Good questions Kev. I ‘thought’ I read Leeds were taking care of Berardi with the view to a further 1 year contract, but I might have imagined that?
Augustin - I hope we get out of that one, but with the lawyers I suspect? This season - I’m optimistic we’ll be competitive this season, but I am very worried that we’re playing the all-conquering Liverpool in 5 days with our players all over Europe. I don’t know how Bielsa will work his magic in this scenario, but really could do without a thrashing first game. I’m ‘hoping’ our style will catch Liverpool out, but I’m not exactly confident. I did read we were in for 2 Prem players, one being the Argentinian, Foyth, but having heard little for a week I don’t know if they’re happening or not? This is going to be a very weird season. Sent from my iPad > On 7 Sep 2020, at 20:49, Alec McQueen <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. 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