Leeds Banter Archive January 22 2013

22 Jan 2013 23:09:12
Hellooooo!! gfh are you out there?? Would like to see some 'investment' from a bloody 'investment' company for f"ck sake!
Sussex white mot

I second that. Lets hope there better at pulling rabbits out of a f+ck+ng hat, then investment.
WHY O WHY ALWAYS US!!!
mot4life

Why not wait until the window actually slams shut before slating the new owners still time yet to get the couple of signings we need.

On takeover GFH ststed they would engage with the fans more than the last regime, so where are they?.

Guys, we need to put the past frustrations behind us and give GFH a chance. Things in business do not happen over night, especially a business worth 52,000,000.If GFH get an increse in fans inside a year, then get promotion to the premier league within 5 years, say doubling the value of the company they would still be considered fast movers and agressive business men.
In the short term, give them till the end of the window before you explode and then really judge them as the window closes September 2013. Unitil then try and take them on face value.keep ya chin up lad.
Sinnyboy

22 Jan 2013 22:25:41
Can't understand all the love on here for Bradford
Proxy club who I can't stand and I bet they weren't supporting us v Chelsea
I hope swansea stuff them in the final then they can go back to mediocrity in the 4th division never to be heard of again
Russ

22 Jan 2013 21:47:48
Bradford you are absolute legends. As is your
tannoy person who is a vicar! Hope this bodes
well for Sunday for my beloved football team :o)
Seriously I also hope this proves my point - good
players needn't cost the earth - and that includes
Darren Bent

22 Jan 2013 21:43:22
Well done Bradford City, good luck in the final - enjoy !

I honestly cannot stand bradford purely because they think they have a rivalry with us based on geography but I despise villa fans for thinking they're still a top 10 prem team and one of best in europe even at start of this season I knew many villa fans who thought they could WIN yes WIN the league....congrats bradford for finally showing villa what they really are - pathetic. Losing to a £7.5k team? premier league your having a laugh.....

22 Jan 2013 21:20:22
gfh stands for god f**king help us. the bulldog

Wouldn't that be gfhu

The you isn't included mate its like the ''of'' in USA :P

22 Jan 2013 20:54:44
One thing I can't quite understand is the difference between the takeovers that Nottingham Forest and Leeds United have gone through.There's was done in a few months compared to ours dragging on for a lifetime, they are owned like ourselves by Middle east buyers but the difference is that they know exactly who is behind theirs, because the chairman has been visible and talks in the media and has outlined plans for how they are going to move forwards. They have since being taken over, targetted quality players, and have signed some including Billy Sharp and others on loan and now are in for Chris Burke, we have not targetted by the looks of things good quality players apart from Barkley, although I can only hope I am proved wrong.

On the face of it at the time of the takeovers going through, us Leeds fans thought we were being taken over by a richer group of investors and we would able to compete hopefully successfully against teams like Forest in the transfer market, but the evidence seems to suggest we cannot. Is this just the fact that GFH only want to tread water in this transfer window although I do appreciate we have 8-9 days left, and then invest heavily in the market in the summer with a new manager. If that is the case then communicate that to the fans at least we would have an idea of our plans.

At the moment our proposed new chairman Mr Haigh has been non existent since the takeover was done, the only way we seem to be able to see what he thinks is on twitter but even that has dried up recently. If Ken as we believe is still chairman till the end of the season helping the new board then, why nothing from him either in any media outlet.

I believe this is why the fans are staying away, on top of the poor performances we see nothing to excite us in the future, we have no direction or leadership because the fans have no idea what is happening either now or at the end of the season.

I cannot believe that Ken has sold to a investment house, who only had enough money to buy the club and then not have the cash to invest in the one thing that makes the club move forwards in all directions the team.

I seriously hope things change and we either invest now in quality and we all know what we need and it is only 3-4 players in certain obvious positions to do that, or Mr Haigh finally gives an interview and lets us know why there is no investment now but some is planned in the summer, please just give us something to look forward to, we certainly deserve it after the last few years it is tough being a leeds fan these days but we keep going in hope things will change.

