Leeds Banter Archive April 01 2014

01 Apr 2014 22:24:23
Last season Peterborough went down with 54 points. On our current form I can't see us getting another 7 to add to our 47. Last year was probably exceptional but the current bottom 3 have better form than us over the past 10 games. Will someone please sort this mess out.

{Ed003's Note - I reckon 46/47 will keep a team up this year.}

Great stuff Ed. so we can all sleep easier. JD

Bit optimistic Ed, especially with Barnsley doing their annual great escape and I expect Millwall to start picking up wins. Birmingham are in a bit of a rut, but we still have to go there. We're in freefall and it won't be getting any better any time soon.

{Ed003's Note - I've thought it for a long while SG,some really poor teams in this years championship imo.}

If we can't beat Donny and Charlton at home were well in trouble with some tough games coming up, itll be the same old excuses.enoughs enough Brian, never mind the money please give us a chance of safety and walk, and please take Hunt and co with ya.

01 Apr 2014 21:45:24
Jesus, another home defeat and he says the players are behind him! Can anyone honestly see us picking up any points at all from our final few games?

01 Apr 2014 21:56:09
We can't sack McDermott, it'd cost millions to pay him off, millions we don't have.
Also, we can't be educated points this late in the season.

The buck stops with the Manager. Nice guy but his record is absolutely shocking and I do not know how he has the nerve to stay. Just pack your bags and go please.

01 Apr 2014 22:27:35
Accept he can't be sacked in current circumstances. However, nothing to stop them sending him home on full pay, then asking one of the Elland Rd cleaners to manage the team til the end of the season. With us so bereft of absolutely anything on the pitch, would the cleaner do any worse?

01 Apr 2014 18:56:39
Here's a thought about the players.
When you have shed goals like we have, confidence sinks, the crowd then get on the players back, as we have a right to do. Confidence then completely drains away, so much so that you are terrified to do anything for fear of making a mistake its a vicious circle. likewise the manager, he's been sacked and is now trying instil confidence and beleif into players, when he has none himself probably he doubts every decision he makes at the moment. Knowing he more than likely to get the bullet very soon. Would anyone perform well in these circumstances? I am not sympathsing with BMD, I hoped for much more from him. This season which started with so much promise of a bright future. Has been ruined by the only company from the Gulf with no money and false promises. Just a thought.
Tewey

Don't worry, we're live on TV at Wigan on Saturday! The whole country can watch another Sheff Wendy type capitulation. Not to mention the best news of all, we've still got our trip to Oakwell to come.

01 Apr 2014 19:09:12
Ladies and gentlemen,
This is the last time I will say this.
Please let's support Leeds United our club and our team.
Isn't it a stupid thing to fight between ourselves when the club needs our wholehearted support.
Please forget our owners and managers and let's shout for the team.
Sadly most of you haven't known the great days but with a lot of luck they might come back soon.
Jeff

I don't think there's any worry about that to be honest jeff I like the fact we all voice an opinion cause it shows how much we care whether in good times or not!
its the joys of being a leed fan if anything I think its bringing us fans closer together as we cling on to he hope of a better future for our beloved club!
MOT for the club I dearly love so much! leeds till I die!

A very sensible post

01 Apr 2014 17:04:32
Another player that's been needed to be dropped for weeks has also being "playing through the pain barrier" rubbish.

01 Apr 2014 15:22:06
I told you all months ago.
The first thing Massimo said to BMD was

Are you only here for the money!!

SURVIVOR
You told us a lot of things hence the reason NOBODY believes you anymore ;(

To be far I do remember Jeff posting that. Jeff, I for one as still on board with you. Please keep feeding us information which you have.

Cheers

Ben

01 Apr 2014 15:35:15
Ok Good news for tonight
3 points Guaranteed

Here's how!

