Ow Do Folks!
Whats your thoughts on the summer so far?
I hate being negative, but so far, i'm underwhelmed (but obviously still willing to wait and give chances etc)
the Incomings of Rodon on a permy, Rothwell on loan, and Bogle on a permy are all ok, just nowt spesh if it makes sense
we've seen what happens when loan players become permy players, for what ever reason they struggle, i'm hopeful Rodon is an exception to this rule
Rothwell is an experienced championship player, and farke said he wanted more experience in he squad, this is a guy who has scum on his youth CV, but has played for former PL winners blackburn (also lancashire), among maybe other clubs in his career, he looked ok vs harrogate but thats not saying much, at least hes only cost us the price of a pack of sea salted seabroooks crisps and a galaxy chocolate bar lol
our other signing is mindbogleing (sorry, couldn't resist LOL), ok ok, bogle, 23, fits the age range of many of the other squad players, and fullback is an area which needs more depth, so he ticks those boxes, not a stupid price tag in todays market either I guess, but he did do the binoculars gesture while at Derby
Gray the only major departure so far, roughly 30mil was it we got? our lack of promotion meant this would happen and leaves a sour taste in my mouth, not forgetting another youth academy grad and useful squad player Shackleton being offered peanuts making his move to the blunts very easy for him, and cresswell another academy grad being allowed to leave on the cheap, this infuriates me if im honest, we should be coaching our own players to be good first teamers, and the fact they aint being kept or arent playing suggests a number of different reasons, of which I won't go in to, I just fear our club will lose its identity if we don't coach our own players to be good enough, or they end up being good enough and then get sold coz we aint in the prem, makes me sick if i'm honest, so we move on
cody drameh queen has finally got out of Leeds United and I couldn't be more delighted that we've got that petulant little dweeb out of our club (they didn't disclose the club hes joining but it sounds like Dull Tigers lol)
looks like coops is out after losing any kind of captaincy position in the club now, I wish coops all the best, super bloke for LUFC and I hope he can finish his playing career on a high, the likes of coops ayling and dallas i'd like to see offered some kind of roles at the club in the future for their efforts at Leeds, great examples to all the young lads we currently have
Talking of captains, Ampadu has been made captain with Struijk Vice captain and Meslier Vice Vice captain, Illan being part of the new leadership group is an interesting one, obviously Ampadu and Struijk were our 2 captains last season, I feel Byram and Bamford with their experience will also be called upon to keep calm heads in the dressing room, along with the other experienced players we will have, Rothwell maybe being 1 of them, and the other little fact I believe all 3 captains are all just 24 years old, pro football is really becoming a younger young mans game isn't it lol
so at this point, will we end up keeping Summerville, Gnonto, and Rutter? after the playoff loss I semi jokingly said, 1 club will come in for all 3 for a combined 100million quid, which when you consider we bought Summerville for 1mil, Gnonto for 6mil, and Rutter for 35mil, would have been a solid profit, but obviously replacements would then be required, 42mil spent to buy them, 58mil profit to get in replacements, and if James gets 20-23 goal involvements again this new season, that would potentially soften the loss a little, chances are we'd try and get Szmodics as 1 of the replacements, who like Rothwell is of his late 20s so more experienced
some of the exiles have permanently gone, leaving only a couple left to get rid of, however 2 of the buggerz have been told to work their buttocks off in wober and aaronson to get back in the squad, for me, once an exile, always an exile, but would be solely based on ability alone, good for the bench, just the attitudes i worry about
I still believe we can get top 2 this season at this current moment in time, it will depend on who stays and who leaves come the time the window shuts!
Whos going to be at Elland Road vs Valencia, I will be, hopefully we show something decent with what will then be 1 week before the season starts
Also, thoughts on this seasons kits, home kit is ok but preferred last seasons, 2nd kit is ok without being spectacular, don't prefer the smiley badge, prefer the yorkshire rose badge that we had before our current shield, and that 3rd kit, along with the pink GK kit just make me wanna puke! just like that pink monstrosity last season, lovely design of the dark blue peacock kit last season and was hardly worn, I hope to god the yellow away kit is preferred to this other pink monstrosity kit for this season away from home!
And just to finish, promotion HAS to happen this season, if not this season, I fear we have several more seasons in this annoying 2nd division of english football
MOT!!!
