Top of the championship going to be a cracker next week. Shame we will have to rest wood bigger fish to fry.

League position aside, they're supposedly playing some brilliant football. It'll be a tough game and we'll need to be on it... switch those Turf Moor floodlights on!!!

It will be Dirty Leeds Cup final,all the Yawkies will be crossing into Gods County with their wellies and Velcro gloves ..Lock up your sheep

I'd play the development squad or the youth team, the Huddersfield game is 100 times more important

Can't see dyche firing up his players the same as against rovers..

They are professional footballers. They should always be fired up. I don't want us losing this one.

Saxoman wrote:Can't see dyche firing up his players the same as against rovers..

I don't think he did fire them up. He didn't need to.

Quicknick wrote:They are professional footballers. They should always be fired up. I don't want us losing this one.

I agree, they should, but we all know they aren't.

FactualFrank wrote:I don't think he did fire them up. He didn't need to.

He always does against rovers, stands out a mile..

maybe you only watch us play against Rovers, he has us fired up for most games

Our feeder club got any more players then?

You reckon Leeds will put their first team out when they're chasing promotion?

Vegas Claret wrote:maybe you only watch us play against Rovers, he has us fired up for most games

Like accy Stanley and Lincoln?

It wouldnt surprise me if both Taylor and Wood start.

Leeds apparently had 31,000 fans on tonight. Wow.

Saxoman wrote:Leeds apparently had 31,000 fans on tonight. Wow.

Take you back to your plastic days Saxo? So special!

Legzdins
Bardsley, Long, Mee, Taylor
JGB, Westwood, Cork, Arfield
Walters, Barnes

Liverpool get more than 31000, don't they Saxon?

Saxoman wrote:Leeds apparently had 31,000 fans on tonight. Wow.

31,000 from a city with a population of 700,000

We get 19,000 from a town with a population of 70,000

Played 4 of the bottom 5 sides after 7 games.

The Championship is quaking.

conyoviejo wrote:It will be Dirty Leeds Cup final,all the Yawkies will be crossing into Gods County with their wellies and Velcro gloves ..Lock up your sheep

Dead right.
Heard they're sneaky buggers too.
Wear white wellies when it's snowing.

Saxoman wrote:Like accy Stanley and Lincoln?

It's what usually happens when you don't play your first team, unless we play you then it's a comfortable away win

I've already said that I'd play the kids v Leeds, nothing game. Huddersfield on the Saturday is far more important

mkmel wrote:31,000 from a city with a population of 700,000

We get 19,000 from a town with a population of 70,000

31,000 though.. Belongs in the premier league however you slice it..

Saxoman wrote:31,000 though.. Belongs in the premier league however you slice it..

nonsense

No-one 'belongs' in the premier league. There's many a Swindon, Bradford, Coventry, Blackburrrrrn etc to prove that.

We'll play the fringe players again, quite rightly, but I also think Leeds will play a weakened team as well. It should still be a cracker.

Saxoman wrote:31,000 though.. Belongs in the premier league however you slice it..

...if Premier League membership was based on attendance figures then your adopted side would never have been allowed promotion back in 1992 ? ...

I don't recall a plethora of full houses at Ewood during 91-2 ? ...

Similar line-up to Rovers I would have thought. Would definitely play Pope. Would also give Hendrick some game time if he is fit. Agree that Leeds good start in the league probably means they will rotate too. Should be a good game. We need to get back into the 'fortress Turf Moor' mentality. Another home win on the back of the Palace result will build momentum again after the West Brom setback.

Do we know what sort of attendance were looking at for this game?

I hope that there is no crowd trouble at this match.
Leeds fans are not the friendliest in my experience.

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Bin Ont Turf wrote:Played 4 of the bottom 5 sides after 7 games.

The Championship is quaking.

But thats how leagues work. Teams at the top usually beat those at the bottom. Was similar for us.

They are a decent side.

SussexDon1inIreland wrote:I hope that there is no crowd trouble at this match.
Leeds fans are not the friendliest in my experience.

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and when did we last see any trouble worth talking about at a Burnley Leeds fixture ?

The last time they got the full CFS If I'm right?

conyoviejo wrote:It will be Dirty Leeds Cup final,all the Yawkies will be crossing into Gods County with their wellies and Velcro gloves ..Lock up your sheep

Velcro and wellies? How very old fashioned. The modern way is to put a dent in your Landrover bonnet, flip her on her back so you can kiss at the same time.