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{Ed007's Note - I am not going to post anything hoping a player gets injured. That's why your first attempt at 'humour' wasn't posted. You're lucky I didn't ban you.}

Never thought of it like that Ed.
Ok let's just say they only have 1 goalie tonight!!
we need a win and we need good news on Thursday!

{Ed007's Note - Leeds fans wouldn't like to see a post saying it about a Leeds player mate, even if it is said as a joke.}

01 Apr 2014 13:43:47
Just spent 15 mins on the phone with Massimo's Italian agent and he says it's still -50 50 what happens next.
For gods sake we don't need another admin.
Jeff

01 Apr 2014 14:17:41
Jeff, of course it's 50/50 he either gets the go ahead or not. Their is no other stat involved. It's like saying Noel Hunt is overpaid true/false. Maybe that wasn't the best example, but still Brian from Weatherby, still managed to get it wrong.

If this is true don't you think your jeopardising that trust posting that you have just spoke to him, I know you have being told to be less cryptic but this post doesn't actually reveal anything we don't know and could put your links at risk.

"It's like saying Noel Hunt is overpaid true/false"

No it isn't that's a straight 100% YES he is. Anyone being paid £25,000 per WEEK for doing NOTHING is a no brainer?

How many games has he actually played?

Work out how much per hour that figure equates to, playing time?

Played 12 games In total for leeds so for 12 games say £25000 just for 12 games = £2080 ish so in 6 month 600,000 for 12 games = 50,000 a game! What a disgrace then again maths is terrible but seems about right.

Just had a quick calculation aswell - 12 games = 16 hours. 16 hours/£600, 00 = around 37, 500 per hour again maths not my strong point but I think we can see what I'm getting at.

No need to pick on just one player lads, who knows what the other guys are being paid at least hunt puts the effort in.
Mind you so would I on 25k a week lol

You actually need to take the TOTAL number of weeks he has been here and multiply that by £25,000 to find his wage so far? Assuming he's on £25K a week if he plays or not?

Then divide that total by the 12 games he has played this far this will give you a rate per game he has been paid.

Divide this by 1.5 to give you his hourly rate.

he came on 3rd July last year?

That's 9 months or 39 weeks, multiplied by £25000 gives you £975,000 (not much short of a million squid!).

Divide this by 12 games gives you £81, 250 per game, and if you dived that by 1.5 you get a paltry £54,000 per hour.

Good job he is not on performance related pay, he'd owe Leeds millions.

Lol told you maths wasn't my strong point aha, then again my point has being more than strongly supported, losing a million a month I wonder why! Anyway we still ain't Portsmouth the poor sods.

01 Apr 2014 12:26:33
There were very interesting revelations in the Cellino interview on White Leeds Radio. Noel Hunt is on £25,000 per week. Luke Murphy is on £22,000 per week and Ross McCormack attempted to leave for Cardiff City

Cellino was not very impressed with McDermott saying he spent too much time moaning and not enough time coaching. He described the team's performances since trying to sack McDermott as the worst football he's ever seen.

If he does win his appeal McDermott will be gone and a lot of the squad.

This is the best industry to be in without a shadow of a doubt its where a manager can make a complete and utter bantha of managing a football tem and walk away with millions, then get another job within a matter of days/weeks, and where very average players earn 6 figure sums and not even make the subs bench regularly the football worlds gone mad, rant over.

I had no idea Murphy was on that much a week, thought it'd be like £5k. I expected Hunt to be on a very big wage, just thank God we didn't sign his brother as well.

