Comments for The Scratching Shed http://www.thescratchingshed.com Following the ups and downs of Leeds United. LUFC news, blog and rumours. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:44:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on All smiles again as Leeds destroy Tranmere by paull http://www.thescratchingshed.com/2010/03/all-smiles-again-as-leeds-destroy-tranmere/#comment-10999 paull Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:44:33 +0000 http://www.thescratchingshed.com/?p=1365#comment-10999 If we're still five points above that line after the Norwich game I think I'll order the shandy. Come on you whites. If we’re still five points above that line after the Norwich game I think I’ll order the shandy. Come on you whites.

]]> Comment on All smiles again as Leeds destroy Tranmere by TSS http://www.thescratchingshed.com/2010/03/all-smiles-again-as-leeds-destroy-tranmere/#comment-10991 TSS Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:08:18 +0000 http://www.thescratchingshed.com/?p=1365#comment-10991 I haven't changed my appraisal on Saturdays game. I never said we weren't the better team, we just lacked urgency and for all the chances, it never felt like we'd score. I haven’t changed my appraisal on Saturdays game. I never said we weren’t the better team, we just lacked urgency and for all the chances, it never felt like we’d score.

]]> Comment on All smiles again as Leeds destroy Tranmere by Tim http://www.thescratchingshed.com/2010/03/all-smiles-again-as-leeds-destroy-tranmere/#comment-10990 Tim Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:07:23 +0000 http://www.thescratchingshed.com/?p=1365#comment-10990 McSheffrey also won the penalty for Beckford remember. I think he'll come good over the last few weeks of the season and will prove to be a very astute move by Grayson. McSheffrey also won the penalty for Beckford remember.

I think he’ll come good over the last few weeks of the season and will prove to be a very astute move by Grayson.

]]> Comment on All smiles again as Leeds destroy Tranmere by Keep This Shed White http://www.thescratchingshed.com/2010/03/all-smiles-again-as-leeds-destroy-tranmere/#comment-10987 Keep This Shed White Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:02:09 +0000 http://www.thescratchingshed.com/?p=1365#comment-10987 Told ya! (And your new appraisal of Saturday's match was mch more accurate and objective.) Told ya!

(And your new appraisal of Saturday’s match was mch more accurate and objective.)

]]> Comment on All smiles again as Leeds destroy Tranmere by Roger the Dodger http://www.thescratchingshed.com/2010/03/all-smiles-again-as-leeds-destroy-tranmere/#comment-10984 Roger the Dodger Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:48:06 +0000 http://www.thescratchingshed.com/?p=1365#comment-10984 Lets not get too carried away here, we had a good result against colchester as well what we need to do is carry this result forward and produce a good run There are a lot of positives in this game though its the first time we've scored 4 since stockport and first time weve won by 3 goals since brighton and jermaine beckford has started scoring again, i still want to see contribution from him in every game though, his cross for becchio was great dont know what perked him up, maybe moyes or maybe the stick hes been having but lets hope it continues 11 games to go, 6 wins or equivalent and id expect us to get promoted but we have some tough games, its going down to the wire boys Lets not get too carried away here, we had a good result against colchester as well what we need to do is carry this result forward and produce a good run
There are a lot of positives in this game though its the first time we’ve scored 4 since stockport and first time weve won by 3 goals since brighton
and jermaine beckford has started scoring again, i still want to see contribution from him in every game though, his cross for becchio was great
dont know what perked him up, maybe moyes or maybe the stick hes been having but lets hope it continues

11 games to go, 6 wins or equivalent and id expect us to get promoted but we have some tough games, its going down to the wire boys

