Ever since we've been relegated from the Premier League us Leeds fans have suffered every summer, but the past few years have been the worst. Remember last summer? Old Colin had a full summer of preparation for the upcoming season and you can say what you want but every Leeds United fan was full of optimism, well I certainly was. But why would you not be? The man had 7 promotions on his CV.
Every Leeds United fan was full of excitement and optimism. The man that got 7 clubs promoted was our manager and we were in talks with GFH Capital about a takeover, which did go on to be completed taking a gruelling eight months to do so. Talking about the takeover. I can remember waking up and checking News Now to see if there was anything new about the takeover, and throughout the day I was refreshing News Now every half hour. This takeover had literally taken over my life and it took over yours too!
The players we signed in the summer of 2012 were, Paddy Kenny, Jason Pearce, Luke Varney, Rodolph Austin and Lee Peltier totalling at around £2.7 million. GFH stated that they paid some of this when they took over in December. The Free Agents that we signed were, Jamie Ashdown, Adam Drury, Paul Green, David Norris and El-Hadji Diouf. Four players that we signed came from relegated Portsmouth. One of the more memorable moments of last summer was seeing our star man Robert Snodgrass being sold to Norwich City.
Moving on a year and we see ourselves with a very good and honest manager who wants everybody moving in the same direction. His philosophy makes sense and its something that hasn't been at Leeds United for quite some time now. Brian has made the pitches at Thorp Arch the same size as the famous old turf at Elland Road, He has also got a relationship with Neil Redfearn in which we could see alot more young players being brought through. Brian is very different from hoofball favourite Neil Warnock and I am looking forward to seeing his side play in the new campaign. Lets just hope GFH backs him.
Marching On Together!
Looks like its going to be the same old....
ReplyDeleteI'm just waiting to the summers over mate
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