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[Albion] Deluded Leeds (an EFL club) fans
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Sheebo
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That rag also has an article about where Leeds finished in the cards table last season and seem to have completely misunderstood why everyone calls them Dirty Leeds:
‘Leeds United are often tagged as ‘Dirty Leeds’ – but are the Whites really THAT dirty?‘
This is what Paul Robinson thinks.
“I think it will all come down to the player’s drive and ambition and what he wants to achieve.
“He’s still very young but he’s been talked about in glowing terms and I think an international call-up is on the cards.
“Whether he goes to Brighton, whether he goes to Leeds or a Champions League club… there are a lot of permutations.
They don't get it do they. He is already a Brighton player and has been for six years.
“I think it will all come down to the player’s drive and ambition and what he wants to achieve.
“He’s still very young but he’s been talked about in glowing terms and I think an international call-up is on the cards.
“Whether he goes to Brighton, whether he goes to Leeds or a Champions League club… there are a lot of permutations.
They don't get it do they. He is already a Brighton player and has been for six years.
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“Whether he goes”? Hello? He’s here already mate.
Some real smarts there. It’s that perfect combination of arrogance, disrespect and stupidity [emoji108]
macbeth
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Close the thread. That pretty much sums up Leeds as a fanbase perfectly.
Pinkie Brown
I'll look after the skirt
*Sigh*
A text book example how to clutch at desperate straws. If we won't sell BW to them, there's always '18 yr old defender Lewis Dunk'. Maybe a loan up there to gain experience.
https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/leeds-united-ben-white-brighton-18691776
A text book example how to clutch at desperate straws. If we won't sell BW to them, there's always '18 yr old defender Lewis Dunk'. Maybe a loan up there to gain experience.
https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/leeds-united-ben-white-brighton-18691776
father_and_son
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It's not that surprising that the Leeds faithful are so blinded to the reality of football (what a contract is, what the loan system is for, that other clubs exist, etc etc) when their local rag is printing such ill-informed drivel.
Whatever you say about Andy Naylor, he does actually understand how the world of football works. Seems like his Yorkshire counterpart has been locked in a time capsule for 16 years.
nwgull
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That article seems to follow a similar narrative to that seen on social media: Ben White should go to Leeds as he might not be good enough to get into Brighton's starting 11 every week, but he is first name on Leeds' team sheet. This theory clearly implies that Brighton have a stronger squad, so I'm scratching my head trying to work out how it reconciles with their standard prediction that Leeds will be top half next season, and Brighton will be relegation fodder.
And people raise an eyebrow when English politicians claim we are better than the rest of the world, especially Europe, and particularly Germany, at everything: transport, housing, healthcare.
No, they don't raise an eyebrow (well a majority don't). They lap it up and vote conservative.
Leeds fans are simply doing what people in general (and English people in particular) do; make themselves feel better by sneering at others; the more they sneer the more superior and smug they feel. And if they live in a bubble they'll be none the wiser. A 'Champions of England' bubble, the finest bubble in the world.
Not necessarily. That implies that Brighton have the better defence but may not have the best team. It's the as-long-as-we-score-more-goals-than-you approach - that one that has served Eddie Howe so well.
... oh
The irony of you calling people out for sneering is absolutely delectable.
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Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
The Yorkshire counterpart is Yorkshire Post/Evening Post.
The Yorkshire Post is an excellent paper - one that I used to read regularly when I lived up there and I still look at.
The link that was posted was from a site called Leeds Live, which is a new one to me. It could be a freebie site, in which case the writer is not their equivalent of Naylor but their equivalent of HB&B,
father_and_son
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Because they and only they have the magic pixie dust that makes otherwise workaday defender Ben White turn into a world class player.
father_and_son
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Looks like Leeds-Live is owned by Mirror Group Newspapers so, yes, probably nothing more than the local free paper, albeit online only.
However, as someone who spent half a decade living in Sheffield, I don't recognise your description of the Yorkshire Evening Post at all. Wouldn't wrap chips in it.
Thunder Bolt
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About on a par with the Sheffield Star?
father_and_son
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Now that I would wrap chips in... A thoroughly 'absorbing' newspaper.
I think Naylor's equivalent is the guy that writes about Leeds for The Athletic.
Brian Owen's equivalent would be the Yorkshire Evening Post.
Brian Owen's equivalent would be the Yorkshire Evening Post.