Ken said gfh were backed by one extremely wealthy individual, why has no journalist ever asked who this is?

22 Jan 2013 22:42:45
Gfh will be waiting for the big spenders to go up like cardiff and leicester.
Blackburn spent the most this season but they probably won't spend much next season unless they sell first.
The teams that come down will probably not spend big as they will be trying to get players off the books. This will give us the chance to compete in the summer.

22 Jan 2013 20:49:38
Tate back to Swansea simply means Colin woke up and realizes Lees and Pelts best central defensive partnership with Pearce in reserve. Freed up wages to get better players in on midfield and attack. It may also mean buying a LB but think we will deal with that in the summer. Colin had better not sign an extension to his contract.

22 Jan 2013 20:35:20
Some pals of mine were over from Dublin at the match on Saturday. Here's a summary of the feedback;
1.For all of the 1st half and a good portion of the 2nd Leeds looked like a team that had never trained together let alone played together
2.They couldn't believe how small the crowd was. They had dificulty booking seats together only to find themselves in a nearly empty section of ER, and mostly importantly
3.They won't be going back anytime soon to watch what was unanimously described as pure undiluted Sh one T.
Cop on GFH. Cop on Warnock. Leeds fans deserve better that this. The fans will come but first you have to do what you are very handsomely paid to do.
MOT forever

From Ireland too pal not traveling watch that tosh but going to watch leeds development squad play cork city on February 7th can't be much worse than we have lol
Irish Leeds fan!

22 Jan 2013 19:45:30
Saw Max Gradel playing in africa cup of nations today....oh how I miss him his flair pace and ability to pick a pass really showed he is exactly what we are missing although he will never return we really do need a ''new max gradel'' his worth with gervinho and yaya toure was class....

22 Jan 2013 19:32:25
All these so called players were supposed to be linked to is absolutely laughable, the truth is not one person has got a clue who Warnock has got lined up if anyone at all. He is being played along just as Grayson was, Bates has no power my arse he is pulling GFH's strings, as we all bicker with each other, Our club has yet again turned into a shambles for all to mock....MOT
MJB66

So your saying nobody has a clue about transfer targets etc but yet then claim you are in the know how the club is being run at the top I.e. Bates/GFH!?

Slight contradiction there i'd say pal!!

Scot MOT!

22 Jan 2013 19:03:01
looks like we are getting another pompey reject, can warnock and the rest of the persons not see, these players were relegated because they are not good enough to play at this level, if we are to fight for a play-off position we need 3 good players, at the moment we are just signing players that knowone else wants! {Ed013's Note - Dindane is not signing for Leeds}

22 Jan 2013 18:28:04
just watched a goal scored by Dindane on youtube for Pompey. Guess who set him up... Michael Brown.
Dream Team

22 Jan 2013 17:53:56
3 Weeks in to the transfer market and no real signs of ambition from us in the market.

Barkley is a quality addition but is only a loan and even Sheff Tue managed to get him in on loan.

I know now people will argue that there's still time left to do deals which in fairness there is but if we don't sign anyone what will the excuses be.

There's probably nearly a hundred names linked with us but none of us can say who is a real target or what is just pure rubbish talk.

On the other hand if we don't sign anyone will Warnock admit to his true targets and give reasons why we didn't get them or will he just come out and deny all.

If that happens then I fully believe that Warnock is one of the biggest liars we have ever had at our club and will once again shift the blame to someone else.

More than anything I'd love to be wrong and we make a host of great additions to the club in the coming days.

J
B
M

22 Jan 2013 16:51:03
I've said it before but it's worth repeating ....

Bradford's ENTIRE team cost 7 and a half
thousand.

Just saying ....

Thats why they're in 3rd division.

What a burke!
otleywhite.

And they're 10th in league two. Your point is...?

Aren't they 10th in league 2?
Just saying....

