After our excellent performance in front of the cameras against Plymouth last week Sky have picked our FA Cup replay with Wigan to be their televised game on Tuesday 17th Jan kick off 7.45pm.
The televising of the game means an unexpected windfall of at least £150,000 for the Whites and combined with gate receipts for the game estimated to be a further £150,000 could make all the difference when KB is out shopping this month looking the strengthen the squad

Should we finish the job next Tuesday a 4th round visit to the City of manc Stadium awaits on the 28/29th Jan hopefully with a couple of new squad members to bolster our promotion push.
I will say no more about the FA Cup now until after our game against the Cottagers er Seagulls at the weekend because to my mind the league is by far the most important.


When was the last time we won 5 league games in a row - Answers on a postcard from Brighton.


Come on Leeds !!!

Rob Hulse recalled to the side at the expense of Richard Cresswell in Leeds’s only change to the 11 that started at Plymouth earned The Whites a well deserved draw and a trip back to ours for a replay on the 17th January where the visitors might witness a decent crowd.


The home fans that did turn up saw their team take the field with 8 changes to the team that lost to relegation chasing Birmingham last Monday probably with more than half an eye on their Carling Cup semi final next week.
The Whites made the brighter start and Jonathan Douglas had chances early on with Wigan keeper John Filan saving bravely at his feet on one occasion though neither keeper was seriously tested in the first half.

The premiership side made the breakthrough almost immediately after the break when Connolly turned in Lee McCullochs cross on 47 – 1-0 Wigan.

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First thing to note is the kick off time 1.00pm not 3.00pm as stated in some sections of the media this week.
I expect KB will rest a couple of players where he can as it is quite clear that our priority this season is promotion, the problem is in certain areas he does not have too many options so with that in mind I think he may rest Kelly, Lewis, Cresswell, & Blake from the starting line up and bring in Richardson, Pugh, Hulse & Healy.

Wigan have not got past the 3td round for 18 years and guess who knocked them out last time they did? That’s right the mighty Whites 2-0 with goals from John Stiles and Micky Adams but we should not expect a similar score this time round, I view this more of test to see just how we have come since we last played Wigan and were well beaten.
I do not expect Wigan to rest too many as they will be well up for this one but will be definitely missing Camara up front and possibly Baines and De Zeeuw as well.

I think we will put up a decent show but expect us to lose out by the odd goal – Prediction 2-1 to Wigan, hopefully we can get them back to ours – Come on Leeds !!!

After our maximum points haul over the Christmas & New Year period including 3 clean sheets I am finally convinced that The Whites have got what it takes to get back where we belong in “The Premiership”.
The team that beat Plymouth on Monday was not the same team that I saw play so poorly against Cardiff just 4 weeks ago and I think the main reason for this is Sean Gregan.and the fact that Kevin Blackwell is not playing him.

Let’s get it right, if KB did not think he was good enough to play in a 4 man midfield and moves him into defence how can he be good enough for the 3 man midfield employed against the Jones boy and his brothers.


There are other reasons of course Killa has been ‘kin brilliant alongside Butler recently and the midfield 3 of Derry, Miller and Douglas are looking very solid and we have the best group of front men and goalkeeper in the league.
During he last two games and in particular in the second 45 against the Humberside Fisheries XI and Plymouth we have looked more comfortable on the ball than I have seen in a long time and in both cases the opposition have got nowhere near our goal in that second 45.

The last time we won 4 matches in a row the next team up was Cardiff and we all know what happened there, that is why disregarding the Wigan game at the weekend our next game at Brighton is in my view, our most important game of the season so far, if we can make it 5 in a row we can definitely start looking up and concentrating on catching the two above us and not worry about what is going on behind.


“Oh I do like to be beside the seaside, Oh I do like to be beside the sea” etc etc