Emne: 2015-16: Forventninger til sesongen

[Forever Whites]

Jeg har absolutt INGEN forventninger til sesongen.  Så da kan jeg i det minste ikke bli skuffet

[Ola_S]

Tippet 16 plass to år på rad så går for det neste sesong også... Men for all del,måtte jeg ta fullstendig feil og dem kjemper i toppen 

[h.b]

21 plass desverre. I går følte jeg for en 5 plass. Men våkna opp til realitetene. Så de blir en 21 plass

[Tobbe9210]

Er lut lei av å havne midt på tabellen, og at siste del av sesongen blir ødelagt fordi kampene har minimal betydning. Nesten så det er bedre å kjempe mot nedrykk, da betyr hvertfall kampene noe!

Har i det minste håp om at vi henger med i kampen om play-off hele veien, slik at interessen ikke dabber av.

Har trua på Uwe, men det hadde jeg jo også på Warnock og McDermott...

[Jon R]

Uansett alt for tidlig å basere seg på noe annet enn ren gjetning. Infrastrukturen må bedres ytterligere, eieren må få bedre kontroll over impuls og ego og et knippe kanonsigneringer må på plass før det er rom for realistiske vurderinger og forventninger.

Stein på stein.

[Promotion 2010]

Five things for Leeds United to address next season

The in-tray for new Leeds head coach Uwe Rosler. (Picture: Simon Hulme)
Leon Wobschall
16:00 Saturday 06 June 2015

SO what of the 2014-15 campaign for Leeds United? Just another run-of-the-mill crazy season in the recent history of the Whites - although let’s be honest, there have certainly been a few of late, haven’t there.

The short-lived head coach stints of Dave Hockaday - 70 days - and Darko Milanic - 32 days - have entered Elland Road folklore for all the wrong reasons as did the circus towards the end of the season when six players suddenly declared themselves unfit ahead of the game at Charlton Athletic on April 18.


Keeping the likes of Lewis Cook will be a priority. (Picture: Tony Johnson)
Not to mention the Steve Thompson affair, the clause in Mirco Antenucci’s contract... Or the barring by the Football League of Massimo Cellino for breaching their owners and directors test. The list goes on.

There was plenty more besides with Neil Redfearn rightly taking credit for steadying the ship in hugely difficult circumstances when the spectre of relegation looking very real at the end of 2014.

For that, Leeds fans will be grateful, although the man in the dug-out next term will not be Redfearn, but former Wigan and Brentford manager Uwe Rosler. Good luck, Uwe.

Here are five things, on the pitch, that Leeds need to address in 2015-16.

1. Several additions to the goalscoring department, not just one.

It was a dispiriting season for United’s forwards and only one, Mirco Antenucci, ended the campaign in double figures. That said, Antenucci was a fading force in the second half of the season and also fell away from many fans affections due to his implication as one of the ‘Charlton Six.’


United’s four central strikers of Antenucci, Billy Sharp, Souleymane Doukara and Steve Morison managed 22 league goals between them last term. Compare that to 2013-14 when Ross McCormack and Matt Smith plundered an combined total of 40 goals. Some difference...

Leeds are, understandably, being linked with several forwards, most notably Motherwell’s Lee Erwin, who is understood to be close to joining. Rosler’s preferred system is an attack-minded 4-3-3, with the emphasis being on pace down the flanks in the attacking third. Goalscoring nous is also a vital prerequisite, but bonafide proven Championship operators of a certain age and type cost money.

2. Keep hold of the family silver in Cook, Byram, Mowatt and Taylor.

Lewis Cook’s recent contract extension was a welcome development, although it also had plenty to do with Leeds covering their bases, call it an insurance policy if you like. It put an extra premium on the prodigiously talented midfielder - if he emulates his first half of 2014-15 with some similarly inspired performances in the next campaign, you can bet your bottom dollar that Premier League clubs will have Cook in their sights in January.


It can take nerve to fend off Premier League advances and all too often in the past, Leeds have cashed in. Given the fact that Cook, Sam Byram, Alex Mowatt and Charlie Taylor have roughly emerged at the same time onto the first-team scene, their development has genuinely enthused United’s scarred support, who have been let down on too many times worth mentioning over the past decade. Massimo Cellino have spoken about keeping the young kids together and building something. It’s essential that he delivers in that respect and that they aren’t just cheap words.

3. Sign Sol Bamba permanently.

Bamba did as much as everyone on the pitch to stabilise matters for Leeds in that key season-defining spell of late winter and early spring, when United pulled away from danger in impressive fashion - it was an uplifting, if ultimately brief, hiatus at Leeds when everyone seemed together as one.

