The Scratching Shed

The Scratching Shed #LUFC blog.

[The Scratching Shed @TSSLUFC]

Same name on Threads if Elon does manage to ruin this once and for all.

https://t.co/rsl9EbaTTd

[The Scratching Shed @TSSLUFC]

Difference between having something to play for and being partially on the beach today I think. Not that it made much difference in the end for West Ham.

[The Scratching Shed @TSSLUFC]

Yep. I'm abroad and about 8 beers in 😂

[Paulie @paulie__]

@TSSLUFC Smash and grab.
I think snatch and grab is a sexual assault offence 😂

[The Scratching Shed @TSSLUFC]

Proper snatch and grab stuff, but the run continues. Add another ten games to the season I say. 💛💙

[The Scratching Shed @TSSLUFC]

@NeilDonohoe Yep, hated him for that at the time. But it was his asset to mortgage, he's a businessman ultimately. Would never have stopped the 49ers being able to buy out the mortgage, so the end result would have been the same, albeit a bit messier I'd imagine.

[The Scratching Shed @TSSLUFC]

@LeedsUnitedENG I don't disagree, it obviously left a sour taste. But he's a businessman and Leeds were an asset to him, so it was his to leverage. Don't think it was ever going to be the case that the 49ers were buying without the stadium, so it was always coming back.

[The Scratching Shed @TSSLUFC]

No issues with this at all, he deserves a lot of credit. Think he brought stability and calm to a club who'd had two decades of near-constant ownership drama. His only real fault was not having billions to waste.

[Adam Pope @apopey]

Former chairman Andrea Radrizzani is here tonight. #LUFC

[Jonny Cooper @JRCooper26]

Since the start of February, Noah Okafor has the second best minutes per goal ratio across all of Europe's big-five leagues (one every 68 minutes), behind only Harry Kane (every 49 mins). #lufc

[The Scratching Shed @TSSLUFC]

@Teamgiblet Yeah, that's the thing isn't it - you have to put sentiment aside if you want to push on and there's always going to be likeable players who don't make the cut.

[The Scratching Shed @TSSLUFC]

Ignoring outgoings completely and working on the basis we keep everyone we want to, where do we need to straighten next season to push on from here? #LUFC

[The Scratching Shed @TSSLUFC]

@TimPatel86 I guess that's one of the areas of expertise that overlap with NFL, so it makes sense. Can't fault them too much so far, they seem to have concentrated on what they know and hired for what they don't. That's good management in any industry.

[The Scratching Shed @TSSLUFC]

Stands to reason that all the extra fixtures would result in more injuries, but they also tend to have bigger squads, so you're going to have more injuries as a result of that anyway.

[Jon Mackenzie @Jon_Mackenzie]

Seen this viz from @Transfermarkt doing the rounds today. Ive just gone through and highlighted all the teams in Europe this season. Make of that what you will.

[The Scratching Shed @TSSLUFC]

@Teamgiblet CB as well? Never been entirely convinced by Struijk personally

[The Scratching Shed @TSSLUFC]

@SirMontgomery1 I bet it he could turn back time he'd have done exactly that, but it must be hard to walk away from something you've put so much energy into, just as things seem to be paying off.

[The Scratching Shed @TSSLUFC]

@perfectunion24 It's a fool's game buying any football club, so to have the balls to take on one like Leeds, risking your family's fortune in the process, knowing the fans are going to expect results and only ever wanting to blame you when it goes wrong. It's a tough gig. And a thankless one.

[The Scratching Shed @TSSLUFC]

@PhilHay_ Ampadu for me, he's the beating heart of this team. But Stach and Gudmundsson would be up there. Always look better with Rodon on the pitch as well and Okafor is obviously worth a mention too.

[The Scratching Shed @TSSLUFC]

I've missed this being amongst the top tweets when we win.

[Phil Hay @PhilHay_]

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLL

[The Scratching Shed @TSSLUFC]

To even have the audacity to go after Bielsa in the first place from the position we were in remains absolutely ridiculous. Provided some of the best memories I have as a Leeds fan.

[The Scratching Shed @TSSLUFC]

Honestly, if he'd sold a little sooner and Bielsa's reign didn't end the way it did, we'd probably be naming something after him.

[The Scratching Shed @TSSLUFC]

@1882md It's because the red line is ahead of the green line 👍

Sarcasm aside, I thought he was on in real time.

[The Scratching Shed @TSSLUFC]

We're trying to, honest 😂

[Daniel Hurley - West Ham books @DHurleybooks]

Oooh I’m Leeds and I never lose a game ever and have basically gone invincible but are still 16th for no reason anybody can work out.

Grow up Leeds will you. Just grow up.