>Yes, but as everyone is trying to tell you, that's a totally unfair >comparison to make. Like it or not he has had to totally rebuild the team >twice since we got relegated. An average cost of a signing is a better >comparison in those terms.
But Mark why has he 'had' to rebuild the team twice? Was he obliged to buy rubbish players first time round? He was already a coach and Leeds and part of his selling point as manager was he had a plan in place and had a good knowledge of this division. Why couldn't he sign anyone with ability to last beyond 1 season? (Sully aside). The whole 'having to build 2 teams' thing is yet another piece of Blackwell mythology to with the 2 players trite line. >That's how I see last season. The job was to get into the playoffs. The >system by xmas was proving that this was entirely possible. Not forgetting >the system (4-3-3 or 4-5-1) was in many ways forced onto him with the loss >of Stone just before the season starts. In Jan he bought a right midfield >player (Griffiths) and could have changed the system to his intended 4-2-2, >but in my opinion he chose an entirely logical option to stick with the >current system until the end of the season. Isn't that appalling planning though? Having been given large funds to build a squad, we end up with 4 near enough million pounds players up front (plus 2 other disasters clogging up our wage bill, plus another 6 figure signing in Beckford... if we sign Jeffers I think I'll cry) and such a grotesquely imbalanced midfield that an injury to one 34 year old (not exactly unforeseeable) meant the entire system of 4-4-2 had to be abandoned. Is that really credible? The season before we 'couldn't' play 4-4-2 as we didn't have a left midfielder (Pugh having being abandoned for scoring too much), yet somehow managed to bring in Healy during the season. What will it be next season? Is Griffiths really a spud peeling sensation or was he not played as Blackwell realised he'd bought another Einarsson? And why was Einarsson given a 2 year contract extension despite patently not being good enough? ******* This message and any attachment are confidential and may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, please telephone or email the sender and delete this message and any attachment from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you must not copy this message or attachment or disclose the contents to any other person. For further information about Clifford Chance please see our website at http://www.cliffordchance.com or refer to any Clifford Chance office. _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist oh alright then :-)
