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Why Leeds Fans Should Be Swimming In A Sea Of Positivity

At last, after all the pain of the last decade and after the disaster of last season, the slow arousal that turned into a flaccid non event of the Bates era and the gross incompetence and mismanagement and mismanagement of GFH, Leeds fans, at last, have an owner who puts his money where his mouth is.

Massimo Cellino, the self appointed Sheriff of Beeston and his close knit posse have sorted the finances at the club, putting it on a sound financial footing and along with his deputy, Nicola Salerno, attracted an array of fine, mainly young, hungry talent to bolster a squad fat with old journeymen collected in the Warnock & McDermott eras.

He may not have the Qatari gazillions or Roman’s billions, the Yanks at Liverpools’ polished sporting heritage and he hasn’t demonstrated the spending with reckless abandon of Tony F at QPR.

Cellino is a man with a plan, we have a boss with charisma, passion & a drive to get Leeds United to the Premiership.

He took a long hard look at the organisation from top to bottom and went through the set up like a wrecking ball.

The miserablists this morning sit in shocked silence on their sofas, they said he wouldn’t spend after selling McCormack and would keep the cash.

Let me yell you something, won’t spend, you say, 10 new players have joined the family, 10 lots of transfers, contracts, loan fees and the promise of more to come, the miserablists can go to hell my friends.

Massimo Cellino is cool, ultra cool, from his Italian tailoring and leather jackets to his nasal twang, borne from too many smokes and possibly the odd toke over the years.

He will talk to everyone, always with wit & charm, calls the ladies darling and many of the male journalists have developed man crushes already. It doesn’t matter if its a formal press conference or a sleeve tug in the street, he’s always got time, the press who cover Leeds have found nirvana, as Cellino talks there is a rat a tat tat of quotable quotes and more metaphors than a metaphor factory.

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The Sheriff shoots from the lip and makes decisions, some appear to be bonkers, like appointing Hock & Junior as a coaching team, however, Leeds United are playing a passing style of football, the squad is fit and players are making positive noises, we are get to be convinced fully by the gruesome twosome but time and results will tell.

Truth be known, the coach is merely a pawn in the President’s game, interchangeable and replaceable, the key is that the business is strong and the squad capable of competing.

An abject performance at Millwall on the opening day of the season appears to have stung Cellino into action, or maybe it was the plan all along, who knows with Massimo.

It culminating in the most exciting day of transfer action in eons yesterday when we signed the Warrior, centre half Giuseppe Bellusci, a bit of a nutter so he will fit in great here, highly rated central defender Liam Cooper and striker Billy Sharp who the club had been having an on off affair with for years. Social media was in meltdown with unbridled joy.

The 10 signings, which are mooted to soon become a dynamic dozen if the links with the prolific Agard from Rotherham and striker Mirko Antonucci, are a mix of British & Italian lads.

The giant Stuart Taylor was signed as goalkeeping understudy to the highly rated, athletic Marco Silvestri. Defender Gaetano Berardi has already endeared himself to the fans by being sent off for a waist high kung fu challenge in the victory against Accrington. Zan Benedicic is a wonder kid creative midfielder signed from Milan, young with massive potential, Tommaso Bianchi, already dubbed Tommy White is a cultured midfielder with a fine range of passing and good technical ability. Nicky Ajose is a pacy forward who had a troubled time at Peterborough and has a point to prove. Souleymane Doukara is a powerful, fast beast of a forward who scored a couple of cracking goals on Tuesday night.

All of a sudden we have a squad with options, with Jason Pearce there is a possibility to play three at the back with wings backs.

Sam Byram is mooted to want to stay and can operate the right with young Charlie Taylor or old Warnock on the left.

Hock has integrated the likes of Cook, Dawson & Walters from the academy and Mowatt is getting back to full fitness.

There are bound to be some casualties as the remaining dead wood is swept away, there are certainly a few who fans want to get rid off, Cellino will decide who he wants to ship out or pay off.

What is certain is that we now have a charismatic, upfront owner who wears his heart on his sleeve, has a plan and is not scared to make decisions.

He will do the job we all crave and get the club back into the Premiership, without the encumbrance of a ghost bank from the Middle East who will hopefully be ousted, at least marginalised.

Cellino will put the swagger back into Leeds United, the “we are back” into Leeds.

On his watch we will get back where we belong.

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@SporcoLeeds 10:16 am, 14-Aug-2014

A crowd of 13,407 on a Tuesday night against Accrington Stanley after a loss at the weekend amply demonstrates the support Cellino can expect to generate with success, the fans are unbelievably supportive and desperate for success.

Tony Currie 10:37 am, 14-Aug-2014

Early days but a lot more promising than last week. The defeat and performance at Millwlall has obviously woken Cellino from his slumber. I would have liked these players in weeks ago, but better late than never. Now get rid of Hunt, Norris, Morison and Warnock and sign a left back, another wide player, definitely Agard as a sstriker (who looks like a rough diamond with his pace and unpredictability)and a playmaker and things will look a lot rosier. 17 players released and 10 in at LS11 is an improvement. Next week will tell a tale in how we do against Boro and Brighton. Still a lot of work to be done.

Tony Currie 10:51 am, 14-Aug-2014

We lost to Millwall convincingly and defeated Acc Stanley 2-1, and brought in three players, so forgive me if I'm not jumping from the rooftops with excitement just yet. It's an improvement on where we were, even though these guys should have been in weeks ago. Has Cellino lost his stubborn streak and realised that Serie B is a lot weaker than the Championship ? Possibly. Has he realised that he may haave sold the Hock short with no tools for the job ? Possibly. The three additions all look good players, and Sharp hopefully will be the 'fox in the box' that we don't possess. If we add Agard, I think that will be an even better addition with his pace and finishing albeit at a lower level. 17 players have been released and 10 so far have walked in through the gates of LS11. That at last is getting somewhere. If Cellino can get rid of Morison, Hunt, Norris and Warnock and add Agard, a left back, a decent wide player and a creative midfielder I think our squad would be much the better for it. The frustration many of us felt with Cellino was with the way he dealt with people, Viviani/Sorensen on/off saga, Elland Road buy back with McCormack money, Thorp Arch sale etc, negativity re possible Sam Byram sale. Credit where it's due. It's been a good week for the 'Sheriff'. Let's hope it's the start of better things to come. Results and performnces against M'boro and Brighton will give an indication of where we are as a team.

Tim 11:09 am, 14-Aug-2014

Don't forget he also covets Adryan! The players that didn't come might have been trouble makers. If they start moving the goal posts at the point of signing then Cellino won't have it. He gets players who really want to play for Leeds, first and foremost. Even though live I am hoping for a great crowd on Saturday as we need to get behind the team for lift off. Boro have also been re-building the continental way so it will be like a cup tie derby match.

sniffersshorts 11:21 am, 14-Aug-2014

well done sir, we need to be optimistic not negative, fed up of the bile and spitting of some of our supporters, who think we deserve the cream, the cream is earned. most of what we read is whipped up by the press, and most of the press want to see us fall, the sniggering bandits on sky, and now our own eating our very flesh. for frickin sake wake up, we were the poor man of the north for too long it will take time, maybe next season we can push on, rather this a buying club again, but punching within our weight not over it, or we will be in it again. keep fighting MOT

Notlaw 11:59 am, 14-Aug-2014

I am right with you Sniffershorts, for me your bang on the money. I never thought for one minute we would win at Millwall as we had a team battered by GFH and knocked about by The "Sheriff" and led by an unknown man and boy emmerging from the Forrest.We need a man like the "Sheriff "to reorganise what has been a shambolic business, with fake personal assets dressed up as players. As for the man and boy from the sheriffs forest well only time will tell. However if the Sheriff does hang him then its better to have a replacement than stick to failure. Roll on Boro on Saturday, do I think we will win, no, but one more step forward.

Richard III 12:27 pm, 14-Aug-2014

great cluster of new signings in last few days, particulary Sharp who has seemed destined to play for Leeds for years now but is still young enough and good enough to get the goals. Hope we don't sideline Smithy who did a great job last year and still feel very strongly that we should retain Byram at all costs (unlike most of the YEP " if he wants to go" brigade. Weve got to wave goodbye to the dreadful days of selling our star man and build teams round them to make sure they would never want to leave LUFC.

Notfamousanymore 12:27 pm, 14-Aug-2014

Very pleased - we needed this after what looked like a mess with Viviani and Sorensen. Bring in a bit more oomph in midfield, and ship out Kenny, Hunt, Norris and maybe Warnock, and this will look like a decent squad.

Pattaya Rag 12:34 pm, 14-Aug-2014

Van Gaal reckons he needs 3 months to bed in HIS Man U team so why should Leeds be any different? There's gonna be good days and bad this season and we shouldn't over react to either. The last thing we need is the glass half full supporters jumping on every defeat and calling for heads. If we have a competitive team in the second half of the season, one taht can give anybody in the league a game then we have progress and a foundation for the following season.

john 4:36 pm, 14-Aug-2014

What is the story with n ranger

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