Bit of a myth this one for me. Yes the first season MC brought in a lot of players from Italy (not necessarily Italian) but since then - not single Italian that I recallLast close season - with Rosler- we bought 3 'proven' Champ players in Wood, Dallas and Adeyemi (all good on paper / in theory) since then he added Bridcutt and Diagouara - again proven Champ players Italian wise we only had 3 last season - Silvestri, Bellusci and Antenucci . Now all have their detractors but equally all have shown, on occasion that they are good at this level. As for forcing players - the opposite was true with regards Antenucci who was basically 'banned' from playing at the end of last season (2 seasons ago) It could be argued that Bellusci has been forced on managers but, to me , mainly by the fact that Bamba and Cooper have so often let us down and needed dropping (Bellusci has come in and done the same to be fair) Just seen the presser with Monk - same as McD, Rosler, Evans et al, he talks a good game - 'great club, great fans, great history etc etc, honour to be here, bring back glory, give us something to be excited by ..........I have heard it so often I could have said it all myself Seems to be a one year rolling contract so that seems decent from both sides point of view - lets just hope he does well enough to keep that contract rolling and rolling. We claim to have sold 13k season tickets, will Monks signature encourage others to join them only time will tell dave From: Nigel Sykes <ni...@sykesonline.com> To: 'Leeds List' <leedslist@gn.apc.org> Sent: Thursday, 2 June 2016, 14:46 Subject: Re: [LU] Could be a fun pre season for our lot I don't think it really matters who is in charge. He'll have dodgy Italian players forced on him and will almost certainly be out before Christmas.
Nigel (the Dublin one) >If only Adam Pearson was still at the club and MC had agreed to take a back seat! >This would enthuse me greatly. Sadly, this is Leeds United and I expect, on the back >of something I think could be very positive and rewarding for the club going forward, >the Ground will probably now burn down! > >StigOfTheGlassHalfEmptyWhenItComesToLUFCDump _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org MARCHING ON TOGETHER