Leeds Banter Archive July 10 2020

10 Jul 2020 13:43:49
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Great Teams Part 5 The Big Goon & Superbrat: Fleming & McEnroe

10 Jul 2020 20:57:38
Radz has to sign up Ben White don’t let him go back top class,

10 Jul 2020 23:11:49
Don’t really have much choice if they say no.

11 Jul 2020 05:27:20
True, but let’s make an offer that can’t refuse.

11 Jul 2020 05:32:47
They said they would only entertain offers around 50Mil which of course nobody would pay that amount, I reckon 20 Mil might do it though, we’ll see.

11 Jul 2020 06:17:08
Can't see us paying 35 million and even if we were willing would he choose us rather than clubs like Liverpool?

10 Jul 2020 11:27:30
Mornin siblings and a jolly good one it is too. I think its time to acknowledge our fortune in finally having an owner fitting of our great club and having a coach who is about to deliver in two seasons what many have failed to do since the days of O'Leary. From the austerity of Pappa Smurf, who saw our club as a cash cow to the utter carnage of GFH and the catalytic struggle under Big Mass, we now have a club run professionally and properly from top to bottom. Our youth set up is blossoming and we have a squad of honest and talented players with the right ethics. Be proud and thankful bruvvers an sisters, we are coming home ;)

10 Jul 2020 12:03:32
Here, here Vid

I was too young to appreciate how well out club was run during the glory days. I think I only became aware of how a club is run once the Peter Risdale era had come to an end. Even then, in the early days after, I didn't grasp just how awful that era had been behind the scenes. I was still basking in the glory of European semi finals.
If Peter had left his chequebook in his pocket a bit more I think we could have still had a brilliant team, some brilliant games, and the show would have gone on for longer
(did we really need, Seth Johnson, Robbie Keane, Robbie Fowler, Danny Mills, and even Rio Ferdinand if I am honest)
But from then on, I have become hugely aware of how the board shapes a club. Kramer, Bates, GFH. They were a living nightmare.
I think Cellino was the starting point for our upward trajectory. Mad as a box, but he set about getting the finances right. Then he sold to someone who had done the same. No FFP issues, but definitely flirting with it.
Average players
Brings in a brilliant manager
Players become less average
Fans become more connected
Sponsors become more plentiful
Results get better
Attract better players

I am loving the ride, thank you.

10 Jul 2020 12:45:14
Well said Axe.

10 Jul 2020 13:19:46
To be fair Axe, I wasn't aware of any Leeds fans shouting stop at Ridsdale at the time . We all now have the benefit of hindsight and know it was wrong, but had his gamble. paid off then Leeds may have never went down the path we did and may well have been a powerhouse in the premiership .
The old adage, need to speculate to accumulate has to play out also .

10 Jul 2020 14:27:39
Chris Chris

Absolutely with you on the Risedale rollercoaster. I enjoyed that as much as this one and I never shouted stop.

However I was always perplexed by some of the later purchases. They didn't seem to move us forward.

When you have Gary Kelly and Alan Maybury at right back, why do you purchase Danny Mills.

When you have Dacourt and Batty in the middle of the park with Bakke and MacPhail waiting for their chance, why but Seth Johnson.

When you have Kewell, Viduka and Smith upfront, with Wilcox, Huckerby and Bridges in reserve, why buy Robbie Fowler or Robbie Keane

When you have Woodgate and Radebe at centre back with Matteo filling in, why buy Rio Ferdinand

I just never got it. Why did we buy benchwarners?
To be fair I think Rio was the only player that improved the team. Class player. But did he improve the centre back area of that team that much?

Going forward I would love us to:
Get promoted
Win the Championship
Secure all the players on new contracts (even Beradi)
All further transfers IN should be of Starting 1st XI quality
Any current 1st XI players used to improve the bench, not sold.

10 Jul 2020 14:42:02
Great post VId.

10 Jul 2020 15:50:53
Axe
U buy mills as he was better than maybury
U buy Fowler and keane because they were better than bridges and forest Gump
U buy Rio as he was class
I'll give u seth Johnson thou, but in his defence he was touted as a promising player.

10 Jul 2020 17:12:24
Bridges was better at that stage of Fowlers career, but unfortunately always injured.

10 Jul 2020 19:59:18
Sorry Axe, Can't agree about Beardi, liabilty in the championship. What he would do in the Premier is really scary.

10 Jul 2020 20:23:54
I agree the journey in early 2000’s was great, I had the pleasure of going to Rome and Milan, but it wasn’t for the fans to worry about Ridsdale and his ridiculous way of running a club, that is what he took money out of the club to do, we should expect he runs things correctly, but he didn’t because he is a retard, and did waste money on some bang average, and less than average players.
On the Rio debate, he was utter class when he arrived and when O’Leary took over and in his first game against Chelsea put Woodgate to partner him, it was the best centre half pairing in Europe, the others like Seth were parp.

11 Jul 2020 08:12:17
AGM I really don’t think Berardi would play in premier league if we get promoted! I think he has value as back up in championship and probably good leader/ character in dressing room! I don’t think he will have contract renewed!
Either kept on in coaching capacity or return to Italian lower league!

10 Jul 2020 09:22:03
well when we draw with luton and lose to the likes of wigan and ispwish i moan about typical leeds

that is the other side of the typical leeds coin. we was brilliant, multiple goal scorers, dominated the game and played ome great stuff and that is very typical leeds

bamford frustates as much as belisa but credit where it is due he has stepped up to the plate last few games and 16 goals ain't a bad return

just hope the final four games see this typical leeds as it is quality to watch.

10 Jul 2020 10:45:11
Thats what has frustrated me all season BW. We are capable of ripping teams apart, Bamford is capable of scoring goals like that, Costa is capable of tormenting teams and getting free kicks, penalties, goals. KP can score fantastic goals. Maybe the system is more complicated than it looks or maybe its just down to confidence and belief. Anyway we are Kliching at the right time this season, that result will have done us the world of good and we showed we are capable of getting out of this division. MOT.

10 Jul 2020 13:47:16
To me it's simple, every coach in this league knows we can RIP them apart if they go toe to toe with us, so they dont.
Once we got the first Stoke had to try and look what happened.
Almost all teams try to defend deep and hit us on the break as it is simple their best chance of getting points.
Our issue is we find it hard to break them down.
Good news for me is that a point isn't too great for Swansea so they may try to go toe to toe.

09 Jul 2020 23:58:31
Great performance on to Swansea now boys almost there it s about what we do come on MOT it's a pity we can't be there tho.

10 Jul 2020 04:37:05
True wiganwhite, let’s think about the next games and 3 points or last night means nothing, we can celebrate when we done the job in hand, which is still not yet done.