All this talk of the takeover seems to have deflected attention on what is going on with the team.
OK Leeds have signed 4 players, I'm not even sure who the 4 are, but all the names I've heard hardly inspire me to think that a promotion side is being built. By all accounts last season, about half a dozen players looked like they had something about them to impress at this level. Lonergan, O'Dea, Clayton, Howson, Snodgrass, and McCormack. 4 have gone and 2 are likely to. Whilst I applaud Colin for trying to bolster the defence, where are the players who are going to entertain us , excite us or threaten the opposition? I know the days are gone where a championship team can sign a Strachan, or even a Vinny Jones are long gone. 'Fringe' or even reserve Premiership players are happy to remain just that, because what they earn is still far above Championship wages. However Leeds have had a number of players over the past 3-4 years who the current management have let go for various reasons. Somehow that trend has to be stopped. You might argue that Johnson was overrated, Kilkenny couldn't run, the Premiership was too big a step for Beckford and Delph at the time. Or that Gradel had not proved himself over a long-enough period. But a front 6 of Howson, Clayton, Delph, Snodgrass, Beckford and Gradel with McCormack, Johnson and Kilkenny as back-up would not have been a bad start towards a promotion push. That's the quality of player we'll need. KOT. Kevin Lewis System Administrator Production DBA team SSC Ltd Polaris House - GF North Star Avenue Swindon SN2 1FF T: 01793 867 086 M: 07776 182 996 _______________________________________________________________ RCUK Shared Services Centre Limited (RCUK SSC Ltd) is a limited company registered in England and Wales (with company number 6330639) and has its registered address as North Star House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, Wiltshire SN2 1FF. This email may have a protective marking, for an explanation please see http://www.ssc.rcuk.ac.uk/info/Documents/RCUKSharedServiceCentreLtd.pdf This email and any attachments are intended for the named addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify RCUK SSC Ltd immediately and do not disclose, distribute, or retain this email or any part of it. While RCUK SSC Ltd has taken every reasonable precaution to minimise risk of this e-mail or any attachments containing viruses, the recipient should carry out its own virus checks before opening the attachments. RCUK SSC Ltd does not accept any liability for any losses or damages which the recipient may sustain due to presence of any viruses. RCUK SSC Ltd reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through their networks for the purposes of preventing and detecting crime. _______________________________________________________________ This message has been scanned by the WebRoot Email Security Service. For more information please visit http://www.webroot.com _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate
