Hello Champers!
Welcome back to London, and a new challenge with Crystal Palace in Division 1. We have a six point gap to the automatic promotion spot, in addition to the FA Cup and a surprise Cup Winners Cup campaign.
We start the episode with an FA Cup tie against Bournemouth. A sparkling opening half hour sees us home. Leftsided forward Gerry Cooper and Colombian regen Freddy Asprilla set the pace put the game out of reach in 30 breathless minutes.
Hello Fledglings!
Welcome back to Season 13 and the toil of the league champions, Leeds. Last time out, Niall found himself in unfamiliar territory in/out of the relegation zone. There’s a reprieve though, as form in the Champions League is good – relieving some board pressure.
This is how the squad looks; filled with regens bursting with potential. Campos, Panucci, Neville, Adams, Hierro, Leonardo, Enrique, Shearer and Fowler some of the regens on show. Can Niall get some more out of them?
Hello Champers. Welcome to Season 13! Leeds are the Champions of England, and qualify for the European Cup. Niall was also given a dilemma after Sir Alex retired from United…
Could we swap #DirtyLeeds for the Scum of Man Utd?
Continue readingHello Champers. Let’s kick off this Bank Holiday episode by acknowledging man we are trying to emulate… Congratulations Neil Warnock on guiding Huddersfield to safety in this seasons Championship, with a game to spare. Let’s hope he retires for good this time?!
To mark the achievement, I’ve added another ‘Houdini’ challenge to the spreadsheet. Looks like another trip to the Division One basement, Champers!
(As Colin still has a game to play and not officially retired, I’ll update the total games required to match him next time.)
Right. Back to AI and CM97/98. Niall Warnock’s Leeds are twenty games into the 2008/09 Premier League season and, remarkably, find themselves ten points clear of Sunderland. Can the deadly duo of Davide Trezeguet and Patrick Kluivert keep the #DirtyLeeds train rolling forward?
Relegation-threatened Sheffield Wednesday manage to hold us to draw after our evergreen Italian Stallion gives us a half hour lead.
Continue readingHello Champers! We’ve been on a mid-season break as some real world deadlines caught up with me. Thanks for rejoining Niall Warnock for Season 12 – and Leeds United in the Premiership.
Here’s a check-in on our Hall of Fame where Neil Warnock’s managerial record is being pulled apart. We’ve won promotion from Division Three (twice), Promotion from Division Two (three times), The EFL Trophy (twice), the League Cup and been promoted to the Premier League twice. We’ve also played 588 competitive games, and got more than 1000 to go [to catch the moving target of 1603]!
Hello, Lillywhites! Join us for the Season 11 finale.
Last time out Niall’s Leeds were thirty games into season eleven and sitting pretty at the top of Division 1 – nine points clear of Ipswich. We start this episode by dispatching Coventry, courtesy of our anonymous Frenchman. That’s his third league goal in twelve starts. Hopefully he will kick on from here.
Welcome back, Lillywhites!
Our Niall is navigating his way through Season 11, and the next challenge of Promotion to the Premier League. You join our hero 15 games into the season, and managing a domestic campaign with Europe.
Hello, welcome to Season 11!
Last season Niall Warnock switched allegiance from Crewe to Leeds, and managed to overhaul a 10 point deficit. Niall managed to save Leeds from relegation whilst simultaneously reaching the FA Cup final. Take that, Colin!
This season Naill switches his focus on Promotion to the Premier League!
It’s been a busy pre-season! Matt Le Tissier junior [Kevin Clarke] joins permanently after being on loan last season. Clarke is joined by Alessandro Pistone, Hungarian U21 player Emil Kovacs, Bolivian playmaker Ricardo Mercado, experienced stopper Alex Manninger, Niall Warnock regulars Kirk Sorvel and Christian Westley, Henning Berg regen Vegar Kvernflaten, and veteran Chris Sutton to replace Alan Shearer. I also add loan signings Cec Dunnett (Craig Short) and Brian Laudrup regen Stefan Borup. Phew.
Welcome back journeymen and journeywomen! It’s a bumper episode this week, so grab your coffee mug and enjoy!
Last time out Niall Warnock endured the wrath of the Crewe fans by uprooting to Division one Leeds. Fellow blog squad member Ross Bell has been WhatsApping a constant stream of pictures this week. Revie, Bremner, Clarke, Grey, Wilkinson, Chapman, Wallace, McAllister, Radebe, and Gregan all passing through my WIFI network. Slow down, Ross! Before creating a chance at building a legacy we first need to navigate a ten point deficit at the bottom of the table.
Hello journeymen and journeywomen!
It’s been two weeks’ since my last confession… Sorry, team. A mix of work and private commitments meant I missed deadline day last Monday! Anyhow, as two weeks have gone by, two more games have been added to our target by the evergreen Colin. Back-to-back 4-0 losses to Burnley and Coventry ruins the fairytale start.
Stepping back into our AI generated Champ Man multiverse, Niall Warnock has played 20 games in Division Two with Crewe and has some form and momentum propelling them towards a Division One return.
