Welcome to the first Matchday Thread of the New Season...........The Mighty Whites open their campaign with a trip to the New Den this weekend in what some people see as a game that could be a rude introduction to life in the English Championship for some of our new recruits
Venue..The New Den....Kick Off 15:00....Sat 09/08/2014
TEAM NEWS updated 14:20 hrs Sat
Millwall: Forde; Edwards, Dunne (C), Beevers, Malone; Abdou, Williams; Martin, McDonald, Woolford; Fuller.
Subs: Bywater, Webster, Briggs, Wright, Easter, Gueye, Gregory.
Leeds United: Silvestri, Byram, Pearce (C), Wootton, Warnock, Austin, Murphy, Tonge, Ajose, Hunt, Doukara.
Subs: S Taylor, Killock, Berardi, Cook, Benedicic, Smith, Poleon
Links....Audio......http://www.ustream.tv/user/LeedsStreamLink
or ..http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ustream-leeds
Video.......http://www.footballstreaming.info/streams/todays-links/ (unlikely, but worth a try )
Pretty tough opener for a Leeds Team that can quite justifiably be classed as an unknown quantity, they will obviously need time to gel and hopefully the new players will adjust to life in the Championship, but I'm strangely optimistic so I'm going for a 1-2 Scoreline, Millwall to score first Leeds to settle into the game and stage a comeback ..........
So, Over to You............Fans of Both teams Welcome, as are your predictions..........................
Come Onnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeds!!!
MOT
Apologies for being a wee bit early with this, but I'm on nights tomorrow ..................but i'll be here for the game
Leeds Utd v Millwall Matchday Thread
posted on 9/8/14
I'm sorry Dubai but the guy is empty up top, there's nothing there.
He is completely clueless & every minute he stays will be completely disastrous for us.
posted on 9/8/14
Tgm I wouldn't have him here in first place but now he is he needs some time.
Will be interesting to see how long Cellino's ja606 disciples give him before turning on him.
Fully expect Stevie, luvr and batty to be defending Cellino's choice to the hilt
posted on 9/8/14
Just seen the penalty decision on Sky
A bit soft, and a bit harsh at that late stage.
As the Sky chap said wryly "He did well to earn that penalty!"
Scrappy first goal too
Not the start we wanted but we'll get our heads up and crack on. Obviously there will be some who will be filled with doom and gloom for the future, but hey where would they be without a loss to cheer..!
It will be interesting to hear the reports from folk that actually went to the game.
posted on 9/8/14
I listened on LUTV, both Eddie Gray and Thom Kirwin were pretty critical of the performance. "The away fans are very quiet - they've had nothing to cheer about".
posted on 9/8/14
Couldn't believe how bad Leeds were. Absolutely awful. I have seen some poor teams in my time, but Leeds today are up there with the worst.
posted on 9/8/14
Jeezus D'Jeezus, if it's not ointment don't rub it in.
posted on 9/8/14
That Doukara fella up front was abysmal, btw.
Cook looked decent enough when he came on, but Leeds main hope was punting it up to Smith in the second half.
The right back, Byram, was also woeful on the day. Think maybe his mind was elsewhere.
posted on 9/8/14
Listening to david pleat after match sounded really ominous.
He could find nothing positive about Leeds, players looked like they'd not listed with each other, no strikers who could finish no width, poor defending etc.
It was the assessment if an experienced football man who based on what he saw, thinks we are going down....after one game.
I still think we need the 2/3 quality I've hoped for since may.
The problem now is that we need them yesterday as we could be in real trouble if we get on bad roll and pick up injuries too.
If we genuinely have 15 mill budget then should not be hard to get 2/3 good players.
posted on 10/8/14
comment by Jonty (U4614)
posted 14 hours, 2 minutes ago
Tgm I wouldn't have him here in first place but now he is he needs some time.
Will be interesting to see how long Cellino's ja606 disciples give him before turning on him.
Fully expect Stevie, luvr and batty to be defending Cellino's choice to the hilt
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Predictable nonsense........
If it doesn't work I'll say so but refreshingly we now have an owner who will change things sooner rather than later.
We will progress.
posted on 10/8/14
comment by Jonty (U4614)
posted 9 hours, 16 minutes ago
Listening to david pleat after match sounded really ominous.
He could find nothing positive about Leeds, players looked like they'd not listed with each other, no strikers who could finish no width, poor defending etc.
It was the assessment if an experienced football man who based on what he saw, thinks we are going down....after one game.
I still think we need the 2/3 quality I've hoped for since may.
The problem now is that we need them yesterday as we could be in real trouble if we get on bad roll and pick up injuries too.
If we genuinely have 15 mill budget then should not be hard to get 2/3 good players.
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Coming from the man who provided the accurate synopsis of the Lees interview.....