Thought yesterdays result was dismal. Last minute equaliser against one of the worst sides in the division isn’t good enough.
Squad has lots of talent, certainly got an abundance of wingers and talent in that department. But the squad has very little balance and this needs addressing.
Central midfield is far too weak. We need two signings here, one if we keep Adams.
Centre forward desperately needed. Bamford is a dud, Rutter doesn’t want to be here and Gnonto is not a 9.
Centre half. Need a commanding centre back.
Thought Byram was good at LB. Cresswell didn’t have anything to do.
Ayling was so poor defensively, will Drameh take his place?
The flair and the depth isn’t actually bad, but we need a strong spine adding to this team. Centre back, centre mid and striker needed before window shuts.
Wouldn’t be too upset if we lose a wide player, especially if it’s James as he’s garbage.
Side note; found it a bit odd that we weren’t rushing to kick off again. Prolonged celebrations against a rubbish team to save a point in the second division.
Lots of work to do…
Players Needed
posted on 8/8/23
comment by Best fans - Leeds Carajo (U2196)
posted 1 hour, 11 minutes ago
Farke has pretty much said we need to sell to buy because there haven’t been funds coming in with all these loans. The EFL are much stricter with FFP than the PL are, so the club do need to be careful, undoubtedly going to make a loss regardless of transfers with the high wage bill.
If Adams goes for £20mil that’s good thing, it should allow us to bring in 2 players. Nat Phillips would be a brilliant signing.
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If we find out that Adams goes for a fee above his release clause so that Chelsea can spread the payments out over a few years it will suggest that FFP is the problem and not cash flow.
Be reassuring to hear that Chelsea offer £25m and pay over 4 years so that they don’t have to pay the £20m up front and that we accept.
posted on 8/8/23
comment by Jonty (U4614)
posted 22 hours, 7 minutes ago
comment by LeedsFanFor49Years (U6871)
posted 1 hour, 8 minutes ago
Commentators on game yesterday mentioned that Mancini told Gnonto that he won't play for Italy unless he's playing for a team in the top division.
Disgraceful of Mancini if true and makes it very tough to keep Gnonto.
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Why?
He wants his player to develop and feels he’d develop better against higher calibre opposition.
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Mancini may want Gnonto to face harder opposition, but the player is OURS not HIS.
I didn't see Gnonto being particularly successful against Championship-level players on Sunday, so at his age his development ought to continue regardless of which league he's in.
I wouldn't want to hold Gnonto back if he wanted to move to a Prem team, however I thought it unfair to our club that Mancini seemed to be forcing the issue.
I agree with the comment by Outwood White that commentators often speak tripe, so perhaps not getting worked-up about?
posted on 8/8/23
...so perhaps not worth getting worked-up about
posted on 8/8/23
comment by LeedsFanFor49Years (U6871)
posted 1 minute ago
...so perhaps not worth getting worked-up about
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he's our player so it bugs me that his hobby gets priority over his paying job.
posted on 8/8/23
And as most internationals are pointless friendlies anyway, the disruption they cause to club fixtures is a bit irksome.
posted on 8/8/23
Assuming the £17m purchase price for Adams is correct.
He will be currently valued at £10.2m on the books.
Incurring a further loss of £3.4m this season.
So sell for £20m and we make a profit of £9.8m & save a loss of £3.4m for this season and the next 2.
Net gain of £13.2m this season on transfer alone.
In theory will allow us to purchase players up to £52.8m on 4 year contracts without increasing our transfer spend according to the rules of FFP.
However that will have committed us to a further spend of £13.2m for the next 3 years against a saving of £3.4m for the next 2 and none for the last.
This would force us into more sales next season just to break even, not spend. This is assuming that we do not get promoted and that we are at the FFP limit currently.
Also simplified as does not take into account player wages etc.
posted on 8/8/23
Nice one, HaveFaith - you're doing a great job in explaining this bollox.
I do still have faith in our club but boy it's hard work maintaining it when I begin to understand all the bollox that management have been loading onto the club over the long term (next four/five years). The JKA and Rutter debacles are just extreme examples but this bollox seems to have permeated so many of the players' contractual negotiations.
I'm sick to death of hearing about how short a career in football can be and how players need to max every opportunity. They get paid shedloads, a lifetime's revenue in 20 years. Enough is enough ffs.
posted on 8/8/23
Of course, it needs regulation. This is monopoly capitalism at its very worst. Inevitably ends up with rubbish services and products that ordinary people have to pay through the nose for.
posted on 8/8/23
If Adams goes it will be interesting to see how quick the signings are announced.
I’d like to think that the deals are being worked on now and will be signed within a couple of days of Adams or anyone else going
posted on 8/8/23
haymaker, it is not how you start, it is how you finish, just ask the arsenal fans, think on it.......