Leeds Banter Archive January 14 2018

14 Jan 2018 17:43:54
Our record in the last 4games reads lost 3 drawn 1 goals for one goals against four. It’s obvious that our strike force is not performing as we would like. This idea of a lone striker with the two available to us will not win us games. Roofe will really struggle against our next opponents Millwall who don’t take any prisoners and Lasogga cannot operate that role either so why not pair them both up and play a 4-4-2 formation With both feeding off each other we might cause the Millwall defence some problems. I doubt whether Christensen will even think this might be a good idea he is set in his ways just like Monk stubborn. If he doesn’t change things the team will slowly slide down the championship table and bang goes another season

14 Jan 2018 22:59:07
Nothing changes does it. We had a speinkle of wins. Once again b lower level teams. We are unable to compete against mid or top level teams. Millwall will once again prob kick us off the park and win. We have players that we are relying on week in week iut that are not good enough. So what do we do? Nothing. No important buys like 2 strikers and midfield general. Aa last year showed us. If the midfield is weak. The defence will suffer. And this season we have no wood to terrorise defence.

15 Jan 2018 12:37:32
Ausman Agreed lack of investment will cost us, it’s ok buying for the under 21s must have more then the first team now, we need 5 players of PA experience and we ant going to get that. TC is just meeting with the board and we two weeks into this window says it all.

14 Jan 2018 15:33:55
Just looking at who we've bought in since the start of the season compared to who has moved on. If you grade the incomers as green, where there's an improvement on what we had, amber where they may turn out to be as good but not sure yet, and red where they are not an improvement or worse, you could say (with roughly similar players who've moved on alongside) Green: Saiz (Murphy) Amber: Alioski (Doukara) , Pennington Red: Lonergan (Silvestri) , Wiedwald (Green) , Lasogga (Wood) , Anita and Borthwick-Jackson (Taylor) , Klich (Bridcutt) , Cibicki (Diogouraga) . Haven't included Grot as I don't think he should be in the 1st team but may develop in U23s. You may disagree with the categories for one or two but it doesn't make good reading. Therefore I can't see why we should finish any higher than last season unless we recruit well during the next fortnight. I know the powers that be would rather make most of their signings in the summer when there's generally better value, but the risk is that the few top players we do have may be enticed away by someone with deeper pockets and big ambitions in the short, rather than longer term.

14 Jan 2018 20:13:26
With the money we paid can we even say we got value? Klich was 3 mill wasn’t he and he barely plays.

14 Jan 2018 20:46:39
Klich was 1.5 million

14 Jan 2018 22:16:17
Klich £1.5m, Sacko £1.7m, Grot £1m at least. We could have got a decent player with these wasted transfer fees

15 Jan 2018 09:32:09
Sacko signing mystified me at the time - we already saw how lamentable he was the previous season and yet we still spent good money on him. I assumed at the time this was because the coaching team were confident they could get a tune out of him but he just looks hopeless every time he plays.

14 Jan 2018 14:02:39
As a team without limitless funds and languishing in the Championship our scouting policy must be to identify a first team prospect and pounce. Waste no time, for if the target is any good any delay and the sharks will gather. There are always Championship promotion contenders or Premier League strugglers who are on the lookout and if they smell blood will attack. We do the searching they do the gazumping. Prime example Aden Flint, on our radar for many weeks now West Brom interested. Financially we cannot compete.

14 Jan 2018 14:35:33
I agree, not so long ago Norwich were taking players off us now it's almost the case of the boot is on the other foot. We were warned about Orta, just think had we signed Flint and Byran kept Green as what we have is no better and signed a couple of proven cheap strikers like Garner and Madine .

15 Jan 2018 12:23:07
This player Kean looks like a little gem. If we are interested then pounce now even if he doesn't move until the end of the season because of a contractual loan. Don't ring the bells then watch all the others come running.

14 Jan 2018 13:34:01
A lot of football to be played this season and we are not at our best but hopefully we'll add more strength in transfer window. I don't think anyone taught we were going to storm the league and start of the season was a false dawn. But not being at our best we are still in the mix. Maybe the transfer window can turn up more Samu types

14 Jan 2018 15:34:54
Comes to something when even Wex is saying we need to strengthen in the transfer window.

14 Jan 2018 17:23:29
Mezzer never been against strengthening the squad just been against hammering the squad when we are still in the hunt for playoffs or even automatic promotion

14 Jan 2018 17:53:48
I don't think there is a Leeds fan alive who would say that we don't need to strengthen, everyone knows we do. I think, like Wex says, the key difference on here is whether people just choose to pan our current ones, and advocate shelling out top fees, or choose to remain positive to the squad, and support a more measured approach. Every view is valid, I just prefer the latter personally.

14 Jan 2018 18:48:48
Bright would love to be shelling out top fees but after that approach nearly killed our club I prefer the cautious approach😢

14 Jan 2018 20:10:11
When you guys keep saying shelling out top fees, do you mean paying the current fees for players who are able to preform to the standard of the league we are in? I believe we can strengthen with players who know this league without paying out a fortune. What has happened to the transfer fees we have received this season? Maybe if we slow down on our recruitment on players for the future who we sign on long contracts but show no sign of being anywhere near helping the current squad. Not really hearng many fans saying we need to spent over the top fees. Yes we For now are still in with a chance of the playoffs and like all our fans would love this to come true. But Unless things change round quickly then its looking less likely. But as some of you guys have said the bigger picture is the future. So Happy days.

14 Jan 2018 13:33:25
When is the time for Radz to seriously question the effectiveness of Orta. Even I, with a team of scouts and advisors, can buy young players "for the future". When my choice is not judged by salting them away in the U23 squad. When my only first team buys are, by and large, a disappointment. Even I can work on the scattergun approach and in defence point to my one success as validation. It's time Mr Orta proved his worth and found a young quality player, for a pittance, who slots right into the first team and lights up Elland Road.