The Legendary Chairman Novel - Chapter 728
728 Is This the Leeds United U21 Youth Team?
With the addition of Stephen M’Bia, Leeds United’s season is almost over.
Of course, the premise is that the Leeds United players will no longer be left.
There is not much time left until the 2007-2008 Premier League season begins and the new season is really about to begin.
Leeds United’s first-round opponent for the 2007-2008 season was Manchester City. The opponent’s strength was quite strong, so Zhong Cheng naturally attached great importance to this match.
Leeds United posted their first-team squad roster for the season on their website at the start of the season, as follows:
Goalkeeper: Simon Mignolet, 193cm tall, 88kg weight, 19 years old, number 25.
Goalkeeper: Zhong Zheng, height 196cm, weight 90kg, age 21, number 1.
Right-back: Sagna, 178cm tall, 76kg weight, 24 years old, No. 2.
Right-back: Glen Johnson, 182cm tall, 78kg weight, 23 years old, number 12.
Left-back: Aver La, 175cm tall, 72kg weight, 26 years old, No. 3.
Left-back: Gareth Bale, 183cm tall, 76kg, 18 years old, No. 13.
Centre-back: Gerard Peeker, 194cm tall, 85kg weight, 20 years old, No. 5.
Centre-back: Gary Cahill, 188cm tall, 78kg weight, 22 years old, number 33.
Centre-back: Ivanovic, 188cm tall, 88kg in weight, 23 years old, No. 14.
Centre-back: Compani, 192cm in height, 88kg in weight, 21 years old, No. 4.
Centre-back: Boateng, 192cm tall, weighing 90kg, 18 years old, number 35.
Back waist: Matz Hummels, 192cm tall, 88kg weight, 18 years old, No. 15.
Back waist: Sedu Keita, 183cm tall, 75kg weight, 27 years old, No. 8.
Back waist: Yaya Toure, 188cm tall, 80kg weight, 24 years old, No. 6.
Backside: Stephen M’Bia, 189cm tall, 82kg weight, 21 years old, number 32.
Back waist: Mohammed Sissoko, 191cm tall, 83kg in weight, 22 years old, No. 16.
Midfielder: Eden Azar, 172cm tall, 69kg weight, age 16, number 23.
Midfielder: Kevin Debraune, 181cm tall, 76kg weight, 16 years old, No. 18.
Front waist: Luka Modric, height 177cm, weight 76kg, age 21, number 10.
Front waist: Yoann Gourcuff, 185cm tall, 79kg weight, 21 years old, No. 20.
Midfielder: Samir Nasri, 175cm tall, 76kg weight, 20 years old, No. 22.
Midfield: Shao Jiayi, 188cm tall, 79kg weight, 27 years old, No. 19.
Left Vanguard: Franck Ribery, 175cm tall, 78kg weight, 24 years old, No. 7.
Right avant-garde: Hua Jin, height 179 cm, weight 77 kg, age 26, number 11.
Vanguard: Levandovsky, 184cm tall, 79kg weight, 19 years old, No. 39.
Vanguard: Edison Cavani, 184cm tall, 75kg weight, 20 years old, No. 17.
Forward: Luca Tony, 193cm tall, 88kg weight, 30 years old, No. 9.
Forward: Alexander Pato, 180cm tall, 73kg weight, 17 years old, No. 21.
This is the list of Leeds United’s first-team squad for this season. There are a total of 28 players in the squad. The squad doesn’t look bloated. There are also two 16-year-olds in the squad. They don’t need to take up first-team spots and they can be promoted from the youth team at any time.
The roster has changed a lot since last season when Gary Kelly retired at full-back and Glen Johnson took his place. At centre-back, Thomas Vermaelen was replaced by Jerome Boateng.
Lower back positions have changed dramatically with Mascherano, Alexander Song and Diaby, while the new season has seen Mohamed Sissoko, Stephen Mbia, Sedu Keita and Matz Hummel. Of course, Matz Humerus was introduced as a centre-back.
The change in midfield was also significant, with Moussa Dembele and Shadley both gone, the youth team’s Eden Azar and Kevin DeBrown, and the introduction of Samir Nasri as a substitute for the injured Franck Ribery.
The change in the front line is also very big, Olich left in the middle of the season. Then Nicholas Bendtner, Carlos Tevez and Darren Bent, but only two strikers, Levandovsky and Alexander Pato, came.
