Leeds off to a flier and now top. Dare we dream
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I'm so glad we are out if the Championship. It is such a tough league

Mind you we have had to play Man Utd and Liverpool last 2!

I have got to be honest I love the championship, left Villa Park on Saturday strangely euphoric despite losing two points against the run of play and super Jack going off injured after yet another hack from a passing donkey, he is already the most fouled player in the championship by a FACTOR of two. He probably needs to move on for his own physical well being or at least buy some bigger shin pads , forget the money, there only £20.

The euphoria is probably something to do with the club continuing to own its own car park and Chester actually still being in a Villa shirt to give away a last minute penalty. Some more decent loans and I fancy Villa to be slicing up a bit of pre Christmas Yorkshire Turkey.  

What a great way to start the festive season. Regardless of the result that is a fixture that puts half the premier league fixtures to shame, I would pay just to watch the shirts forget the players in them, thats just s bonus.

-- Edited by Oakland2002 on Monday 27th of August 2018 06:55:28 AM

Great result in the FA Youth Cup this week Accrington Stanley 4 Leeds United 2!! That and Chelsea getting knocked out made me smile. Always love to see smaller clubs progress. Sheffield Utd has a great run a few years back and rarely is it an accident usually their is something or someone special behind it. That team indeed academy has produced a number of international players and thank you Harry McGuire for a wonderful World Cup.

Very excited by the weekends fixture, at the risk of sounding like Cilla but, suprise suprise Villa v Leeds is live on Sky! probably the most predictable choice for a championship televised game of the year, the irony is the clubs are chosen because of the atmosphere in the grounds which Sky cannot broadcast indeed now mute because the fans are so upset by their presence. Not alllll Skys fault but mostly! It is a reflection of the enormous amount of airtime given to the clubs in the championship who fill their grounds and now never get to play at 15:00 on a Saturday.

On this occasion not an issue for me as can squeeze in a trip to Gloucester City on the Saturday but normally massively inconvenient and of course the clubs both under the threat of draconian fair play legislation see very little fiscal return on the enormous amount of content they provide Sky. The premiership is in part a product of the EFL and much more television money should pass down the pyramid the painful irony being the agents are so well paid they have become so powerful they almost own the clubs ref Wolves.

Tennis is not dissimilar and I think we need a bit of anti AETC chanting at Wimbledon, more money should drip down to funding more tournaments in the U.K. There by allowing talented but less affluent younger players to compete regularly perhaps an under 21 tour where regular participation of British eligible players would facilitate an income equivalent to an apprenticeship.

Indeed, 41000 there and Leeds top for Xmas. Efl is a really decent league at the moment

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Cracking game, cracking atmosphere, gutted by the result but dirty Leeds invigorated by some of their own youngsters were the better side. Pretty depressing drive back to the outlaws.

Santa has however bought me a 6ft 7 inch keeper for Christmas (with said keeper I think we would have got 3 points out of Forest, WBA perhaps even Leeds). The last player we bought from Ghent was a Mr Benteke who with pristine knees and Achilles tendons was a magnificent acquisition, lets hope going back to the well pans out. 

-- Edited by Oakland2002 on Wednesday 26th of December 2018 06:35:02 AM

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I was following the match on live text while aimlessly wandering around Frankfurt airport.  Not quite sure how we are top at Xmas.  In all honesty, we have a group of average Championship players, some talented youngsters plus the one quality player in Pablo Hernandez.  But what we DO have, seems to be a genius as a coach.  Lost count of the times recently where he has changed things up in the 2nd half and turned a game around.  Long live "el loco".

This same group of players finished 13th last year.  We have only added two players, one of whom has only played about twice this year due to injury (Bamford).  The only significant addition to the squad had been a left back from Wolves (Douglas).

Still think we will need reinforcements in January.  Our style of play and intense training regime has led to a string of injuries, so I am still concerned as to whether we can maintain the momentum in the 2nd half of the season.  But I live in hope.  A home win against Blackburn today would be a good start.

 

They'll be down with the decorations Bob, mess up in the play-offs, its written in the stars