Leeds Salutes; Austin

Jacob Burns

One of the finest examples of both visual comedy and photoshop* skills the world has seen...

*Microsoft Paint

Eddie Gray Haiku

*I've added this despite the fact that I, for some reason, used a capital L on the word 'lashes'. It bothers me, but not enough to change it.

Leeds/Norwich XI

The amount of players that have played for both clubs is well documented!

I made this before Becchio went there, but think it's quite fitting that he's not on there. He can sit on the bench.

Centre Back was the only area that was pretty tough to fill- loanee Kenton got the nod!

What did you think of Tonight's game, Massimo?

Lookalikes: Bobby Collins

David Wacaday

Post it Players: Viduka and Milner

I found '@postitplayers' on twitter a while back. He's clearly a talented guy, and well worth a follow.

Unfortunately, any Leeds players he's done seem to be in the wrong kits! Here's Viduka in Boro kit:

And he's also done a Milner:

There may be a few more former Leeds players in his archive, but these 2 were as far as I got!

He takes requests too, so, like I said, he's well worth a follow!

Premier League Strikers: Cost per goal

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With a lot of talk about the Leeds strike force and if/when/how it can/should/will be strengthened before the season, I remembered that I'd made this a while back; a chart showing the cost per goal of Leeds' main strikers in the Premier League era.

Fairly interesting to look at, even if it isn't all that relevant.

In case you're wondering- I kept it simple- maybe too simple, but I the cost per goal figure only took into account transfer fee paid, and goals scored.

I didn't account for wages, nor did I take into account any transfer money recouped if players were sold.

The players that this would have affected most would be Keane, for whom we recouped over half of his fee when we sold him to Spurs, and Cantona and Hasselbaink, who were both sold for profit.

Even without received transfer fees considered, one man stands alone...! Robbie Fowler's cost per goal is also alarmingly high.

Sock Tags: 7

Radebe Testimonial team sheet.

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Anyone remember the official site suggesting that Ronaldinho was going to play??

At least we got John Carew, I suppose. 

Jones and Clarke: World Cup Medals

From the Esso World Cup Medal Collection, 1970.

This set featured a few Leeds players, who had mixed fortunes in this World Cup.

Ultimately, Jones didn't make the squad.

Clarke was picked, tho, and grabbed his first England goal against Czechoslovakia.

Sunday, Monday: Hockaday!

Can just hear this reverberating around Elland Road...

Or he'll be terrible, and some other kind of clever word play (maybe something along the lines of 'Fuck-off-day') will be echoing out instead.

And, I don't see him reaching a third season either, truth be told... 

Out of his Depth: International edition

How could anyone expect Gattuso to be able to deal with Seth Johnson? It's almost cruel.

U-S-A!

So hard to take that this man isn't at the World Cup.

Surely USA would have cruised to victory if he was... or had another injury enforced substitution, anyway.

Here's to our 6 minute captain.

Corinthians: Flo

My reason for posting this today?

The start of the World Cup.

France 98 contained one of the finest moments of Flo's career; a vital goal in Norway's victory over Brazil.

This was, of course, long before he played for Leeds (as is evidenced by the fact that he was actually quite good at the time)

David Batty World Cup Medal

I think this was the first World Cup collection that I finished- medals that came from Sainsburys petrol station!

Batty didn't play for Leeds whilst at France 98, but I still got a bit excited over getting this one. Not as much as I did for the Nigel Martyn one, mind.

I forget how France 98 ended up for Batts...

Hacksaw Jon Douglas

Leeds World Cup Scorers

Here's my little video tribute to all the players who have scored at World Cup Finals tournaments, while representing Leeds United.

Apologies to Wilbur Cush, who scored in 1958, who I couldn't find footage for.

Also, please note that this video doesn't include players who scored at World Cups before they played for Leeds (eg Strachan) or afterwards (eg Kewell)

So long Brian!

For what it's worth, I think we may well have gone down without him.

Bowyer for England!

