Leeds United Thread

[devil tish]

get in there

that performance really sticks it to the people who know nothing about how well leeds have played all season.

i reckon i have seen them over 2000 minutes this season, and that was no surprise to me. we are the class side in the playoffs, we should have gone up automatically but its off to wembley now where owt can happen.

:c ow

[alexmac]

I agree tish, they are a good side. However, I think Carlisle have shown themselves in an excellent light his season too. They will be up next year, no danger there. If they keep their squad intact and make a couple of experienced signings they will be challenging for automatic promotion IMO.

[Paul Ross]

Personally I think Doncaster are a better side than us, but I think they struggle under pressure.

[lemonjon]

MOT


Happy fecken days

Wemberleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee


What a performance total opposite from the first leg


Knocked my drink over when Howson scored in the last secs I also done a wee dance, which am not proud of


So Doncaster or Southend

Doncaster

0-1 (HT 0-1)

Leeds

Leeds

0-1 (HT 0-1)

Doncaster

Southend

1-0 (HT 1-0)

Leeds

Leeds

4-1 (HT 1-0)

Southend

[alexmac]

On past results then it has got to be Southend...?

[Big Gaz]

well played leeds 90th min winner...lol gtfi

[meatman]

Terrific result, I didn't expect us to turn this around, incredible how we keep getting late goals

A terrific effort from everyone this year no matter what happens in the final

I'd rather we played Southend in the final, a lot of people I spoke to this season said Donny were the best side that came to ER this season, although we performed better at their place.

Whoever we face, we'll have every chance anyway

[kevshat]

Originally Posted by devil tish

get in there

that performance really sticks it to the people who know nothing about how well leeds have played all season.

i reckon i have seen them over 2000 minutes this season, and that was no surprise to me. we are the class side in the playoffs, we should have gone up automatically but its off to wembley now where owt can happen.

:c ow

I'm guessing that was aimed at me but I'll stick to my original thoughts. I still don't rate Leeds highly enough to go up and as I said earlier I'm happy to be hung out to dry if I'm proved wrong, I've seen Leeds enough this season to know what to think though and results in games I've not seen tell enough. The 3-3 at Vale for example, Cheltenham doing the double over you, the draw down here, Hereford winnng at ER in the cup etc etc.

Let's not kid ourselves that you were amazing tonight either, you beat a Carlisle side which never showed up. There is no class side in the playoffs though, in fact there wasn't really a class side in the entire division this season.

Originally Posted by Paul Ross

Personally I think Doncaster are a better side than us, but I think they struggle under pressure.

I thought that too mate but they won the JPT last season when Bristol Rovers had cancelled out a 2 goal lead and you've got some young players who could easily freeze on the big occasion as some of them showed the other night. Freedman could be the difference though. That was an incredibly smart piece of business from McAllister but a lack of width might not help at Wembley.

[devil tish]

[quote=kevshat;1085871]I'm guessing that was aimed at me but I'll stick to my original thoughts. I still don't rate Leeds highly enough to go up and as I said earlier I'm happy to be hung out to dry if I'm proved wrong, I've seen Leeds enough this season to know what to think though and results in games I've not seen tell enough. The 3-3 at Vale for example, Cheltenham doing the double over you, the draw down here, Hereford winnng at ER in the cup etc etc.


wow u are a bit paranoid there m8

i know u know your stuff, but how u can pass comment after watching 3 or 4 games is beyond me. fact is we got enough points to be promoted automatically, and as somebody wiser than me once said, the table never lies at the end of the season, or is that wrong? the 15 points is well documented, and gone and forgotten. yep we might be playing in league 1 next season, anything can happen in 90 mins as you kindly remind us all above. but to be frank i couldnt care less. i will be at wembley to cheer the lads on and will be there whatever next year as i have for the last twelve.

all i can say is the shrewdies were on leeds tonite, and it will pay for next years season ticket

rumour has it that when leeds got to the playoff final 2 years ago there were 250,000 ticket applications. make it 300,000 this year as doncaster is 50/50 rovers and leeds fans i reckon.

best of luck to the lads we are overdue a bit of good luck

[kevshat]

Originally Posted by devil tish

wow u are a bit paranoid there m8

i know u know your stuff, but how u can pass comment after watching 3 or 4 games is beyond me. fact is we got enough points to be promoted automatically, and as somebody wiser than me once said, the table never lies at the end of the season, or is that wrong? the 15 points is well documented, and gone and forgotten. yep we might be playing in league 1 next season, anything can happen in 90 mins as you kindly remind us all above. but to be frank i couldnt care less. i will be at wembley to cheer the lads on and will be there whatever next year as i have for the last twelve.