Dindane got 1 goal in 6 games for his last club,,, might get 3/4 before season finishes,,,,,, that should get us promotion ?

Qprs squad cost how much? And where are they? Aston villa paid £26m for bent and look where they are? Lost against Bradford....it's not how much we spend its the quality of squad and players we get...stop moaning about a free transfer unless he proves to be useless

4th division mate!

Shall watch their game against the Villa this evening with interest. I'm just saying that good players do not
necessarily cost a fortune .....

Delph that was really stupid. 26 million quid for Darren Bent. Well done indeed Bradford.

To previous posters - they're 10th in league 2 - just saying. Well I'm saying er hello - just saying they are
now in the final. And if they can beat
premier league opposition so can we
on Sunday.

22 Jan 2013 15:58:52
Tate returns to Swansea. this means one of two things.

1) Warnock has seen Peltier is much more comfortable at centre back than left back, and is going to give Aidy White another chance

or

2) Another defender is on the way, the strongest link is Craig Dawson of WBA on another loan.

agree for 1, disagree for 2.

22 Jan 2013 15:34:56
At last a bit of investment in the side no hang on my
Mistake sorry we release Connolly and gray send Tate back to Swansea send out turner and poleon on loan rake in 200 k for the spurs game on tv and sign a has been thirty something striker on a freebie well done gfh we are now officially the laughing stock of the championship

Yepp spot on, its embarrasing.

Maybe making some funds available for someone worthy of the wages. Cant you feel the draught because the windows still open!

Heres a new concept don't write him off before he's got the shirt on if he ****s up ok get stuck in but give him a chance

I agree with every post we are a laughing stock at the mo but the transfer window is still open left back a priority and a winger any ideas guys ? What about Ian Harte or Dawson and chris Burke wouldn't mind maroon king either but maybe that's too much too ask lol

22 Jan 2013 18:35:52
saw dindan a few times down at pompy, he's decent and better than some of the players we've had in recent years. give the lad a brake he's not even signed yet ffs

22 Jan 2013 15:10:21
Chris Burke close to signing for Forest. Another target gone. Slowly getting annoyed now thought we would bring some quality in early doors. As of yet nothing has happenend in terms of real quality apart from the Barkley loan.

Who said we were in for Burke? The only target we know for sure we missed out on was Wood. it wasn't the transfer fee either, it was the wages Leicester were offering which we couldn't compete with.

Im telling you warnock wants chris burke he enquired about him earlier on in the window and that's as far has it went

22 Jan 2013 14:46:18
With players moving out of the club I would expect that 2 quality players will be coming in very soon.

2 words that don't go together there... Leeds and Quality

Can't fault your optimism.

22 Jan 2013 14:40:38
I think it's obvious what's going on with GFH now with the rumored capture of has been never was Dindane. They are waiting til 2016 passes so they don't owe the Ridsdale creditors if they get into the PL. Expect another 3 seasons of this b/s. Think about it. They say one thing but do another. If you were proud Islamic would you wanna hand over 30 million plus interest and other fees to those white corrupt businessmen? No PL for us til 2017 I'm afraid. Their actions show it. Years ago it was just a silly conspiracy but now it's not too far away. They probably figure Bates messed around with the emotions of the Leeds fans for 9 years so we can do it for 3.

That ended last season!

22 Jan 2013 13:59:02
dindane is the like the jason scotland of the championship, if he can't cut it in that poxy league he is at know then he's got no chance in champ. I pray that its just a soppy rumour

22 Jan 2013 13:50:51
i hope some officials are reading this site and seeing the anti dindane posts becuase I will probably just support my local sunday league team if we get him.

That's fine. Any fan who will stop supporting the club because of a signing he/she doesn't like then the club can do without.

22 Jan 2013 13:41:34
These transfer windows are a source of constant aggro for managers and fans alike. The newspapers love it because they can make up stories linking players to clubs when there's patently no truth in the stories.

