Ross Barkley's loan spell at Elland Road is now infamous among Leeds fans for the comment from then manager Neil Warnock that he was sending Barkley back to Everton because he couldn't guarantee him a place in the starting XI when we had Michael Brown.
Sigh.
Barkley showed a few flashes of his obvious ability while at Elland Road; I remember him setting up a McCormack goal with a brilliant cross, but he just didn't get enough game time to show what he could really do.
Butland's spell at Leeds was also ultimately disappointing. If I remember rightly, he was man of the match in his debut at Middlesbrough, and suddenly we all got excited at the thought of moving up the table, propelled by Butland and fellow loan signing Connor Wickham.
Unfortunately, that never happened and, in what was a fairly unpopular opinion at the time, I felt that Butland did make a fair few mistakes that were largely ignored because of his reputation. Admittedly, he was playing behind a defense performing horribly.
In spite of all that, this repaint was an inevitability for my collection once the Butland figure was released! And I've gotta say, I think it's pretty sharp. I always liked this keeper kit!
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