20 Aug 2024 11:36:56
Can someone with footie knowledge help with two questions I have?
1) what was the point in pre season if the formations/ players we played didn't work out on day 1? It feels like a waste of time. I assume there's something I'm missing?
2) is Rodon off form because he was promised a squad that would x, y and z players in it, only for them to leave/ not materialise?
3) Why haven't we signed/ re-loaned Connor Roberts and instead bought an unknown (Bogle) ?
Not much is making sense.
Answers on a postcard.
20 Aug 2024 12:20:54
You asked 3 Mo ??.
20 Aug 2024 13:05:36
My bad. I added the third and forgot to edit.
Pick two of the three if you want ?.
20 Aug 2024 13:07:49
Pre season is all about fitness and building match fitness.
The team tactics etc. Can come as the weeks of the season proper commences.
No team starts a season at full strength or with everyone on top form. Rodon has just moved clubs maybe looking to permanently move up nearer leeds.
3-4 games in and you will see the squad finding match sharpness.
There is usually a few mad results in the league till teams settle.
Same with bogle. He needs time to integrate and find his feet.
20 Aug 2024 13:18:51
Burnley wouldn't sell Roberts.
I fully agree, Rodon seems to have regressed
Pass regarding your first question.
20 Aug 2024 13:38:32
Maybe Rodon thinks he a shoe in to start. Taken his foot off the metal. We got struik, amps, byram and wober presently that can play central. Drop him if next game not an improvement.
Having said all that. I don’t think any of back 5 have covered themselves in glory. Just Rodon has regressed more.
20 Aug 2024 13:38:56
1) I think we will see more variety in formations this year but the outgoings may be making it difficult to play those same formations without new recruits
2) Rodon looked better next to Amps imo - could be struggling to get a partnership going with Struijk
3) Because Farke preferred Bogle's attributes.
20 Aug 2024 14:40:20
What Alfonzo Cuppa said
with the extra point that it's patently obvious that the club hierarchy spun a pile of bull promises to Rodon about team and squad strength incomings and outgoings. and have so far failed to deliver
And as such Rodon is understandably peeved, which is also likely affecting his performances.
20 Aug 2024 14:48:42
Oh ok. Rodon like cooper. Not.
Rodon bit of a touchy feely type of guy.
Feels let down.
Understandable.
Need more of him.
20 Aug 2024 17:17:16
I don't think the club would have spun any bull to any incoming players or existing players. They would have told them how it was at the time, what they hoped would happen and what they were doing to make things happen. They probably said what might or could happen, but no one associated with Leeds United with anything between their ears, was predicting anything different; even you Baz straight after the play-off was predicting exactly what has happened. Rodon knew the likely consequences, as did all of the players of not getting promotion. In my opinion, it was going through their heads during the play-off final!
As for Rodon's performances; they tailed off pretty much the same time as everyone else's, i. e. after that International break. Aside from the Norwich game, we haven't played anything like since.
20 Aug 2024 19:39:59
Ani .
Rodon noticeably started to get increasingly annoyed with the si called " star performers " back end of last season .
And I was uber surprised he signed for Leeds in summer . no way would he sign if he knew by August 20th . Leeds had sold all their star players and not signed anyone for 1 month with significant weaknesses in team and squad.
20 Aug 2024 20:19:04
Well he did sign Baz. despite all of your predictions of an EPL player never wanting championship football. Rather ironic really because you spent the whole of last summer saying we should only sign EPL quality!
Nonetheless he and everyone knew our star players would likely leave so in my opinion it is irrelevant to his decision (likewise the likes of BA and the rest)
20 Aug 2024 22:00:22
Ani . most people ( including you ) did not really forsee Rutter going. there were rumours of a £50 million release clause
Rodon would have expected CS to leave but we were told players would be replaced . they still haven't.
20 Aug 2024 22:44:21
I honestly thought before the German friendlies that Summerville would stay and Rutter would go. To be fair, once Summerville did go, I thought Rutter would stay…I think the club did too. I think Farke picked his teams for the friendlies thinking the worst had happened.
Watching Rutter v Valencia (and the rest of the squad) , I, thought the worst was behind us and I was very optimistic about the moral in the squad.
I will reiterate I don’t think any of this has anything to do with Rodon’s performances with the exception of the Middlesbrough game, when it transpired the whole team knew of Rutters decision.