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Leeds United: Too Many Mongrels, Not Enough Pedigree

by Paul Sherman
28 July 2014 40 Comments

It won't matter how many quality players we sign, it'll be like giving caviar to a pig...

Leeds United: Too Many Mongrels, Not Enough Pedigree

Sheriff Massimo’s back in town this week, first job: fire deputy dogs***, then buy the defenders, playmaker, pace and strikers we need to survive in the dog eat dog world of the Championship.

Right now we have too many mongrels in the pack and need to add some pedigree.

Listen to me Massimo, we need two hairy-a***d centrebacks, some serious pace, a talented playmaker and a prolific striker, minimum - now, my friend - and a new coach because it’s no good giving caviar to pigs.

It is well document that I support Cellino but Hock and Junior are a disaster, deluded, out of their depth, clueless never-will-be’s. The decision to appoint them is baffling, can only be explained if Cellino’s advisers included Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder and Paul the octopus.

Hock pledged to play his strongest side against Chesterfield in a friendly yesterday and picked Morison, a centre forward who hasn’t performed since he left Millwall years ago as a left winger and sat two of our most technically accomplished players, Bianchi & Berardi on the bench.

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Did he pick his “best 11” based on salary rather than ability, or was it a poorly disguised letter of resignation?

In the director’s box at Chesterfield a short funny looking bloke with a west country accent wearing a Millwall blazer was p***ing himself and chuckling “best team you say”.

Nearly 2,000 Leeds fans made the shortish journey to watch the game and were treated to a debacle which featured, on top of the ridiculous, narrow formation, a running battle between Pearce & Wooton, comedy communication with the bench and Warnock over an injury and moaning by Morison that he was unhappy being played out wide.

The most concerning of all, in fact unforgivable facts: the players didn’t look comfortable in the formation and many of them showed a distinct and abject lack of confidence. Think about that, the players lacked confidence in a system they have been working on all pre-season, marvellous.

For pure giggles it’s worth watching Hock’s post match interviews, on Saturday he said we played well & dominated, same as when we lost to Mansfield, he also basically said we can’t defend and we can’t score from open play, he didn’t state the blindingly obvious that we haven’t covered defending yet but have spent a long time concentrating on arguing with each other, playing out of position and sucking out confidence.

In order to to compete we need those promised additions and fast, to form a first team along these lines.

Silvestri

Berardi new hard case Central Defender new hard case Central Defender Taylor/Warnock

Byram Bianchi New Playmaker New Rapid Wide Man

Smith/New Striker New Striker

Pearce, Murphy, Mowatt, Cook and Taylor make up the rest of the good enough group.

Salerno’s recruits look promising so far, all come with strong reputations, rated by respected Italian journalists & watchers, but Doukara is probably the biggest risk.

The Viviani transfer saga rumbles on, tomorrow appears to be decision day, he has a good reputation and is highly rated, Cellino is a canny old bugger [buggero in Italian], he said it was dead on Friday, was that his final ploy to get the deal done under his terms?

The fact that the deal wasn’t completed and Cellino was in Miami on holiday are not entirely unrelated, our club is run by one man and one man only, no President, no party, watch it all happen, Sheriff Massimo will be back in town, guns blazing, expect massive action over the course of the next week…

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kev walters 12:47 pm, 27-Jul-2014

I agree 100% checked the odds on us to get religated 7/2 with most firms im ashamed to say im tempted .

Tim 12:52 pm, 27-Jul-2014

I renewed my Season Ticket as an act of faith in Cellino after much sould searching. After witnessing first hand that shambles yesterday and listening to Hockaday on the way home I for one will not be taking my seat until Cellino takes decisive action and rids of of Hockaday and Junior. It just isn't worth the time and money to travel from the east coast to watch this stuff. Hockaday hasn't lost the dressing room as he never had it and as for announcing to the world his best eleven with including the two Italians beggars belief! Make this decision first Cellino as the word is out and no quality players will come with these clowns in charge. I still believe in you and we all make mistakes but admitting and taking prompt action is what counts. By the way does anyone know if Gibbs is still at the club?