01 Apr 2014 11:44:20
if Cellino does not get the club then we will go into administration and league 1. clearly no money in the club and we have no direction of going forward. however, Cellino is the right man to take us forward. he has the passion we need.
YorkWhite

01 Apr 2014 10:37:25
ED this was in Italian sports press timed at 11.00 so would be 10.00 in uk.

Leeds, Cellino: "I have to expel McDermott, I do it for the good of the club"
01.04.2014 11:02 by Cristina Guerri article read 1153 times
� photo by Daniele Buffa / Sports Image

"McDermott? Maybe he�s a good coach, but he does not know how to manage a club." Massimo Cellino, The new owner of Leeds United, in the coming days will know if the appeal against the Football League will be accepted, meanwhile, puts his hands up on the manager currently in charge. "I tried to release him, but I do not have permission to do so. I think it is a good choice for us, to send him away. for the good of the team, and he does not like me and do not understand why". this not a perfect translation but best I could do. MOT

{Ed013's Note - To be honest, although Brian has had a lot to deal with, his selections have been terrible and therefore I can see why Cellino would want a change}

BMC is a shambles of a manager. over the last month or so I have lost all my respect for him. He has no pride or dignity left now continuing to go on being beat by 3-4 goals. No other championship team gets beat like this and somehow he still expects to be in a job!?
The whole set up is diabolical and we fans deserve so much more. There is only contempt for him now listening to the same excuses week in week out. embarrassing! We need a clean slate and someone who can get the best out of these players consistently. Poor signings, poor results and one of the worst records and performances I've seen from a Leeds team. The new owner would be bonkers to keep him! TIME TO GO PLEASE

01 Apr 2014 10:20:07
What an insult.
I thought it was Mad Mick.

01 Apr 2014 09:26:42
seems its a april fools 365 days a year for leeds fan!

01 Apr 2014 09:02:49
I have been talking to someone who I met in a chip shop on his way to asda who knows the cleaning lady who lives next door to the paper boy who delivers the papers to elland road he has found out from the post man that Leeds have signed a new three shirt sponsors one is a petrol company one a designer clothe company and a parcel delivery company so our shirts will have the following
Totall
****
UPS

I met in a chip shop!
Ok it's April 1st

01 Apr 2014 08:14:45
"The players are still behind me". this man is either totally deluded or he thinks us fans are totally stupid. No they are not Brian and they have not been for ages. You are the WORST manager Leeds have has in terms of results and you are the WORST manager Leeds have had in terms of Performances on the pitch, your players barr Ross are a disgrace and are not fit to wear the shirt. Mr C has told you what he thinks and at last we get some truth from someone instead of the lies we have been hearing for years. the truth hurts doesn't it!
Bye Brian.

Bang right pal thought nobody could ever be worse than blackwell!

Obviously an APRIL FOOL

Or Warnock, or Venables, or Reid. but he is!

I think the fact that we actually won by a serious number of goals when McDermott was nowhere around on a certain saturday might actually prove that they play better WITHOUT HIM in charge?

Simples?

01 Apr 2014 10:33:42
Behind him - shutting the door - he is very thick. skinned!

They are behind you Brian, oh no they're not, oh yes they are.The panto season continues
vidlufc

"The players are still behind me"

Yes, but unfortunately they are walking in the opposite direction to you.

. away from you!

01 Apr 2014 08:02:15
Just heard from a reliable source that BMD has resigned following a decision to allow Cellino to buy the club outright, plow in millions and get us back on track financially. The leeds team will also be completely restructured to play competitive and attractive football that would put a Brazilian team to shame! I did not just make this up and it was not just a dream - honest my uncles third cousin removed heard it from a guy that was buying a kebab in Wetherby and he got it from a bloke that used to cut the grass at TA!
More posts to follow.
AP Fule

{Ed013's Note - Happy April Fools Day}

01 Apr 2014 07:17:45
The reserving judgement is just to make it look better. There is absolutely nothing to consider. Cellino has no grounds to overturn the quite proper FL decision and the QC will have come to that decision straight away.

He maybe just needs the time to secure all his horses and get into hiding before Don Cellino gets told to F.O.

What are you talking about? Everybody has the right to appeal.

If there were nothing to consider then he wouldn't be considering it and we would have heard yesterday. Its a massive decision with loads of implications so of course he is taking his time to consider it