all i can say is the shrewdies were on leeds tonite, and it will pay for next years season ticket

rumour has it that when leeds got to the playoff final 2 years ago there were 250,000 ticket applications. make it 300,000 this year as doncaster is 50/50 rovers and leeds fans i reckon.

best of luck to the lads we are overdue a bit of good luck

I must've seen you 7 or 8 times this season including these last 2 matches and you've not really impressed me once although you played the best of those matches tonight. That's probably more than many Leeds fans have seen this season! The table doesn't lie at the end of the season, no but it is distorted this season because we all know you was galvanised by the 15pt loss. Without that can you guarantee me you'd have flown out of the traps and won 10 on the trot when most sides who get relegated take a month or so to get going again (Southend being a classic example). It's impossible to say you can.

You can have 5000 ticket applications for Wembley or 50 million applications, at the end of the day you'll be matched by Doncaster or Southend in the stands at Wembley but promotion isn't won in the stands as you found out 2 years ago, it's won on the pitch and as your results against both sides suggest, you're not sufficiently better than either of them. I don't buy into all this we deserve luck stuff because you've created all your problems yourselves but I wish you luck at Wembley as there's a few people on here who I consider mates who are Leeds fans so I hope Leeds win for them . Just don't get carried away until the trophy is in Douglas' hands .

[devil tish]

boring..

guess it will be a cold day in hell when any of you southerners admit that leeds played carlisle off the park tonight.

same old story on here as usual.

leeds rollercoaster season lives on, and they may be destined to fall at the final hurdle, we will see. fact is you will be tipping whoever they play, and if southend win tomorrow, suddenly they will be the best team you have ever seen

trust me no-one is getting carried away, just glad the class told, and the best side won. wembley and lufc are not a marriage made in heaven however.

[davidmphill]

I thought Leeds were screwed after losing at Elland Road. Full credit to them to win 2-0 at Brunton Park, never an easy place to win and especially so when so much was at stake.
Been a slow start for Gary Mac for me but this is a huge result for him.

[leespam]

I've been really impressed with Gary Mac during these play-offs. His attitude when we lost the 1st leg (smirking to the fans and moving his hand from side to side to say it was 50/50 when we pulled one back at Elland Road) and his calm and collected attitude leading up to the 2nd leg really gave the lads some freedom to play IMO.

Absolutely delighted we got the win last night. It'll be a close run thing whoever we get in the final but the lads can do it. I just don't like how we can self-destruct under the pressure at Elland Road sometimes. Hopefully, G-Mac can get the players into a frame of mind where we treat the final as an away fixture rather than a home-type fixture us Leeds fans will try to create .

[Guy Fawkes]

I, too, am delighted with not only the victory, but the style of victory, which on the whole was calm, collected and effective which is very nice to see.

[lemonjon]

Doncaster then 3 nil up b4 half time

[Guy Fawkes]

Originally Posted by lemonjon

Doncaster then 3 nil up b4 half time

Defo Doncaster!

89'

Doncaster R.

5 - 1

Southend U.

[Guy Fawkes]

Tickets never went on general sale!

Leeds' Ministry Of Ways And Means Forces Donny's Hand

By - 22/05/2008 18:01
Doncaster Rovers today took the unprecedented decision to suspend over-the-counter sales of tickets for Sunday's League One play-off final amid fears they were getting into the hands of touts and Leeds United fans.
Prior to the suspension, the South Yorkshire club had sold over 20,000 tickets for the Wembley showpiece.
A Rovers statement revealed they'd been forced to put in place the measure after a significant number of quick-thinking United supporters and ever-resourceful ticket touts had started to gather at the Keepmoat Stadium.
Thursday had been pencilled in as the first day of general sale for Leeds hopefuls but the final ticket of United's allocation of 36,000 was sold on Wednesday evening, following a day of chaos and queue-jumping at Elland Road.
Rovers said they would still take orders by e-mail, telephone and fax but every application would be checked against the club database before tickets were issued. But it means fans who are not on the database and were planning to buy them from the stadium will not be able to buy tickets.
To their credit Doncaster had offered to hand over 6,000 of their allocation to their opponents but the Football League, always willing to help out, said no to that citing segregation procedures at Wembley had already been put in place.

