone but accept he’d screwed up. It’s like listening to a whining, whinging, deluded child, but in a scouce accent.
Liam Manning came in and brought professionalism, calmness and structure and thanks to him we’ve avoided relegation
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If you have Robinson as a no. 2, look forward to Championship football.
I hope he’s not appointed for your sakes. Good luck.
That’s a normal everyday situation at Leeds, he’ll fit right in.
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Jaydog wrote: Tue May 02, 2023 7:06 pm Isn’t that Marschball to some extent?
To a point, but the rest of the team don’t chase after the forwards like the Ant Hill Mob.
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weasel wrote: Tue May 02, 2023 7:00 pm That for me is why I think the appointment can work short term. Teams are used to playing the high press as every team tries to play from the back. Hoof the ball and all those players pressing are out of the game. Hoof it forward to players with a bit of pace and you have the chance to win the ball in really dangerous areas.
Agreed. That's how most teams are set up now anyway.
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Blimey.

A failed manager at League One level becomes assistant at a Premier League club.

I honestly don’t know what to say.
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