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The Subhuman wrote: ↑Mon May 05, 2025 4:43 pm I didn't get that from that video. I don't think Ampadu would announce it like that

We wait I guess
I think Ampadu was either buzzed or high on the occasion and prone to letting any inside information slip
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Leif Davis then maybe ... good LWB's are rare....
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The Subhuman wrote: ↑Mon May 05, 2025 4:56 pm Leif Davis then maybe ... good LWB's are rare....
Not sure we can have Bogle and Davis?

Two fbs whose primary qualities are offensive not defensive.

We'd get absolutely hammered on the transition
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Cjay wrote: ↑Mon May 05, 2025 5:04 pm Not sure we can have Bogle and Davis?

Two fbs whose primary qualities are offensive not defensive.

We'd get absolutely hammered on the transition
We don't play with full backs, we haven't for years. Wing backs are secondary defensive cover. your defence is the CB's and one or two DMF

Deep lying full backs mean you lose the overlap when playing inverted or narrow wingers.
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Particularly (but not exclusively), if we can sign Solomon, I would like to see Firpo stay. The two of them forged quite a pairing and understanding during the season, which I think could bode us well in the PL. Any combos with a good understanding will help the initial balance of the team.
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I don't imagine he turns down those type of offers for us.
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Cjay wrote: ↑Sat May 31, 2025 3:57 pm
I don't imagine he turns down those type of offers for us.
I do not really follow European football, but I’m not sure he is at AC Milan level?
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Barlow Boy wrote: ↑Sat May 31, 2025 4:47 pm I do not really follow European football, but I’m not sure he is at AC Milan level?
Believe OL finished sixth in Serie A.
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AcrossThePondAsh wrote: ↑Sat May 31, 2025 4:59 pm Believe OL finished sixth in Serie A.
Quite an achievement given Lyon is in France and Serie A is in Italy 😀😀
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Pullhard wrote: ↑Sat May 31, 2025 5:08 pm Quite an achievement given Lyon is in France and Serie A is in Italy 😀😀
I thought so too :shock:
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Barlow Boy wrote: ↑Sat May 31, 2025 4:47 pm I do not really follow European football, but I’m not sure he is at AC Milan level?
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Better than Terence Trent Derby at going forward and defending in my opinion. One is supposedly worth £100m+ and one seemingly lots of Leeds fans would be happy to see leave for nowt.

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Cjay wrote: ↑Sat May 17, 2025 4:23 pm I've pretended to support a team that's been crap for most of my life as part of a long term plan
Victor_Notts-17 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 01, 2026 7:03 pm Did you post them because there's something wrong with your brain
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Barlow Boy wrote: ↑Sat May 31, 2025 4:47 pm I do not really follow European football, but I’m not sure he is at AC Milan level?
Couldn't tell you.

Don't watch much Serie A anymore.

They aren't the team they were AC Milan.

But Firpo needs a team who dominate the ball, can't ask him to do too much defending
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Cjay wrote: ↑Sat May 31, 2025 6:06 pm Couldn't tell you.

Don't watch much Serie A anymore.

They aren't the team they were AC Milan.

But Firpo needs a team who dominate the ball, can't ask him to do too much defending
Or a team that doesn't see much of the ball but are good on the counter.

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Cjay wrote: ↑Sat May 17, 2025 4:23 pm I've pretended to support a team that's been crap for most of my life as part of a long term plan
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weasel wrote: ↑Sat May 31, 2025 6:02 pm Better than Terence Trent Derby at going forward and defending in my opinion. One is supposedly worth £100m+ and one seemingly lots of Leeds fans would be happy to see leave for nowt.

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Junior was one of my favourite players last season, often making me smile :)
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1964white wrote: ↑Sat May 31, 2025 6:49 pm Junior was one of my favourite players last season, often making me smile :)
And he always seemed to have a smile on his face too. I think the whole team enjoyed last season and that was crucial for when the pressure was on. We were a team.

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weasel wrote: ↑Sat May 31, 2025 6:59 pm And he always seemed to have a smile on his face too. I think the whole team enjoyed last season and that was crucial for when the pressure was on. We were a team.

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Harmony in a squad is so important.

One of the reasons our bowls club performs well in the four leagues we are affiliated in.
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1964white wrote: ↑Sat May 31, 2025 8:07 pm Harmony in a squad is so important.

One of the reasons our bowls club performs well in the four leagues we are affiliated in.
It is and Farke gets no credit fo that from some members of our fanbase who seem to think that just having good players is enough. You just have to see PSG playing as a team to know how important it is. Are PSG a better team without 'superstars' Mbappe, Neymar etc


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Cjay wrote: ↑Sat May 17, 2025 4:23 pm I've pretended to support a team that's been crap for most of my life as part of a long term plan
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weasel wrote: ↑Sat May 31, 2025 8:50 pm It is and Farke gets no credit fo that from some members of our fanbase who seem to think that just having good players is enough. You just have to see PSG playing as a team to know how important it is. Are PSG a better team without 'superstars' Mbappe, Neymar etc


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It would seem so, battered Liverpool, Villa & Arsenal on the way to the Final.

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weasel wrote: ↑Sat May 31, 2025 6:35 pm Or a team that doesn't see much of the ball but are good on the counter.

Put two people next to each other on a touchline and it is like they are watching two different games - Tom Selleck
Not seeing much of the ball and being good on the counter would mean he'd still be doing a lot of defending which isn't his strength.

Never has been.
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