Left back is biggest worry for me, lets face it, he will be targeted as a weak link and run ragged.
But, like you say, we seem to be getting the numbers in and players who on paper look like good signings. Lets hope it works out next season.
comment by Wetherby White (U6810)
posted 2 minutes ago
Left back is biggest worry for me, lets face it, he will be targeted as a weak link and run ragged.
But, like you say, we seem to be getting the numbers in and players who on paper look like good signings. Lets hope it works out next season.
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yep, really have to wait til season starts, can't tell anything in pre season.
Just hope we dont get any freak injuries for new players as that seems to always happen to us!
Sinister got young player of the tournament award for one of those uefa sub leagues. Orta may have got a player there. Count me as happy with our window. And we're not done. Sell Raph and we're laughing.
Sadly I think we have got this all wrong. If you were to pick a " best ever Leeds United Bielsa team " your left back would be Alioski & your playmaker Pablo, two who we have never replaced & never been the same since.
So why on earth were they not the two positions we addressed first. We could have twisted Citys arm when doing the Phillips deal & got Zinchenco, he would have been ideal in midfield. Then why not Charlie Taylor at left backl. That would have given us two premier league ready & proven players in key positions.
Instead we seem to have replaced Phillips about three times & added five hopefuls in all to try & attempt to fill his & Raphs shoes.
Just get the priorities right.
We haven't got Bielsa now Solihull its Marsch and its his tactics and he plays 2 DMs. I believe Aaronson plays as an AM/Winger like Pablo.
Would love a LB but don't see it happening unfortunately. Think we will sign a striker though once Raph has gone or sooner hopefully.
Glad we have done early business, it’s exciting, we need the depth.
PL experience - They have none.
Do they need it? No.
Raph and Firpo were unknowns…so we aren’t going to know if these new players are studs or duds until we get the season started.
Still think we need a left back, possibly an up and coming one as Firpo cover. Also need a striker, hoping for someone like Wilson, out and out 9 who's quick. Would be a huge coup if Raph stayed. Experienced keeper wouldn't hurt, perhaps Krul or someone similar.
Will be hugely exciting seeing 6 or so new singings in action
and there is nearly two months and we haven't a massive net spend. Plenty of time to bring players in and ship a few players out who will be surplus to requirements (Costa and Shackleton come to mind). Think the window has been good so far.
Am looking forward to the Blackpool game this evening to see whether this is the case.
"Overall, credit to the club for doing business quickly so that players can integrate and hopefully of good enough level, now we need to wait and see, how well the team can do."
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Least we are getting these players in earlier.
However, I cant pretend that its not a concern that he only seems interested in his old players.
comment by Mattyp (U8926)
posted 3 hours, 28 minutes ago
Least we are getting these players in earlier.
However, I cant pretend that its not a concern that he only seems interested in his old players.
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I completely understand wanting to go with players he knows/trusts when in a new situation.
We've been here before with Cellino and it didn't go well.
The challenge for Marsch is that Salzburg players are playing regularly in a lower tier than Prem.
At least he has most possible time to get his team set up and I hope he has a run of luck regarding fitness (Bamford coming back hopefully)
All of the players signed are young and will be hungry to impress and some already have international experience.
We needed a rebuild, particularly of midfield, so we needed to bring in a number of players, rather than one or two. Experienced PL players carry hugely inflated price tags these days, so looking outside the PL was a no-brainer.
I feel a lot more confident about our chances this season now, even though the new players and coach are not PL experienced, even though Orta has been involved in their recruitment.
I'm still hoping that we can land a decent striker soon. Relying only on Bamford has not worked out well and Joffy needs time to develop before shouldering this responsibility regularly.
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posted on 7/7/22
Left back is biggest worry for me, lets face it, he will be targeted as a weak link and run ragged.
But, like you say, we seem to be getting the numbers in and players who on paper look like good signings. Lets hope it works out next season.
posted on 7/7/22
comment by Wetherby White (U6810)
posted 2 minutes ago
Left back is biggest worry for me, lets face it, he will be targeted as a weak link and run ragged.
But, like you say, we seem to be getting the numbers in and players who on paper look like good signings. Lets hope it works out next season.
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yep, really have to wait til season starts, can't tell anything in pre season.
Just hope we dont get any freak injuries for new players as that seems to always happen to us!
posted on 7/7/22
Sinister got young player of the tournament award for one of those uefa sub leagues. Orta may have got a player there. Count me as happy with our window. And we're not done. Sell Raph and we're laughing.
posted on 7/7/22
Sadly I think we have got this all wrong. If you were to pick a " best ever Leeds United Bielsa team " your left back would be Alioski & your playmaker Pablo, two who we have never replaced & never been the same since.
So why on earth were they not the two positions we addressed first. We could have twisted Citys arm when doing the Phillips deal & got Zinchenco, he would have been ideal in midfield. Then why not Charlie Taylor at left backl. That would have given us two premier league ready & proven players in key positions.
Instead we seem to have replaced Phillips about three times & added five hopefuls in all to try & attempt to fill his & Raphs shoes.
Just get the priorities right.
posted on 7/7/22
We haven't got Bielsa now Solihull its Marsch and its his tactics and he plays 2 DMs. I believe Aaronson plays as an AM/Winger like Pablo.
Would love a LB but don't see it happening unfortunately. Think we will sign a striker though once Raph has gone or sooner hopefully.
posted on 7/7/22
Glad we have done early business, it’s exciting, we need the depth.
PL experience - They have none.
Do they need it? No.
Raph and Firpo were unknowns…so we aren’t going to know if these new players are studs or duds until we get the season started.
posted on 7/7/22
Still think we need a left back, possibly an up and coming one as Firpo cover. Also need a striker, hoping for someone like Wilson, out and out 9 who's quick. Would be a huge coup if Raph stayed. Experienced keeper wouldn't hurt, perhaps Krul or someone similar.
Will be hugely exciting seeing 6 or so new singings in action
posted on 7/7/22
and there is nearly two months and we haven't a massive net spend. Plenty of time to bring players in and ship a few players out who will be surplus to requirements (Costa and Shackleton come to mind). Think the window has been good so far.
Am looking forward to the Blackpool game this evening to see whether this is the case.
posted on 7/7/22
"Overall, credit to the club for doing business quickly so that players can integrate and hopefully of good enough level, now we need to wait and see, how well the team can do."
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posted on 7/7/22
Least we are getting these players in earlier.
However, I cant pretend that its not a concern that he only seems interested in his old players.
posted on 7/7/22
comment by Mattyp (U8926)
posted 3 hours, 28 minutes ago
Least we are getting these players in earlier.
However, I cant pretend that its not a concern that he only seems interested in his old players.
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I completely understand wanting to go with players he knows/trusts when in a new situation.
We've been here before with Cellino and it didn't go well.
The challenge for Marsch is that Salzburg players are playing regularly in a lower tier than Prem.
At least he has most possible time to get his team set up and I hope he has a run of luck regarding fitness (Bamford coming back hopefully)
posted on 8/7/22
All of the players signed are young and will be hungry to impress and some already have international experience.
We needed a rebuild, particularly of midfield, so we needed to bring in a number of players, rather than one or two. Experienced PL players carry hugely inflated price tags these days, so looking outside the PL was a no-brainer.
I feel a lot more confident about our chances this season now, even though the new players and coach are not PL experienced, even though Orta has been involved in their recruitment.
I'm still hoping that we can land a decent striker soon. Relying only on Bamford has not worked out well and Joffy needs time to develop before shouldering this responsibility regularly.
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