Mike, In BIelsa We Trust.... -----Original Message----- From: Leedslist <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Michael Benjamin Sent: Tuesday, 9 June 2020 8:12 PM To: Richard Naef <[email protected]>; [email protected]; David Smail <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LU] Delusional
This is our year. In Bielsa we believe Dr. Michael Benjamin ________________________________ From: Leedslist <[email protected]> on behalf of Richard Naef <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, 9 June 2020, 12:54 To: [email protected]; David Smail Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LU] Delusional Without getting all Zen, neither pessimism or optimism will affect the outcome, so looking forward positively with nervous excitement is possibly better for you health than expecting the worse. Sure if it does go tits up, you might protect yourself from the low, but really, every thing points to us being the best team and best prepared. Of course in the end, nothing really matters and we are just brief flashes of deterministic automata running on the rails of a cold uncaring universe. Sent from my Mobile. ________________________________ From: Leedslist <[email protected]> on behalf of David Smail <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 8, 2020 9:57:47 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LU] Delusional With all this unconditional optimism and potentially misplaced good faith, as in all things, there needs to be a measure of balance without necessarily being pessimistic We all want the same conclusion, but some express it differently. Dave -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 08 June 2020 19:17 To: David Smail Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [LU] Delusional Will the miserable bastards amongst this list please wait until we have actually lost? I thank you! Sent from my iPad > On 8 Jun 2020, at 04:51, David Smail <[email protected]> wrote: > > Great minds think alike - I have raised this with a small group of > supporters at work. > > I too would have happily taken promotion as a result of season early > termination based on the fact that we've done enough already. > > All this talk of purity and finishing the season could be disaster for > us as > you say if we fold again under the pressure. It's the equivalent of starting > a new season. One thing we have in our favour is that we do tend to > make good starts in the early weeks of new campaigns, so I hope this > continues. > > All teams will be pumped up after the enforced break, however, we > don't generally get on well in Wales. > > Sadly we don't have a points cushion to help us ease back in and there > is no > guarantee that we will continue our winning streak especially with no > ER home support I'm sure MB has all this in hand, We are well versed > with disappointments over the years - perhaps we can shake these off > and see it through. > > > > Dave > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > As a paid up member of the Grumpy Old Men Society, it is not > surprising > > that I mutter "the world's gone mad" about three times a > day.........but > > having said that, I really do think that the amount of delusional > thinking > > in all walks of life nowadays has reached, well dare-I-say-it pandemic > > proportions. > > > > And one example of such is all these Leeds fans and players who are > > blathering about wanting the season to be completed and to "earn > promotion > > on the pitch." They are completely deluded. > > > > If it does restart, this huge hiatus will have only ramped up the > > psychological pressure on the Leeds players. After weeks of reading > and > > hearing how a) promotion was almost in the bag when it stopped, b) if > it > > starts again promotion will be a formality, or c) the season should be > > stopped and Leeds should be handed promotion already, there will be massive > > pressure on the players if they actually do have to go out and do it > on the > > pitch. > > > > I could easily see a superhyped-up Cardiff beating us in the first match. > > Imagine if we then do one of our classics and batter Fulham but fail > to > > finish any moves and they get two chances all game and Mitrovic puts > them > > both away. > > > > PRESSURE! > > > > And we showed in the playoffs last year that we have the capacity to > > completely fold when the pressure really mounts. Pablo, for example, > was a > > complete liability in those last few games. A bowl of jelly would have > > contributed more. Dallas, with his experience of big International > > occasions, was the only player who reacted well to the pressure. > > > > Anyway, that's why I've got everything firmly crossed hoping the > season > > will NOT get finished. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: > https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ > > RIP Norman MOT _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ RIP Norman MOT _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ RIP Norman MOT _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ RIP Norman MOT _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ RIP Norman MOT
