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Positional winners over the last twenty years from our polls

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Positional winners over the last twenty years from our polls

Team
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Kelly
Rodon
Bijol
Muharemovic
Dallas
Ampadu (Captain)
Klich
Raphinha
Hernandez
Summerville
Beckford

Cooper won the captain poll with 11 votes over Ampadu on 10 votes

As Cooper didnt make the final twelve players line-up, Ampadu takes over the captaincy.
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What changes would you make to the above team personally?
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For me....

Ayling for Kelly
Calvert-Lewin for Beckford
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1964white wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2026 6:17 am What changes would you make to the above team personally?
My voted for 13 was

Trafford
Ayling
Firpo
Phillips
White
Struijk
Hernandez
Klich
Rodrigo
Saiz
Summerville

Bijol
Cooper (capt)
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1964white wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2026 6:15 am Positional winners over the last twenty years from our polls

Team
Trafford
Kelly
Rodon
Bijol
Muharemovic
Dallas
Ampadu (Captain)
Klich
Raphinha
Hernandez
Summerville
Beckford

Cooper won the captain poll with 11 votes over Ampadu on 10 votes

As Cooper didnt make the final twelve players line-up, Ampadu takes over the captaincy.
the team is 12 players ???????????????????
Leeds need to bring in a midfielder who can score goals and a decent number 9 in Jan 2027.
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Ayling for Kelly only
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pjm2019 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2026 11:17 am the team is 12 players ???????????????????
Would give us a better chance of winning .... :mrgreen:
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1964white wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2026 8:33 am Ayling for Kelly

If we are sticking with best players within the last 20 years, then Ayling.

Kelly was passed ir by 2006.
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The Subhuman wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2026 9:50 am My voted for 13 was

Trafford
Ayling
Firpo
Phillips
White
Struijk
Hernandez
Klich
Rodrigo
Saiz
Summerville

Bijol
Cooper (capt)
Quite a few changes.
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pjm2019 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2026 11:17 am the team is 12 players ???????????????????
You don't get it Pjm.

I shall explain.

Goalkeeper
Right-back
Right sided-back
Middle centre-back
Left sided-back
Left back
Defensive midfielder
Central midfielder
Attacking midfielder
Right winger
Left winger
Striker

Three centre-backs & three midfielders to accomodate a preferred system.
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YorkshireSquare wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2026 11:51 am If we are sticking with best players within the last 20 years, then Ayling.

Kelly was passed ir by 2006.
Totally!

I remember how poor he was at Tranmere in the cup.

Got beat in the 3-2 in the 120th minute.

Long journey home that night, had loads of those trips though.

Eric Cantona's final appearance for Leeds at Watford was also totally underwhelming.
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1964white wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2026 3:40 pm Team
Trafford
Kelly
Rodon
Bijol
Muharemovic
Dallas
Ampadu (Captain)
Klich
Raphinha
Hernandez
Summerville
Beckford
Only three of last season's squad in the final twelve!
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I wouldn’t have Klich, Dallas Kelly or Beckford in mine.

Stach Phillips Ayling and DCL instead.

Loved Dallas he would be an essential squad member - but a multi-tool rather than a nailed on starter, but if he had been an option for RB I would have picked him over Ayling.

My 11 would be playing the same 532 system.

Trafford
Dallas, Rodon, Bijol Tarik Guds
Amps Hernandez Stach
Raph and DCL

Lot of goals in that team for me.

Bench - Phillips, struijk, Mes, Tanaka, Summerville, Beckford, Justin, and Klich / Taylor

Not including loan players as they were not ours.
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1964white wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2026 3:40 pm Only three of last season's squad in the final twelve!
Looks like we were better under Bielsa and to be fair, Ayling should be in.. making it 7 Bielsa Babes.
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1964white wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2026 1:52 pm You don't get it Pjm.

I shall explain.

Goalkeeper
Right-back
Right sided-back
Middle centre-back
Left sided-back
Left back
Defensive midfielder
Central midfielder
Attacking midfielder
Right winger
Left winger
Striker

Three centre-backs & three midfielders to accomodate a preferred system.
you do not seem to get the fact that teams are 11 players
Leeds need to bring in a midfielder who can score goals and a decent number 9 in Jan 2027.
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pjm2019 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2026 10:07 pm you do not seem to get the fact that teams are 11 players
Perhaps not!
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The Subhuman wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2026 6:45 pm Looks like we were better under Bielsa and to be fair, Ayling should be in.. making it 7 Bielsa Babes.
I've made it five,

Dallas, Klich, Raphinha, Hernandez, Summerville.

Defensively not.

We were shocking in that department.
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Only mho but anyone who considers phillips as one of our best has never been to a live game in that 20 yr period, a dreadful footballer who one man made half decent through his crazy system after dropping him back from a midfield role, otherwise he would have been in league 1, 4 seasons ago, and he aint far from there now.
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