How do we know who NW is hoping to sign? Most of the playerts supposedly linked to us are probably rubbish rumours. It isn't time to slate NW just yet, he might surprise us all as might GFH. I'm sure NW and LUFC are working hard to get in the players we need

If, at the end of the window, we haven't signed anyone or signed has-beens etc then it will be time to fire the volleys at the owners and NW. Until then keep patient if you can. I understand the frustration but my only gripe at the moment is the style or lack of of the football played. MOT Ron

22 Jan 2013 13:21:59
Harvey so busy with transfers hez got time to waffle on yks radio ! Perhaps jonny buchans one of nw's tarrrgets?

Hang on, when there's no news people whinge, when they make statements or provide updates people whinge......give them a break and judge at the end of the window for gods sake

I'm judgeing by how much he gets payed and by how little he does. He's the worst transfer excec I have ever seen or heard of.
WHY DO WE PAY HIM AGAIN!!???
BLINDMAN

To THE FIRST REPLY...Whyu should we wait and judge at the end of January wen we all got promised investment form the so called new owners and yet we have nothng but a one month loan deal and a quarter of million has been... All i'm sayin why can't GFH invest 5 million into the playing squad and we will gain promotion... All we need is pace and passer with flair and were away.. Its a joke... You don't see otha teams bringing in players last minute.. because they need them gelling asap.. Maybe Harvey should do his work and leave the radio to other people... **** sake why can't people get anything.. We are losing all our fans week in week out becos of crap hoofball no entertainment and lack of creativity in the team.. Its boring and its about time people starting seeing the truth and realising that Leeds fans don't walk away from their team never have but The bates regime and now The GFH regime is making it ten times worse anI for one don't see things getting any better until we have someone who cares bowt mour great club.... Wake up and smell the coffee guys nothings changed and nothing ever will....

MARCHING ON TOGETHER ALWAYS

22 Jan 2013 13:01:40
When Grayson was sacked I was hoping we'd get Warnock.Now we've got him, I think it's time he retired and went to Cornwall.The guy has totally lost the plot, signing has-beens, rejects, pensioners and loan players who have no heart in the club.GFH PLEASE get some young blood in the club with passion and ambition, for those of you who think the play offs are achievable stop dreaming.

He can only sign players who are prepared to earn £5 - £6k per wk. At the best average championship players. £2m + players will command £20k per week. Its all pro rata...Simple as. GFH need to invest properly with a manager who is committed long term. NW put his cards on the table last summer, the delayed takeover as set us back 12 months. Its obvious he's been told to get promotion on a ltd budget, even though fans have been paying prem prices for too long!

Bradford's ENTIRE team cost 7 and a half thousand. Just saying .....

And...what have Bradford got to do with it....

22 Jan 2013 12:45:24
Check out bet victor or stan james, Warnock favourite
Championship Next Manager To Leave post

hopefully they are correct

22 Jan 2013 12:15:30
Why the hell are we trying to sign Aruna Dindane?? He's rubbish. I reckon fleetwood wouldn't even try and sign this fella. I think NW's age is starting to drive him potty...... We are supposed to have a bit of brass now and we go for a 32 year old that has never even been a good player let alone now. We are slowly become a "last club" for players to set up their retirement fund

I don't think we are getting him ..Its just The yep scraping a story together from rumours.... we seldom get the players were supposed to be after... patience is needed... Any deals will be done toward end of window, as they are every year by
everyone

22 Jan 2013 12:03:31
If we do sign dindane it's embarrassing.its just like any other transfer window in past few seasons.what the hell are we doing.warnock will just totter away end of season and prob just say we had no money to compete properly ad he did his best.gfh will blame him and the only real losers are us again..I am worrying again noww because I can see becchio going and all we will do is have last minute hasbeens so the club will have profit again.
Where the hell is haigh and patel.disappeared up there own importance.people on here will disagree and that's fine but this is my opinion.
We are going nowhere soon.i mean the likes of hull and Cardiff go for players like Campbell .that would of been laughable a few years ago.we would struggle to get Kevin Campbell ...cheesed off and fed up of mind games from people who think they are clever.....let's see how clever you are working on 12 to 15k grounds for rest of season.because a couple more defeats and it wil test the deepest pockets..sorry but it's the way I feel...shrew leeds

22 Jan 2013 11:34:58
I highly doubt we'll sign this Dindane guy he's a free agent and Warnock said himself that getting players he wants relys on clubs accepting offers - meaning not a free agent, but I could be wrong, hope not.

