I've said this before and I'll say it again.............we have to realise that the pernicious effects of MONEY and AGENTS WHO WANT A CUT OF THAT MONEY have completely changed the football ocean that poor little Leeds United are struggling to swim in. All the best players just rise to the top. That is why we have lost our 3 best players. But the corollary is also true..........no good player, or to be more accurate, no agent of a good player, is going to even contemplate coming to play for Leeds United.
So all these numpties online who are whining about the 49ers pocketing the money and not buying anybody are totally unrealistic. A) There is nobody out there we could realistically buy who would make a difference, and B) If we do manage to persuade a decent player to come, we're going to have to not only pay them way over the Championship average, but we're going to have to throw in the much-derided release or loan clauses to their contracts. Our only hope is to somehow find one or two nuggets...........either youngsters from the lower divisions, or players from obscure leagues overseas........who will see joining Leeds as a step up and will, eventually, develop into top players. Without Summerville and Georgie, our attack yesterday was completely toothless. But to hope that this week we will go out and buy some other brilliant forwards who will improve that situation is totally deluded. I hope I'm wrong..............maybe we'll make Norwich an offer they can't refuse for Rowe, and, more importantly, his agent will reluctantly conclude that a move to Leeds is his best option because the French Div One teams are not prepared to pay as much............and maybe Rowe will prove to make a diiference. But I'm not holding my breath! On Sun, Aug 18, 2024 at 10:54 AM nattan--- via Leedslist < [email protected]> wrote: > I know Farke is claiming to be pleased with yesterday's result , and it is > a point more than we got last time but, if i were him i would be > concerned. No chances in 90mins to any of our forward players, 2 headers > from corners and an off target speculative shot from Ampadu our only > efforts on goal in a dreadful game.It puts us 4 pts behind the league > leaders after only two games ( and it was falling behind at the start that > cost us last time)But most importantly of all , for Farke, were the groans > and boos clearly heard on tv on a few occasions when we passed backwards > instead of going forwards. The fans still remember Bielsaball and the > gung-ho attitude of that eleven, who, on paper were not as good as this > eleven? Whatever, the 49ers have 2 weeks to save our season, Farkes job, > snd their reputation. Unless we bring in 2 or 3 quality players we have no > chance of automatic promotion. The bench yesterday, despite every player > being fit, was threadbare, with no one able to come on and change > things Yes, its only 8 days in, and we had a good pre season but things are > looking dodgy to say the least and fans are already disgruntled, both > online but more importantly at the grounds, the home fans all streaming out > early both games, especially Wednesday, and audible dissent yesterday ( i > only watched on tv so unclear how many were booing etc)I know they are > trying to keep signings secret until they happen but things seem very > quiet Dave > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > Dave Dowden, a legend, a Totty Twin, a pie man! R.I.P. _______________________________________________ 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/ Dave Dowden, a legend, a Totty Twin, a pie man! R.I.P.
