Re: Re-signings & new coach : Thu Feb 16, 2017 11:41 am
One downside with these loans is that I expect Lilley to be recalled as Leeds looked poor in the halves last week. Laroyer will go back as he is too good to sign and not use. We then lose two very good players. I hope there are permanent replacements lined up as I really can't see us keeping Lilley and Laroyer for too long.Another piece of good news last week mentioned the part time appointment of the the chap associated with buying us at one point. Damien -- his last name has left me. I once read up on him and the comments from officials and fans were very good about how he transformed the commercial and sponsorship income. It said he had already brought in 11 new sponsors. This is another good sign that the owners are quietly getting things in place behind the scenes.
Us fans unfortunately want daily bulletins about everything that is going on. Some owners don't do it that way and this leaves fans frustrated. Maybe it is the new media manager who is being a little slow.
My expectations have changed for this year. I now see it as surviving the season and MUST keep the finances in the black.
All of our youngsters may not be good enough to keep us up but are our future so we must be patient and not knock or abuse them.
It may be a case of signing a few permanent players but probably use mostly loans. Not ideal but probably the only route for a club that went bust and is at the bottom of the championship.
If we are within 6-8 points of 9th place after 23 rounds then we hope the owners splash a bit of cash and bring in a handful of quality loans to basically win nearly every game in the play-offs - 12-14 points from all bottom table teams and we then stay up. We just need to hang on in there over the next 21 games.
We may go down but if that happens it is vital we keep building the academy, blood this current group of youngsters and not build up any debt.
I still have this feeling that there is a longer term plan for us and the stadium new or old but we must survive this next 2-3 years either in the championship or a combination of Ch. + Ch1.
