Seven games. Five in the league, two in the carling cup. Three wins, one in the league, Two in the carling cup plus one league draw, not the best start, actually one of the worst ever. In the 3rd round of the carling cup Manchester United will arrive at ER, I would gladly have traded that game for another league win and then have gone out in the cup to Doncaster. In the five league games, we have gotten three players sent off, scored own goals, missed a penalty. We were outplayed totally against Southampton in the first game, but after that Leeds United have actually done pretty well, but have paid the cost for taking red cards and not scoring on our chances.
We have just seen a VERY quiet transfer window go by, the only notable thing happening was the departure of crowd favorite Max Gradel, who asked to be sold to St.Etinne, despite promising Leeds fans that he would extend his contract (empty words Max, empty words indeed!!). Other exits included Mike Grella and Fede Bessone. As always Leeds were linked with a lot of players, among them were Henri Lansbury and David Bentley, who both opted to stay in London and signed with West Ham, Sammy Clingan of Coventry was also heavily linked, but a sell on clause from Scott Dann’s transfer to Blackburn meant that they didn’t need to sell. So after the window closed we were left without signings and missing one of our best players from last year in Max Gradel. The loan window is opening soon and once again we are linked with almost anyone who can kick a ball.
Mikael Forsell have been training with Leeds for a few weeks now, and he is expected to sign a deal at the club shortly, so with him and, hopefully, a few decent loan signings from the premier league good times are coming to ER!
Positivity! Keep the faith!!
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