Leeds Banter Archive August 29 2017

29 Aug 2017 23:11:47
Rumours are that Fulham have agreed a fee of just under £15M with Newcastle for Gayle! MOT

30 Aug 2017 06:23:39
We need someone exactly like Gayle, I think they're testing us to see how big our balls are

30 Aug 2017 10:46:51
I agree we do need someone to fit our new style. Someone in the Gayle mould but I think we have that already. Kemar Roofe. He knows us well fits our style and has started the season with a swagger. let's keep our money in our pocket and persevere with Roofe or Grot or Lassoga or Ekuban or. We are not short of names for the one striking position and I don't think Gayle is the great Messiah. If you listen to some people all we have to is spend 15mill! and we are guaranteed promotion. If only it was that easy. There are a few Championship clubs who have already fallen foul of that theory. I say stick with TC, Orta and the rest and if, if, we don't go up this year then at least we know we will have given it a damn good try and been right royally entertained along the way.

29 Aug 2017 21:44:28
sad about the boy Ekuban but a small loss, looking dangerous now from our midfield options

29 Aug 2017 22:47:09
Yes a shame as he was looking good in that front line. Mind you season still young so he may be back to give us a boost in the winter months.

29 Aug 2017 21:03:38
Just watching Sly Sports One2Eleven with Ian Harte and the players he has picked for his perfect team are: Nigel Martyn, Gary Kelly, Rio Ferdinand, Johnny Woodgate, Denis Irwin, Lee Bowyer, Roy Keane (cap) , Oliver Dacourt, Harry Kewell, Mark Viduka and Robbie Keane. with the exception of two of those and you all know who, that's a good team! MOT

29 Aug 2017 22:02:36
With the exception of three I remember that been the team who played the second half vs Barcelona at ER I think. Wow the room went all wavy with chime music, and I was suddenly transported back 16 years!

29 Aug 2017 23:02:44
It did me to mate, I remember exactly everything that happened that night and it gives me goosebumps to think about it, poor Mrbean, Leeds88, Swadlad or whatever alias he is today because he would not have a clue how that feels, beating Besiktas 6-0, or Anderlect when they were on a long unbeaten run, or even our superb performance against Real Madrid, he's got no idea has he! Knob! MOT

29 Aug 2017 23:39:16
Fantastic nights woody. Went to all three home games vs Milan, Barcelona and basiktas. best nights of football ever. Bowyer was a different class that season, just awesome. how he never made it to the very top is beyond me!

30 Aug 2017 00:20:28
Lee Bowyer had the world at his feet but it all blew up in his face with the court case, him Woodgate and Duberry, it ruined the three of them all for different reasons, but Bowyer was different class, imagine what he would be worth nowadays? You are spot on though mate, those nights under the lights at Elland Road were something else, I don't know what it is about Elland Road at night but its an amazing atmosphere under the lights! We will get them massive games back one day and we are at last going in the right direction. So hopefully we can all live those nights again! MOT

{Ed001's Note - to be fair Bowyer was busy trying to blow it all up in his own face long before he joined Leeds. There was his racially motivated attack in a McDonalds in London while he played for Charlton Athletic, that was hushed up because he was a professional footballer. There were at least a dozen other incidents the little turdmuncher was involved in that were also covered up during his career prior to signing for Leeds. The guy is just scum and it was not Leeds' fault that they had not known just how bad he was when they took a chance on him. I am not so sure he would be worth anything nowadays because it would be much more difficult to hush up the incidents he was involved in as a Premier League footballer.}

30 Aug 2017 06:15:54
Wow, well I didn't know that Ed, I knew he was a bad lad but not like you have just described and that was a well kept secret! I remember at the time of the racial attack of Sarfraz Najeib sat next to a las called Jaz, who was Asian, and I asked him if he thought they were guilty and he said absolutely, without a doubt but he said, nothing will happen because they are famous and Sarfraz isn't so they will put it down to him wanting to make money from them! I remember feeling shamed to be a Leeds fan at the time because with working on the markets I knew and befriended a lot of the Asian lads, I even took my LUFC stickers out the van window! So why did the newspapers not pick up on his colourful past then Ed? Surely if they had then he would of been thrown out of the game, I mean he wasn't allowed to play for England while this was going on and rightly so but with all that you have just said he shouldn't of been allowed in the game! He most surely wouldn't of been allowed nowadays! Thanks for that Ed.

{Ed001's Note - they did at the time, but no one wanted to know because it wasn't the media frenzy you have now. It certainly was covered: Guardian piece on Bowyer though you have to read quite a way before you get to the bits about his ex-gf who he walked out on him because of the way he acted when he found out her mam was Indian. Just after that it mentions the McDonalds incident, though it does not go into the full detail that the court transcripts at the time did. Certainly he and his mates were not shy in the terms they used to refer to the Asian lad that had served them. You can get away with anything if you are a professional footballer, just ask Joey Barton, he is now a bloody pundit on TV, yet he is a vile racist moron with a past that would have seen him locked up if he had not played football. Bowyer is a similar person to Barton really. Sadly talent is often wasted on people who do not deserve it. If I wouldn't risk having the websites shut down I could tell you a lot more stories from his time at Charlton as I have a lot of friends who worked at the club during his time there. However, without proof they are stories that have to stay in private, sadly.}

30 Aug 2017 06:38:32
Cheers Ed for the information and yes you are exactly right, you can get away with anything if you are a footballer including paying tax! I'm going to look up on all that though about Bowyer and I'm of the same opinion as you about Barton, best thing for football was when he was banned for betting! In truth I shuddered at the thought of him joining Leeds last season when he was linked because I can't stand him, he is the perfect example of what young footballers shouldn't be. Anyway cheers Ed for that. MOT

{Ed001's Note - you are very welcome mate. I totally agree with you. If you can find any old Charlton fan sites with archives from back then, you might be able to find some of the info. I would assume it got leaked out online on them at the time, things have a way of doing so.}

30 Aug 2017 10:21:59
Good player bowyer at leeds tho, that's all i cared about.

30 Aug 2017 11:52:12
I have to agree with Ed001, I heard bits n bobs about Bowyer at the time. Thoroughly horrible little man.

