Leeds Rumours Archive May 07 2013

07 May 2013 22:21:29
BMD wants at least 7 new signings this summer
judging by the reports its;

- LeFondre
- Sunny
- Humphrey or Mackay Stevens
- Wells

and the rest seems to be rumors about young payers from lower leagues.

if this is true could have a very good first full season under BMD

If we managed to capture 3 of these guys at least I would be very excited about next season. We'd defo be up there. Mot

Those Sunny rumors have been circulating for some time now, and I still have no idea who h is.

Not quite sure on Wells. Very talented player, but does seem to split opinion. Think the cup run may blind a few people upon his ability. For the right price it could be a real bargain, but this season has shown that many good players are available from the lower leagues.

08 May 2013 14:40:30
Mc d knows what he's doing remember he used to be a top scout so I think he knows what he is looking for, we need young hungry players and by the looks of it that's what we are getting looking forward to next season and I think we are all going to go mental marching on together to the premier league ls6 h. p. c 4 lif3 :).

07 May 2013 18:09:19
Leeds scouts have been watching a number of players from league 1 in the past few weeks. They were at the Shrewsbury vs Oldham game to assess Mat Smith from Oldham and Jon Taylor of the Shrews. 2 young players ready to step up to the championship.

Why does Brian want to buy these crap players we are trying to get in the premier league not relegated to league 1

"Why does Brian want to buy these players we are trying to get in the premier league not relegated to league 1. "

In response: A number of good quality players have come through league 1 (Le Fondre, Austin, Apkan, Rhodes, Westwood). Players with a great attitude on decent wages, for a great price. Not every player works out well, but neither does signing star quality players. (You only have to look at Wolves this season).

I saw Mat Smith play a few times, and he seemed like a player who could develop into a very good player in time. Not sure how well he did over the season, but I'm sure there is a few good buys in league 1 this season.

Smith is a donkey, people just see he scored a few against prem teams and make the link themselves. He is not good enough.

We need a striker with pace to fit into the modern game, not a cart horse.

07 May 2013 14:39:33
Heard via an ex colleague who now works as part of the Finance team at Elland Road, a lot of buzz around Jonny Howson coming back to Leeds this summer. Apparently McDermotts "list" he handed to the board had an extra pair of eyes than intended. Feeling behind Howson, is that he is unhappy with not playing week in week out and Norwich are wanting to strengthen to stay in the Premiership next season. Leaving Howson in a situation where he won't be playing much.

I would welcome him back if this comes true!

Waaah! Poor Johnny, I guess a paycheck isn't enough, but he's at a premiership team so has a shot at an england call up. HA!

Not playing week in week out? He has played in 884 out of the last 900 minutes, so stop talking rubbish.

Howson is not good enough for Norwich. He definitely is not good enough for us. I wasn't too cut up when he went - don't want him back now. Would lose a bit of confidence in Mc D if he did.

He will be back here anyway when Wigan do their usual escape act and Norwich go down Will he make their Championship XI?

No thanks been there done that time to move on.
Liverbird

He didn't think twice about jumping ship for greener pastures. Stop being so sentimental. Let him rot at Norwich

Might be in same division as us next year. JD

Macca's an intelligent guy why waste what money he's given on that prick. Let's concentrate on bringing in players who are hungry for success and not looking for a quick buck!

07 May 2013 20:34:30
we do need that type of player now. we have the solid type in green, austin and tonge.
At the time we had howson he got lost in games but that was mainly because we played so attacking under grayson and didn't use killer or Johnson as an holding midfielder.
We have an howson type player in dawson but he's still very young and probably needs a season in league 1.

I saw him on Briggate last Wednesday.

Tonge? Solid? Come off it mate.

Some poor, ungracious comments about a model pro who served us well over a long period of time, and gave us some memorable moments (Bristol Rovers, Carlisle, that pass at Old Trafford. ), not to mention being one of our youngest ever permanent captains. Shame some fans are so unappreciative. As for not thinking twice before 'jumping ship, ' that's not true -Bates bit Norwich's hands off, because Bates was desperate for some cash to help fund his East Stand vanity project. Chapel A

Like any item that is sold cheaply to get rid of it "when it's gone, it's gone"

Why take him back he thought he was better than Leeds and left not our problem that it's blown up in his face

07 May 2013 22:07:49
Get him back.

Great player and better than what we have.

Knows the club and can handle the expectation.

Was pushed out the door by Bates when he was expecting to stay.

He refused to sign a new contract with us so if we hadn't have sold him he would have gone for nothing. Plus he was injured at the time he left for delia land.
Why ŵould/ should he come back now? He's not likely to get any better deal then was on the table before he left.

I hope he doesn't come back he is useless! wake up he was garbage in l1 and can't hack it in championship let alone in prem, watch the games he does nothing he is hopeless please please no, we have better midfielders already

I've also heard from someone who lives near his mum and dad that he is set to rejoin us in the summer.

I would welcome him back he was one of the few players with passion when he played like when we were 2-1 down to doncaster and straight from the kick off he ran through there whole team and scored as he didn't want to lose a derby game

07 May 2013 10:18:20
Is there any inside information rumours yet?
Must be a few in the know who we are looking at.
Mcd seens keen on diouf, mackornack, byram, poleon and a few other yourh players too. Good core now for the toffee.

I don't know, but I know who I would like to see come in:

Carson in goal - a very out there suggestion
Dawson at the back - unlikely
Carroll / Macechran / Frimpong in midfielid - possibly
Russell, Humphreys LeFondre or Wells upfront.

Sako / doyle / Johnson / oHara all good possibilities from wolves

I wish people would stop going on about getting a load of people from relegated clubs. Yes by all means look at one or two but surely we need to learn from last season when Warnock just brought in a load of ex Portsmouth players who have proven why Portsmouth were relegated last season

I don't think we could afford all the players from wolves, let alone their wages. I meant good possibilities, to mean exactly what it means.

May be I should have spelt out a bit better. At least I ain't mentioning Samba, bosingwa, Zamora and Cesar. no that would just be ridiculous.

LeFondre doesn't count though, would be a very good adddition bearing in mind his experience with MacD. And the rest have been thought about

07 May 2013 17:31:19
well said the last post - fed up of getting players who couldn't keep their last club up.

RS

I don't see the problem with buying the better players from the relegated teams such as Adomah, Ebanks-Blake and Gayle but we shouldn't make a habit of buying players just from relegated clubs, we need to buy some real quality players as well if we want promotion

Bit unfair about portsmouth- it was a depressed club all season with wages boy being paid and Appleton has to transfer power, they only went down after being deducted 10 points- that being the case we would have been relegated this season if it was us!

Why would we want roger johnson 3 relegations on his cv in 3 seasons

I know that questions have to be asked when a team gets relegated, and players are part of the blame, but i'm sure plenty of teams will be keeping a close eye on Adomah.

I'd take Russell over any other striker that we've been thingy with, he is a man that has shoes on his feet but dosent wear a hat if you get my drift. Very very shower capped player in my rainbow opinion