22 May 2019 14:18:27
YEP have ran a story of all Orta's signings since he joined. here it is with my verdicts:
Jansson – decent but not really Orta's choice it was already agreed
Klich – decent
Sacko – awful
Wiedwald – awful
Anita – awful
Borthwick Jackson – awful
Alioski – ok
Saiz – showed brilliance but not often enough
Lonergan – backup
Ekuban – awful
Bouy – time will tell
Cibicki – awful
Grot – time will tell
Pennington – awful
Lasogga – awful
De Bock – awful
Ideguchi – awful
Forshaw – injured
Baker – awful
Blackman – unknown
Roberts – ok
Douglas – awful
Harrison – ok
Bamford – awful
Brown – unknown
Casilla – awful
So overall, 6 decent or ok players, 5 unknown, 1 who was just a backup and 13 awful. Over half his signings have been flops so for me that means Orta is also a flop.


1.) 22 May 2019
22 May 2019 15:26:12
Good post Alf! Quite a bit of money involved in all of those buys! So perhaps what we can blame Radz for is not having replaced Orta with someone better!


2.) 22 May 2019
22 May 2019 15:51:30
Looks about right . Douglas bang average ditto Forshaw . Rest I agree with except for Bamford who I would label bloody frustrating .


3.) 22 May 2019
22 May 2019 16:44:43
Wouldnt call Casilla and Bamford awful signings, I think both are time will tell, both could turn it round next season and think Robert's is better than ok.


4.) 22 May 2019
22 May 2019 16:50:11
Alf generally agree but you cannot say Ideguchi is awful. As yet we have not seen him kick a ball in anger. I would also put a big? against Douglas. He played well early doors but before his injury, his form tailed off. Harrison, to me was one who flattered to deceive with his form never living up to his billing.


5.) 22 May 2019
22 May 2019 17:42:51
Ideguchi couldn't get a game for a third tier Spanish club so hardly a great signing. He has done nothing whatsoever for us since he was signed so therefore at best a 'time will tell' but I've been less than impressed with his career since he signed for us. I wouldn't be surprised if he was offloaded having never featured. in terms of signings for Leeds Utd - awful as he has added absolutely nothing of value.


6.) 22 May 2019
22 May 2019 17:54:40
Next season's first team recruitment should be down to Bielsa only, or whoever the Manager is. If Orta stays he should stick to the Development side of things.


7.) 22 May 2019
22 May 2019 18:22:19
roofe? not bad
some of the young under 23s looking pretty good

bamford and keeper need time

bamford first year not bad at all really

orta for me not done a bad job.