Smith did get 13 goals but like Becchio he is not good enough to be playing in a promotion chasing side. Half a million is a good price, in fact it's daylight robbery. As for Becchio, he never got that goal for Norwich did he ? That was a pretty good prediction don't you think?
Sent from my iPad > On 2 Sep 2014, at 04:31, [broken-address] > [email protected] wrote: > > But Matt Smith got 13 goals "at this level" last season, despite being far > from a regular starter. That means that the sales of McCormack and Smith have > cost us the equivalent of 42 goals. It may be that Billy Sharp (five goals > total last season) will find his scoring touch again, or that all these tyro > midfielders will start pinging them in, but I fear that we'll become the > equivalent of Spurs last season, who sold their one world-class player, the > one who could often be counted on to rescue them with a goal out of nowhere, > and bought a team's worth of mediocre players with the money. > > Cheers! > > Sean > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeremy Adams <[email protected]> > To: Leeds List <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, Sep 1, 2014 8:51 pm > Subject: Re: [LU] Full list of ins and outs - as at 9.30pm > > > I for one think this has been one of the best transfer windows for us in a > while. 11M for McCormack is beyond belief and I never really felt that Matt > Smith was going to contribute meaningfully at this level. Poleon promised but > never really delivered and now we have a slew of new signings that at leaf > fill > me with anticipation if not excitement yet. I LOVED Silvestri's reaction at > the > final whistle on Saturday, applauding the fans and pumping them up, he could > be > a real legend.Overall, I'm much more optimistic than I was three weeks ago, > the > Hoack has gone, we have new players in, if we can now get someone like Steve > Clark or Grayson in to coach we could be a decent team and avoid relegation > this > year. > Best, > Jeremy > >> Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 21:44:24 +0100 >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [LU] Full list of ins and outs - as at 9.30pm >> >> http://www.thescratchingshed.com/2014/09/complete-round-up-of-leeds-uniteds-summer-transfers/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter >> >> >> Looks decent - average age of incoming is 23 - outgoing is 28 and that is > artificially low since it includes 4 youth team players released without a > first > team appearance between them >> If you take them out the only one under 27 is Tom Lees (23) - of the incoming > the average is increased by Taylor - 33- who is only back up keeper >> Only McCormack, Lees and maybe Kenny are any loss and we have replaced Kenny > and Lees with better (I hope) and with a bit of luck Sharp and the new > strikers > will be cover for McCormack >> >> >> Add to the incoming the introduction of 17 year old Cook plus the 'return' of > Byram and Mowatt 21 and 19 plus Charlie Taylor 21 and Dawson 20, and we are a > really young team / squad >> >> We have spent £5m almost and taken £11m (all for McCormack) - so well done > Massimo - get the right coach in now and things could really take off even > though there are bound to be some bumps along the way - we have saved on > wages > and changed the whole feel of the playing staff - young hungry players with > something to proof and room to improve rather than old journeymen seeing out > their time and picking up their wages >> >> Dave >> _______________________________________________ >> Leedslist mailing list >> Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist >> To unsubscribe, email [email protected] >> >> John 'Grampa' Sykes >> Rest In Peace old lad >> 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 >> MARCHING ON TOGETHER > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > John 'Grampa' Sykes > Rest In Peace old lad > 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 > MARCHING ON TOGETHER > > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > John 'Grampa' Sykes > Rest In Peace old lad > 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 > MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] John 'Grampa' Sykes Rest In Peace old lad 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 MARCHING ON TOGETHER
