Can Leeds afford to wait until January

15 Oct 2024 08:08 am, by Ellandback1


Good Morning. It's Tuesday 15th October, and here are the latest headlines from Elland Road...


Can Leeds afford to wait until January

Darko Gyabi is being hotly tipped to have his season long loan with Plymouth Argyle cut short following the injury crisis at Elland Road, but would his return make sense?

The 20 year old has been in impressive form for Wayne Rooney's side, and even netted a thunderous 25 yard effort for the young Lions against Italy on Thursday evening. He has already accumulated over 800 minutes of game time for the Pilgrims, and is set to become Leeds first successful loanee (outgoing) in almost a decade.

Daniel Farke is looking for reinforcements following long term injuries to Ethan Ampadu and Ilea Gruev, and has even been tempted to explore free agents. Cheikhou Kouyate had been training at Thorp Arch last week, and even underwent a medical, but since then, the trail has gone cold.

Leeds would have to wait until January to recall Gyabi, or further explore the free agent route if the matter turns urgent. Losing over half their first team during the Summer was always going to be difficult to recover from, especially when replacements were left so late in the window.





Leeds tracking Cameroonian monster

According to the Daily Mirror, Leeds are amongst a number of English clubs tracking the progress of FCSB centre-back Joyskim Dawa.

The no nonsense defender stands 6ft 4' and is fifteen stone of pure muscle. Not only does this make it difficult for the opposition to disposes him but he uses his strength to out-muscle opponents off the ball.

Leeds, along with Everton and Fulham have already sent scouts over to Romania to track the 28yo's progress. His attacking attributes have not gone unnoticed either. He loves to get forward, and is a formidable force in the penalty box, with seven goals in eighty games for the SuperLiga outfit. He has a £4m buy-out clause, making him a bargain, despite his advancing years.




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andrewjohnsmith wrote on 15 Oct 2024 09:48 pm

The Subhuman wrote: Tue Oct 15, 2024 4:06 pm Had Bielsa still been here then I think he'd have bought CC along, he certainly rated him.. but alas he went and the rest is history.
I feel like there ware a lot of false assumptions about Cresswell, from people that never saw him play. You, obviously watched him a lot.

The main one is that he's an old fashioned center back. That's just assumed from his size. And certainly he was good in the air and from set pieces. But he was very good with his feet. We didn't get enough time to see it in the senior team. But he showed it a lot with the 23/21's. He could run comfortably with the ball and he could pick a great long range pass. I do think that, in addition to his size, he was a skillful footballer. The only area that was really lacking from his game - and that held him back at Leeds - was the mental aspect and experience that would come with age and more playing time.

I see you addressed the one that numerous coaches at Leeds didn't rate him. Bielsa did rate him. He was part of the first team squad. Marsch rated him too and gave him some playing time. But we had four experienced center backs when he was sent out on loan. He wasn't here for Gracia and Allerdyce. Then Farke came along and didn't use him. As you said, Farke is really the only coach who didn't want to use him. And that comes down to a personal preference on Farke's part. You seemingly have to be an exceptional youth (Archie Gray) to get playing time under him.

andrewjohnsmith wrote on 15 Oct 2024 09:41 pm

Ellandback1 wrote: Tue Oct 15, 2024 5:22 pm Diogo Monteiro has just had shoulder surgery, but he was supposed to be the next big thing.

Do we know anything about him?
Had promise when we first signed him. But never managed to establish himself. Not even in the under 21's. He was behind guys like Moore and Mullen last season. This season Debayo and Lapota White have quickly jumped ahead of him. Who know? Maybe he could develop with age. But I wrote him off over a year ago.

andrewjohnsmith wrote on 15 Oct 2024 07:56 pm

The Subhuman wrote: Tue Oct 15, 2024 8:17 am Cresswell was a succesful loanee as was Drameh ...very successful. I think Roca and Koch also, that's 4. Kristiansen is this year, that's 5. Even Llorente did well in Italy.... Gelhardt had a successful loan deal at Sunderland

Greenwood was excellent through half a season for Boro
Was going to say the same. Several had good loan spells, but couldn't establish themselves at Leeds

Add Mateusz Klich to the list

Ellandback1 wrote on 15 Oct 2024 05:22 pm

1964white wrote: Tue Oct 15, 2024 4:25 pm Leif Davis is our biggest loss, the rest I don't care two hoots about!

So many of the players moved on were overrated.
Diogo Monteiro has just had shoulder surgery, but he was supposed to be the next big thing.

Do we know anything about him?

Ellandback1 wrote on 15 Oct 2024 04:50 pm

The Subhuman wrote: Tue Oct 15, 2024 4:34 pm Bad coach, tactically inept with us
I reckon we could be cursed :shock: