In answer to Dave, I'd like to think that Leeds will sign another C back and a left-back before the start of the season. I'm not sure Pennington will have the experience to be a starter, I'm hoping he was signed as the 3rd /4th C Back. IMO, not signing an extra C Back and another striker in the January window was the main reason we slipped away at the end of last season. Hopefully Ekaban fills the backup striker slot.
Also, we really need a replacement for Charlie Taylor. At times last season we had no left-footed players on the pitch at all, and it cost us in terms of getting round the back on that side, and had nobody to take free-kicks from the right-central positions. Hopefully Alioski will fill the latter role this season, but he does prefer to play on the right. So if we are going to persist with right-footed players on the left-hand side (Roofe, Dallas, Sacko, Doukara), then the left-back needs to be left footed. I think the squad is probably sorted as far as the front 6 is concerned, unless there are any last-minute departures such as Wood or Hernandez. Hopefully Roofe, Vieira, Hernandez, Sacko can chip in with a few more goals from the same amount of playing-time this season. Ekaban needs to get a few and Doukara, Dallas, Antonnson if they get any significant game time. Like you, I'm not expecting many goals from Bridcut, Phillips, Anita or O'Kane and I've no idea what Klich can do. The centre-backs got some important goals last year too. That will need to happen again. Ayling looks like he might score the odd one, but I can't see Berardi bothering the scorer much, and Cooper is more likely to figure on the debit column in terms of goals and assists. Overall I think the signings this summer will improve the squad, but I'm not sure they make up for losing Bartley, Taylor or Garry Monk! Cheers KOT. Kevin Lewis Oracle System Administrator UK SBS Tel: 01793 867086 Email: kevin.le...@uksbs.co.uk UK SBS, Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, SN2 1FF (Polaris House, Ground Floor - West, Swindon) ____________________________________________________________ UK Shared Business Services Ltd. Registered in England and Wales as a limited company. Company number 6330639. Registered Office: Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, Wiltshire SN2 1FF. This email and any attachments are intended for the named addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify UK SBS immediately and do not disclose, distribute, or retain this email or any part of it. While UK SBS 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. The Company does not accept any liability for any losses or damages which the recipient may sustain due to presence of any viruses. Any opinions expressed in this email (including attachments) are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the company's opinions. We will not accept responsibility for any commitments made by our employees outside the scope of our business. The Company 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 iCritical Email Security Service. For more information please visit http://www.icritical.com ____________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org FLAME WARS 'R US
