Our season so far.

I hate international breaks but at least this one gives me the chance to do a blog about our start to the season.

I'll say first off that I've been extremely impressed about the way on players seem to fight for the badge, each other, Neil Warnock and of course the fans - almost every player gives 110% in every game and we have the "Leeds United" mentality, Never say die!

I've been very impressed by Neil Warnocks ability to change the team around during games, something his predecessor had big trouble doing - and when we consider all the off pitch activity with takeovers/investments and what not you cant help being impressed by his coolness and his ability in both finding the right guys for us and getting them to play the way they are.

Of the players I've been wildly impressed by most, but a few deserve a special mention.

•  Diouf, lets be honest we almost all hated the fact that he joined the club, but oh my, hes been a revelation, I havent seen him perform like this since the World Cup in 2002. 

• Byram, well I had not heard much about this kid before he suddenly played in pre season (Only in FM2012 and he was pretty shit there). He's managed to take the step up, much like Tom Lees did last year, but without the loan experience, he's surely one for the future, I can see him captaining Leeds in the Prem within a few years.

• Becchio, my favorite player in Leeds (almost of all time!). He's working, he's scoring and he's really loving his football again, I think that Warnocks style of football suits him better then Graysons. I predicted him getting 26 goals this season, I wonder if thats to low?!

• Kenny, Mr. Confident, the guy makes very few mistakes and is cool as fuck - I talked to a mate of mine about what a keeper like Kenny could have done for Graysons Leeds teams, I think that if Grayson had managed to get a keeper of Kennys qualities into his team he might still have been manager of Leeds United.    

I could have mentioned others who have impressed me, Pearce, Austin & Lees spring to mind as players who are also doing very well. I actually only been disappointed in one player and thats Luke Varney, I think he's awful and looks like Neil Warnock thinks so too after benching him. Dont get me wrong, I'd like to like him, I liked Billy Paynter eventhough he was pretty awful too, but at least he tried. Varney runs around acting like he's Messi and like his teammates dont get his points, I'd be ok with him not playing for Leeds again actually, he seems the rotten apple in the basket.

But all in all, can anyone complain about the season so far? 7th place in the league and we knocked Everton out of the cup (In a game that embodied what Leeds United is all about). I hope this investment happens soon and that we're in a position to get a few good signings in come January - I firmly believe that this is our year - we've not had a team, a team spirit or a manager as good as this in 8-10 years.

M.O.T