gazza 12:57 pm, 27-Jul-2014

disgusted yesterday travelled to watch that trash , same as last year except the goalie cook and no mcormack, no pace no wideman no strikers = no movement in the channels we just stop at half way cos nobody there to make runs etc, byram looks good on right wing but the idiot had him right back half the match why not get the new guy at right back from the off , your 100 percent right we need a dominant centre back a wide winger and replace mccormack urgent ! urgent! i dont think its gonna happen i think he s pocketing the barss if this is the case demonstration against boro , who s up for it, im not having our top scorer sold and not replaced with bullshit lies, its too late now season starts in 13 days , = liar cellino, stuff the stadium we want good players flair attacking now, whos up for the march if he s lies arent met

mickeyboy 12:58 pm, 27-Jul-2014

2 friendlies against lower league opposition not what we call good results , we need to buy now ,give the new coach a couple of months then judge him,we got new players ,play them.

gazza 1:00 pm, 27-Jul-2014

and plus that why were the italians only introduced after around 60 mins when they need to blend with our trash ? they looked miles better than our lot once they came on calm cool lovely passing, jesus were going down

gazza 1:02 pm, 27-Jul-2014

gibbs has being booted out, reason he knew how to coach and play football were in a right mess and , WHERES CELLINO- ie wheres brian , answer ON HOLIDAY YES ON HOLIDAY when we need him !!!!!!!!! letters to mr cellino elland rd beeston ls11 , please ask when the mcormack money is getting spent on these quality 4 players that we desp desp need or we are down full stop

cav 1:03 pm, 27-Jul-2014

Did i hear that right! We whent from one nil up, to two nil down, deary deary me...... Get the clown out now...

@SporcoLeeds 1:04 pm, 27-Jul-2014

Gibbs is apparently at the club, pushing a pen round an office somewhere in one of the longest Mexican standoffs in history. He is under contract, I guess on good money and it looks like Cellino doesn't want to pay him off....

Captain_Peacock 1:10 pm, 27-Jul-2014

When McDermott was tending to his sick mother after the end of last season, Cellino was asking the question "Where's Brian?". Well, let me turn this on it's head and ask "Where's Massimo?". On holiday in Florida I hear you say? But hang on a minute, this is the guy who cancelled the players holidays as he wanted them all in by the end of June and hence before pre-season began. So why is Massimo having his holiday during pre-season instead of casting his eagle eye over his new charges? He will have other times throughout the year to have a well earned rest no doubt. After all, Cellino told us that he was the manager and Hockaday was merely a coach. It appears to be a case of "Do as I say, not as I do!". I for one am distinctly unimpressed by his absence.

DJ 1:12 pm, 27-Jul-2014

Spot on could not have said it better myself,it's plain for every one to see where we need to strengthen and fast Massimo is no fool expect action as soon as regards DJ Thames Valley White mot

Henryv 1:22 pm, 27-Jul-2014

We have had our fair share of managers/coaches who are 'watching a different game' to us. The Hock said we were unlucky not to be leading at half-time. I don't think we had a shot on target in the first half, whereas Chesterfield could have had two. He said the mistakes were are making are easy to rectify. Yes, but a firing squad would be illegal in the UK. I hope Don Cellion does not mess up the Viviani deal! His arrogance is his achilles heel. The Hock also said Morison was happy playing out wide??? He also said Sam would be a right back, as he played better there than further up. That must mean Berardi is a reserve full back??? I cannot see a goal coming our way, apart from the odd penalty. If the Hock could stop these two errors at thee back it would help:- 1. Stop all the defenders all charging towards the ball and leaving 3 attackers un marked. 2. Stop all the defenders ignoring the ball and letting it run through to their strikers.

Henryv 1:27 pm, 27-Jul-2014

Just a point on Mr Cellino's holiday. He is effectively the manager of our team, as well as total decision maker. He should be here and watching the games, so he can suffer with us. If he is just ringing the Hock, he will get: "We played very well and should have scored more goals. Everything is progressing nicely".

Jemsym 1:28 pm, 27-Jul-2014

Harsh but fair. The fundamental error made by Hockaday was to trumpet that this (the starting line-up I assume) was Leeds's best team. That in itself shows how clueless he is. To then field a team with all but one of our recent signings warming the bench, moreover a team that would have been lucky to win one game last season, serves to compound his amateurish stupidity. There is an old saying that "in business, there is nothing so sad as a man promoted beyond his capabilities". Mr. Cellino has only days left to save our beloved club from Championship annihilation next season...it's that bad!

donnyloz 1:59 pm, 27-Jul-2014

LAUGHABLE....wow the circus has really landed @ Elland Road.