With little or no future at Palermo, Bamba is now waiting for his next step and a return to Leeds, to many, seems a no-brainer - although his criticism of the behind-the-scenes events towards the end of last season were pretty damning ones, if Cellino chose to read them. At least it showed Bamba cares.

In his short time at Leeds, Bamba was also clearly a strong voice on the pitch and in the dressing room and at 30, he still has a few miles left on the clock.


4. Continue to get the best out of Luke Murphy.

One of the key stories in United’s renaissance from January to March was the welcome re-emergence of Luke Murphy, who was brought in from the cold and gradually began to blossom, thanks in no small part to the input of Redfearn and Thompson. Rosler and his assistant Rob Kelly have Championship savvy and will know about the talents of Murphy, who clearly had his confidence knocked in the first half of last season.

Murphy again needs to be encouraged and given licence to express himself and cajoled in the right way. Do that and he can be a big player for Leeds next season.

5. Address the schism between some of the English players and their foreign team-mates.

It is clear that there was some form of divide between some domestic and foreign players in the Leeds dressing room at times last term and it needs a skilful operator to bring sections together again and maybe mend a few fences.

Rosler, as a German with experience of the Continental game alongside his time in England, will need to employ some canny man-management, you sense in this regard. All good sides are built on a strong team spirit and some ice will need to be thawed when some players reconvene for pre-season training - regardless of the fact that it will be mid-summer by then. It needs addressing quickly.

Tell us what you think.

(YEP)

[p0ndus]

Uansett alt for tidlig å basere seg på noe annet enn ren gjetning. Infrastrukturen må bedres ytterligere, eieren må få bedre kontroll over impuls og ego og et knippe kanonsigneringer må på plass før det er rom for realistiske vurderinger og forventninger.

Stein på stein.

Så sant som det er sagt eller noe sånt.

[Promotion 2010]

Uansett alt for tidlig å basere seg på noe annet enn ren gjetning. Infrastrukturen må bedres ytterligere, eieren må få bedre kontroll over impuls og ego og et knippe kanonsigneringer må på plass før det er rom for realistiske vurderinger og forventninger.

Stein på stein.

Så sant som det er sagt eller noe sånt.

Ikke en eneste spillerstein ennå!   

[Cannavaro]

Som vanlig er man veldig spent før en ny sesong. Røsler på plass, og hva vil skje i overgangsvinduet i sommer ??
Vi har ryddet litt i stallen etter sesongslutt, og vi har mange spennende spillere igjen.  Jeg er også spent på utvikling av disse.   Hva kan Røsler få ut av en Chris Dawson, Mowatt, Charlie Taylor, Kalvin Phillips ?  Hva med Bamba ?? Jeg husker Bianchi også åpnet bra på vårsesongen ifjor.  Så forventer jeg mer av Doukara, Sharp og Byram (om han blir).  Videre skal Cook utvikle seg videre, og Murphy hadde en god periode i vinter.   Det er fortsatt mye uforløst hos mange spillere.  Vil det bli en positiv utvikling i samme retning ??  Kan Røsler bidra til det ??   Jeg syns vi har mye spennende spillermateriell (gitt at de fleste blir), mye ungt og spennende for fremtiden.  Vi trenger en spiss som banker inn minimum 20 mål neste sesong, hvem gjør/eller kan det ?  Vi har en glimrende sisteskanse i Silvestri, og vi må bygge på defensiv trygghet.  Jeg er spent og gleder meg til sesongoppkjøring og hva som skjer i vinduet her, mest av alt har jeg en positiv følelse, fordi jeg liker å ha en positiv forventning til favorittlaget mitt.

[baste]

Forventer at Uwe R får inn 2-3 gode spillere, og at de vi har er enda bedre trent og tent foran ny sesong.
Oppkjøringen med fjorårets trener komet, som æ ikke huska navne på, er allerede glemt.

Marching on together

[kendo]

Statusen er vel 21 spillere på kontrakt og 12 spillere ut av div grunner fra fjoråret.
0 spillere inn .
Redd for at man skal selge før man kjøper(låner) slik som forrige sesong.
Cook og Byram selges og så kan man låne inn.............

Håper jeg tar feil, men gjorde ikke det i fjor!

[h.b]

Sitter med dårlig følelse. Ikke forsterka nevneverdig. Håpet er at ungdommen tar et steg videre. Men pr dags dato. Ja da tror jeg klubben vil kjempe i sumpa. Et lite håp om å overleve i CCC denne sesongen som kommer

[Blank_File]

Sitter med dårlig følelse. Ikke forsterka nevneverdig. Håpet er at ungdommen tar et steg videre. Men pr dags dato. Ja da tror jeg klubben vil kjempe i sumpa. Et lite håp om å overleve i CCC denne sesongen som kommer

Så bra HB. Det er jo bedre enn normalt?

