I think for me the issue this year is that there's actual hope, which fills me with fear and trepidation. Last year I knew next to nothing about Bielsa, so was just hoping we had an okay season, and making the play offs was my ultimate goal but I was ready to accept mid season mediocrity. This season I actually expect us to be in a promotion battle and anything less than that is going to be a disappointment. I suspect this season will go one of two ways, we'll either walk this league in style, with Bamford banging them in for fun while strumming on his harpischord, or it will all go pear shaped by the end of November and Bielsa will walk before Christmas with us in a relegation dogfight. I can't see there being anything in between those two extremes!
Jeremy ________________________________ From: Leedslist <leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org> on behalf of Guy Thornton <guy.thorn...@inter.nl.net> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2019 11:24 AM To: leedslist@gn.apc.org <leedslist@gn.apc.org> Subject: Re: [LU] Quiet List Been thinking the same myself Kev. The quiet before the storm? The heart and head thing. On the one hand I feel quietly confident we're going to build on last season and this will be it, direct promotion. On the other hand there is a certain nervousness about it all that we don't really seen to have done much, at least enough. Looking through your mail I can go along with your comments. Also it's so warm and sticky at the moment not sure I can think of any original ones of my own. guy On 23 Jul 2019 at 12:14, Kevin Lewis (UK SBS) wrote: > Hi all, > The list has been quiet for the last few days considering the season is > approaching. Is this in trepidation or quiet confidence? > > I must admit that I'm getting a bit worried at the lack of signings in > positions we know need strengthening. Whilst it is good to see that the U23 > squad is being bolstered. I'd like to see some progress in getting proven > players in. > He has als got rid of a lot of players he did not like, which should free up > a bit of cash for wages. > > Priorities as I see it are: > > 1. Jansson replacement like-for-like. > > 2. Striker. Roofe has done OK, but seems to be fragile. Bamford is > very streaky. Has spell where everything goes in, then others where he > misses everything. > > 3. Goalkeeper. It looks like Casilla will get another chance, but > Peacock-Farrell could be on the way out. > > 4. Left-Back. Douglas has to step up a bit in terms of form and > fitness. Are any of Davis, Pearce, Alioski capable of stepping in over a > long period? > > Phillips staying is still far from 100%, and given the external interest in > Roofe, his injury could be a blessing in disguise. Whoever comes in now will > not have much time to be indoctrinated by Bielsa. > > Overall I think the attack is slightly stronger than last year, due to Costa, > and the defence slightly weaker, without Jansson. > > Hopefully not too many of the youngsters will show a 2nd season dip. > Harrison and Bogusz seem to be laying down markers in the pre-season games. > > > KOT. > > > ____________________________________________________________ > 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 > > Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ > > RIP Jimmy WAC-COE --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ RIP Jimmy WAC-COE _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ RIP Jimmy WAC-COE