BRIAN 2:09 pm, 27-Jul-2014

agree totaly with what you all say.Hockaday and junior have to go "NOW", before its to late for us.we need to bring in a quality "name" to manage/coach our team . someone with the experience/ability to recognise the quality players that are needed at this level, to get us out of this bloody league. this present load of garbage we have, will get us RELEGATED for certain. ive supported this club for the past 45 years now, through thick and thin , but im pissed off with people laughing at us.i live in north wales and go to all our home games.its a lot of money out of my wages to keep travelling to leeds to watch what has been for the last 2 seasons ,a load of crap !! we invest into this club every time we buy a tickeT. ITS HIGH TIME MR.CELLINO +CO STARTED SHOWING THEIR COMITMENT TO BUYING IN SOME DECENT PLAYERS.BUING BACK ELLAND ROAD COMES SECOND TO ME.WATCHING LEEDS UTD PLAYING IN THE LOWER DREGS OF THE ENGLISH DIVISIONS IN OUR "OWNED" STADIUM, WILL MEAN "NOTHING" TO ME !! IM NEW ON THIS, SO SORRY FOR THE RANT !!!!

BRIAN 2:12 pm, 27-Jul-2014

APOLOGIES IF WORDED TO STRONGLY.

alec ferguson 2:21 pm, 27-Jul-2014

cnt disagree with anything you have said need players badly or the animals are going to eat us ,surely there must be a far better coach than this numpty

Lykewakewalker 2:27 pm, 27-Jul-2014

Hockaday and Junior - if you pay peanuts you get monkeys and boy, what a couple of monkey's we have got. If this isn't sorted soon we will be the laughing stock of Division 1.

JDC 3:07 pm, 27-Jul-2014

Have to say I liked that Paul ... well done, you've probably summed up what a large section of fans feel. I tuned in to listen on LUTV and optimism turned to disbelief when TK announced the line up, only two changes from last year's debacles when I expected at least three of the new signings to feature ... Silvestri, Berardi and Bianchi with Doukara on the bench. Does Shockaday really believe that Aidy White is a more accomplished midfield player than Tomasso Bianchi? If he does, he should watch them pass a football, or count the number of times they run down blind alleys and lose possession. If he wants to play White, it should only be at LB when Charlie Taylor is unable to play ... no Warnock for me I'm afraid ... and then on to the piece de resistance, the post match interview ... nothing short of utter garbage. Massimo, two options for coach ... a joint appointment of Nigel Gibbs and Benito Carbone or Gary Mac.

Gary Tunnicliffe 3:46 pm, 27-Jul-2014

You may be right but me I am a Leeds fan, I support them and will get behind the Hock until he is not there. Slating him and the team helps nobody if you don't like it then don't go. Hock is a good coach, pre season means nothing and to call for his head is total stupidity. If he was sacked now we would be in a far worse mess.

Tim 3:54 pm, 27-Jul-2014

Cellino knows Gary Mac and I can't understand why he was not appointed when Reading played hardball with their guy. Gary knows and understands the club and would have us playing football. He was unfortunate to lose his job the last time. I would have him back in a heartbeat.

white down under 4:25 pm, 27-Jul-2014

I cant see hocks and junior being around after November,, even if we are in the top 1/2 of the table,, I give them less time if we are in the bottom 1/2.

gazza 4:48 pm, 27-Jul-2014

we put in an honest shift, fuckinghell as that all that comes out of this amateurs gob, thats not we want to hear at this fuking level we know there putting in honest shifts i would if i was playing , THERE NOT FUKING GOOD ENOUGH THEY COME 15TH AND STAYED UP COS OF MCCORMACKS GOALS, GET REPLACEMENTS IN QUALITY ATTACKER WINGER CENTRE BACK ETC ETC CHOP CHOP YOUVE GOT THE MONEY YOUVE SOLD OUR BEST FUKING PLAYER OR HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN--- HES NOT BEING REPLACED YET WERE FUKING WAITING -FINGER OUT OR FUKOFF GET ON T PHONE TO ASSHOLE SAT IN MIAMI, CELLINO WHERES CELLINO, RING HIM UP TELL HIM TO WATCH THAT SHIT I WITNESSED YESTERDAY,

phil brown 5:53 pm, 27-Jul-2014

Gazza ...I think you said what we all feel...The football world is laughing at this great club...the coach has no idea...and the Italian is off on holiday...LUFC is a bit like the Titanic ...heading for disaster with owner and captain ith no idea what to do...MOT!!!