[Promotion 2010]

Sitter med dårlig følelse. Ikke forsterka nevneverdig. Håpet er at ungdommen tar et steg videre. Men pr dags dato. Ja da tror jeg klubben vil kjempe i sumpa. Et lite håp om å overleve i CCC denne sesongen som kommer

Så bra HB. Det er jo bedre enn normalt?

Ikke verst!  Alltid noe negativt!

Nå får'n det han peker på, fortsatt ikke fornøyd!   

[Promotion 2010]

Five things for Leeds United to address next season

The in-tray for new Leeds head coach Uwe Rosler. (Picture: Simon Hulme)
Leon Wobschall
16:00 Saturday 06 June 2015

SO what of the 2014-15 campaign for Leeds United? Just another run-of-the-mill crazy season in the recent history of the Whites - although let’s be honest, there have certainly been a few of late, haven’t there.

The short-lived head coach stints of Dave Hockaday - 70 days - and Darko Milanic - 32 days - have entered Elland Road folklore for all the wrong reasons as did the circus towards the end of the season when six players suddenly declared themselves unfit ahead of the game at Charlton Athletic on April 18.


Keeping the likes of Lewis Cook will be a priority. (Picture: Tony Johnson)
Not to mention the Steve Thompson affair, the clause in Mirco Antenucci’s contract... Or the barring by the Football League of Massimo Cellino for breaching their owners and directors test. The list goes on.

There was plenty more besides with Neil Redfearn rightly taking credit for steadying the ship in hugely difficult circumstances when the spectre of relegation looking very real at the end of 2014.

For that, Leeds fans will be grateful, although the man in the dug-out next term will not be Redfearn, but former Wigan and Brentford manager Uwe Rosler. Good luck, Uwe.

Here are five things, on the pitch, that Leeds need to address in 2015-16.

1. Several additions to the goalscoring department, not just one.

It was a dispiriting season for United’s forwards and only one, Mirco Antenucci, ended the campaign in double figures. That said, Antenucci was a fading force in the second half of the season and also fell away from many fans affections due to his implication as one of the ‘Charlton Six.’


United’s four central strikers of Antenucci, Billy Sharp, Souleymane Doukara and Steve Morison managed 22 league goals between them last term. Compare that to 2013-14 when Ross McCormack and Matt Smith plundered an combined total of 40 goals. Some difference...

Leeds are, understandably, being linked with several forwards, most notably Motherwell’s Lee Erwin, who is understood to be close to joining. Rosler’s preferred system is an attack-minded 4-3-3, with the emphasis being on pace down the flanks in the attacking third. Goalscoring nous is also a vital prerequisite, but bonafide proven Championship operators of a certain age and type cost money.

2. Keep hold of the family silver in Cook, Byram, Mowatt and Taylor.

Lewis Cook’s recent contract extension was a welcome development, although it also had plenty to do with Leeds covering their bases, call it an insurance policy if you like. It put an extra premium on the prodigiously talented midfielder - if he emulates his first half of 2014-15 with some similarly inspired performances in the next campaign, you can bet your bottom dollar that Premier League clubs will have Cook in their sights in January.


It can take nerve to fend off Premier League advances and all too often in the past, Leeds have cashed in. Given the fact that Cook, Sam Byram, Alex Mowatt and Charlie Taylor have roughly emerged at the same time onto the first-team scene, their development has genuinely enthused United’s scarred support, who have been let down on too many times worth mentioning over the past decade. Massimo Cellino have spoken about keeping the young kids together and building something. It’s essential that he delivers in that respect and that they aren’t just cheap words.

3. Sign Sol Bamba permanently.

Bamba did as much as everyone on the pitch to stabilise matters for Leeds in that key season-defining spell of late winter and early spring, when United pulled away from danger in impressive fashion - it was an uplifting, if ultimately brief, hiatus at Leeds when everyone seemed together as one.

With little or no future at Palermo, Bamba is now waiting for his next step and a return to Leeds, to many, seems a no-brainer - although his criticism of the behind-the-scenes events towards the end of last season were pretty damning ones, if Cellino chose to read them. At least it showed Bamba cares.

In his short time at Leeds, Bamba was also clearly a strong voice on the pitch and in the dressing room and at 30, he still has a few miles left on the clock.


