Being a Bournemouth (as well as a Leeds) fan, I have some practice in the art of not going down when you should. Here’s what you need:
1. 10 wins. A bit obvious, but pretty much you always need 10. 2. A decent manager. We have one of those, so there’s hope 3. A decent core squad. Trouble here. Not good enough yet. 4. A few decent signings each year. Bournemouth struggled with this... eventually the poor signings got the better of them, and down they go. 5. A bit of luck to avoid injuries to key players. Again, B’th suffered badly on this one 6. A home siege mentality: we’ve got this in Spades, could be a trump card 7. A bit of luck in the early season: this can get you 2 or 3 wins quickly, and this makes the season oh so much easier. Lose the first 4, and you’re in trouble. 8. A decent defence, especially a class central defender. Oops, we ain’t got nuffin. Our one class lad we had has gone. 9. A striker who avoids injury and can bury them reliably. Another miss, unless our new signing can do the biz and be a star: unknown quantity. 10. Beat the teams at the bottom.... win the 6 pointers, and you stay up. B’th didn’t... they went down. It’s no good beating Chelsea and ManU one week, and then losing to Villa and Fulham the next. We have to beat the smaller teams. On balance, I would say we are a 17th or 18th placed squad right now. We desperately need some Bielsa Magic. Without it, we are gonna struggle. Having said all this, I seriously hope we are top by Xmas and win the league by 30 points. Cheers Alec Sent from my iPad > On 8 Sep 2020, at 05:00, Kevin Lewis (UK SBS) <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > Very little traffic on the list. I would have expected it to be in meltdown, > or are we all still too stunned at the prospect of Leeds being in the Premier > League > > Anyway, before the season and list gets into full swing I’ve got a couple of > things that have been on my mind for a few weeks. > > > 1. Berardi. What happened to him? I realise he is out of contract and > injured (sadly). But it is almost like he has become a non-person. His name > does not appear on any squad lists on sites, but there has been no official > announcement either. Do Leeds pay for his treatment and rehabilitation, or > do they just say ‘Contract’s Up, Bye’. Is he still registered as Leeds > player? I’m sure he’s not on his uppers, but going 9 months or however long > it takes him to get fit – without any pay is not a great reward for a player > who has been a good servant for 6 ? years, and played his part in getting > Leeds back to the PL. He may not have been treated as badly as it seems to > me, but nothing has come out of official or news channels. It would not be > right to give him a new contract because he got injured, nor is it right not > to give him one for the same reason. > 2. The Augustin situation. This probably one for the Contract Lawyers on > the list. One of the things I remember from a very rudimentary level of > studying Contract Law, was some precedent which stated that an agreement to > agree in the future is not enforceable. The same thought has struck me over > the years whenever a player signs a ‘Pre-Contract Agreement’ 6 months prior > to his existing contact running out. Can these things be worded (with the > passing of some consideration possibly) to be legal? Of course in the 45 > years that have passed since I remember this there have probably been all > sorts of legislation around this sort of thing. Further complicated by being > in (or out of) the EU as well perhaps. Does anyone have an informed opinion > on this? > > After that little lot I’m sure people would rather speculate on Leeds chances > of avoiding relegation, and give opinions on the squad being assembled. > > Cheers > KOT. > > > Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 > > UK Shared Business Services Ltd. 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