59 points under Bielsa last season. Would have been enough for Europa this year. We’ll never forget our Comandante. Hope Marsch can have the club play attractive progressive football again next year but some credit to him for now on keeping us up. Vamos Leeds Carajo!
utter disaster of a season but just have to give it to all involved to hold things together no matter how dicey. looks like Aaronson deal is being finalized. time to look forward now to how Marsch can turnover this roster in a way that benefits how he wants to play.
Good news there. As much as I love the Championship players who got us back it is time to start funneling them towards squad player roles. Still need a about 4-5 actual signings to feel in a semi comfortable spot entering next year.
Seems like Roca is a solid add for what Marsch is trying to do. Not a big dollar signing and can play in the double pivot. Going to be gutted losing Kalvin and Raphinha this summer but can't blame them for seeking the ambition and money. Need to continue with the quality recruitment signings. Some of the names rumored are interesting like Levia, Camara, and Kalimuendo. Need to keep adding depth to get through this season and attempt to replace what is going to be lost.
Mo Camera would be a home run, seems it could be between us and Brighton. Losing Phillips is sentimentally bad but I think now is the perfect time to cash in as he will never have a higher value and could see a dip in form playing under a different style going forward. It never hurts to have a good business relationship with City, either. Barca needs to shit of get off the pot, we can't afford to have them finally make the move late in the window and be caught scrambling. Really with we were in on Noa Lang again, bigtime talent.
Have no idea who this is but I want to believe it is true as he would be an outstanding Phillips replacement.
He was really good for them when I watched last year in CL. Think it's a great replacement for Phillips
Sinisterra seems to be the goods. Adams I will hope comes good but I worry about his injury history and not being the best with the ball. Wrap up the CDK coup and maybe see about 1 other main squad midfielder. Then just youth recruitment, find some homes/loans for the outsiders and finally a proper backup GK.
So according to Phil we are still hanging around on CDK and Kalimuendo. Might even be looking at a LB now with Firpo out 2 months. Would like to see Orta close a striker here soon to get acclimated to the system considering last year's issues.
Just result after a harsh penalty given. Highlight of the match so far was laughing at Mings marking James on corners.
This is an interesting one. By all accounts a big time talent and we are desperate for someone that can find the back of the net.
Last 18 hours really just brings the entire experience of being a fan of this club home. From being excited about Gakpo. Then being ok with Dieng. To now looking at losing Dan James and then not bringing anyone in. All while Raddrizanni is tweeting players are coming. Just hilarious.
I feel awful for James. Don’t even rate him but he’s being treated like a bag of meat all over again.
Seems like a fine potential signing but does not seem to make a difference this year. I am not the biggest Dan James fan but letting him only go for a loan with no replacement seems dumb. Like the board learned nothing about last year's struggles with depth.
I honestly think summerville will contribute more off the bench than james. only in pressing is james better but his technical skill is championship level at best. This gnoto dude seems pretty interesting but he's like 5'7" so I can't see him leading the line for us. We knew we needed cover for bamford and at LB and ended up with absolutely nothing. Wouldn't be surprised if perkins and fernandez are getting first team action at some point.
Love the recent results but the defensive issues gotta get fixed over the break. I lean this is more tactical issues considering the positions the players end up in. Also Roca hasn't been bad but he might need to lose his spot to Greenwood. Brings so much more in the way of cross field switches and dead ball situations.
I think they need to come up with a different plan of attack vs the bottom half teams. Marsch-ball has been impressive against better competition where we don’t have to hold the ball much and can just hyper press them into errors. But against teams that sit back and let us have the ball nothing comes together and we end up with horrendous giveaways that lead to the bad goals. I know next to nothing about tactics so not sure what can be done but we seem to be one-dimensional right now and it’s not a good recipe for staying up.
Love it when the masses preach. The board felt miniscule compared to Marcelo and wanted to flex. Literally owed their success to him. They’re now reaping.