Hi Kevin, I think that you're being wise after the event. Whether you think Roofe is good enough or not, the facts are that he scored the goals in the first part of the season then has been injured (and not playing) for the second part. Bamford has indeed proved to be a gamble that's not entirely worked - we should have bought Lukaku who is perfect for the second division :) Douglas? I spell "sicknote" as L-I-A-B-I-L-T-Y but his failings have at least allowed Alioski to be more productive than he ever was - the shame was that Swansea didn't want to swap their young winger for him because I think Bielsa would have bitten their hands off....
As we're all agreed that we're fucked in the playoffs, the question is, does this year give us the platform to go on to better things (and I only want to go up a Champions) or will we have a hang-over for the next ten years or so? Damian On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 2:06 PM Kevin Lewis (UK SBS) < [email protected]> wrote: > All the conventional opinion said Leeds would blow up towards the end of > the season. The only person who did not think so was Bielsa. > > He was also the one who said, publicly at least,that we didn't need any > January signings. We could all see that the squad was short of a C Back, > and suspected that neither Roofe nor Bamford would be good enough in the > final reckoning. > Letting Saiz go was not a bad move, provided we signed the winger we > wanted and enabled Pablo to play more central. But why did they put all > the eggs in Daniel James' basket and leave it to the last day? We had a > month to make the signing. When it fell through, there should have been a > back-up. > > It was always going to be a big ask for Roberts to take the no 10 role > during the pressurised run in. The odd appearance from him in the last 20 > mins would have given Pablo a bit of rest. > > Also letting Tom Pearce out on loan was a strange move. Douglas has been > a bit of a sick-note and a bit disappointing. His injury has left Alioski > as the only choice at left back, and meant Harrison has had to play every > game. > > The odd thing is that in championship terms, those 3 signings would give > us a pretty good squad for next season. I can't see too many of our > players being snapped up this summer, and there aren't many that are > indispensable. However it means that Bielsa has to be up for it for > another season, and that he learns a little bit from his previous > experiences. > > Like Leeds he has quite a record of falling at the last hurdle. :( > > 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 [email protected] > > 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 [email protected] Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ RIP Jimmy WAC-COE