Madman 5:55 pm, 27-Jul-2014

Great article and I am delighted to read some excellent responses as well. Last season we avoided relegation because of Ross McCormack and Michael Brown who was stupendous in our last ten games. Our woeful squad is still made up of some of the poorest players we have ever had, but until next summer when most are out of contract, we sadly have no option but to keep them at the club. What is frightening is that so far Cellinos Summer signings don't look great. Having seen Dakara and Biancci at both Chesterfield and Mansfield, neither will add anything to the team, indeed Dakara is absolutely hopeless! The keeper will need to be good as he is in for a long and busy season. Cellino must take action. He must replace Hockiday TONIGHT!!!! Bring in an established and respected coach like Steve Clarke and pay him well! This is Leeds United a graveyard for managers and players alike. You can't expect cheap recruits from Seria B to perform at Elland Road. It will not happen and at the moment we have a squad perfectly capable of being relegated. Let no one be in any doubt about that.

rob atkinson 6:44 pm, 27-Jul-2014

Cellinio is a legend

kingkong 6:45 pm, 27-Jul-2014

phil brown, no one gives a fuk about "our great club" and gazza i may be tempted to take you seriously if you could actually string a sentence together. but i do agree, hock is a clueless bellend

gazza 7:01 pm, 27-Jul-2014

get cellino rang up hockaplock n tell him we want that 11 million fuking spent were shight and were going down get max back do us all a favour we all loved him youve just pocketed mcormack money that should be straight back in for three quality players get it fuking spent im fuming with this shight ten years of it now, get it spent

Ken Taylor 7:05 pm, 27-Jul-2014

No, I don't think other teams fans are laughing at us. They've done that 'til they were sick. It's worse than that. They feel sorry for us. Except the other Championship teams. They just can't wait to play us.

Warren 9:53 pm, 27-Jul-2014

It says DH on his shirt for a reason!

rob atkinson 10:04 pm, 27-Jul-2014

Gazza you need to learn to spell and grammar sick of telling you on my site

john palmer 10:27 pm, 27-Jul-2014

agree except Lees will be atop c.b. with an experienced good partner some non league .trash to get rid of Morison,Austin,Wooton,Pearce,Warnock an hockaday

Captain_Peacock 10:45 pm, 27-Jul-2014

At the risk of being jumped on and called negative for daring to hold Cellino to account for what he said, did he not say that all of the £35 million received from the sale of Cagliari would be invested in Leeds United? Add to that the £11 million received for McCormack = £46 million. Minus the amount spent on new players (there will be an adjustment here on the positive side for all the excess dross that has also gone from the wage bill), minus the cost of buying back Elland Road, this should still leave around £25 - £30 million for investment in the team and not the £15 million Cellino has said? Taking into account all the other staff redundancies as well as trimming the squad and there should surely be enough funds to assemble a squad capable of challenging in the Championship?

Gordon 10:47 pm, 27-Jul-2014

Supported leeds for 65 years and must admit That we are clueless he blames defence when our so called attackers have not had shots on goal. We recruit players and leave them sat on a bench the man as to go sooner the better

Greg 10:54 pm, 27-Jul-2014

Whilst I agree with majority of comments don't think Taylor ready for first choice left back seen him in pre season and think not quick enough with ball think white first choice and should get run but he has looked sharp in pre season in comparison to majority of squad not been that impressed with Italian players and think championship will be a challenge for them agree get Gary mac in

Chris M 11:09 pm, 27-Jul-2014

Hockadays appointment has been a farce from day one. Any manager who can't get his squad together and in shape preseason is on a hiding to nothing. With less than 2 weeks before the season starts, the signings and squad should be in place. Everone involvolved by now, should have a thorough understanding of each other and know what direction we are going. This we we do not have and I as an avid season ticket holder, I feel we are going to have another pantomime of a season. Why has Cillino got this obsession of wanting to buy Elland road, albeit it would be good to have it back. However, bricks and morter aren't going to win us games. It sounds like another Ken Bates personal property agenda if you ask me. In summary. I think yet again everything has been left until the last minute, with no understanding of time lines that will give a squad, manager and all those involved a chance to work as a team. Hence the reason why the preseason games and build up is becoming a farce. With I'm sure more to come.

rob atkinson 7:45 am, 28-Jul-2014

gazza shut up

kingkong 10:33 am, 28-Jul-2014

gazza its they're not there. to be honest, you're(see what i did there? its called a contraction)as clueless as hock

Ady 12:31 pm, 28-Jul-2014

Fair assessment by the hock, not played a competitive fixture yet and you are all asking for his head, you really need to get a grip or a life or both.

rob atkinson 9:54 am, 29-Jul-2014

ADY FUCK OFF

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