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Post by welshrover on Apr 5, 2024 16:54:56 GMT
More praise from the manager here. He appears to let slip though that Crew was withdrawn from our u21s during the international break in order to train with Leeds' first team while so many of their players were away (i.e. it wasn't due to injury as I think was reported at the time). Ultimately, it was a good opportunity to make an impression and he seems to have taken it, which is good for his development and for us - although slightly concerning perhaps that he was willing to skip an important u21 qualifier given England's chasing of him in the past. www.leeds-live.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/not-gift-leeds-united-cannot-28934378It's always a concern but I guess we don't know how the club were pitching it to him. Lot of players away, injuries, big games coming up. This is your chance to impress in training etc etc... And you have to say it's worked out well for him. His 'online presence' still features Wales quite strongly and he's always expressed his honour at representing Cymru in the past. Plus if he now picks England half the Leeds team won't speak to him! I was under the impression the family "had weighed up the pros and cons and plumped for Wales" I am sure I read that somewhere. |
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Post by morg on Apr 5, 2024 17:14:57 GMT
It's always a concern but I guess we don't know how the club were pitching it to him. Lot of players away, injuries, big games coming up. This is your chance to impress in training etc etc... And you have to say it's worked out well for him. His 'online presence' still features Wales quite strongly and he's always expressed his honour at representing Cymru in the past. Plus if he now picks England half the Leeds team won't speak to him! I was under the impression the family "had weighed up the pros and cons and plumped for Wales" I am sure I read that somewhere. Yeah Matty Jones seems pretty confident.To be honest if he needs evidence as to why Cymru is a better option for most (who feel a joint affiliation), he has a 23 yr old pretty close by with 50 odd international caps and 2 major tournaments under his belt already! Ethan wouldn't have 1 England cap by now I wouldn't have thought. |
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Post by manulike on Apr 5, 2024 18:50:19 GMT
I was under the impression the family "had weighed up the pros and cons and plumped for Wales" I am sure I read that somewhere. Yeah Matty Jones seems pretty confident.To be honest if he needs evidence as to why Cymru is a better option for most (who feel a joint affiliation), he has a 23 yr old pretty close by with 50 odd international caps and 2 major tournaments under his belt already! Ethan wouldn't have 1 England cap by now I wouldn't have thought. You can take the boy out of Cardiff - but never the Cardiff out of the boy! He is as Welsh as they come. No danger there.
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Post by fiveattheback on Apr 6, 2024 11:08:23 GMT
If he plays for Leeds toward the end of the campaign I wonder what the chances are he'll be called up for the June friendlies. I believe there's no u21 fixtures scheduled for then
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Post by athenempadu on Apr 6, 2024 13:08:06 GMT
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Post by saturn9 on Apr 6, 2024 14:31:57 GMT
Not on the bench today. DS stated a few days ago, he was carrying a minor🤞knock.
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Post by manulike on Apr 6, 2024 16:03:37 GMT
Yes. Whenever I saw Charlie, it is exactly that. Joe Allen / Amps combo. |
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Post by reyrey on Apr 7, 2024 8:46:38 GMT
Not on the bench today. DS stated a few days ago, he was carrying a minor🤞knock. Leeds had players back from injury ( Roberts and gonoto) and also crew played in the youth cup semi final Thursday so I don’t think it’s injury related. |
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Post by athenempadu on Apr 7, 2024 9:44:01 GMT
Not on the bench today. DS stated a few days ago, he was carrying a minor🤞knock. Leeds had players back from injury ( Roberts and gonoto) and also crew played in the youth cup semi final Thursday so I don’t think it’s injury related. I can't see him playing now as they have a series of must win games coming up, so it's not the time to experiment with young players. If anything, they need to get Ampadu back into the midfield. |
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Post by mortillsy on Apr 9, 2024 8:31:44 GMT
Yeah Matty Jones seems pretty confident.To be honest if he needs evidence as to why Cymru is a better option for most (who feel a joint affiliation), he has a 23 yr old pretty close by with 50 odd international caps and 2 major tournaments under his belt already! Ethan wouldn't have 1 England cap by now I wouldn't have thought. You can take the boy out of Cardiff - but never the Cardiff out of the boy! He is as Welsh as they come. No danger there.
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Post by morg on Apr 9, 2024 10:09:00 GMT
You can take the boy out of Cardiff - but never the Cardiff out of the boy! He is as Welsh as they come. No danger there.
