Championship 23/24

Placid

Flash forward….

August 2023 the new championship season awaits.

Leeds are favorites for an immediate return with their new Manager and new look squad built around young talent and exeperienced heads.

The 49er’s take over is lumbering around like Weston Mckennie’s midfield movement.

Bod

Placid exeperienced heads

Hope you don’t mean, Ayling, Cooper and co, they need to be gone

Misura

I’d say that Southampton will be favourites. But I reckon you’ll be 2nd or 3rd, with the most of the bookies. 👍

Raposa

Misura
Be interesting to see where Ward Prowse ends up in the summer.

Jon

Misura Bookie has to take into consideration the number of bets that will be placed not just footballing outcomes so who knows?
I’m a bit surprised by all the talk of going down, regrouping and returning swiftly.
I know the financials are different these days but even so…

Placid

Bod Hope you don’t mean, Ayling, Cooper and co, they need to be gone

Interesting question…

My Sell List:
Illan Meslier
Rasmus Nissen Kristensen
Pascal Struijk
Brenden Aaronson
Marc Roca
Luis Sinisterra
Patrick Bamford

So this is my retained list for next season:

Kristoffer Klaesson
Luke Ayling
Liam Cooper
Diogo Pinheiro Monteiro
Maximilian Wöber
Bryce Hosannah
Adam Forshaw
Robin Koch
Tyler Adams
Stuart Dallas
Sonny Perkins
Darko Gyabi
Jack Harrison
Georginio Rutter
Amari Miller
Degnand Wilfried Gnonto
Archie Gray
Rodrigo
Crysencio Summerville
Sam Greenwood
Mateo Fernández
Charlie Allen

Will Probably be sold or want to leave
Illan Meslier
Maximilian Wöber
Pascal Struijk
Robin Koch
Brenden Aaronson
Marc Roca
Tyler Adams
Jack Harrison
Luis Sinisterra
Weston McKennie
Degnand Wilfried Gnonto
Patrick Bamford
Rodrigo
Crysencio Summerville

Bod

Placid Ayling, Cooper, Koch, Forshaw get rid. Never been impressed with Koch, he will have the occasional good game, but shouldn’t be a starter for me, same with Struijk he’s not the player we thought he would be, he seems to have regressed these last 2 seasons

Bod

Placid Mcgurk ? Is Millar still there he’s never in the team anymore

CBIT

Flash Forward October 2023

Where has it all gone wrong for Leeds ? Tipped for an immediate return to the top flight they languish at the bottom of the table still awaiting their first win of the season and now on their 3rd manger of the season.

Placid

Oh also the lads on loan, id keep them all too:

Cresswell
Shackleton
Geldhart
Dramaeh
James

Ones that can go
Llorente
Costa
Bate
McAlmont
Mkinstry
Jenkins
Poveda
Roberts

Bod

Placid you forgot Hjelde, you’d sell Bate then ? Played well at Oxford apparently, selling Sinisterra, injury prone?

Bod

Raposa overrated, he’s a one trick pony, good at set pieces, that’s it

Misura

Raposa I think if you look at their ‘cycle’, relegation might be a positive thing for Southampton in the short to mid term. It allows them to get rid of some of the shit players PL teams buy as they slowly drop off quality wise and gives them chance to introduce some of the younger players who they daren’t play in the PL. Off the top of my head…….

Bazunu - 21 yrs old
Bella-Kotchap - 21 yrs old
Larios - 19 yrs old
Livramento - 20 yrs old
Lavia - 19 yrs old
Tella - 23 yrs old
Smallbone - 23 yrs old
Alcarez - 20 yrs old
Sulemana - 20 yrs old
Edozie - 20 yrs old
Mara - 20 yrs old
Ballard - 18 yrs old

That’s not a bad basis for a strong season in the championship, plus they’ve got a fair few youth who are internationals at their age group.

MDF

Bod I still think there’s a player in Struijk. Marsch’s shitty tactics and employing him at left back messed up his game and shot his confidence. He’s a modern ball playing type of defender.

It probably depends on whose the manager.

Placid

Koch looks good with good players along side him.

I like Cooper and Ayling, can act as cover and develop young players.

Placid

Forshaw? Yeah hes probably in the get rid camp tbh. He was a 50/50 in my mind

Placid

Bod Bate then ? Played well at Oxford apparently, selling Sinisterra, injury prone?

Yeah I watched Bate vs Loftus Cheek at ER. And it disturbed me.

If I could Id sign Smith-Rowe from Arsenal. Hes class

Sinisterra is 10 games a season max

Djpekingman

Placid he knows where the onion bag is though. 5 goals at at rate of more than 1 every two puts him way up there… A handy weapon to have if he can show some fitness….

Mitaman

Djpekingman Agree. When he’s fit, he’s the best player we have, IMO.

Reggie_Perrin

MDF I agree, if we sold someone would be picking our pockets at the moment.

Raposa

Think it’s fair to say we won’t be playing either of the Sheffield minnows next season.
😂

Placid

Mitaman When he’s fit, he’s the best player we have, IMO.

You had people you work with and the chat is “well if it wasnt for his (sickness, personal problems, lack of determination) he’d be an assett to our team at work”

Well thats Bamford. A 2 quarter a year sales man who’s had more clubs than Seve.

Chelsea
Forest
MK Dons
Norwich
Burnley
Derby
Palace
Boro
Leeds
Ireland u21
England

140 games for Leeds over 5 seasons. Which on average is decent. 28 games a season