* EFL Championship: Leeds v Cardiff. Come on you Bluebirds. KO 14:30 *

How many of Leeds players are going to last the course?
There`s some very young inexperienced Leeds players this season who will be blooded in the Championship.
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Preview:
After promotion to the Premier League (PL) in 2019/20 ended a 16-year absence for Leeds, their top-flight stay ending after just three seasons wouldn’t have been what they had in mind. Even the PL’s proverbial survival specialist Sam Allardyce couldn’t save Leeds last season, but the Whites have now gone from one footballing extreme to the other, with Big Sam’s resolute defensive structure being replaced by Daniel Farke’s easy on the eye football.

Farke certainly knows his way around the Championship, guiding Norwich to the title in both 2018/19 and 2020/21, but it remains to be seen whether he can work that same magic at Elland Road. It’s not just in the dugout where Leeds are much changed though, it’s a similar story on the pitch too, with some big name summer departures leaving them thin on the ground and casting doubt over whether they can make an instant return to the PL.

Having narrowly escaped relegation last season, largely down to Reading’s points deduction, Cardiff have lots to prove this campaign. Like their hosts, the Bluebirds have a new manager in the dugout, with Erol Bulut taking over in the summer after securing their Championship status wasn’t enough to prevent the axe falling on Sabri Lamouchi.
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That certainly isn’t the big story at Cardiff though, with Aaron Ramsey’s spectacular return to his boyhood club in the summer dominating the headlines. What impact he has in South Wales remains to be seen, but his short term aim will undoubtedly be to help Cardiff to a victory which would mark just their third win on opening weekend across the last 11 seasons (W2, D4, L4).​

LEE - CAR | Leeds - Cardiff

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The aging old stands look even more shabby and faded than they did the last time we saw them. Not even a lick of paint for their first game "back where they belong" :love:
 
I didn't realise how good of a lineup Cardiff n I made note of the Ramsey signing but what they built around him is impressive business expect them to challenge top half
 
Leeds strategy of buying up young talent over the last 2-3 years will be fully tested this year.
They must have bought at least 5 untested u-20yr old players each at a fee around £1m.
(from serious teams too like Man Utd)
This 'model' looked a reasonable bet when Leeds first team was doing well.
Noticed fans on their forum questioning the strategy - especially when results started to plummet :LOL:

Cracking U-23 team mind!
(mind you even this team got promoted then swiftly relegated(y)Might be back up again now mind??
 
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