This is correct! Immanuel Feyi-Waboso begs to differ 😔 |
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Post by quetzal on Apr 9, 2024 14:10:43 GMT
Immanuel Feyi-Waboso begs to differ 😔 Waboso came out and said he never felt Welsh. I think there’s a strong Nigerian background there. Ironically I believe Cymru NOT getting to Germany(although I would have loved to gone. Family in Stuttgart) as helped us with players choosing Cymru over other countries. I think if we had qualified, we would have had a right few kick ins and lads might just think not for me. Holland 4 Wales 0, France 6 Wales 1. I might be wrong about that. But seeing as we can only play 3 at back with wing backs it all becomes a bit predictable. |
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Post by fiveattheback on Apr 9, 2024 17:22:17 GMT
Immanuel Feyi-Waboso begs to differ 😔 Waboso came out and said he never felt Welsh. I think there’s a strong Nigerian background there. Ironically I believe Cymru NOT getting to Germany(although I would have loved to gone. Family in Stuttgart) as helped us with players choosing Cymru over other countries. I think if we had qualified, we would have had a right few kick ins and lads might just think not for me. Holland 4 Wales 0, France 6 Wales 1. I might be wrong about that. But seeing as we can only play 3 at back with wing backs it all becomes a bit predictable. When did he say that? He was born and raised in Cardiff and tried to get into Cardiff University, I doubt there's 0 Welsh feeling there... |
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Post by wirralwelsh on Apr 9, 2024 17:35:33 GMT
I think Crew's parents are English, so definitely more anglo than Feyi-Waboso anyway. Can't believe the amount of fuss egg fans have made over him.
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Post by ddirpytnop on Apr 9, 2024 18:00:06 GMT
Immanuel Feyi-Waboso begs to differ 😔 Waboso came out and said he never felt Welsh. I think there’s a strong Nigerian background there. Ironically I believe Cymru NOT getting to Germany(although I would have loved to gone. Family in Stuttgart) as helped us with players choosing Cymru over other countries. I think if we had qualified, we would have had a right few kick ins and lads might just think not for me. Holland 4 Wales 0, France 6 Wales 1. I might be wrong about that. But seeing as we can only play 3 at back with wing backs it all becomes a bit predictable. The idea that us failing to get to Germany makes us more attractive proposition for prospective players is about as nuts as it gets. And the risk of us conceding 10 goals in two games is exceptionally small. Armenia aside, we are actually a very good team defensively. |
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Post by quetzal on Apr 9, 2024 21:08:01 GMT
Waboso came out and said he never felt Welsh. I think there’s a strong Nigerian background there. Ironically I believe Cymru NOT getting to Germany(although I would have loved to gone. Family in Stuttgart) as helped us with players choosing Cymru over other countries. I think if we had qualified, we would have had a right few kick ins and lads might just think not for me. Holland 4 Wales 0, France 6 Wales 1. I might be wrong about that. But seeing as we can only play 3 at back with wing backs it all becomes a bit predictable. The idea that us failing to get to Germany makes us more attractive proposition for prospective players is about as nuts as it gets. And the risk of us conceding 10 goals in two games is exceptionally small. Armenia aside, we are actually a very good team defensively. Sorry but World Cup and Euros before were horror shows. Played off the park by Switzerland and USA. Losses to Iran, Italy, England and Denmark. Sorry but the trend says heavy defeats by the Dutch and French. Austria favourites.!But alas we’ll never know. Not so nuts because scraping the barrel infront of the world is no laughing matter. |
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Post by winsumluzsum on Apr 9, 2024 21:12:32 GMT
The idea that us failing to get to Germany makes us more attractive proposition for prospective players is about as nuts as it gets. And the risk of us conceding 10 goals in two games is exceptionally small. Armenia aside, we are actually a very good team defensively. Sorry but World Cup and Euros before were horror shows. Played off the park by Switzerland and USA. Losses to Iran, Italy, England and Denmark. Sorry but the trend says heavy defeats by the Dutch and French. Austria favourites.!But alas we’ll never know. Not so nuts because scraping the barrel infront of the world is no laughing matter. But that ignores the big defensive improvement with the switch to 5 at the back and the addition of Jordan James to the midfield. We would have struggled to get any points, but I don't think we'd have been hammered. |
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Post by quetzal on Apr 9, 2024 21:54:00 GMT
Sorry but World Cup and Euros before were horror shows. Played off the park by Switzerland and USA. Losses to Iran, Italy, England and Denmark. Sorry but the trend says heavy defeats by the Dutch and French. Austria favourites.!But alas we’ll never know. Not so nuts because scraping the barrel infront of the world is no laughing matter. But that ignores the big defensive improvement with the switch to 5 at the back and the addition of Jordan James to the midfield. We would have struggled to get any points, but I don't think we'd have been hammered. Anyway I would have loved to have gone. I’m gutted! |
