Leeds Banter Archive August 24 2012

24 Aug 2012 22:35:10
Genuinely interested, at this stage of the flame, who still believes that That this takeover is going to happen. Agree or disagree with this post.

If it doesn't happen, then its plain to see it's Bates's fault. The man should be stoned out of are club.
mot4life

If this turns out to be lies and deception this is the season ALL leeds fans will protest against Bates - in the pocket, support the team but boycott the programmes, merchandise, crappy pies etc ---

More even than i expected!

24 Aug 2012 21:10:16
Paul Rachubka has urged Neil Warnock to sell him to Liverpool as a replacement for Pepe Reina who says he no longer wants to play there.Leeds wont buy a replacement as they see Cairns as a hot prospect.

Pen4Ken

But instead he opted on a 4 yrs contract, selling lurpak butter. News spreads fast!
mot4life

If liverpool buy him i will laugh my head off!

24 Aug 2012 20:12:02
Wolves sold jarvis + fletcher. Great for leeds, but on the other hand if warnock had 22 million i belive he'd respend on better players than the 2 who have left if allowed to, so if this wolves manager who is personally unknown to my self is any good we should be worried
Bainesyboy

We have already beaten them for the first half od the season, we dont need to think about them

Even if they spend half of that cash they can get some good players in and become a real threat. Yes we've beaten them once but they are going to get stronger and at the moment it looks like were not.

24 Aug 2012 19:37:36
hi guys
not a rumour or anything im bringing the missus to her first leeds game on sept 18th (hull game) ive been over from ireland bout 20 times myself but always a saturday game so just wondering any ideas on a good place to go tuesday night after the match where there might be a bit craic with other leeds fans cheers guys
jimmy wex

Drop her in peacock, white heart or whistle stop for a baptism before and after game

Woody LUFC

Original poster here cheers woody ive been in the peacock myself dont think it would suit her haha she is not a leeds nut like me shes coming along for the free trip
cheers
jimmy wex {Ed013's Note - Go to White Hart up the hill mate. Caters for most}

24 Aug 2012 17:33:21
right not a rumor but , for me a lot of ppl slated NW , but i totaly think he has done the best he can , and has had no money for transfers , but from what we have of loaded , sick to death of this take over crap , lets just show the players that have signed for us , WHY !!

People are entitled to their opinion and Neils team selection/substituitions last match were not clever.

I don't think his squad building has been that clever either. Do we have a better squad than last year? I don't think we do. We may have some better defenders & defensive mids but the backup is thin on the ground and of a much lower standard.

Most worryingly, I can't see our current midfield breaking down the better teams in this league. This time last year we had Snoddy, Howson, Clayton and Gradel (until deadline day) all of whom could split a defence open on a good day.

Still, there's always the loan market. Sounds familiar somehow...
ML

24 Aug 2012 16:21:11
Why do people keep saying that Uncle Ken isn't signing the deal out of spite. How rediculous and stupid can people be. I'm just going to get lawyers etc involved,spend months in talks and then........ah I'm not gonna sign to spite the fans!!
get real people, Bates is a buisiness man as I've said before and it's the money he wants not some childish revenge mission,because of comments 20 yrs ago.
"T"

Seeing as you know so much please tell us why hasn't he signed then as the deal is agreed.

Bates hates leeds fans end of story. he will do anything to wind us up to the point of protesting too much then when it falls through its all us morons fault for putting the potential investors off. we have heard it all before and it doesnt wash. We need to put money into the team to progress and take us to the next level but he seems reluctant to do it - why?

Because on here,there are people who although knowing F-ck all about whats going on,just post utter garbage,as far as I can see,KB,NW,and Lust,ALL believe the takeover is going through,obviously LUST has been told to shut the f-ck up hence no news from them,so just get behind the team and wait for the good news whenever it happens.

L fully agree with your last comment, one very famous quote sticks in my head that sums up uncle Ken...Business is more exciting than any game “ Lord Beaverbrook. M.O.T

In reply to 2nd poster, I know the same as you, F... all. But no one would waste their money to the tune of millions to wind Leeds fans up. And as I remember ,Bates only called a minority of supporters "morons", but it suits Bates haters to sugest he hates us all.
Let me make myself clear, I`m not a Bates lover,but I like to be realistic. Bates wants to make money from the sale and I understand that and hope he makes the right choices for LUFC..
Just wish everyone would unite behind NW and the team,come what may.
Hoping to bosh the posh tomorrow.
"T"

24 Aug 2012 14:41:42
Why not go for reo coker ?? On a free and looking for a club

Can't imagine he'll make the drop to the Championship, as the reason he's a free agent is that he had a 'Religation Claus' in his contract at Bolton.


LUFC-Bob

He already stated he wants premiership football......kevlufc

24 Aug 2012 14:16:45
Need another cb need another winger and another striker
Names?
Boyd or templeton or buzacky
Bothroyd or dj or simeon jackson
Cb is anyones shout

Also get diouf+drury on from the start drop white play pelts at rb

Lufc hughzy

24 Aug 2012 12:56:24
I am sick of people goin on about how Warnock has assembled a team that will get promotion,he hasn't,he has built the foundations for a good competitive squad but it still needs them 3 or 4 class players to push us on,there is no way that squad will get us promoted,come mid season with injuries and suspensions we will really struggle and end up mid table lower than last season,we really do need that takeover to happen.

Surely to god though mate he was heading in the right direction. Hed be lethal with cash. Hes done a dam good job mate but has just run out of time and funds.

He has assembled a team that could get promotion just not a squad that could..

Dont be such a negative moron, hate fans with attitude like yours

He has assembled a squad and team that will get us midtable just like last season but in fairness without the quality of Snoddy. We are stronger defensively but weaker offensively.

24 Aug 2012 11:51:35
Got a friend who works for one of the big papers and he said that they usually get told when a takeover will be complete about 4-5 days before the announcement (with a confidentuallity clause in there that would cost the paper millions if they ran the story early) so that they can get there best reporters to the conference. The new owners will obviously want to get there mission statement for the club out to as much of the press as possible so want to give the press as much notice as they can to get to the conference. This was the warning they got for conferences at Watford and Notts Forest this year. He said there sports desk has heard nothing yet from Leeds beyond the normal everyday stuff like pre match conferences and transfer news.

He did also say that normally they have a source at most clubs who would give them inside info but everyone at Leeds is being very tight lipped about the takeover (given them some of the transfer details but no takeover news) as they know what is at stake and also the new owners will get a massive payoff if anyone breaks the confidentuallity clause as the fee agreed is larger than usual which would explain why nothing has leaked out.

So what your basically saying is nothing is happening

deakko7

Quality reply deakko7

Paul - Isle of Man white

I agree paul!!

24 Aug 2012 10:34:45
this is not a rumour or anything to do with the present Leeds team. We were talking last over a beer before the match and were thinking when it was the most fun to watch leeds(not neccessary when we were a top team) I loved it in the 80's following them up and down the country all right were were crap had a few ups and downs but it was good could turn up at Elland Road no need for tickets stand in the kop (thats the North Stand for you young ones) away matches were good could nearly always get a ticket or even pay at the turnstile. Just thought other people might say when they thought there best times were just a bit different then same old posts of when we are going to take over etc mot {Ed013's Note - Fair point mate and makes a change to editing moans and groans! For me the away games were always a highlight and like yo say you could most defiantly get a ticket. Away days, shirt off, swung around your head, Champions of Europe!}

88 - 92 for me. We had been sh!t, but started to improve. We got promotion (I'll never forget Bournmouth), then after a year in the 1st Division we won the league! Oh and I had hair :) {Ed013's Note - The Bournemouth riots!}

Best time ever winning promotion from old div2 last match bournmouth away red hot weekend on south coast thousands on field at side of stadium must av been 15 to 20000 made trip south awesome.

If you're old enough, the Revie teams were the most fun to follow. Okay, it's obvious but that's the answer. Fun like the first game I ever saw in London - slaughtering Chelsea 5-0 at Stamford Bridge. As much fun as you can have with your clothes on.

fatfreddyscat

Late 70s/early 80s for me, first time I was allowed to go Elland Rd on me own at the age of 12/13. First game was against Watford I think, though could be wrong, my memory aint what it was.

Anyway I could afford to get a return on the bus from Crossgates, get into the kop and still have enough left from my pocket money to get some chips at the chippy down by the Corn Exchange.