CFS wrote:The last time they got the full CFS If I'm right?

Really ? .. I've forgotten I do remember a Leeds fan running from the JHU after they went 3-2 up in 2010-11 and other than that I can't honestly recall anything worth talking about since the 70s ... mind the memory is failing

Leeds are a great supported side and im sure they'll snap up and sell out all the tickets we make available as they do at pretty much every away game across the country.

Make no misktake though, this game means as much to them as it does to us and will be used by both teams to give some fringe players a run out as like us their main focus will be on the league.

Even with both of us playing weakened teams it should be a cracking game and great atmosphere

Leeds sold their allocation straight away.

I'd expect some Leeds in the home end and always wonder why we run the "Clarets Number" scheme when it's so easy for visiting fans to register and obtain tickets. Last season I saw fans from Man City, Man U, Everton, Liverpool and Arsenal in the home end..... I can see trouble in the near future

ralph wrote:Really ? .. I've forgotten I do remember a Leeds fan running from the JHU after they went 3-2 up in 2010-11 and other than that I can't honestly recall anything worth talking about since the 70s ... mind the memory is failing

Same cant really remember sny bother here. Although quite a bit at theirs.

My lifelong Leeds supporting mate said they are looking a good side this season, that was after 3 games. They are doing well and it's irrelevant which sides they have beaten so far. I predict a very difficult game next week and wouldn't risk any money backing us to win in 90 minutes.

Don't care one jot about this game.....like others have said, play the kids...! I'd play the under 14s Burnley girls team if we could.....need to concentrate on the league that gives us nearly £200million for staying up, so we don't need any injuries to our players from the dirty Leeds ****....

COYC73 wrote:Don't care one jot about this game.....like others have said, play the kids...! I'd play the under 14s Burnley girls team if we could.....need to concentrate on the league that gives us nearly £200million for staying up, so we don't need any injuries to our players from the dirty Leeds ****....

Couldn't disagree more. I think we should be trying to win it.

Agreed. Barring a Leicester style once in a lifetime fairytale in the league the cup competitions are our only realistic chance of silverware. We should be having a right good go at them!

Leeds United fans revel in the name 'Dirty Leeds', a phrase coined in the 1960's for a side managed by a bloke who left in 1974. Most who go on about it (theirs and ours) weren't even born, let alone remember that overly physical side that battered teams into submission. Using 'Dirty Leeds' all the time just plays into their hands and makes them feel even better.

We should be trying to win this tie and every FA Cup tie otherwise we are just another Club that measures success by the figure on the balance sheet. Okay for Owners, appalling for the fans and based on the fact our Owners are fans it should be a directive. I don't mind losing a game if we have done everything to try and win it in the first place.

Saxoman wrote:Leeds apparently had 31,000 fans on tonight. Wow.

I know amazing that! How many fans get packed in to Ewood these days? 31?

It's a big game I think- especially given the fine start made my both clubs. Momentum is key and we could dearly use a cup run.
With the top 7 teams all involved in European competition, what better chance for us to have an extended run in one of the major cups.
I hope Clarets fans get on this in decent numbers, I was surprised to see how few appear to have upgraded their season tickets to accommodate this game when I looked on the website stadium ticket plan.

Risk vs Reward. Play our strongest side and we suffer another Heaton type injury, and people will be saying we should have rested a few of our first 11. I'd prefer a happy-medium. Giving players like Taylor game time, but also of course going out there to go through.

Proportionately, leeds support is crap. End of. Not a patch on Manchester, or Burnley, for that matter.

leg-ends in their own deluded minds. Champions of Europe ? dont make me larrrf. Not even champions of West Yorkshire these days.

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ralph wrote:...if Premier League membership was based on attendance figures then your adopted side would never have been allowed promotion back in 1992 ? ...

I don't recall a plethora of full houses at Ewood during 91-2 ? ...

Ewood capacity was only 18,000 in 1992 and it was full every game.

Win this, and we're four matches from a Cup Final. Why do people want to look at bank balances rather than cup finals? When we're not in the Premier League, we aren't likely to win cups but we can win promotion and celebrate winning something. Now we're in the in the Premier League, what's the benefit if we're going to try never to win anything ever again?

Saxoman wrote:Ewood capacity was only 18,000 in 1992 and it was full every game.

No it wasn't , try to get your facts right