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Post by allezlesrouges on Apr 13, 2024 17:29:18 GMT
The idea that us failing to get to Germany makes us more attractive proposition for prospective players is about as nuts as it gets. And the risk of us conceding 10 goals in two games is exceptionally small. Armenia aside, we are actually a very good team defensively. Sorry but World Cup and Euros before were horror shows. Played off the park by Switzerland and USA. Losses to Iran, Italy, England and Denmark. Sorry but the trend says heavy defeats by the Dutch and French. Austria favourites.!But alas we’ll never know. Not so nuts because scraping the barrel infront of the world is no laughing matter. Yeah I remember when we got hammered 1-1 by the Swiss & US, the whole world laughed at us for those horror shows |
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Post by jimexotic on Apr 13, 2024 22:04:10 GMT
Wtf have I walked into? Euro 2020 and the World Cup made me proud to be Welsh, shit when we qualified for the World Cup I went out and got a big dragon tattooed on the my leg! When we beat Turkey in the Euros I cried with pride. When we came back so ballsy against the US I was shaking with excitement, I was off my seat on my mate screaming as Brennan Johnson played a one two with Kieffer, when Bale scored I'd converted Englishmen! That was no horror show. Nearly thirty years ago I remember going into school after back to back defeats to Moldova and Georgia and having the shit ripped out of me for being a Welsh boy, those games, the Gould era, that was a horror show, we had years of despair and watched genuine talent wasted. People have short memories, I even class the latest ultimately failed qualification campaign as a relative success in some ways, we were a shoot out away.
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Post by manulike on May 8, 2024 20:24:01 GMT
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Post by manulike on May 10, 2024 18:03:35 GMT
No Rhys Thomas today in the Final, but Charlie is starting in the number 6 role (he's number 4).
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Post by iot on Jun 6, 2024 9:32:17 GMT
Could be a big year for him if the rumours about a Leeds fire sale are true. Clearly highly though of by the management, who have already shown they're happy to rely on kids if they're good enough. Hopefully they sell Gray for £30-40m and try to use Crew the same way they did with Gray last season.
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Post by manulike on Jul 5, 2024 21:54:30 GMT
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Post by manulike on Jul 13, 2024 18:51:01 GMT
Congrats, Charlie. Four more years ;-)
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Post by athenempadu on Jul 29, 2024 10:00:24 GMT
I've watched a few pre-season friendless and he's looking more comfortable, so I expect him to be part of the Leeds 1st team squad this season. I think replacing Archie Gray with Crew and Bogle could be a good move, and they've made a big profit on it too.
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Post by athenempadu on Aug 14, 2024 18:20:06 GMT
On the bench for the cup game this evening. I thought he might have started considering the 8 changes to the team.
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Post by fiveattheback on Aug 14, 2024 18:46:06 GMT
On the bench for the cup game this evening. I thought he might have started considering the 8 changes to the team. Is that really what they look like with 8 changes? That's a really strong side |
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Post by surge on Aug 14, 2024 19:27:05 GMT
On the bench for the cup game this evening. I thought he might have started considering the 8 changes to the team. Is that really what they look like with 8 changes? That's a really strong side I don't see it. I reckon six players tonight get into another Championship starting eleven and two of those are from the three unchanged from the weekend. If we're being a little critical I would say they have: 1 GK 1 RB 3.5 CB 2 DM 1 number 8 3 wide attackers 2 number 10's 1 CF That's not good depth. I can only imagine they really believe in their youth team or are struggling with financial constraints. |
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Post by fiveattheback on Aug 14, 2024 20:49:44 GMT
Is that really what they look like with 8 changes? That's a really strong side I don't see it. I reckon six players tonight get into another Championship starting eleven and two of those are from the three unchanged from the weekend. If we're being a little critical I would say they have: 1 GK 1 RB 3.5 CB 2 DM 1 number 8 3 wide attackers 2 number 10's 1 CF That's not good depth. I can only imagine they really believe in their youth team or are struggling with financial constraints. Which of them don't get into another Championship starting XI? I can see maybe 2 and they're a tossup |
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