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Alex C:
I still can't believe LeBron James has a timeslot set up to announce which team he's going with. I think the universe must hate Cleveland fans or something. It's the only way any of this makes sense.
Spluff:
Cleveland should just give up on sport altogether.
Ptommydski:
Ah, thank fuck. New football season at last. I hope everybody is excited as I am.
Leeds had a decent preseason, despite a fairly pointless trek to Slovakia and being buried at Bury (ahem) we bounced back to thrash Hartlepool and Wolves (including this strike by the ever mercurial Max Gradel). I know preseason doesn't count for much but we've also made some decent, if inexpensive, acquisitions and the new team has both width and pace, something we were usually lacking in League One. The defence is still a little bit shaky despite having been replaced entirely but that's sort of becoming a Leeds tradition. I don't think we'll go down and realistically I can see us finishing around the top of the bottom half of the table, which would be a decent outcome for any newly promoted side.
Out - Beckford, Ankergren, Kandol, Marques.
In - Paynter, Sam, Collins, Bruce, Connolly, Schmeichal, Bessone, Watt (season long loan from Arsenal), Clayton (month long loan from Man City).
First game of the season is today at 5.15pm against Derby County. Lots of links to watch the game online will appear here later in the day. Should be entertaining!
the_pied_piper:
And yet the real season starts next week. :-P
The new regulations on squad sizes and home-grown players in the Premiership can only be a good thing, hopefully with plenty of young players being given the chance to play some games and impress as only young players can. A few teams have been caught out by these regulations, a surprising one being Blackburn Rovers, just showing the fragility of the Premiership teams and how the league needs these kinds of changes to bring it, and I guess the national team, more credulity.
As for Liverpool, this season is already starting on an iffy note, with the many speculative takeover attempts and whether there will actually be any transfer funds available even if they happen and some not very impressive pre-season performances. However, youngsters Dani Pacheco, Martin Kelly, Stephen Darby, Nathan Ecclestone, David Amoo, Thomas Ince (son of Paul), Lauri Dalla Valle and new young signings Danny Wilson and Jonjo Shelvey should all get some first team game time under "Uncle" Roy Hodgson and maybe a 4th place finish will be possible although top 6 is more likely.
valley_parade:
Yeah Rob, Liverpool are going to be dreadfully mediocre again this year, deal with it.
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