Good Morning. It's Friday 30th September, and here are the latest headlines from Elland Road Marsch's Touchline ban won't affect Leeds Former player, now pundit, Chris Sutton doesn't believe Jesse Marsch's touchline ban will have any influence on his players on Sunday. Marsch was given his marching orders at Brentford four weeks ago, and subsequently now banished from the dugout for the visit of Aston Villa. In his absence, assistant Manager René Marić will step up, and could be joined by Ewan Sharp, Mark Jackson and Cameron Toshack. Steven Gerrard's side have been poor away from home this season, losing all three of their games; and according to Sutton, he doesn't expect his former team to come away from Elland Road with anything either. "Leeds boss Jesse Marsch won't be in the dugout after his red card against Brentford last month. "His side will still play with the same great intensity though, and Elland Road always seems to lift them. At home is where you feel it is going to happen for them. "Villa got a big win over Southampton last time, but their results on the road so far have been poor, with three defeats out of three, and I don't see that changing here." please log in to view this image Watkins expects hostile ER reception Aston Villa and England forward Ollie Watkins has described the atmosphere at Elland Road as being 'hostile' whenever he has visited the ground. The 26yo came close to joining the Whites during the 2020 Summer transfer window, but they opted to buy Rodrigo instead, for a record-breaking £27m. At the time, it was reported that Bielsa had been turned off Watkins due to a number of 'bling' social media posts he had made. According to Watkins:- “It’s always hostile going to Elland Road, but whenever we’ve gone there, we’ve done really well, they’re in a good bit of form, so it will be a difficult game”. please log in to view this image Who should be Leeds next Captain Since his £750,000 move from Chesterfield back in 2014, Liam Cooper has become Leeds most dependable servant, both on, and off the pitch. What he lacks in natural ability, he makes up in hard work and dogged-determination. His peers respect him too. Coops has kept hold of the Captain's armband since the Thomas Christiansen era (2017-18) when the Dane asked the squad to pick their own skipper. 228 games (and nine goals) later, injuries are starting to take their toll. By the time next season kicks off, Cooper will be 32, and his best days behind him. If part of the fixtures and fittings at Elland Road next season, his game time is likely to be drastically reduced. Bearing this in mind, who should be Leeds next Captain? please log in to view this image
Morning all Next skipper for me should be Cresswell. Showing himself to be one of the best young CBs in Europe playing regular for the England U21s. Lead his U23 squad to title season before last a dominant vocal leader on and off the pitch whoever is in the dressing room or on the pitch. Ask the seasoned pros at Milwall which voice they hear non stop….. if he continues to grow this season he should come back next season as a starter and he could replace Cooper as skip as soon as Coops goes elsewhere
Morning all. Did anyone see the half hour interview with Paddy on sky at 9 last night. Lovely lad. Worth a look back on player if you missed it
Next captain? Very difficult that one. I honestly believe that Coops will finish with us, making him the first Leeds player to qualify for a testimonial in donkey's years - a rarity these days. That would be a match that I'd climb over broken glass to get to, to thank Coops for his efforts. But who next? I hear the argument for Cresswell, but think it's perhaps a bit premature to be talking about someone so young & inexperienced taking over such a prestigous task. But who else is up to the task? Good question, as we don't know anything about whether the personal skills required are present in our players. Ideally, we'd have a squad of captains, but realistically, it never happens. Watching a player shouting at his team-mates doesn't necessarily mean that he's encouraging them - he could be just be being a moaning-face basturd for all we know, so how do we fans know who to choose? Got to be a decision for JM, unless he's happy to go down 'player power' route that had the players elect Coops. I really don't think any of us can possibly know who's best. This would be a good pub quiz question - who was Leeds last player to qualify for a testimonial. Personally, I can't remember anyone since Gary Kelly. (And again, hats off to him for donating the proceeds to charity!).
... and you'd be right! http://www.ozwhitelufc.net.au/leeds..._details/leeds_united_testimonial_details.php
He wasn’t even a certain starter last season and likely it would have been Cooper / Llorente starting without the injury
Yes your right, but wasn’t he being played out of position, he has publicly stated he is more at home at CB, where till recently has played for his country.
Yes he was but that was because Llorente was preferred in his position on the right of the CB so possible that Coops comes back in and he switches to his natural side