]]> Comment on All smiles again as Leeds destroy Tranmere by Choppers http://www.thescratchingshed.com/2010/03/all-smiles-again-as-leeds-destroy-tranmere/#comment-10980 Choppers Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:08:44 +0000 http://www.thescratchingshed.com/?p=1365#comment-10980 I cant heap enough praise on Beckford and Howson last night, magical performance from both. It comes as no surprise that Beckfords best performance comes under the watchful eye of Moyes, but Beckford needs to play like that every week. He looked Premiership class last night for me. I think the goal we conceded was bad. For a player to have two swipes at a ball in the box, just goes to show how much time he had. I was sat behind the goal and when it went in I expected to go in 2-2, but our heads simply didnt drop and it was good to see. We had a midfield again, something we have been missing since the Man U game. We need to push on now and get that momentum back up and running. A result down south and happy days. My one negative comment is simply McSheffrey. I thought he had a reasonable game on sat but he was once again misplacing the passes, getting caught in possession but one thing he did do was track back, which was good to see. Roll on Southampton. I cant heap enough praise on Beckford and Howson last night, magical performance from both.

It comes as no surprise that Beckfords best performance comes under the watchful eye of Moyes, but Beckford needs to play like that every week. He looked Premiership class last night for me.

I think the goal we conceded was bad. For a player to have two swipes at a ball in the box, just goes to show how much time he had. I was sat behind the goal and when it went in I expected to go in 2-2, but our heads simply didnt drop and it was good to see.

We had a midfield again, something we have been missing since the Man U game.

We need to push on now and get that momentum back up and running. A result down south and happy days.

My one negative comment is simply McSheffrey. I thought he had a reasonable game on sat but he was once again misplacing the passes, getting caught in possession but one thing he did do was track back, which was good to see.

Roll on Southampton.

]]> Comment on All smiles again as Leeds destroy Tranmere by TSS http://www.thescratchingshed.com/2010/03/all-smiles-again-as-leeds-destroy-tranmere/#comment-10976 TSS Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:25:56 +0000 http://www.thescratchingshed.com/?p=1365#comment-10976 Hi Simon. No Snoddy's usually the one that picks himself up, shrugs it off and carries on, but I know what you mean about last night and as you say, it wasn't just him. I think it's probably the bad(ish) run of form we've been on that's led to them playing in such a way. Nothings really been going for us so everything's started to be seen as an injustice by the players. I guess they're bad losers, but why they were doing it when we were ahead is anyones guess. I don't think it was a major theme of the game, luckily. It wasn't as bad as some of the Premier League games you see anyway, but it's not something we've ever really been guilty of at Leeds and not something I'd want to see more of. Best of luck for the rest of the season too. Hi Simon.

No Snoddy’s usually the one that picks himself up, shrugs it off and carries on, but I know what you mean about last night and as you say, it wasn’t just him.

I think it’s probably the bad(ish) run of form we’ve been on that’s led to them playing in such a way. Nothings really been going for us so everything’s started to be seen as an injustice by the players. I guess they’re bad losers, but why they were doing it when we were ahead is anyones guess.

I don’t think it was a major theme of the game, luckily. It wasn’t as bad as some of the Premier League games you see anyway, but it’s not something we’ve ever really been guilty of at Leeds and not something I’d want to see more of.

Best of luck for the rest of the season too.

]]> Comment on All smiles again as Leeds destroy Tranmere by Mark Refardt http://www.thescratchingshed.com/2010/03/all-smiles-again-as-leeds-destroy-tranmere/#comment-10975 Mark Refardt Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:21:21 +0000 http://www.thescratchingshed.com/?p=1365#comment-10975 just seen the goals and liked the look of hunger in the eyes... http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xciobl_tranmere-1-v-4-leeds_sport just seen the goals and liked the look of hunger in the eyes…
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xciobl_tranmere-1-v-4-leeds_sport

]]> Comment on All smiles again as Leeds destroy Tranmere by Simon http://www.thescratchingshed.com/2010/03/all-smiles-again-as-leeds-destroy-tranmere/#comment-10974 Simon Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:19:44 +0000 http://www.thescratchingshed.com/?p=1365#comment-10974 Liecester fan and Tranmere season ticket holder (Long story!) coming in peace! Looking at the team sheets last night it became clear that Leeds had better players in almost every position last night and it showed. The comments about the strength of squad applied last year in the last days of Gary Macs reign and Tranmere won comfortably on the day, the difference this year is the manager has got you playing as a team, and the side taken as a whole was almost unrecongnisable form last year. If I had to have a whinge I would have to say that several of your players went to ground too easily last night, which wasn't great to see as frankly, they didn't need to! Is Snodgrass always a whiner? Not too disapponted at Tranmere losing to Leeds to be honest, it's matches against their fellow strugglers that will decide their fate. And Simon Grayson will always be a hero to Leicester supporters! Good luck for the rest of the season! Simon Liecester fan and Tranmere season ticket holder (Long story!) coming in peace!