This season, Leeds United’s offer of reinforcements was quite large, bringing in nine players, which was quite rare in previous seasons. Only last season’s offer of reinforcements had reached the current level.
Although there were so many reinforcements, the general framework of Leeds United did not change. They maintained their relatively intact skeleton and only made some simple supplements. The only change was the position of their lower back. However, after the pre-match warm-up, the position at the back was not a problem.
Many media outlets are still worried about Leeds United’s new season. After all, Leeds United has undergone a lot of changes, especially in the front, with two strikers, Carlos Tevez and Darren Bent, scoring goals. The two youngsters, Pato and Levandovsky, are good substitutes for Luca Tony and Edison Cavani? They are skeptical.
Many people saw Leeds United’s new season forward they are all but incomparably, Leeds United also has a good goal ability to rotate the main striker, this is the media reporters and fans worried.
When they saw Leeds United’s first-team roster for the new season, everyone understood that Zhong Cheng was completely on the Youth Guards’ side. There was only one player over 30 years old in the formation, and the players were all very young.
The oldest player in the Leeds United squad is forward Luca Tony, who is just 30 years old. In other words, there is only one player over 30 in the leeds lineup this season, four in the 25-29 age group, 15 in the 20-24 age group and eight in the 15-19 age group.
Apparently, the main age group of Leeds United players this season is still concentrated in the 20-24 age group, which is very, very young.
The Leeds United average age is 21.57, a year older than last year’s Leeds United. However, this is still the youngest team in the Premier League this season.
Although it looked very young, Leeds United were even younger last season.
Last season Leeds United won the Premier League, the Carling Cup and the FA Cup. This was beyond many people’s expectations. This young Leeds United was truly too powerful.
The current Leeds United team was also very young, but at this time, very few people dared to doubt the Leeds United team.
Leeds United won so many titles at such a young age last season. This season, Leeds United are a year older than last season’s Leeds United. They have more experience, who would dare to question them?
Of course, the Manchester Evening News is still questioning Leeds United at this time. Last season, Leeds United stole Manchester United’s league title at the end of the season. This made Manchester United very unhappy and angry. The Manchester Evening News naturally would not give Leeds a good face.
The Manchester Evening News continues to claim that Leeds United are too young to be successful in the Premier League. This season, Leeds United will not only fail to win the Premier League, they will not even be able to make it into the top four of England.
Because Leeds United have played a lot of regular players this season, Leeds United will definitely change a lot this season. Leeds United will not be able to succeed.
The Manchester Evening News cited Leeds United ‘s attack, The four-man frontline was really too thin, and only Luca Tony and Edison Cavani could be used as strikers. Alexander Pato and Robert Lewandowski were too young to be useful, and they could barely hold on to Leeds United’s forward substitutes.
So, Leeds United’s front line is bound to be a problem this season, no one scored for them, what else can Leeds United do to achieve good results?
At this point, the Manchester Evening News believes Leeds United’s biggest headline of the new season is forward, with the two young substitutes scoring no more than 10 goals in a season. How could Leeds United play in the Premier League with such an attack?
The Manchester Evening News is one of a handful of media outlets who believe Leeds United have been a bit overwhelmed this season. It has been a difficult season for Leeds United to get rid of all the players on the frontlines.
Even many Premier League celebrities claim they do not understand what Zhong Cheng is thinking? Why can’t you reinforce a more reliable risk just by reinforcing so many positions? If Leeds United were to reinforce a solid front, they would have been a terrible season. Unfortunately, Leeds United are digging their own grave.
At this time, there were naturally a lot of people paying attention to right and wrong.
Because every season there will be a lot of people watching Leeds United, because Leeds United’s lead is really too unique, almost every year to bring in some very young players. Leeds United can be considered a clean sweep of the Premier League. It seems that Zhong Cheng really cares about the title of Young Guards.
Yes, even when Leeds United fans saw such a young lineup, they were still very worried and worried because the average age of a mature team was around 27 or 28, and 25 was considered relatively young.
What’s the average age of Leeds United?
The team in their early twenties was simply too young to even be called a first-team team. They were simply a U21 youth team. So no wonder Leeds United fans are worried.
Leeds United are too young!
However, Zhong Cheng himself was very confident that Leeds United could achieve good results!