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Leeds tracking McCallum? (1 Viewer)

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  • Start date Sep 20, 2019
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better days

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  • Sep 20, 2019
  • #36
Leeds watch us and our Academy kids all the time
And they're not the only ones
 

covcity4life

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  • Sep 20, 2019
  • #37
better days said:
Leeds watch us and our Academy kids all the time
And they're not the only ones
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Who exaxtly is your source? Not name but can you give a clue to job role?
 

Terry Gibson's perm

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  • Sep 20, 2019
  • #38
It’s nice that I amongst so many knowledgeable fans let’s see where he ends up as a regular for me it will be nearer the conference than the premier league
 

Terry Gibson's perm

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  • Sep 20, 2019
  • #39
mark82 said:
You should tell Leeds mate so they don't make a mistake. They might even have a scout position open for you.
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They won’t unless they need a filler for the under 23’s
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Sep 20, 2019
  • #40
Terry Gibson's perm said:
It’s nice that I amongst so many knowledgeable fans let’s see where he ends up as a regular for me it will be nearer the conference than the premier league
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Wow what’s your beef?
 
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Terry Gibson's perm

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  • Sep 20, 2019
  • #41
Sky Blue Pete said:
Wow what’s your beef?
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With who?

It’s an opinion in ten years time let’s see what happened.

Surely even you can see he is the weak link in the side when he plays
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Sep 20, 2019
  • #42
Terry Gibson's perm said:
With who?

It’s an opinion in ten years time let’s see what happened.

Surely even you can see he is the weak link in the side when he plays
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Second half against Blackpool was when I thought wow he’s a talent. And robins let him start against burton even though mason could have played as he did the night before. That’s amazing trust in a 19 year old

Have you only done away games? Oxford he was let down by lack of support but as I say Blackpool he was excellent second half. I think you and others pick on young players and blame them unnecessarily
 
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Terry Gibson's perm

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  • Sep 20, 2019
  • #43
Sky Blue Pete said:
Second half against Blackpool was when I thought wow he’s a talent. And robins let him start against burton even though mason could have played as he did the night before. That’s amazing trust in a 19 year old

Have you only done away games? Oxford he was let down by lack of support but as I say Blackpool he was excellent second half. I think you and others pick on young players and blame them unnecessarily
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Only home games but have watched the away games on iPlayer where it has been possible.

It’s not picking on him it but I wouldn’t over boost him either, for me he is weaker than Brown.

I was a big supporter of Bayliss so it isn’t an age thing
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Sep 20, 2019
  • #44
Terry Gibson's perm said:
Only home games but have watched the away games on iPlayer where it has been possible.

It’s not picking on him it but I wouldn’t over boost him either, for me he is weaker than Brown.

I was a big supporter of Bayliss so it isn’t an age thing
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So you think his positioning is poor and he has no stamina? And hasn’t improved since last year? And hasn’t improved since Exeter to Blackpool? I find that so strange
 

better days

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  • Sep 20, 2019
  • #45
covcity4life said:
Who exaxtly is your source? Not name but can you give a clue to job role?
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I know a few people in the game
Leeds have scouts who look for young players coming through in League 1 & 2
They start watching them in Academy games and if they do well when they break into the first team they make an approach
 
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Terry Gibson's perm

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  • Sep 20, 2019
  • #46
Sky Blue Pete said:
So you think his positioning is poor and he has no stamina? And hasn’t improved since last year? And hasn’t improved since Exeter to Blackpool? I find that so strange
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Nope I said he had improved everyone can see that but the starting point was fairly low.

He tucks in to far for me and gets caught by the longer switched ball over his head (this maybe the manager wanting him to cover inside).

Against Blackpool he looked in real trouble for the first half as the winger played wide in the second half the winger ran out of steam so he had an easier half.
 

itsabuzzard

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  • Sep 20, 2019
  • #47
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
What's happened to you? Sounding mature and talking sense.

Spelling much improved too.
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It's all that wardrobe drinking.

Sent from my LG-H850 using Tapatalk
 

PCH

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  • Sep 21, 2019
  • #48
Leeds have a scout who lives in Cov. I know him and see him regularly at home games. No surprise he pushes our players there way but strangely non signed yet.
 

fatso

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  • Sep 21, 2019
  • #49
PCH said:
Leeds have a scout who lives in Cov. I know him and see him regularly at home games. No surprise he pushes our players there way but strangely non signed yet.
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That probably explains it, Leeds scout at our game as he lives locally and cant be arsed to travel, he gets seen by the press and they jump to conclusions!
Close the thread Nick.
 

larry_david

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  • Sep 21, 2019
  • #50
Now villa want him
 

PCH

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  • Sep 21, 2019
  • #51
Ha he definitely gets seen. He always wears his Leeds coat ...like a badge of honour
 

RegTheDonk

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  • Sep 21, 2019
  • #52
Why pick Leeds out?
better days said:
I know a few people in the game
Leeds have scouts who look for young players coming through in League 1 & 2
They start watching them in Academy games and if they do well when they break into the first team they make an approach
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That's fair enough, I guess we would do the same, as a lot of clubs trying to poach talent.
Does really get my goat the Telegraph, to sell clicks, tout it as if the lads virtually on the motorway up north.
 

eastwoodsdustman

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  • Sep 21, 2019
  • #53
Terry Gibson's perm said:
Nope I said he had improved everyone can see that but the starting point was fairly low.