I saw an article posted on the Leeds facebook yesterday, suggesting that Lee Bowyer was a contender for "England's worst number 7". 

Ridiculous.

The writer must have just looked up England number 7s, and shortlisted the ones with the least caps. 

Ignoring the fact that there was no better English midfielder in the Premiership from (approx) 1999-2001, and that he spent a long time being left out for off the field matters (which he was acquitted of) let's have a look at his solitary England cap.

The match was against Portugal. A good side, including players like Figo, Couto and Rui Costa, so his performance can't really be put down to poor opposition.

Bowyer played for just over an hour, before being replaced by Trevor Sinclair.

So what did he do with his 62 minutes? Set up a goal. Dreadful that, for a wide midfielder. 62 mins: 1 assist.

England's worst number seven?

BBC sport's take on the match (describing Bowyer's performance as 'a lively start to his international career', incidentally)

The squad for that match also included Mills, Ferdinand, Smith (who scored) Robinson and Woodgate.

Major Leeds Soccer: Caldwell

Centenary Cup Final Haiku

Players defined: Pugh

Leeds vs Bristol Rovers Word Cloud

It must be love (3)

Varney the Dinosaur

Don't let the door hit you on the way out...

Leeds Legends No.11

Past Meetings: Barnsley

Yep... this was the last time we won a competitive game at Oakwell, and while I tell myself that it wasn't long ago, it was November 1997.

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And even against one of the worst teams the Premiership has seen, we almost messed it up.

That final goal would probably make it into my all time top 3 Derek Lilley moments. The others are the disallowed goal against Middlesbrough, and the time I signed him on Premier Manager.

Major Leeds Soccer: Lewis

In memoriam

You Blockhead.

A sign of quite how bad we have been recently: I actually think Michael Brown would be a good option to start in midfield on Saturday.

Past Meetings: Charlton

A Leeds and Doncaster Legend:

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A generous 13 for finishing.

Language, Speedo!

Becchio Haiku

Haiku. I know, right?

Sock Tags: 4

 

Crap Loanees as Pro Wrestlers (Moves)

Kenton Bomb:

He came, he saw... he didn't do much else.

The most memorable moment of Darren Kenton's spell at Leeds was when he set up a goal by completely mis-controlling the ball. (I think it was against Carlisle)

He played 16 games across the back 4, but only 4 of these were as a loanee; his Leicester contract was terminated at the end of the initial loan, so Leeds generously gave him a contract that ran until the end of the season.

He was released at the end of the 07/08 season, and has since played for Cheltenham, and Rochester Rhinos.

Yes, you read that right.

Major Leeds Soccer: Harvey

Harvey had two spells with the Vancouver Whitecaps in the 1980s.

Leeds Salutes: Hughesy

Language, Newsome!

Football Manager Ratings:

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Joins Alan Wright as a Leeds United 1 game hero.

Note that he's playing for Nantwich here.

Valentine's day post:

Corinthians: Wilcox

What. A. Headline.

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For the full report, click here.

Badge Kissers; Snoddy

Naylz.

Scored a 2 crucial goals in a visit to Huish Park in 2010, before pursuing a career in the WWF, where his gimmick was that of an escaped convict.

Players defined: Hunt.

eg a goal.

It Must be Love 2!

Youth Team: Jermaine Beckford

Past Meetings: Ipswich

Yeboah's first hat trick for Leeds! I'd settle for a similar result tonight...

 This was the year I had my first season ticket, but missed this game, as I was on my Year 5 residential trip to Whitby!

Major Leeds Soccer: Keane

Brolin the Academic

I realised that the last few posts have been a bit 'XIs' heavy so... here's a post of something that made me chuckle, when doing an essay for university a while back.

Although it was too tedious for me to remember exactly where this came from, it was some kind of journal, about the development of creativity in education.

Anyway, who better to define the characteristics of 'the creative person' than our very own creative 4.5million flop, widely (pun intended) regarded as one of the Premiership's worst ever signings: