Leeds Banter Archive May 07 2013

07 May 2013 22:00:51
We may have finished in a similar place as last season but this is completely different to last season. BMD came here for three reasons 1. Because of the clubs history and stature. 2. Because it was the challenge of a lifetime to get this club back where it belongs. 3. Because he was promised he would be given the funds to do the job.
IF and it is a big IF he is backed and given precisely what he wants I firmly believe he will deliver promotion as number one or two but not via the play offs.

My sentiments exactly. If BMD is given time and money the then I believe we will be successful.

Much the same as Warnock then.

07 May 2013 17:30:44
A lot of people are predicting we will sign players from Reading this summer. Doubt we will though, as with other relegated clubs they will get rid of some fringe players to lower wages and the odd player that will want to play at a higher level but apart from that they will want to keep as much of the same squad as last season. Reading players (or QPR and a. n. other club) will see there current club as a better prospect rather than Leeds. I also don't see us being able to offer enough wages to tempt them to us, we will have more money to spend than previous years but not enough to buy recently relegated players.

08 May 2013 10:21:19
Why would we wan't recently relegated cannon fodder, from very average teams with no ambition!They can keep them in my opinion, who want's players whose ambition is to finish 4th from bottom in the prem. and earn ridiculous wages for being failures!. oh and the icing on the cake the clubs get a failure (sorry parachute)payment!you couldn't make it up!

Some of the players in relegated team are good and would be worth looking at if we had the funds. Its the fact though that the relegated clubs don't have the resources to get more good players and have to pad the squad with cheaper ones which is where the problems come from. If they can get established like Fulham, Stoke, Swansea then they get more cash and can get better players and rely on the bad players less. The flip side of that is someone like QPR who have loads of money and flash the cash getting a load of good players but the team doesn't gel. However any players that would be good enough for us the relegated teams won't be letting them go to division rivals as they will want to keep as good a squad as possible.
Also bet you didn't complain about parachute payments when Leeds got relegated.

09 May 2013 08:42:22
Regard's failure payments (or parachute)papa smurf sold everyone we had signed with them!thats my point!Blake, Hulse, Healy et al!

07 May 2013 13:30:22
I think this is the first time we can honestly say we don't know what's going to happen from here on in. I mean transfer wise.

I can't guess who we will sign and despite rumours I think there is no chance of us guessing till they are signed.
I like the "stay below the radar" approach.

But guys who would you like to see next season?

I think we could do with
Le fondre/mcgoldrick
M phillips/luongo
M mills/a pearce

Just my personal preference

MOT

Just voted for MOT were winning by a massive margin. course we are!

06 May 2013 23:30:04
Does anybody think we could consistently sell out 35,000 every home game if promoted

Obviously

Yes if the recession ever finishes!

Not while Bates is still att he club. Sorry to bring it up but there would still be people staying away.

Bates is used as an excuse by a lot of plastics. Fair play if it was due to work or lack of it, but to use KB's is just laughable.

If we went up we would easily get 40000 in each game only while we're in the championship will our attendances be down

In prem we will get 28 maybe 30 thou a week only sell out for big six

We drew an AVERAGE crowd of 27,000 league 1 that's average so in prem I would invisage 35,000 average

Yes but it depends on how much ticket prices would increase local guys simply don't have the spare cash to watch us week in week out say you and a child go tickets would probably cost you into 50-60£ mark then food and drink another 10£ then the match programme and petrol it's become really expensive to watch football