Agreed, questions that need to be asked Kev. And the comments from Alex give some food for thought. As for being a weird season that's more like it's going to be a very weird world for some time with an 'interesting' season thrown in
I to expected more postings to the list. Has email become so passée and old fashioned? Have posted some articles from The Guardian and Observer to the facebook page. In case anyone hasn't seen them: Here comes El Loco: Is the Premier League ready for Marcelo Biesla? https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/sep/05/here-comes-el-loco-is-the-premier-league-ready-f or-marcelo-bielsa-leeds-united Premier League preview - Leeds https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2020/sep/04/premier-league-2020-21-preview-no-9-leeds- united and if you ever wondered where the "Dirty Leeds" moniker came from: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jul/17/the-fiver-dirty-leeds-premier-league-bielsa? BTW Congratulations KOT - Tongo is one of the 10 countries still corona free ! guy On 7 Sep 2020 at 21:59, John Lee via Leedslist wrote: 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 ITMmnot exactly conident. 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? 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 'ContractTMs Up, ByeTM. Is he still registered as Leeds player? ITMm sure heTMs 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 treted 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 AgreementTM 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. >> -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________________ 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/ Dorigo's Right Buttock...