4. Continue to get the best out of Luke Murphy.

One of the key stories in United’s renaissance from January to March was the welcome re-emergence of Luke Murphy, who was brought in from the cold and gradually began to blossom, thanks in no small part to the input of Redfearn and Thompson. Rosler and his assistant Rob Kelly have Championship savvy and will know about the talents of Murphy, who clearly had his confidence knocked in the first half of last season.

Murphy again needs to be encouraged and given licence to express himself and cajoled in the right way. Do that and he can be a big player for Leeds next season.

5. Address the schism between some of the English players and their foreign team-mates.

It is clear that there was some form of divide between some domestic and foreign players in the Leeds dressing room at times last term and it needs a skilful operator to bring sections together again and maybe mend a few fences.

Rosler, as a German with experience of the Continental game alongside his time in England, will need to employ some canny man-management, you sense in this regard. All good sides are built on a strong team spirit and some ice will need to be thawed when some players reconvene for pre-season training - regardless of the fact that it will be mid-summer by then. It needs addressing quickly.

Tell us what you think.

(YEP)

Vi nærmer oss topp 10.


På punkt 1 har vi nå en skotte og en newzealander. Regner med at flere dukker opp.

Tror vi mangler en Barton eller tilsvarende sammen med kantspillere. Da er vi nære topp 6! 

[h.b]

Sitter med dårlig følelse. Ikke forsterka nevneverdig. Håpet er at ungdommen tar et steg videre. Men pr dags dato. Ja da tror jeg klubben vil kjempe i sumpa. Et lite håp om å overleve i CCC denne sesongen som kommer

Så bra HB. Det er jo bedre enn normalt?

Sammenligner Wood med Sharp. Ikke god nok til å putte 20+

[Asbjørn]

Bortsett fra et 'kontroversielt' avsnitt om Redders managerperiode har Paul fått satt ord på det meste
Get Ready For Leeds To Get Dirty Again This Season
– Loud, Proud And Together

Marching on towards a top flight return?

  Paul Sherman   · a day ago

There is a strange feeling coursing through the veins, pumping the hearts and stimulating the senses of Leeds fans all around the world. For the first time in a long while there is an air of optimism, excitement and pride in the club.

Massimo Cellino is a verifiable nutter but he is our verifiable nutter. He spent his first year making massive investment to right the wrongs of previous regimes and clearing up more mess than even he - with his no due diligence risk taking - could have envisaged.

This was peppered with decisions that ranged from daft to catastrophic and more controversy than a whole series of Big Brother. The Thorp Arch canteen closure and a pre-season featuring pub team opposition, playing ourselves and river baths was beyond parody. Hock & Junior Lewis were a comedy act, Darko was an ill-advised appointment, pasta day, the Football League ban, Umbers’ caretakership, Thompson-gate, it goes on.

Salerno tried hard but his recruitment from the Italian market he knows so well was generally disastrous, because the players appeared to think that integration was a dirty word and the camp was split.

Warning: controversial paragraph alert.

The eventual employment of Redfearn was a panic measure and although with Thompson’s help we survived, it was in hindsight a mistake - like putting the manager of the meat counter in Harehills into the chief executive’s job at Tesco. Redfearn is a great Leeds man with the club at heart and an outstanding coach, but a manager capable of mending a split camp with at least three factions, foreigners, big money pros & youth and leading us to the Premier League? No chance.



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Redfearn was offered and accepted his contractual obligation to return to his role at the Academy. How that pans out is anyone’s guess.

There were good parts. The emergence of Cook who will play for England one day, Charlie Taylor, Mowatt & Byram, plus chances for a few of the other young players.

Still the fans came in their droves, week in, week out, home and away, distance no object to watch average at best, lots of crap sprinkled with the odd good performance.

Then the world tilted on it’s axis and Lewis Cook signed a new contract, Adam Pearson was appointed as Executive Director - albeit in the most bizarre press conference of all time - and since then mad Massimo has hardly been seen in the public eye as Pearson has led the club into an unprecedented summer.

The offices & corporate areas of the stadium have been given a much needed revamp, the FFP embargo was lifted, loads of Academy players signed professional contracts, Uwe Rösler - a charismatic leader who wants to play aggressive heavy metal football - was appointed, season ticket sales surged, a proper pre-season with an Austrian training camp and games against proper opposition including Hoffenheim, Eintracht Frankfurt & Everton were announced, we get a company secretary, head of recruitment, goalkeeping coach, assistant coach & first team coach, sign Erwin - a promising young striker, Horton - a promising young goalkeeper, loads of the under-21 squad sign new contracts, the club announce that the long awaited fans forum will be held, we sign Bamba and pay a reported £2M plus add-ons for Chris Wood, take Drury from Manchester City on trial and look to loan Brandon Barker - a star of City’s elite academy, there is talk of another two or three quality signings, we sign a huge deal with Kappa who have produced a brilliant kit, training & leisurewear and Sky have started a new channel called Sky Leeds for August with us getting more airtime than any other club. Standard.

