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August 31st, 2008

defensive lapses crush Leeds again

By: j | Comments 4 Comments

As the campaign heads into week five, the class of the league, Leicester City, Oldham and Carlisle are pulling away from the pack. They have continuously shown a complete style of play on both ends of the pitch, particularly Leicester and are far beyond what Leeds have shown so far.
Leeds certainly is a peculiar mix [...]

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August 28th, 2008

Marching on Together match preview Bristol Rovers

By: j | Comments 2 Comments

Leeds is staring at a critical match Saturday with Bristol Rovers visiting Elland Road. With Bristol holding a one-point advantage over Leeds at the eight spot in the table, Gary McAllister’s club cannot afford to drop points. After only three matches Oldham and Leicester are already showing themselves as the class of the early League [...]

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August 28th, 2008

this should make you laugh

By: j | Comments No Comments

Gary McAllister noted he has a bit of problem selecting the lineup against Bristol Rovers after demolishing Crystal Palace with eight changes to the lineup.
(hmm…let see struggling club devastates higher level club with different lineup…oh yes, I can see how that is problem. Ahem, is this even a debate?)
Leeds (finally) moved Jermaine Beckford out wider [...]

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August 26th, 2008

Crystal Palace Carling Cup match review

By: j | Comments No Comments

Leeds definitely made its objectives loud and clear with a lineup that had many new faces in it and one that the squad needs to have on the pitch on Saturdays. The lineup blended experience where needed, namely Paul Telfer and pace with Fabian Delph in the midfield and attacked, attacked, attacked. Sixteen year-old Aidan [...]

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August 25th, 2008

Carling Cup match v Crystal Palace

By: j | Comments No Comments

Leeds face Championship League’s Crystal Palace in the second round in the Carling Cup later today at Elland Road. Like Leeds, Palace started the campaign with tremendous hopes of promotion and just like Leeds have stumbled and bumbled their way and scrambling for answers.
Gary McAllister has a tough choice in how to approach this [...]

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August 23rd, 2008

missed opportunities

By: j | Comments No Comments

Is this a early campaign habit or will it be a caption for the season? “Missed opportunities” has been the issue so far this season and today Leeds missed a glorious opportunity to put three points up. Maybe it’s about time to put aside pre-season forecasts and “expert” opinions of automatic promotion because right-now Leeds [...]

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August 21st, 2008

Marching on Together match preview Yeovil Town

By: j | Comments No Comments

The club is facing a huge test in the early part of the campaign against Yeovil Town after a miserable loss to Oldham, in which they were completely outplayed. While the club bellied about wanting to get out on the pitch right-away after being embarrassed at Elland Road, they will need to channel themselves effectively [...]

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August 19th, 2008

Dougie Freedman not coming to Leeds

By: j | Comments No Comments

Crystal Palace manager Neil Warnock has made it known that Dougie Freedman is available for transfer but in somewhat of a surprising announcement, Leeds will not be making a bid. Chairman Ken Bates in discussing the situation acknowledged the tremendous addition he was to the club last year but reaffirmed the clubs commitment to younger [...]

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August 16th, 2008

Oldham Athletic match review

By: j | Comments No Comments

Lets take a step back to this past weeks Carling Cup match. While the pubs were full with everyone busy patting each other on the back, making plans for the Championship next campaign, I warned if you don’t pay greater attention to movement and distribution as well as marking, a better club will make you [...]

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August 15th, 2008

Marching on Together: Oldham preview

By: j | Comments 1 Comment

Leeds have a very tough match ahead as Oldham Athletic visits Elland Road. It should be no surprise that long-time Leeds man, John Sheridan, is particularly motivated against his old squad. Last year he had Leeds number, handing them a beastly 3-1 loss and narrowly losing 1-0 on a late goal during the early season [...]

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