fightoffyour Posted October 6, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 6, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Zatman said: I am more concerned for the health of Bielsa biggest fan on this forum, he hasnt been online since Sunday He liked my post in this thread after the match on Sunday, and then nothing... Edited October 6, 2020 by fightoffyour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted October 6, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 6, 2020 (edited) Managed to quote myself instead of editing **** Leeds. Edited October 6, 2020 by fightoffyour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENTLEMAN Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 4 hours ago, YouUnastanFren said: I think most of my arrogance as a Villa fan comes from Villa winning the European Cup which I shoe horn into conversations with Blues fans as often as is possible. It's always done tongue in cheek but I'm probably not a good example because I love when people overly talk up their own clubs, that's the whole point of being a fan as far as I'm concerned. If I was a Leeds fan I would never stop banging on about the EC that Bayern cheated you out of. I love that Leeds fans are very confident, it makes for more fun discussions. Especially after they've been so shit for so long. My only real problem with Leeds is the media's narrative they've almost let get out of hand that Bielsa is an untouchable genius beyond what any lowly regular coach could even comprehend. It was a bit tedious at first but now it's verging on Poe's law territory. Multiple unrelated sources have given him credit for our win against Liverpool despite the fact that, as I've already mentioned, Leeds used a completely different gameplan and got outclassed and were lucky to only lose by one goal. Much agree. So boring when you speak to a rational Bournemouth or Norwich fan. Nout to get your teeth into. I do think a winky face should be compulsory accompaniment to all Leeds articles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshVilla Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 As others have said, it's the media love-in surrounding Leeds that rubs other fans up the wrong way. It's not unusual for a team to come up and have a few decent results/performances to start the season, but we've all been following football long enough to know that winning the championship and having a half decent start means nothing. Let's see where things are around Xmas/New Year when the fixtures become even more congested and the depth of your squad is tested. Suggestions that Leeds were going to come up and piss their way into the top 6 were frankly laughable and extremely naiive. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 If we beat Leicester, we'll probably become flavour of the month. The new "surprise package". The media will be creaming themselves over our next match with Leeds 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OutByEaster? Posted October 6, 2020 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted October 6, 2020 The media thing about Leeds is very strange - it's a sort of peer panic arms race not to have missed out on being part of the Leeds wave, with pundits and papers making increasingly ridiculous statements in order to try to outdo each other - it's just a bit odd - it'll settle down as Leeds settle down into a natural Premier league place, It's just a bundle of insecure people getting carried away - doubtless before too long someone will look clever on the telly in picking faults with Leeds and they'll all do that for a bit instead. The Leeds fans getting on the bandwagon on the other hand is absolutely bang on - if you can't be from Yorkshire and use any and all available means to get right up the noses of anyone who isn't from Yorkshire, you're letting the county down. It's a bright, growing city with a lot of optimism, but it still has that odd sort of feeling that a lot of the blokes there are from the 70's. I love that Leeds fans are spiky, curmudgeonly folk with an undercurrent of nasty, it's like everything is right with the world - long may they continue to use the media love-in to get right in our faces, in these difficult and confusing times Leeds fans being unbearable is a huge comfort to those seeking the reliable and the familiar. 6 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 6, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 6, 2020 3 hours ago, tomav84 said: in their defence, this arrogance is being fueled by the media "Leeds making the premier league their playground" headline from their win over fulham being just one example Yep, and then when we beat Fulham comfortably the headline from the same source was about how embarrassing it was for Fulham. Not so embarrassing anymore is it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted October 6, 2020 Moderator Share Posted October 6, 2020 Just wait until they play Burnley and they get a few injuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 46 minutes ago, TrentVilla said: Just wait until they play Burnley and they get a few injuries. though hopefully Bamford doesnt get to meet a Ben Mee tackle, might rethink how tough El Ghazi really is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted October 6, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 6, 2020 I love having Leeds up here, I love the faux rivalry with them as much as I do with Newcastle, makes football so much more interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Facebook: Aston Villa 3.3m & Leeds United: 0.8m Twitter: Aston Villa 1.4m & Leeds United 0.6m Instagram: Aston Villa 0.9m & Leeds United 0.5m 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted October 7, 2020 Moderator Share Posted October 7, 2020 8 hours ago, Brumstopdogs said: Facebook: Aston Villa 3.3m & Leeds United: 0.8m Twitter: Aston Villa 1.4m & Leeds United 0.6m Instagram: Aston Villa 0.9m & Leeds United 0.5m They don’t have computers in Yorkshire though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisVillan Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 Congratulations to Bielsa and Leeds for making Villa brilliant by losing a match. I hope it makes the media finally sit up and pay attention. **** weapons. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 42 minutes ago, TrentVilla said: They don’t have computers in Yorkshire though. This is true. I’m reading these posts on a print out that I got done on an old dot matrix printer from the local library. Hang on a minute, the librarians just told me they’ve got that new book ‘Kes’ in, be back later... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blunther Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 18 hours ago, Rino8 said: This is the exact thing people laugh at Leeds for though - bringing up challenging the top 4, and your success was much less and as short lives as Leeds' was. A lot of Villa fans talk like they're the gatekeepers of the elite. You regularly see fans talk about other clubs achievements as 'small club with one lucky spell/manager.' And its odd because Villa are very much the same. If you don't win the league and CL in the 80's do you know how ridiculous this would all look? And if you discount Victorian era achievements youre exactly the same as those clubs youre looking down on This may have already been covered, but just so I understand, you're saying that if we discount all our pre-war achievements, and also discount our post-war achievements, we've not won much? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 This seems to fit what @OutByEaster?posted earlier. Its ridiculous. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blunther Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 16 hours ago, Rino8 said: Wasn't what I was getting at regarding Newcastle I was saying that simply staying in the prem is something people use to belittle Newcastle but its something that was used in the post I quoted as a defence which is odd for me. That list is good, but is it that different to Leeds and Forest? That's been my entire point. Some Villa fans like to say they're eons bigger than those clubs and you use 18th century achievements to back it up Ah yes, I fondly remembers Leeds winning the European Cup. What a night that was. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 14 minutes ago, DCJonah said: This seems to fit what @OutByEaster?posted earlier. Its ridiculous. Why i dont listen to the talkshite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXD Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 10 hours ago, Brumstopdogs said: Facebook: Aston Villa 3.3m & Leeds United: 0.8m Twitter: Aston Villa 1.4m & Leeds United 0.6m Instagram: Aston Villa 0.9m & Leeds United 0.5m tbf, it might be a little different once all the Tanzanians have left us. There's probably some delay on that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 (edited) Real football fans don't really have second teams in the same division do they? Leeds in the PL is a bit like when I spot a cross country skiier from Cameroon in the winter olympics. Obviously there with a handicap, but won't stand on the effort. They are hugely irrelevant to me, but it's this false idea Bielsa is some kind of world class coach that just pisses me off. It's like people think if it's repeated enough it will be true. Edited October 7, 2020 by KenjiOgiwara 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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