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Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Mon May 29, 2023 8:58 pm  

Jack Burton wrote:

Of the managers in the championship, I'd consider:
Corberan (WBA)
Carrick (Boro)
McKenna (Ipswich)

I really hope we don't go for Allerdyce or Viera

The championship line up next season:

Birmingham
Blackburn
Bristol City
Cardiff
Coventry
Hudds
Hull
Ipswich
Leeds
Leicester
M’Boro
Millwall
Norwich
Plymouth
Preston
QPR
Rotherham
Saints
Sunderland
Stoke
Swans
Watford
WBA
Wednesday

Getting promoted will be difficult. It looks like the strongest Championship for a few years

I think we will do ok dependent on who is in charge. I have a feeling it’ll be Potter or Rodgers

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Mon May 29, 2023 9:13 pm  

I'm not very confident, to be honest. No owners, no DOF, no manager, and a threadbare squad. 10 weeks to get it sorted. It's our biggest summer in years.

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Mon May 29, 2023 11:03 pm  

Jack Burton wrote:

I'm not very confident, to be honest. No owners, no DOF, no manager, and a threadbare squad. 10 weeks to get it sorted. It's our biggest summer in years.

Same here. The silence from Radrizanni is deafening too. Absolutely disgusting leadership. He’s publicly speaking about Sampdoria takeover but has not said a word about Leeds relegation.

If the takeover drags on more than a week from now it’ll start doing serious damage to our promotion chances. It delays recruitment , DOF appointment, manager recruitment and will unsettle the players we should be keeping. I’m absolutely fuming with Radrizanni, he’s utterly shambolic. This should have been done and dusted.

I actually think Rutter will do pretty well in championship too in addition to the players mentioned above. A top striker at that level is paramount, Goykares is the man but I can see Brentford getting him with Toney banned. But again we need to move fast and it’s an easy sell with owners who will have a big push to get straight back up.

Managers, I’d look at Rogers as number 1 target, wilder would be decent but he’s struggled last 2 jobs. I’d also see if Iraola is still an option, he’s done brilliantly in Spain and plays good football and is young and hungry.

I’m worried with how things stand though..

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Mon May 29, 2023 11:18 pm  

Iriola is leaving Rayo Vallercano, so could be an option, but he's going to have lots of clubs around Europe after him. I wouldn't be surprised to see him at Spurs or Palace

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Tue May 30, 2023 9:33 am  

Jack Burton wrote:

Of the managers in the championship, I'd consider:
Corberan (WBA)
Carrick (Boro)
McKenna (Ipswich)

I really hope we don't go for Allerdyce or Viera

The championship line up next season:

Birmingham
Blackburn
Bristol City
Cardiff
Coventry
Hudds
Hull
Ipswich
Leeds
Leicester
M’Boro
Millwall
Norwich
Plymouth
Preston
QPR
Rotherham
Saints
Sunderland
Stoke
Swans
Watford
WBA
Wednesday

Getting promoted will be difficult. It looks like the strongest Championship for a few years

Add to that every team has two cup finals when they play Leeds (sic)

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Tue May 30, 2023 6:57 pm  

see archie gray put in a supurb display for England U17s earlier today.
also I've heard Gerrard linked but lads from west Midlands on my site, who watch villa, slaughtered him. clueless tactically and was raking them down.
I'm being realistic and going for corboran.
did everything bielsa did in his first year at Huddersfield. Next season he ditched the man marking as it was useless and murderball as it put to many miles in players legs. clever enough to see what most could and didn't blindly follow bielsa.
think I'd be happy with him

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Tue May 30, 2023 7:41 pm  

Surely we’re not dumb enough to go for Gerrard

Is Corboran a viable option? Would he leave to come to Leeds after signing a new deal? Would he be loyal to players he knows, like cooper, ayling and bamford even tho they need moving on?

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Tue May 30, 2023 7:43 pm  

Surely, the sporting director has to be the priority first?
Gerrard is another Lampard. Michael Beale was the brains behind his team. It all fell apart when Beale left for QPR. His man management is also shocking. The Villa players hated him.

Radz has finally agreed the Sampdoria purchase, so hopefully we start getting some clarity on the ownership in the next few days.

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Tue May 30, 2023 8:00 pm  

they said beale was the brains guy

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Tue May 30, 2023 8:33 pm  

A mate of mine is a Huddersfield fan and he said Corberan is no Bielsa. His football was much much more conservative. Got results though obviously.

Sounds like takeover talks progressing well, fingers crossed it’s done by the weekend. Every extra day it takes is damaging the clubs chances of promotion.