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August 7th, 2008

a salary cap?

By: j | Comments No Comments

While this might not concern the opening to the campaign this Saturday, the issue of sky-rocketing salaries, as well as transfer prices, is destroying the competitiveness of the sport. We all know it’s the dirty little secret that the media does not want to talk-of but prior to the start of the season, you can [...]

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August 6th, 2008

Tresor Kandol to Millwall

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Leeds has just announced that Striker Tresor Kandol has been loaned to Millwall for a period of six-months. Tresor had a superb season with Leeds last year, finding the back of the net eleven times however with the recent additions his move seemed inevitable. He will be a great addition for the Millwall squad.
Look [...]

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August 5th, 2008

subtle comment with squad numbers

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Manager Gary McAllister released the squad numbers for the upcoming season and yes, he was very subtle of his ideas of how to use Leeds new signing Luciano Becchio. Makes you sort-of wonder if as the season progresses, will we he see the new number 10 as a enganche using Enoch Showunmi and Jermaine Beckford [...]

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August 5th, 2008

match day 1 Scunthorpe United preview part 1

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Match day one starts this Saturday at Glanford Park against the newly relegated Scunthorpe United. Led my manager Nigel Adkins, like any club tumbling to a lower division, they will be anxious to set the course right immediately in their promotion efforts.
Since relegated, Scunthorpe has suffered a few key losses on its roster, notably [...]

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August 2nd, 2008

and now Scunthorpe United

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The pre-season came to a fitting close for Leeds at Elland Road with a 4-0 romp over Belgium squad, FCV Dender. Now with the friendlies neatly tucked-away we can get on to the meat of the matter, the chase for promotion is one with Leeds firmly trying to match last seasons total of ninety-one points [...]

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July 31st, 2008

Luciano Beechio SIGNS!

By: j | Comments No Comments

Paul Fletcher of the BBC recently put out a fine article on Leeds, “Will Leeds march on to promotion?” that is definitely something you don’t want to miss out on. As the news came out of Luciano Becchio’s signing to a Leeds United contract, I immediately knew how this crisply fit in his story and [...]

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July 30th, 2008

signing of Luciano Beechio close

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In the continuing saga of Luciano Beechio, Gary McAllister commented that he believes a permanent deal with his Spanish club, Mérida Unión Deportiva, is imminent. This is a important deal for Leeds as it’ll firmly lock down the position but also hopefully go a long way to improving ties to clubs outside of England that [...]

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July 29th, 2008

Darlington friendly

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The final nil-score draw against League Two Darlington is somewhat indicative of a quiet, uninspired encounter. Of note, Jermaine Beckford returned to action after a short spell injured and new signing Robert Snodgrass saw his first action for Leeds, narrowly missing a header into the net. For the most part, excluding a brief encounter Leeds [...]

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July 29th, 2008

Luciano Beechio update

By: j | Comments No Comments

Now this is starting to look like Luciano Beechio blog now isn’t it? Well, that’s fine with me. He’s a special talent that is rare to see after the clubs financial collapse and many bridges were burnt. Unfortunately he’s going to be a lot rarer to see if a deal isn’t worked out shortly. His [...]

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July 28th, 2008

decision on Luciano Becchio shortly

By: j | Comments 2 Comments

Gary McAllister is readying to announce the verdict on Striker Luciano Beechio who has been on trial with the club for the last week. I haven’t beaten around the bush around this one at all because the
Argentine is a superb asset to Leeds and once he gets his bearings set and acclimated to the area [...]

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