29 Aug 2017 19:25:01
Well it looks like we've signed lasogga wasn't my first choice but he is a leeds player now so let's get behind him and show the lad some support. If T. C makes him feel important and wanted at lufc then that will give the lad confidence and that equals goals which we saw last season with wood . Welcome to LUFC. P. M. LASOGGA and good luck for the season. MOT. ALAW

29 Aug 2017 19:42:18
Well said Markohobbs, we didn't know Alioski and Siaz and look at what they have done and God knowd what TC has done to Cooper but he looks like a new signing! So in Ottawa and TC we trust. News just coming through that Wolves striker Dicko has signed for Hull, so Slutski needs Dicko! You couldn't make it up! MOT

29 Aug 2017 21:23:03
Can you imagine if they'd have bought Wood too? The Hull manager would've then had to cope with double penetration hard into his box!

29 Aug 2017 18:43:28
There are some ridiculous suggestions on here that TC could be gobbled up by West Ham or Palace. Believe in LuFc. Worrying already. Chuff me. Have you had your tablets today. ?

29 Aug 2017 19:49:28
Harry7, how long have you been a Leeds supporter? You should know by now with past experiences that when things are going well that optimism turns to pessimism! but I think it's only a little thought rather than suggestions and to be honest you can't blame them as again we are a club that gets kicked in the teeth a lot and six weeks of good news won't change some people's thoughts, maybe six months down the line when everything has gelled together people's thoughts will change! Keep the faith! MOT

29 Aug 2017 20:10:02
After 6 results? Surely not!

29 Aug 2017 22:18:16
I'm old enough to remember the O'Leary era and we had about 5 years of good times. I'm feeling like those times are now coming back. The only thing that could stop it are PL tv money, injuries or the FL.

29 Aug 2017 16:45:52
Teams in The Championship looking to get promoted should learn from Newcastle of how it shouldn't be done because you need to buy players that can adapt and grow with the club, so ask yourselves this, who from the Leeds United squad do you think could adapt and succeed in The Premiership? As for Gayle, I would rather have Gayle than an injury prone Ings, or my first choice would be Shane Long or Jason Hugill. MOT

29 Aug 2017 16:58:23
For me, maybe ayling, Anita, Jansson, Phillips and viera potentially, Saiz, Alioski, Hernandez, and time will tell for Grot and Ekuban.

29 Aug 2017 17:52:16
Not fully convinced about Phillips, but it's great to see so many names in that list delboy

29 Aug 2017 17:55:22
Good call Delboy, I would choose the same but in addition would be Cooper if he carries on the was he is and Beradi and O'kane. I think Roofe hasn't got the build for the Premiership but all our opinions will differ. Good choice though mate. MOT

29 Aug 2017 18:22:17
Maybe berardi woody, didn't think of him. It's great to see so few being not
Mentioned. a couple of seasons ago it would have been the total opposite

29 Aug 2017 19:06:57
The reason I didn't pick Berardi, is simply because he isn't the attacking kind, but as soon as he's fit he'd go right into the team, simply because he's defending and passion is excellent.

29 Aug 2017 19:17:43
To be honest Curahee even with last seasons team we would of struggled to find anyone good enough! Cooper, O'Kane, Phillips and Vierra have totally changed for the better, so last season Pontus, Beradi and Wood, they would of been it! How good is it though to be talking like this mate and not like we were last season, all our optimism pre season has been rewarded. MOT

29 Aug 2017 20:07:43
Agreed mate. i'm them most pessimistic person on the planet, but even I'm feeling optimistic! I don't like the feeling, it scares me! 😬

29 Aug 2017 22:00:26
I'm the most optimistic person and I sometimes wonder when it will sink in that I should be more pessimistic as I keep getting let down and the older you get the harder the harder the fall and it does bloody hurt! This is our season Curahee I just know it, we deserve it as long suffering fans who have not a had a lot to shout about for so long! How pessimistic is that! Now that's a glass full not half full! Lol MOT

29 Aug 2017 13:57:22
I hope that this polish lad from malmo is still giving them 100% and being a true professional. I don't want to be the team responsible for stopping players giving all for their current team.

29 Aug 2017 09:38:49
O'Kane pulls out of the Ireland squad due to a groin problem. Hope that it is precautionary as he has done really well for us so far this season and is an integral part of the team. He would be a big loss if he is out injured again imo.

29 Aug 2017 10:29:52
He's got to weeks to rest it off. i'm sure he'll be ok for burton.

29 Aug 2017 00:07:15
So many names being banded about leading up to transfer deadline day. It's exciting to be a Leeds fan. 😎 MOT.