Forgetting about the commercial value of any of these tours, I'd rather see us with games against Newcastle, Villa, Rangers/Celtic and clubs of that ilk.

Favourite pre season we had were the ones in Austria albiet one got cancelled because of anticipated crowd trouble. We had an Italian camp in the mountains one season if I remember rightly. Hope its not Australia again. It'll probably be Oldham, Harrogate, Lincoln and Motherwell or something.

Pre season tour of uk, maybe a trip to Ireland and Scandi where the big groups are. Hate when we go to other side of world with payers all over. Unity and new players gelled as best as possible.

https://www.leedsunited.com/news/club/33557/a-message-from-paraag-marathe

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Alot on social media, are lapping this up.

Just a load of waffle, how this muppet is still employed, is beyond me, with what he has done with the contracts

I don't see anything wrong with what he says, and can't work out why he's blamed for the dumbass contracts!..

It’s a nothing statement. Means f all.

Get on with it and then he should come out end of July / start August and explain fully what they’ve done and why .

"We enter this summer with the primary goal of putting ourselves in the best position to compete for promotion next season."

Love him or hate him, Bates was clear "our promotion season starts here"

As LIW, it's a nothing statement, we're either going for promotion or we're not.

I’d like to see a real statement of intent and start building a 16,000 seat KOP behind the existing stand…need to start thinking big, this ownership has the money.

Looks like it is just a confirmation that Farke is going to be manager next season. Gets that speculation done nice and quickly. Think the 49ers done as well as they could last season with how late the takeover came. Although more pressure on them to deliver for next season. Hopefully their new structure shows rewards.

"Love him or hate him, Bates was clear "our promotion season starts here"

Bates cowardly way of saying the fleecing starts here!..

But things being said against the 49ers, I wonder what would be now if they weren't here, Orta's way wouldn't have got us to where we now are, and the club as well as being healthier than before they came in, is also being better managed on all fronts!..

It'd be better all around when people give tham as much time as people before them got and see what comes, because I for one think it wont take as long as it did any of the others to take us forward!..

We seem to be in the exact same predicament we were in last year.
The positivity in me has been drained.