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21 Oct 2021 07:49:45
I do suspect there will be zero trading for players in the January market. It hasn’t been a policy of the club and all you normally see are overpriced low quality players.
What I do think though is that there will be a large overhaul in the summer with the likes of Roberts, Forshaw being sold and others like Dallas, Klich and Cooper moved aside for better incomings.

21 Oct 2021 09:16:08
I think it will have to depend on the position we are in and the form we show during dec and January. If we are in the bottom 5 I would think it will be a necessity to buy or loan at least
A striker
A midfielder.

21 Oct 2021 10:19:27
I agree with Aus and I hope your correct OP, we need to set sentiment aside and build a stronger squad . It's the nature of football, lads come +go.

21 Oct 2021 07:39:27
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Review Of The Day 21st October 2021

20 Oct 2021 22:22:41
Ayling back in training. Would be nice to have him back ASAP to free up Shacks to cover DM if the Philips complications keep him out for a while.

21 Oct 2021 09:55:14
Have to agree here Alf, I actually saw Luke’s injury as not a major issue at the time, however, clearly for the team he’s been a big miss either on the pitch or the dressing room.

Hoped Drameh would have been given a chance but sadly not as yet, and fully agree baby shacks better option in midfield than Pascal.

20 Oct 2021 22:19:15
How do Leicester continually find solid players? Seriously its got to reflect terribly on someone well known to all of us here.

20 Oct 2021 23:37:33
Obviously 🙄 I mean the fact Leicester do it and not many other clubs if any do it must mean it reflects badly on one person at our club OR NOT.

20 Oct 2021 23:41:55
yeah 4 goals in one European match for Daka at just £22 milion ( cost less than Rodrigo and DJ )

I feel a tad envious of Leicester impressive recruitment ( a very good DoF? and / or they have a brilliant extensive scouting network? )

21 Oct 2021 06:36:08
Lesser European leagues need scouting 100% agree
Noah Afator Swiss international playing for Salzburg for instance
Or do we poach leicesters chief scout.

21 Oct 2021 07:29:32
Maybe they actually scout players instead of just adopting a 'hit and hope' scatter gun approach?

21 Oct 2021 09:00:30
Alf - on what basis do you think Leeds have a hit and hope scatter gun approach?

I presume in your world, and maybe Baz’s, reports that based in Leeds we have the Head of recruitment, three senior scouts and seven part-time scouts, and that we have five further full time scouting staff based in Europe - and that we use a wide range of analytical software to complement and help streamline the scouting on the ground - is just some PR bulls#*t put about by the Club, whereas in reality presumably it’s just Uncle Victor sitting in his office playing an old version football manager bought for him while he was at Middlesbrough.

21 Oct 2021 09:37:53
And presumably reports that Orta’s team have tracked/ scouted some of our players for two years or more before actually signing them are also PR fiction or the exception that proves that as a general rule we don’t actually scout players, but sign them on some kind of whim, and hope that whoever we sign enough we might have a couple of successes from time to time.

21 Oct 2021 10:27:32
Clue if that's correct, then there are a lot of poor talent scouts employed by Andrea .

Go back over the transfers of say the last 3-4 years and the amount of dross we have signed is scary .

It really is, no words can hide that and it shows you can have all the science/ software you want but there's no substitute for a good old fashioned eye for talent scout who knows a future solid player when he sees 1.

20 Oct 2021 21:36:46
Oh crap! may have spoken too soon.

{Ed014's Note - if it keeps Ole in the job who cares! 😂😂

20 Oct 2021 20:49:51
Something strangely satisfying in seeing the scum go down at home, the Europa cup beckons - a far cry from the super league debacle - it
actually matters if you lose as things are now as it should.

Perhaps
ole and Brucey could just switch jobs.

20 Oct 2021 19:28:27
Leeds United have once again been linked with a move for Norwich City midfielder Todd Cantwell.

20 Oct 2021 19:22:46
Firpo has a muscular problem. Expected to be out for a couple of weeks.