Phew, and that’s just the stuff we can see on the surface.

Cellino must take huge credit for identifying he needed Pearson, employing him and funding the execution of the masterplan.

Imagine if Uwe has rallied the troops and they have bought into his philosophy and we watch the team play aggressive, attacking, pressing football, then we’ll see real passion from the stands, like the Wilko era, like O’Leary’s young guns generated. Again we can be dirty Leeds, loud, proud and together.

So if there are any Leeds fans out there who don’t feel this optimism and excitement and can’t wait for the season to start and be associated with a club and a committed team we can be proud of again, go take a long hard look in the mirror. Because after all these years, at last there is light at then of the tunnel and it’s not a train, it’s the bright, white light leading to success and eventually the promised land of the Premier League.

More...
http://sabotagetimes.com/football/get-ready-for-leeds-to-get-dirty-again-this-season--loud-proud-and-together

[Promotion 2010]

Vi har hele tiden reagert med "NO HOPE" når Cellino har sparket folk i staben, men jeg synes dette blir bedre og bedre!

Ã… erstatte Redfearn med Røsler er for meg en genistrek! (Redders er kanskje blitt litt høy på seg selv - det er en farlig vei å gå!)

[Jon R]

Mange bra grep så langt. Om det gjør oss bedre gjenstår å se! Uten en viss kontinuitet i staben vil vi antagelig bli stående på stedet hvil!

[baste]

http://the72.co.uk/30393/update-bjarnason-move-falls-through-as-leeds-make-better-offer/?

Det skjer nu ting i Leeds. Spent på pre season

Marching on together

[Josch]

Lenge siden jeg har hatt så store forventninger som nå . Jeg kan ikke se annet enn at vi skal kunne matche  de som tok 4., 5. og 6 plassen i fjor (Boro, Ipswich, Brentford). Cardiff, Derby og  Wolves må regnes med, pluss 1-2 overaskelser, i tillegg til nedrykkslagene fra  PL,  selvsagt.

Med en god start så vil vi bite oss fast blant  topp 5 gjennom seongen , tror jeg. Det blir like jevnt som i fjor. Angrepet og forsvaret er bedre. I tillegg har de unge spillerne fått mer rutine.  Nye tilskudd er også bra hittil. Tror også Rosler er bedre på  coaching (under kamp) enn Redfearn.

[baste]

+ 1 

[Leeds så klart!]

Placering 1-2 är "Don Revie reborn" klass
Placering 3-6 är "Egli è un uomo, non un bambino" klass
Placering 7-8 är "Nice to see you again Grayson" klass
Placering 9-12 är "Interested in running the Academy instead?" klass
Placering 13-19 är ""You are fired Neil!" klass
Placering 20-21 är "He's a good-looking watermelon" klass
Placering 22-23 är "Who let Hockaday in?" klass

Placering 3-6 skulle jag bli mycket nöjd med.

[h.b]

1-2 plass = Vellykka sesong.
3-6 plass, og slått ut i kvallik = misslykka sesong

[Andersen]

Ingen forhåpninger what so ever !  tabellen sier sitt i mai 2016 ! glede , skuffelse , fortvilelse , same shit every year !

[TK20]

1-2 plass = Vellykka sesong.
3-6 plass, og slått ut i kvallik = misslykka sesong

Brannfakkel much?

[GeirO]

Alt kan skje her. Jeg tipper en 11.plass, alt tatt i betraktning.

[Cherry]

Topp 6, HVIS vi får inn den innbitte krigeren på midtbanen- og den vingen vi mangler pt

[B_Ød]

mener jeg har kommentert på denne tråden før..men kan ikke skjønne at det mulig å forvente annet enn dirkete opprykk!!

Hvis ikke det skjer, tror jeg ikke jeg vil få oppleve klubben i toppdivisjonen i min levetid!

Så...rett opp!!!   

[stian]

Vi bør ha et lag som kan være med å kjempe om playoff hvis det mot all formodning skulle bli litt ro rundt klubben og laget. Vi har en god keeper, divisjonens mest spennende sentrale midtbane og spisser som skal holde bra nivå i championship. En forsvarssjef, en venstre back og en eller to raske driblefanter på ving så har vi en meget god 11er som kan slå hvem som helst i divisjonen.

Jeg spår at vi rnder på 4.plass