Out come all the lurkers!!! :) For what it's worth, I think, at this moment in time, I'm happier than I have been for a good few years. A modicum of stability thanks to Pearson, a sensible and structured backroom team, no (I know I'm tempting fate) soap opera shenanigans since the Redfearn debacle and a squad which looks nearly complete, promising and YOUNG, If we can build a team and base it around
Silvestri 23 Byram 22 Wooton 23 Cooper 23 Taylor 22 Adeyemi 23 Dallas 24 Mowatt 20 Cook 18 Murphy 26 Wood 23 Then I think this is a very good thing, no massive influx of loanees, no journeymen. Bring in a couple of old heads to be involved and lets have a go then I for one will be happier than the shite we've been plying for about a decade now! A 5-0 thrashing on Saturday will probably disintegrate this mindless start of season optimism but ... hey ho! :) StigOfTheBrieflyOptimisticDump > Pretty pleased with the close season too Kev. > > Still looks to lack another winger - this heavy metal pressing lark, by > Uwe's own omission is a tiring formation that requires squad rotation > especially in midfield and up front. Byram and Dallas either side of Wood > looks good. But if you want to rotate Byram and Wood with other players, > the quality drops off fast (Doukara seemingly next in line). Hopefully the > rumoured one further signing will address this. The lad Buckley from > Sunderland would seem the obvious one. > > Depth in midfield will look much better once Murphy gets fit and back and > I > thought Phillips looked good when he came on against Everton. In my greedy > dream world we'd get in Barton (yes, I know, a lot of luggage there) - a > late career mature Barton could do a lot for that young midfield. But that > isn't going to happen. > > In defence my greater concern is centre back the numbers (Bamba, Bellusci, > Wootton, Cooper, Killock) cannot cover a lack of quality (only really > Bamba). If we want to be seriously challenging, we would ideally bring > another quality centre back in (and let Wootton go if we need to balance > out). Full back I think we can muddle through and place some faith in the > well regarded youth lads there as cover. > > So quite a lot of steps forward which ti so be applauded, and I would hope > top half, but probably still 2 more quality signings away from feeling > we're really "having a go". > > > â > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER
