Last Friday saw Leeds Utd win their third game of the season and reach 11 points. At least another 7 wins needed but at least it looks like we are on course NOT to break any of the following records for lowest number of points in the premier League: Derby 11 points Southampton 12 points Sunderland 15 points Sheff Utd 16 points Huddersfield 16 points Aston Villa 17 points Sunderland 19 points We do however have to worry about breaking the records of teams being relegated with the highest points totals: Birmingham 39 points Blackpool 39 points West Ham 42 points. Wonder where we would be now if Andoni Iraola had agreed to come to Leeds. A lot of the pundits in the summer thought Bournemouth must need cash as they sold players for a total of £238m and made themselves a tidy profit and yet they proudly sit 2nd in the league. Last Friday before the great win was the investors meeting. According to reports from Leeds Live and Ger from the View, there were only 3 items on the agenda. 1) The future of DF, 2) January transfer window and 3) the proposed stadium expansion. So as I have stated before everything revolves around staying up. Lucas Paqueta wants leave WHU in January, so will this news cause more unrest in the Hammers squad? It’s also believed that Bowen wants to leave too, but that could upset his father in law Danny Dyer and plenty of the faithful. The earlier story in the week regarding Seb Bornouw wanting to leave may have some legs. It seems the Belgium sports media are saying he needs to come home if he wants to play in the World Cup. Anderlecht are very interested in him and we do have an open line into the Anderlecht club due to their interest in Meslier. We have also been linked on multiple occasions for Mario Stroeykens. It makes you wonder if a double exit deal from Leeds and a move the other way for Stoeykens. It gives Leeds the number ten they need as well as only costing us 2 players we don’t use and maybe £4m. Talk of Robbie Keane taking over at Celtic? Always liked him as a player but bad memories of him with Big Sam at Leeds in the final weeks of that shyte 22/23 season. Cant see it happening. Kalvin Phillips now fully fit and on the City bench Wednesday night. Yes crappy cup game but surely time for some clickbait Kalvin to Leeds headlines Liam Delap fancied some extra time off as he came back from injury for Chelsea in the cup and got himself sent off Last week I suggested Iraola would have saved us in 22/23 if he had accepted the offer. After Iraola we went for Arne Slot and right now he is proving he can’t do it with his own players but was great with Klopps squad. Looking like Slot is up there with Big Sam and would have got us relegated. What do we do about Joel Piroe who has been the Championships prolific goal scorer for 4 seasons between Swansea and Leeds. He has a 43% strike rate which is pretty good at Championship level. However DF isn’t using him in the EPL so surely we should sell as he’s valued at £15m and we know there are Dutch clubs wanting as well as Championship sides.
