bring on the rejects

[08as85]

So then, after tonights (11/05/05) demolition by arsenal, do you still wanna see the everton rejects come across to elland road.

why would you welcome someone who concedes 7 goals in one game.

WE DON'T NEED PREMIERSHIP REJECTS WHO ARE OVER PAID AND TOO OLD.

WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE THE EXPERIENCE, THEY DON'T HAVE THE LEGS.

youth is our only option to exploit this division. they will pick up invaluable experience playing regularly in the championship as have lennon, and walton.

we should be looking at the lower leagues for startlets who can provide an excellent service and who show no fear. all they want is to play football.

we could save on wages, because all david weir wants is his last major contract which he knows we'll give him, and what has gary naysmith ever done for football. he cant break into a team who get trounced on by a team 2 places above them.

blackwell should be scouting the academys of big clubs.

look at man city and boro, they have handfuls of young talent at their disposal, who are unable to be given a consistent run in the first team because of over-paid, unprofessional foreigners.

jordan at city, downing, graham at boro, rehman at fulham are all examples of these talents which could be a possibility for blackwell.

ok, i'm not saying we shouldn't have anyone over 25, but please don't try and tell me we dont have better options out there which could financially suit leeds united

hull and sunderland are but a few who have managed to bring in youngsters and use them to their advantage in order to gain promotions from their respective leagues!


please, please, PLEASE Bates and Blackwell, dont bring in the 'oldies' who just want to use us for our reputation and money!

phew!!!

[Casey Chaos]

that everton game woz a fluke, wit everton not giving it their all. overall their defence this year has been great and their 4th place finish has a lot 2 do wit that, a couple of ex prem players is wot u need 2 get bak there

[Yonno]

you cannot fill a team with young players it doesnt work, have you forgotten the first three months of the season. KB knows what hes doing, the players who can handle 1st team football are in the team and the ones who arent good enough have been moved on, singh, mcmaster etc

[Brogie]

Experience will always over come a youth who can not handle the presure of 1st team football

[08as85]

but how on earth are the youth able to gain experience if they arent given the chance.

i agree totally that KB knows what hes doing and i respect everything he does for the club, but all im trying to say is that there are plenty of alternate options out there for KB to improve th squad rather than employ has-beens, or OAPs!

there are definitely players out there who are 25+ that i would welcome to the club with open arms, but there arent many 30 somethings that are gonna be able to cut the mustard in a league which is becoming notoriously competitive!

there are so many young stars in our league which deserve a chance in the premiership whom have gained their knowledge and experience through playing consistently, competitively and working with excellent coaches, and i think that KB and Ellis have the wisdom to manage that with players at our club

[Casey Chaos]

08as85 said:

but how on earth are the youth able to gain experience if they arent given the chance.

by throwing one or 2 in an experienced team and slowly building. u cant just throw 11 youngsters into a game because they wont last 5mins in the championship

[08as85]

obviuosly i wouldnt expect 11 new, young signings to cope with life in the championship, but one or two good young signings will be a breath of fresh air at leeds.

with the likes of wright, sullivan, healy, derry, and gregan already establishing themselves as first team regulars, these youngsters will have experienced faces to look up to and approach and learn from.

please understand, i'm not ruling out any signings that KB makes because he obviously has a far greater judgement than any of us, especially me, but i just believe it would be the best interests of the club to search for a few good young players to hopefully bring to the club!

[Jim3td]

I tend to agree mate, we have enough so called experience we need some raw talent............
One problem..........who?

[08as85]

surely there must be some decent younsters out there who can fill some of the roles needed at elland road.

courtney pitt would do an excellent job on the left wing or as an attacking left-centre midfielder.

medjani at liverpool woul be able to play right back or centre back, alongside killa, or even fitz hall!

hull have some good youngsters we could probably pinch.

hopefully KB will work his magic once more and hopefully come up with the goods next season!

[Darren]

it dosnt realy matter what age someone is, if they are a good player and can work in a team (hopefully of other good players) they will do well. We need to sign quality not a number