Looking at the team sheets last night it became clear that Leeds had better players in almost every position last night and it showed.

The comments about the strength of squad applied last year in the last days of Gary Macs reign and Tranmere won comfortably on the day, the difference this year is the manager has got you playing as a team, and the side taken as a whole was almost unrecongnisable form last year.

If I had to have a whinge I would have to say that several of your players went to ground too easily last night, which wasn’t great to see as frankly, they didn’t need to! Is Snodgrass always a whiner?

Not too disapponted at Tranmere losing to Leeds to be honest, it’s matches against their fellow strugglers that will decide their fate. And Simon Grayson will always be a hero to Leicester supporters!

Good luck for the rest of the season!

Simon

]]> Comment on Tranmere confident, as Leeds start to look like underdogs by Colin http://www.thescratchingshed.com/2010/03/tranmere-confident-as-leeds-start-to-look-like-underdogs/#comment-10949 Colin Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:24:26 +0000 http://www.thescratchingshed.com/?p=1362#comment-10949 Just looking at the stats and if you look at Leeds' position then you wouldn't bet against auto promotion. We have 11 games left - let's say we score 1 point away and 3 at home. That would get us 21 points. Okay, we may have some slip ups, but i've put Leeds down as getting 1 point against both Yeovil and Gillingham. I'd expect us to get more than 2 points from those 2 games, so that should cover us if we have any shocks. Let's forget Norwich and concentrate on Charlton - our nearest rivals. They would have to get 26 points from 11 games to finish on equal points. They are -10 on goal diff, so would really need to get 27 points. And when I was putting the Leeds points together I counted Charlton as getting 3 points against us. If Leeds could keep a clean sheet against Charlton, then they would need 29 points from a possible 33 points. If Colchester won their game in hand, then they'd need 27 from 33 as well and Millwall would need 31 from 33. Fair enough, Leeds might not get 21 points from a possible 33, but I really can't see Charlton getting 27 from 33 either. If you're a betting man you wouldn't put any money on Leeds not getting promoted. For example, if Leeds got a win against Southampton, then Charlton would need 29 from 33 by my reckoning and that's just not going to happen. Bookies have made us 2/5 to get promoted. So you have to put down £5 to win £2. Just looking at the stats and if you look at Leeds’ position then you wouldn’t bet against auto promotion.

We have 11 games left – let’s say we score 1 point away and 3 at home. That would get us 21 points.

Okay, we may have some slip ups, but i’ve put Leeds down as getting 1 point against both Yeovil and Gillingham. I’d expect us to get more than 2 points from those 2 games, so that should cover us if we have any shocks.

Let’s forget Norwich and concentrate on Charlton – our nearest rivals.
They would have to get 26 points from 11 games to finish on equal points. They are -10 on goal diff, so would really need to get 27 points. And when I was putting the Leeds points together I counted Charlton as getting 3 points against us. If Leeds could keep a clean sheet against Charlton, then they would need 29 points from a possible 33 points.

If Colchester won their game in hand, then they’d need 27 from 33 as well and Millwall would need 31 from 33.

Fair enough, Leeds might not get 21 points from a possible 33, but I really can’t see Charlton getting 27 from 33 either.

If you’re a betting man you wouldn’t put any money on Leeds not getting promoted.

For example, if Leeds got a win against Southampton, then Charlton would need 29 from 33 by my reckoning and that’s just not going to happen.

Bookies have made us 2/5 to get promoted. So you have to put down £5 to win £2.

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