Fast forward to Saturday and Leeds had lost to a Millwall team who had experienced something of an upturn in form. The second half was truly awful from Leeds as Woolford and Malone sealed a win for the Lions. Post match, Brian McDermott wasn't impressed and rightly so, we were truly abysmal, however, he wasn't the only one who was upset. Once again, Nooruddin took to Twitter to voice his concern.
We are looking to bring a striker and a winger .. BUT with current squad we should have won today!!!
— salah nooruddin (@salahnooruddin) September 28, 2013
This leads me neatly on to the next point. Last week, we were told to expect a new striker by Saturday and we still haven't got one in. Now, Nooruddin has told us that we are looking for both a striker and a winger. Whilst I acknowledge a bit of width wouldn't go amiss, I disagree with the constant public drone of the owners regarding a new striker. A striker with confidence is one that will score goals for you and the constant speculation can't help but undermine the players McDermott has at his disposal in attack forwards. Also, by putting this out there now, Nooruddin has made a rod for GFH's back if no new signings are made soon and fans will quickly turn on the management, especially with the news (well it was in the Daily Star if that counts!) that fan favourite Becchio wants a return to Leeds.
When Bates was evil overlord at LS11, we all said that transparency was one of the things that we wanted from the new chairman. No longer did we want to put up with 'Agent X wanted too much money' or my favourite, 'a number of players weren't able to be released from international duty'. However, now I feel we have gone too far the other way and the current transparency can't help the squad or McDermott as they look to pick up their form after five defeats in six. In my opinion, it's not McDermott or the squad who need to deliver, but the ownership, who have promised us a two year plan, but seemingly have a 'short term' mantra that Neil Warnock would be proud of.
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