[WASP]

I am really routing for Leeds on Saturday and I am not sure why, maybe its the 15 point deduction fiasco, maybe its my admiration for Gary Mac, maybe its the aversion to ManYou I love or maybe I just like to suck Paul Ross's arse now and then

Anyway good luck Leeds

[devil tish]

nowt to do with the footy, but one for paul ross here!!!

You know your from Leeds when......

1. The closest thing you have to a zoo is Tropical World at Roundhay Park !

2. Your feminine side is your lass

3. You know Leeds is so brilliant they named a Castle 240 Miles away after it!

4. Dear means expensive!

5. You have bought an award winning pork pie from Wilsons

6. You heard the late Danny Freeman singing outside Marks and Sparks

7. Your mum is your mam Your Gran is your Nan

8. They both call Marks and Spencers, Marks and Sparks !!!

9. You proudly announce that Nell McAndrew is from Belle Isle

10. You have seen Zack Dingle in the Atrium

11. You think Harry Ramsdens is expensive and a rip off and that Seafarer, Skyliner, Brians, Mermaid, Wetherby Whaler or Coes are much better

12. You know the Leodis pub and the historical significance of the name

13. You know what a loiner is and you're proud to be one

14. You refer to going to the UK 's 2nd financial centre and 3rd largest city by population as "town"

15. You remember when Marks & Spencers only had one shop and it was in town and there was Mathias Robinson, Littlewoods, Lewis's, C & A. and Marshall and Snelgrove and it was really posh!

16. You call the Headrow Centre, Schofields!

17. You know you?re from Leeds when you used to pay on the bus with a Ker-ching!!!

18. Your Postcode starts with LS

19. You know all the words to "marching on together"

20. You never use the word "the" except when writing

21. You used to see cast members of Emmerdale in't Majestyk and thought it was cool

22. You know that a Rhino isn't just a big grey animal that lives in Africa

23. You went to either Boston Spa, Mount St Mary?s, Cardinal Heenan, John Smeaton, Foxwood, Wetherby High, Garforth Comp, Allerton Grange or Abbey Grange

24. You have been drunk in the Pig and Whistle

25. You have seen Oasis at the Irish centre or Duchess of York !

26. You know where the Duchess of York was

27. You have been for a beer on a boat which is nowhere near any water

28. You think slightly overcast and cold is good weather

29. You love the Yorkshire Dales but hardly ever go there!

30. You don't use Black and Whites taxis cos they are too dear

31. You consider the Skyrack, Original Oak and The Taps to be a night out

32. You think Chapel Allerton is cosmopolitan

33. You would never go to Gipton, Chapeltown or Halton Moor at night or alone.

34. You still call Gregg's, Thurston's

35. You used to go ABC, Cannon The Dominion, Cottage Road and Odeon and you called it "t Pictures"

36. You know that t' ring road isn?t actually a ring it?s a C

37. You dislike the fact you share an airport with Bradford .

38. You have seen some of the world's biggest artists in Roundhay Park

39. You know what the Deer Park and the Streets of Leeds are

40. Your fish and chips are cooked in lard!

41. You remember traffic on Briggate ,Kirkgate, Commercial Street and Lands Lane

42. You remember when the Post Office in City Square sold stamps

43. You remember green buses

44. You called Vicar Lane Bus Station the Red Bus Station

45. You called the Central Bus Station the Green Bus Station

46. You remember when we didn't have Starbucks.

47. You remember the Victoria Quarter before they put a roof on it and it was called Queen Victoria Street

48. You remember when Woolworths was in Briggate

49. You went to the Bank and bought alcohol

50. You call everyone love

51. You remember the Evening Post newspaper seller telling everyone he was having a terrible day

52. You call going to the swimming pool going to the baths and you went to Cookridge Street , Union Street or Meanwood baths and if the cubicles were full, you didn't get in.

53. You put milk in the cup first when making a pot of tea

54. You remember when Jacomellis was the height of sophistication

55. You can remember a bar called Amnesia!!!

56. You bought your records from Scene & Heard or Kennedys
57. You remember the maroon double decker trams
58. You had your first taste of yogurt in The Milkmaid.
59. Your milk came from Craven Dairies or the Co-op
60. School uniforms came from Sparlings at Moortown corner or Rawcliffes in town
61. You remember when there were no boys at Allerton High School
62. You remember "Children's day' at Roundhay Park and you even took part in it.
63. If you were lucky, you were in Thornton 's Arcade on the hour to watch the moving figures striking the bells
64. You went sledging down 'Hill 60' in roundhay Park
65. Jimmy Saville was our 'celebrity'

come on leeds