He tucks in to far for me and gets caught by the longer switched ball over his head (this maybe the manager wanting him to cover inside).

Against Blackpool he looked in real trouble for the first half as the winger played wide in the second half the winger ran out of steam so he had an easier half.
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Long ball across and behind him should be covered by the centre half with full back tucking back inside as cover.
He did start poorly but he improved a lot in the games he’s played. If he continues to improve as he has done then he will have a career in football.
 

hill83

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  • Sep 21, 2019
  • #54
covcity4life said:
Started drinking chai tea
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yeah well I’ve got a black belt in karatea
 
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Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Sep 21, 2019
  • #55
Terry Gibson's perm said:
Start at a low base it’s easy to improve he has terrible stamina terrible positional sense. I like robins but like us all he has a blind spot to certain players McCallum I feel is one
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He’s so terrible Villa and Leeds are looking at him...

I’m more inclined to trust the judgement of MR and their scouts than your opinion.

He’s a 19yr old lad, and still developing whilst putting in good performances. Good on him.
 
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Astute

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  • Sep 21, 2019
  • #56
He is shit because he plays for us. But if a big club comes in for him he will be worth at least five million and we would have sold him cheaply.
 
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Terry Gibson's perm

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  • Sep 21, 2019
  • #57
Mucca Mad Boys said:
He’s so terrible Villa and Leeds are looking at him...

I’m more inclined to trust the judgement of MR and their scouts than your opinion.

He’s a 19yr old lad, and still developing whilst putting in good performances. Good on him.
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They will be looking at hundreds of players all the time we will see how far he goes.
 

hill83

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  • Sep 21, 2019
  • #58
Astute said:
He is shit because he plays for us. But if a big club comes in for him he will be worth at least five million and we would have sold him cheaply.
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Shouldn’t you be on the Sunderland forum?
 
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Terry Gibson's perm

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  • Sep 21, 2019
  • #59
eastwoodsdustman said:
Long ball across and behind him should be covered by the centre half with full back tucking back inside as cover.
He did start poorly but he improved a lot in the games he’s played. If he continues to improve as he has done then he will have a career in football.
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How can the centre half cover for a diagonal ball from left to right. He will have a career in football my opinion is not higher than this level but we will see.
 

eastwoodsdustman

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  • Sep 21, 2019
  • #60
Terry Gibson's perm said:
How can the centre half cover for a diagonal ball from left to right. He will have a career in football my opinion is not higher than this level but we will see.
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It’s quicker for a centre half to cover across and full back then tuck in than for the full back to try and turn and chase into the corner.
 

Terry Gibson's perm

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  • Sep 21, 2019
  • #61
eastwoodsdustman said:
It’s quicker for a centre half to cover across and full back then tuck in than for the full back to try and turn and chase into the corner.
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If he played slightly wider he could take it down and run into the acres of space but if you look earlier I said it maybe the management wanting him tucking is as Mason does it as well
 

harvey098

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  • Sep 23, 2019
  • #62
Not as good as Mason yet but done a good job. He has quality on the ball and is tenacious but I have to agree with Terry regarding his positional sense at the moment. He gets caught out a lot but that’s to be expected at his experience and that can be coached.
 

ceetee

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  • Sep 23, 2019
  • #63
In most teams the Full Backs play narrow and leave the wings open.
I'm not enough of a strategist to explain or even know why
 

fatso

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  • Sep 23, 2019
  • #64
Terry Gibson's perm said:
How can the centre half cover for a diagonal ball from left to right. He will have a career in football my opinion is not higher than this level but we will see.
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Have you considered a career in motivational speaking by any chance?
 

Grendel

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  • Sep 23, 2019
  • #65
Mucca Mad Boys said:
He’s so terrible Villa and Leeds are looking at him...

I’m more inclined to trust the judgement of MR and their scouts than your opinion.

He’s a 19yr old lad, and still developing whilst putting in good performances. Good on him.
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Scouts look at a whole host of players - Adam Barton was supposed to going to Liverpool for £5 million and Conor Thomas was deemed worthy of a trial there.
 

ccfcway

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  • Sep 23, 2019
  • #66
Mucca Mad Boys said:
He’s so terrible Villa and Leeds are looking at him....
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Kevin Malaga was wanted by championship clubs, we were lucky to get Kyle Reid etc
 

Sky Blue Harry H

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  • Sep 23, 2019
  • #67
Have Leeds found him yet?
 
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larry_david

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  • Sep 23, 2019
  • #68
The amount of shit Leeds fansites all over this is laughable. You can tell non have seen him play. Mccallum is a talent, who's had 1 year in pro football. Hasn't pulled up any trees, in fact got tore a new one several times last season and they're banging on him being the new Roberto Carlos.

Course I like mccallum and don't want him to go anywhere but the attention this story has got (with no actual basis for the rumour) is hilarious
 

ccfc1234

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  • Sep 24, 2019
  • #69
This story has captured wider attention and the BBC gossip column has him linked with West Brom and Aston Villa.
 

PCH

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  • Sep 24, 2019
  • #70
ceetee said:
In most teams the Full Backs play narrow and leave the wings open.
I'm not enough of a strategist to explain or even know why
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This is correct, full backs are asked to tuck in these days. It doesn’t look natural leaving the wingers unmarked but that’s how the position has evolved
 
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