22 Jan 2013 11:24:22
Just got off the phone with my uncle mick (leeds united bus driver), he says leeds are poised to sign neil ruddock as defensive cover after he was spotted training with the lads.

22 Jan 2013 10:59:15
So the East Upper is now open for the Spurs game on Sunday, this just shows how ridiculous some of our supporters are. Why do some of our fans only turn up when we have a good opposition such as Chelsea and Spurs, you're a Leeds fans you should be going to watch Leeds not the opposition, where we have less chance of winning in a pointless cup game! Yes the tickets are cheaper but it's also on TV. I hope we get 30k for Peterborough and Blackpool as the tickets are even cheaper at £15! Support Leeds, not the glamour of watching a good opposition!

22 Jan 2013 11:52:12
It will take years for the league game crowds to get back to what what they was at .

Football has become a luxury due to the pure greed that's in the game be it owners, agents, players or sky, people arent going to waste there hard earned cash in a credit crunch watching warnocks drossball and bieng constantly fed lies, I have a season ticket but unless there is major investment in the team and a new manager I won't be renewing

22 Jan 2013 13:18:09
maybe our supporters want to watch a decent team on the Elland Road pitch for once? Be a nice reminder of what we once had and where our ambition should be - not signing the Dindanes of this world.

It won't take years necessarily it'll be as soon as we get in the prem makes me laugh all Leeds fans myself included like to call man united fans glory hounds etc, when most of our fanbase can't exactly talk can they on recent showing... Leeds and no longer proud, before even when we played awful I still felt proud to be a Leeds fan because I thought in my deluded mind that we were the best fans around HA

22 Jan 2013 10:03:50
I like the way fans blame the lack of wages as being an issue in getting these players in, yes it may well be one of the main reasons but would you want to come and play at Elland Road and get slated every game, Michael Brown, Luke Varney, Luciano Becchio, Lee Peltier, Aidy White, these are just some of the names that people have constantly moaned and groaned about ALL season, to be honest with some ungrateful fans that we have who think they are Pro footballers themselves I don't blame any player not wanting to put on the Leeds shirt. You need to remember we are not in the glory days anymore, but to get back there we do need to support and NOT the be negative about our club, wake up Leeds fans, we are what made this club what it is, yet we will also be the demise of it if we are not careful. Rant over. MOT SussexLeeds

Funny that, have you seen brown, peltier, white and varney play this season? I would not consider myself a real fan if I did not moan about having these rubbish players in a leeds team with this dinosaur of a manager. they are not even lg 1 standard, so yeah I will moan and I will keep moaning whilst this is the case.

22 Jan 2013 07:58:19
I'm dreading the next few weeks. If super manager warnock reckons they were nervous against Bristol city how is he going to get them out the dressing room. Maybe he can give a free bottle of bubbly to the player who can hit the ball the highest and furthest. Actually to see leeds near the top of the league take a look at the goals conceded and shots on target stats. We are doing brill. Super super leeds

Dont worry we are about to sign some 32 yr old ex portsmouth striker who cannot even hack it the middle east, he's 6ft tall so we can sell becchio and start hoofing up the park even more. promotion will be a cert!

22 Jan 2013 00:27:38
Seen on twitter that there's a rumour that Anelka is coming to Leeds, thought it was funny.

Would be terrific signing. Just what we need.

22 Jan 2013 07:06:18
might aswel get T.Henry as well .