Re: [LU] Delusional or Footballs coming back
Or if there are we are promoted! On Tuesday, June 9, 2020, 10:04:34 AM EDT, Richard Naef wrote: EFL clubs ok'd all proposals. Unless there is a large nr of positive tests, it's away we go! Sent from my Mobile. From: Guy Thornton Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2020 12:01:10 PM To: Richard Naef Subject: Re: [LU] Delusional or Footballs coming back Ah, the proverbial glass half-full or half-empty question mixed with archetypal whinging yorkies. Well I'm siding with Da Rev and Naffy. Always look on the bright side Anyway makes no difference what we think, say or whinge. It looks like Football really is returning. The EFL are meeting today - originally should have been yesterday but it was put back - to (hopefully/probably) finalize the proposals, which for anyone who hasn't seen them are: The season is set to restart 20 June with games 20/21 and 27/28 June No midweek games first week Final regular games 21/22 July with play-off final Sunday 2 or Monday 3 August Fixture schedule will be over six time slots Friday to Sunday: 18.00 & 20.00 Friday, 12.30,15.00, 17.30 Saturday and 12.00 Sundays plus three time slots Tuesdays and Wednesdays midweek: 17.00, 18.00 & 20.00 None of the 108 games will be shown free-to-air but 30 games will be shown on Sky Sports All games will be shown on iFollow with season ticket holders able to watch their teams games free while those without a season ticket games will cost £10. The provisional fixture list for us is: Sun Jun 21 Cardiff City A (12:00pm live on Sky Sports) Sat Jun 27 Fulham H (3:00pm live on Sky Sports) Tue Jun 30 Luton Town H (7:45pm) Sat Jul 4 Blackburn Rovers A (3:00pm)* Tue Jul 7 Stoke City H (7:45pm)* Sat Jul 11 Swansea City A (3:00pm)* Tue Jul 14 Barnsley H (7:45pm)* Sat Jul 18 Derby County A (3:00pm)* Wed Jul 22 Charlton Athletic H (TBC)* * = may change subject to broadcast selections Now sit back, wait for the EFL decisions and enjoy(?) guy On 9 Jun 2020 at 9:54, Richard Naef wrote: 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 on behalf of David Smail Sent: Monday, June 8, 2020 9:57:47 PM To: bruvvalee...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: leedslist@gn.apc.org 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: bruvvalee...@yahoo.co.uk [mailto:bruvvalee...@yahoo.co.uk] Sent: 08 June 2020 19:17 To: David Smail Cc: heathpalai...@gmail.com; leedslist@gn.apc.org 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 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. > > > > A
Re: [LU] Delusional or Footballs coming back
EFL clubs ok'd all proposals. Unless there is a large nr of positive tests, it's away we go! Sent from my Mobile. From: Guy Thornton Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2020 12:01:10 PM To: Richard Naef Subject: Re: [LU] Delusional or Footballs coming back Ah, the proverbial glass half-full or half-empty question mixed with archetypal whinging yorkies. Well I'm siding with Da Rev and Naffy. Always look on the bright side Anyway makes no difference what we think, say or whinge. It looks like Football really is returning. The EFL are meeting today - originally should have been yesterday but it was put back - to (hopefully/probably) finalize the proposals, which for anyone who hasn't seen them are: The season is set to restart 20 June with games 20/21 and 27/28 June No midweek games first week Final regular games 21/22 July with play-off final Sunday 2 or Monday 3 August Fixture schedule will be over six time slots Friday to Sunday: 18.00 & 20.00 Friday, 12.30,15.00, 17.30 Saturday and 12.00 Sundays plus three time slots Tuesdays and Wednesdays midweek: 17.00, 18.00 & 20.00 None of the 108 games will be shown free-to-air but 30 games will be shown on Sky Sports All games will be shown on iFollow with season ticket holders able to watch their teams games free while those without a season ticket games will cost £10. The provisional fixture list for us is: Sun Jun 21 Cardiff City A (12:00pm live on Sky Sports) Sat Jun 27 Fulham H (3:00pm live on Sky Sports) Tue Jun 30 Luton Town H (7:45pm) Sat Jul 4 Blackburn Rovers A (3:00pm)* Tue Jul 7 Stoke City H (7:45pm)* Sat Jul 11 Swansea City A (3:00pm)* Tue Jul 14 Barnsley H (7:45pm)* Sat Jul 18 Derby County A (3:00pm)* Wed Jul 22 Charlton Athletic H (TBC)* * = may change subject to broadcast selections Now sit back, wait for the EFL decisions and enjoy(?) guy On 9 Jun 2020 at 9:54, Richard Naef wrote: 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 on behalf of David Smail Sent: Monday, June 8, 2020 9:57:47 PM To: bruvvalee...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: leedslist@gn.apc.org 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: bruvvalee...@yahoo.co.uk [mailto:bruvvalee...@yahoo.co.uk] Sent: 08 June 2020 19:17 To: David Smail Cc: heathpalai...@gmail.com; leedslist@gn.apc.org 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 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 se
Re: [LU] Delusional or Footballs coming back
