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  1. This forum? Come on! Were there any "Farke out" calls on match days? If there were, I didn't hear them from my screen. Correct me if I'm wrong. Most accepted that we were the paupers of the league and saw the bigger picture. Not hindsight, by me either. I was disappointed by those events? I wasn't clamouring for him to go. A fellow fan said to me just before the knife went in and, words to the effect that, "Two youngsters, in their various ways, have done much to undermine Farke's efforts, Cantwell and Gilmour." As a fanbase we are not daft enough to ignore the whole picture either, and some fans are more fickle than others. We know that? Smith did no better, and I doubt Wagner would have done. Anyhow, this is all stale bread, my posting was more about Farke's future prospects at Leeds rather than Stuart Webber's actions.
  2. Webber makes (made) the decisions, the fans express opinions. I wouldn't say there was that much of a clamour for him to go compared with many of our managers who were failing in the past. I wouldn't be aware of the feeling inside the ground. Smith did no better, We'll find out more if/when he gets Leeds promoted and is suitably armed.
  3. Farke has more funds behind him at Leeds than NCFC were ever able to afford him. In one way this is a test for him and could eventually lead to his downfall, in another it could get the best from him. Despite all the financial limitations at Carrow Road and being 'sent into battle without a gun' he managed to behave with dignity throughout his City spell and accepted the situation for what it was, probably fully realising that the club had given him his big chance in the game. He is now a name. He left with dignity, despite the ruthless and unnecessary manner of his sacking. Furthermore, he will now have a chance to reveal whether he is to be one of the greats of the managerial game in England and perhaps eventually win a couple of major domestic trophies or may be even more. Leeds is big time. The prognosis might not be that good, Bond tried and failed, Walker tried and failed, Lambert tried and failed. At least DF wasn't lured by the glory, will be doing it a harder way and perhaps has more about him Webber's desperation did DF more favours than it did for NCFC.
  4. I get the impression that a lot of these multimillionaire-mangers from abroad who are on that merry-go-round are not really that bothered. I did with Mourinho at Man. U., and there have been others.
  5. He was ok, and clearly a keen City supporter. I thought it amusing yesterday when, after that clash of heads that left both players on the ground for a while. Their player got up sometime before Sorensen and Russell commented, "I think he was saved from more serious injury by his dreadlocks." Good point? A dreadlocked Sargent would be a sight to see.
  6. We don't respect or need you coming onto this forum and insulting our fans. Just p-ss off. I recall no Canary fan coming on to TWTD when you were directionless in L.1. for three whole seasons. Did your tinpot club from little Ipswich win again yesterday, then? Oh yes! Against a hapless Wednesday side that most beat. Where were you last week?
  7. I will say that it's becoming increasingly difficult to want the man gone, and I have been amongst the most anxious to see him on his bike asap, along with many if not most others. Today's statement from Ashley Barnes about doing it for the manager and the upturn in performances and results all help, along with the end of the quirky selections and substitutions (which, imo, the injury crisis was not totally responsible for as they were off the wall at times,) but then I remember that awful run-in at the end of last season and even the mismanagement in the 'Boro game (and the substitutions which seemed to make no sense,) and it balances out a bit. Meanwhile, the jury has been sent out again until the season's end, as new evidence has arisen. Up to you then, Ben Knapper. That Arsenal man recently touted on this forum does sound appealing in my book. Then again, and after the personal problem this week, he might just call it a day in any case. It has been an eventful and stressful season with lots of pressure.
  8. They are sh-tting themselves at the prospect, too. There'll likely be a lot of interest from East Anglia in those dodgy internet sites selling diazepam online should it happen. I thought third played sixth in the first round of ties though? We likely cannot get better than sixth place and we want them to miss out on autos and that probably means third place unless they have another wobble and Saints go on a run. If the first comes to pass, it means we'll play them first, home and away surely? A repeat of last time. Have I got that right? It's complicated and might end up being a bit nerve racking, but it's better than the being subject to the nonentity of a season's end that threatened before Wagner pulled himself together, the injury list abated and Saintz became the all-action superstar that he has he now is. Just noticed Helsinki has already posted all this. Kiitos!
  9. It's a bit of both O/P. I, too, was initially disappointed in him after his build up from Scotland aand I expected a lot more in the way you pointed out. Also, for quite some time he was never a pencilled in starter, the way he is today. Now, he is more experienced, has his feet firmly under the table, and has made himself virtually indispensable (at least at our current level.) I agree with the captaincy issue as well.
  10. May be, but in the Rochdale bye-election the two main parties, Cons and Lab. managed to poll less than 20% of the vote between them. I realise it was a bye-election and that the outcome was skilfully manoeuvred by Galloway and I realise that I am not fully aware of the exact demography of the constituency as it stands today or of local issues, except that it was likely a Muslim vote (postal or otherwise) but it must mean something about the area and other similar constituencies which could well be reflected in the forthcoming general election. It was a thumping win after all. That so-called red-wall is clearly crumbling at a rate, whether it be entirely in favour of the Labour Party surely seems cast in to doubt by this result, especially as Gorgeous George threatens to stand more candidates in such constituencies when that day arrives. My reading is that it is the collapse of the Scot. Nat. vote north of the border that will favour Starmer most of all, along with some traditional Northern support. A lot of the rest might favour a Lab/Lib-Dem split or the smaller parties, except for in the vast staunch Tory strongholds. Reform polling anything between 10-20% could well throw everything up in the air, in both the North and the South, as well as Galloway's lot as mentioned above. One thing seems fairly certain, and that it is likely to be a dirty campaign, with results difficult to predict except in localised areas.
  11. Stoke's weaknesses are playing to our strengths, but we're flippin' good. Perhaps lacking some 'headability' in the centre of defence. Where's Batth ? How long before Duffy is up and running?
  12. Batth is fit. I didn't notice Sorensen in the middle of the defence, we'll find out more about his suitability there, but he remains a question mark, imo.
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