I'm in the middle somewhere. Max has gone and for decent money according to his wiki page (£6m) however doubt we will see that except in gold taps for the executive suite in Bates Motel
Nunez and Clayton have been like new signings but one injury and we are f**ked We havent played that badly so far (bar Soton) but we arent getting results The loan window opens shortly so we can bring premier league rejects in so no need to splash cash on average desperate players yet. I do think what we are lacking is any sort of marquee signing, something to lift the gloom and take the focus off the hotel and Bates On Twitter last night it was poisonous, people trying to arrange another protest or a boycott of the Man U game , something to hit Bates in the pocket. -----Original Message----- From: leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org [mailto:leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org] On Behalf Of Ciarán Diver Sent: 01 September 2011 10:08 To: leedslist@gn.apc.org Subject: [LU] Worrying times I have to agree with Kev and others on the concern for the season ahead. Here's a breakdown of the changes in the squad since last year - it doesn't make for good reading! Out Grella, Bessone, Gradel, Kilkenny, Johnson, Schmeichel, Naylor, Higgs Loanies Out from last season Watt, Livermore, Lichaj, McCartney, Gonzalez >From the above there were 7 first team starters who are no longer with us (Schmeichel, Naylor, Lichaj, McCartney, Kilkenny, Johnson, Gradel) In Lonergan, Brown Loanies In Keogh, O'Dea The squad is now at a very threadbare 23 senior players (I'm ignoring the 3 youth players added to the list on the official site to bump up the numbers) Goalies: Lonergan, Rachubka, Cairns Defenders: Connolly, Kisnorbo, Bruce, O'Brien, Parker, Lees, Bromby, White, O'Dea Midfielders: Brown, Sam, Howson, Clayton, Snodgrass Forwards: Paynter, Becchio, Nunez, Somma, Keogh, McCormack Our midfield is very light - 5 recognised midfielders! Add in White and Nunez who can play there but it is still a very small pool of players. Add to that the fact we already have 2 loanies in, means we can bring in at most 3 more to the squad! I think we can forget playoffs or promotion and concentrate on staying up this year. Bates has a lot to answer for. Ciaran ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________ Ciaran Diver | Senior Developer | Information Mosaic New York | Dublin | Edinburgh | London | Luxembourg | New Delhi | Singapore | Kuala Lumpur | Melbourne t: +353 1 2415 200 | e: cdi...@informationmosaic.com<mailto:cdi...@informationmosaic.com> | w: www.informationmosaic.com<http://www.informationmosaic.com/> | t: www.twitter.com/infomosaic 'Winner 2011 FTF News Technology Innovation Award in the Corporate Actions Processing category for Best Industry Initiative' ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org MARCHING ON TOGETHER (There's it) ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1392 / Virus Database: 1520/3868 - Release Date: 08/30/11 _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org MARCHING ON TOGETHER (There's it)