Ah, the proverbial glass half-full or half-empty question mixed with archetypal whinging yorkies. Well I'm siding with Da Rev and Naffy. Always look on the bright side Anyway makes no difference what we think, say or whinge. It looks like Football really is returning. The EFL are meeting today - originally should have been yesterday but it was put back - to (hopefully/probably) finalize the proposals, which for anyone who hasn't seen them are: The season is set to restart 20 June with games 20/21 and 27/28 June No midweek games first week Final regular games 21/22 July with play-off final Sunday 2 or Monday 3 August Fixture schedule will be over six time slots Friday to Sunday: 18.00 & 20.00 Friday, 12.30,15.00, 17.30 Saturday and 12.00 Sundays plus three time slots Tuesdays and Wednesdays midweek: 17.00, 18.00 & 20.00 None of the 108 games will be shown free-to-air but 30 games will be shown on Sky Sports All games will be shown on iFollow with season ticket holders able to watch their teams games free while those without a season ticket games will cost £10. The provisional fixture list for us is: Sun Jun 21 Cardiff City A (12:00pm live on Sky Sports) Sat Jun 27 Fulham H (3:00pm live on Sky Sports) Tue Jun 30 Luton Town H (7:45pm) Sat Jul 4 Blackburn Rovers A (3:00pm)* Tue Jul 7 Stoke City H (7:45pm)* Sat Jul 11 Swansea City A (3:00pm)* Tue Jul 14 Barnsley H (7:45pm)* Sat Jul 18 Derby County A (3:00pm)* Wed Jul 22 Charlton Athletic H (TBC)* * = may change subject to broadcast selections Now sit back, wait for the EFL decisions and enjoy(?) guy On 9 Jun 2020 at 9:54, Richard Naef wrote: 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 on behalf of David Smail Sent: Monday, June 8, 2020 9:57:47 PM To: bruvvalee...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: leedslist@gn.apc.org 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: bruvvalee...@yahoo.co.uk [mailto:bruvvalee...@yahoo.co.uk] Sent: 08 June 2020 19:17 To: David Smail Cc: heathpalai...@gmail.com; leedslist@gn.apc.org 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 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 > > hea
Re: [LU] Delusional
Before today, I didn't realise Mettalica would play a part in our destiny, but yep, Nothing Else Matters... Back to lurkdom Pete t'oroginal one -Original Message- From: Leedslist On Behalf Of Richard Naef Sent: Tuesday, 9 June 2020 7:55 PM To: bruvvalee...@yahoo.co.uk; David Smail Cc: leedslist@gn.apc.org 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. ___ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ RIP Norman MOT
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Mike, In BIelsa We Trust -Original Message- From: Leedslist On Behalf Of Michael Benjamin Sent: Tuesday, 9 June 2020 8:12 PM To: Richard Naef ; bruvvalee...@yahoo.co.uk; David Smail Cc: leedslist@gn.apc.org Subject: Re: [LU] Delusional This is our year. In Bielsa we believe Dr. Michael Benjamin From: Leedslist on behalf of Richard Naef Sent: Tuesday, 9 June 2020, 12:54 To: bruvvalee...@yahoo.co.uk; David Smail Cc: leedslist@gn.apc.org 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 on behalf of David Smail Sent: Monday, June 8, 2020 9:57:47 PM To: bruvvalee...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: leedslist@gn.apc.org 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: bruvvalee...@yahoo.co.uk [mailto:bruvvalee...@yahoo.co.uk] Sent: 08 June 2020 19:17 To: David Smail Cc: heathpalai...@gmail.com; leedslist@gn.apc.org 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 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 we
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This is our year. In Bielsa we believe Dr. Michael Benjamin From: Leedslist on behalf of Richard Naef Sent: Tuesday, 9 June 2020, 12:54 To: bruvvalee...@yahoo.co.uk; David Smail Cc: leedslist@gn.apc.org 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 on behalf of David Smail Sent: Monday, June 8, 2020 9:57:47 PM To: bruvvalee...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: leedslist@gn.apc.org 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: bruvvalee...@yahoo.co.uk [mailto:bruvvalee...@yahoo.co.uk] Sent: 08 June 2020 19:17 To: David Smail Cc: heathpalai...@gmail.com; leedslist@gn.apc.org 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 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 unsubs
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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 on behalf of David Smail Sent: Monday, June 8, 2020 9:57:47 PM To: bruvvalee...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: leedslist@gn.apc.org 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: bruvvalee...@yahoo.co.uk [mailto:bruvvalee...@yahoo.co.uk] Sent: 08 June 2020 19:17 To: David Smail Cc: heathpalai...@gmail.com; leedslist@gn.apc.org 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 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 leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > 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 leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org 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 leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ RIP Norman MOT
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: bruvvalee...@yahoo.co.uk [mailto:bruvvalee...@yahoo.co.uk] Sent: 08 June 2020 19:17 To: David Smail Cc: heathpalai...@gmail.com; leedslist@gn.apc.org 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 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 leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > 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 leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ RIP Norman MOT
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 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 leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > 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 leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ RIP Norman MOT
Re: [LU] Delusional
Every comment I read about "when" we are in the premier league.the players we will sign and the stadium improvements we will make etc..I am reminded of last year when the press started printing all those articles about Bielsa being in the PL and that idiot Noggy actor started mouthing off.and I get VERY nervous! On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 5:51 AM David Smail 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 leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ RIP Norman MOT