Not sure many 12/13 year olds get enough pocket money to do that today, I know mine didnt/dont

Anyway those days made me a Leeds fan, always will be. Not sure where the next generation of fans are gonna come from

Anyway
MOT
Ex Croggy white {Ed013's Note - Exactly mate, so far this season it has cost me for my 3 and a half year old 12 quid Shrewsbury (my fault as I wanted to sit behind Neil!) 11 quid Wolves and 15 quid Blackpool! I am trying to get him involved but it is far too expensive for kids. There should be an under 5's price, an under 12's price etc instead of a under 16's as my son sits on my knee!}

I loved the Lowfields end pen right next to the away supporters during the 86-87-88 seasons - what memories for a lad of 15 at the time been passed down and back up over the heads of leeds fans with a true meat and potato pie -

Good Times

Woody LUFC

1st game 3 nil against stoke 1967 in the boys pen. hooked ever since. albert jo sticks in memory he was awesome first time id remember seeing a black guy. happy days. football was great in the 70s

Remember we used to go mid to end 70's get off train about 11 bag of chips walk upto ground so we could buy a packet of fags, i think kop used to open gates about 12 oh yea forgot we used to nick the bog rolls from the train i think it was 25p or 50p in kop unless you want into boys pen and jumped over fence into kop. Those were the days good atmoshphere and a packed kop your feet didnt touch ground i tell me son and daughter what it was like show pictures of us with flares docs long hair and scarves round our wrists and they laugh and tak e the p##s but give them credit they love going and no doubt one day will tell there kids how good it was when they were young.

1987 onwards, thats the first season i started going home and away on my own, going to semi at hillsbourough play off finals at birmingham v charlton, and despite being beaten we were leeds and proud of it. then 1989-90 the final day at bournemouth celebrating at the end on the pitch. 1992 winning the league, the early ko at sheffield united going mad on terraces at final whistle racing home to watch the pool beat manu to win the league then go out and celebrate pretty much every night for the rest of the week, then the night of the norwich game asking my girlfriend to marry me!!(she did!) what a few weeks that was!!

My first leeds game was away to liverpool 76 i was 13yrs old john hawley scored early on and we held the lead till 10 mins from the end when highway scored from the spot great memories e. Port white

24 Aug 2012 10:13:43
i think robbie rogers will use this as a springboard to force his way into neil's plans he has 4 months to get match fit and be the star performer in league 1 after reading his interviews when he first arrived he seems to have drive and determination he didn't walk away frim being the crews star man being in the mls team of the year and breaking in the us team to being a flop he has things to prove and i belive he will he will be a key player for us come new year

24 Aug 2012 09:57:48
People need to stop being so negative about what's happening off the pitch, if we don't get taken over we don't get taken over, Warnock has got a team together that he wanted, money came from somewhere to buy a few of those players, and before anyone says it, NO it wasn't the Snodgrass fund, as they were all signed before he went! So somewhere someone has put money into and NW has made a team, we beat a good Wolves side on Saturday and kept a clean sheet, but just because we lost to Blackpool (Play Off Finalists) everyone is blaming the take over and saying were rubbish etc, think about the good times, we had a good pre-season, we look solid at the back for the first time in years, just need that one more goalscorer and with Warnock we will have a chance, look at the teams he's taken up, they were nothing but he gets a team of players together, not class individuals and his tactic works! Were 2 games in, 44 to go, if someone has said 3 points from opening 2 games we would have snatched their hand off due to the level of opponent we were facing, have some faith remember were Leeds United we never do it the easy way, bring on Peterborough and let's move forward, Leeds Leeds Leeds!! PickersLUFC-DevonWhite

It obviously was from snodgrass. Despite all the rubbish we've been fed about not wanting to sell him and etc no signings have been made since. Clearly we have been played as per usual and the qhole summer spending was based on him going, hence no real replacement. Just because the money was spent in advance doesn't mean the source was any different.

24 Aug 2012 07:21:26
He'll text who he wants, he'll text who he wannttsss, he's paddy kenny he'll text who he wants!

Like that one, can see it catching on lol

Woody LUFC {Ed013's Note - What about #Pen4Ken loads are sending him a pen through the post to sign over the club! I had to giggle at this one}