Welcome to Leeds a la Strachan has Stricken!
Thursday 31 January 2013
Wednesday 30 January 2013
The Next big thing...
Fifteen years ago to the day, my dad took me to my first ever away game, for my 13th Birthday. A good, sturdy Graham-esque 2-0 win over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.
In the latter stages of the game, one of our forwards was replaced by Lee Matthews. The mere minutes that I saw were enough to convince 13 year old me that he was the next big thing! I even edited him on to Fifa '98.
He played for us 2 more times.
This pic came from the Oz Whites LUFC History page.
Tuesday 29 January 2013
Monday 28 January 2013
Varney Stinson
After an awesome goal against Spurs!
...
I still have a picture of him as Barney the dinosaur up my sleeve for when he returns to form.
Sunday 27 January 2013
Leeds/ Spurs XI
Another 'XIs' post!
Again, having Rose in their is a bit of a cheat, he as he never played for the first team.
There are also a few loanees who may as well have never played for us; Adam Smith, Jake Livermore and Andros 'The Forehead' Townsend.
Thinking about it, Korsten screwed us over too, and there is an ongoing WACCOE debate about Woodgate!
There are a few good'uns in there tho!
Saturday 26 January 2013
Friday 25 January 2013
Thursday 24 January 2013
Becchio
Will be absolutely gutted if he goes, though I can't say I blame him. The new owners have plenty work to do.
Wednesday 23 January 2013
Tuesday 22 January 2013
Leeds/ Bradford XI
Taylor is Charlie Taylor, young left back, who I believe Bradford tried to ruin by playing in midfield during his loan spell.
I also realise that having Singh in their is a bit of a cheat, as he never played a first team game for us, but then I thought, it's my blog, I'll do what I want!
(I realise it's a bit soon to have another XIs post, but thought that, if Bradford don't win, then there may not ever be occasion to post this again.)
Monday 21 January 2013
Warnock's tactics?
So, after attending Saturday's game, I decided to look on Fifa 96, to see if I could suss out Neil Warnock's tactics.
Ok, so realistically, 1996 is far too modern, and relevant for Warnock, but it's the oldest version I have.
Anyway, I concluded that we are either using this:
Ok, so realistically, 1996 is far too modern, and relevant for Warnock, but it's the oldest version I have.
Anyway, I concluded that we are either using this:
or this:
It's hard to decide which.
Sunday 20 January 2013
Leeds African XI
In honour of the Cup of Nations starting today, here is a Leeds African XI:
Subs: Showunmi, Kandol, Faye, Sakho.
Goalkeeper proved to be a bit of a problem, but I'm sure the one I've selected would perform well!
Gradel is tucked into central midfield because, really, who would you rather drop, Gradel, Johanneson, Diouf, or Amdy "I'd forgotten he played for us" Faye?!
I think this definitely goes to show that, with one notable exception (who I've actually put in goal!) our attacking African players have definitely been better than the defenders!
In case you were wondering, the XI, and listed subs contain players from South Africa, Mozambique, Nigeria, Angola, Senegal, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana and DR Congo.
Saturday 19 January 2013
Friday 18 January 2013
Lookalikes: Jon Douglas
New occasional feature... yes, I know this kind of thing has been done loads of times before, but hopefully, I'll come up with at least one or two interesting ones.
So without further ado, Jonny Douglas and his doppelgänger:
Thursday 17 January 2013
Kinky?!
Had completely forgotten about this: Kinkladze's trial in the 03/04 season. He played a few reserve games to... erm... prove his fitness.
A sign of what was to come: ie he was the first of many Has-Beens coming in on trials, short term deals or loans.
Tuesday 15 January 2013
Monday 14 January 2013
Crap Loanees as Pro Wrestlers #7
Dino (Raul) Bravo:
I think the problem with Raul Bravo, as is the case with quite a few of the crap loanees, is the expectation that came with his arrival.
Touted as a hot prospect from Real Madrid, he figured in just 5 games in his 6 month loan spell. We lost 4 of them.
Sunday 13 January 2013
Saturday 12 January 2013
Friday 11 January 2013
Thursday 10 January 2013
Wednesday 9 January 2013
Tuesday 8 January 2013
Monday 7 January 2013
Sunday 6 January 2013
Magic of the FA Cup.
Every picture tells a story, as the saying goes. Well, here are 3 pictures that contribute to the same story, regarding yesterday's FA Cup tie:
Here's the coach park, just before 2pm:
The vociferous, intimidating crowd in the South stand:
...I'll let this one speak for itself.
(All pics unceremoniously nicked from the 'brum pics' thread on Waccoe)
Saturday 5 January 2013
Friday 4 January 2013
Thursday 3 January 2013
January 3rd Word Cloud
Two things that I particularly like about this word cloud are how much bigger 'Leeds' is than 'Manchester', and how much bigger 'Beckford' is than 'Rooney'.
The report I used to make it can be found here.
Wednesday 2 January 2013
Authority
I realise that maybe I should have posted this sooner... but to anyone wondering what authority I have to be posting on a Leeds United themed blog every day; I am an official supporter.
Not just anyone can get hold of a massive badge like this, you know... though that may be because it's from the mid 90s.
Tuesday 1 January 2013
Simpsonized Warnock
Well Neil, this is your month. Now that Bates has at least partially sodded off, it's time for you to start delivering that 'team to be proud of' that you promised.
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