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Viduka Hits The Mark wrote:

I could see us offering more than £7m 9ish maybe double figures

Personally i would drive him there myself if you make a double digit offer. Not sure what the fascination is with the lad tbh. He's nowhere near consistent enough, has 1 good game and 3 bad. We still don't seem to know is best position. Lets hope your instincts prove right Baggy. We could do with the cash.

He's not a winger, which is unfortunate as that's where he was inexplicably positioned by all of Monk, Christiansen and Heckingbottom most of the time. When he was played as a kind-of 9, he occasionally did very well (eg QPR away etc) and that's where his goals came from.

Most definitely falls into the category of player who will leave, go up via the play-offs and put 3 past us on the way.

Bartley has signed for WBA, missed opportunity there.

MarkVidukasShimmy wrote:

Viduka Hits The Mark wrote:

Personally i would drive him there myself if you make a double digit offer. Not sure what the fascination is with the lad tbh. He's nowhere near consistent enough, has 1 good game and 3 bad. We still don't seem to know is best position. Lets hope your instincts prove right Baggy. We could do with the cash.

He's not a winger, which is unfortunate as that's where he was inexplicably positioned by all of Monk, Christiansen and Heckingbottom most of the time. When he was played as a kind-of 9, he occasionally did very well (eg QPR away etc) and that's where his goals came from.

Most definitely falls into the category of player who will leave, go up via the play-offs and put 3 past us on the way.

Sometimes you get a player that you sign that shows a lot of promise or is going to come in and take to the job like a duck to water. Then there are the other occasions when putting on the shirt simply overwhelms the player. With Roofe I think it is one of the latter occasions. Whether its a mental thing or not being man-managed properly I have no idea but things have not really being going that well since he joined us.

And doesn't he look overjoyed to have signed for them
https://www.wba.co.uk/news/2018/july/ba ... or-albion/

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/ ... -1-9252185

Leeds are currently working on at least one more addition from the top flight and, despite various setbacks, expect four or five new recruits to materialise, in keeping with Bielsa’s request for recruitment in “four or five different positions where we need to strengthen.” A striker, a midfielder and a full-back remain on the wanted list.

So a CF, MF and FB to follow Blackman's imminent announcement. I hope either the FB or the MF are players that Bielsa intends to use at CB.

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| Leeds United are pleased to confirm the signing of goalkeeper Jamal Blackman on a season-long loan deal

Well let's look on the positive side - on one issue at least. With regard to goalkeeping I'd say we ware in a better starting position than we were at this point last close season. Not sure if we will have a third keeper but this is looking good IMHO.

In case anyone could forget, we'd signed Whoopswald, sorry Weidwald on the cheap (thank you Victor! ) who then became first choice causing Rob Green to sling his hook to go sit on a Premier League bench. Second choice was then Lonegran. Hindsight is an exact science but neither of the keepers we had had any quality about them. Mostly like Dracula and experiencing depth perception issues. I don't suppose a fragile defence helped but it really was a shambles of a campaign.

Next!

Dont no where my pal read this:-

Just been reading Sam Vokes is now on Leeds radar as our next striker. Now that would be decent as long as Burnley don’t ask for silly money.

SCOTTISH LEEDS wrote:Dont no where my pal read this:-

Just been reading Sam Vokes is now on Leeds radar as our next striker. Now that would be decent as long as Burnley don’t ask for silly money.

If that's true, then Vokes has been edged out by our ex striker. Do we want someone who is not as good as Wood?

johnh wrote:

SCOTTISH LEEDS wrote:Dont no where my pal read this:-

Just been reading Sam Vokes is now on Leeds radar as our next striker. Now that would be decent as long as Burnley don’t ask for silly money.

If that's true, then Vokes has been edged out by our ex striker. Do we want someone who is not as good as Wood?

But is he still good enough for Championship?