Leeds Banter Archive March 16 2013

16 Mar 2013 22:09:30
I live in North Carolina and have been a Leeds United supporter since 1969. This season has to have been one of the worse and most frustrating season I can remember. I went to one game when visiting the UK (Birmingham at home) and could not believe how dead Elland Road had become. The team on the field was awful except for Bryam and Lees. The rest just looked like journeymen looking for a paycheck. I really feel sorry for the fans who pay they hard earned money every week to follow their team. At no point this season did I think Leeds would achieve a playoff spot and it looks likely I was right. Whatever excuse one can think of, Bates, Warnock, new owners they are all to be held to account for what has happened this season. If I still lived in the UK I would stop going to the games. My daughter and I were season ticket holders for several season when we went home feeling we had been entertained. Warnock should do the right thing now and step down. Who looks after the club for the rest of the season is a good question. I haven't got a clue. Nigel Adkins is my choice but there will not be the money to sign him. Maybe the Bradford City manager? Pulling down the curtain for this season. All the best to the supporters.

I too went to the Hfield game today after a long absence from Elland rd. I must admit I was shocked at the atmosphere or lack of despite 23000 fans. When Paddy Kennys name was announced I cheered but there were hardly any cheers. When I use to attend regularly many moons ago we cheered every player as he was announced. I think that set the stall and on many occasions the Udders fans were louder. And before you say I use to attend when we were in the 2nd tier of football so it wasnt like we were a top team but the fans never stopped singing. I know times have been horrific for the regular fan over the the last few years but what happened to singing for 90 mins - sing your hearts out - or is it everywhere and times have just changed? I must admit when I have seen the leeds fans AWAY on tv they seemed to sing a lot more. Why? Today was very disappointing in lots of ways!

Take your point mate. But it's hard to work up any atmosphere and enthusiasm when your watching such dross on the field. I've been supporting since 1957 I'm not going to stop until I snuff it but honestly it's getting harder. JD

16 Mar 2013 20:33:28
ed? whos your choice to take over as manager I fancy either di canio but won't go up for couple of years but would be exciting or Mcdermott nickybee {Ed013's Note - Poyet or Martinez if possible for me}

Good shout ed nt sure if martinez would come but hey! {Ed013's Note - Maybe if Wigan go down, but after Liverpool wanted him I imagine he is set for a top job. Oh yeah, Leeds is a top job!}

16 Mar 2013 20:55:46
I must admit although Adkins has been in my mind for a while, I have a sneaky feeling Poyet would be a better long term bet providing he does not run off to London again or anywhere else for that matter.

Martinez would never drop down a division and would be more likely to join a better premier league whether Wigan stay up or not. Realistically I would go for Brian McDermott he turned around reading, they were sitting in 19th spot and relegation was looming, he joined and got them up to 9th in the same season, the season after he got them to the playoff final only to lose to Swansea and then he won the league. Enough said really his lowest league position is 9th which is something that will probably be out of our reach this season. It may be hard to believe but he was under much worse financial constraints than us, last season he had 300,000 pounds to spend even though they sold a player for 6 million, the season before that when they got playoffs, £0 pound was spent and he led them to playoffs. This is our man to get us up, he created 2 superstars in 2 years generating 12 million pounds for reading only to be given 300k over 2 years neil has had it easy in terms of finances compared to him. Warnock out McDermott in

16 Mar 2013 20:01:13
Can't win at home v lowly teams, negative goal difference, clueless manager. but still people say we can go up! We will be staying where we are. WE DO NOT DESERVE TO GO UP!! Mathematically speaking we could win the PL next season and the CL the next five seasons. when will you eternal optimists believe that us eternal realists know what we're talking about? IT'S NOT going to HAPPEN!

Could nt agree more!

16 Mar 2013 19:10:13
I think there's only one thing going through all our minds today?

f**k off warnock?

Drawing at home to Peterborough was something, losing today is totally unacceptable,,,,,,,,,,

16 Mar 2013 18:59:38
Who was the guy on here quoting 'facts' based on the league positions and points?

Where are your predictions now then?

Losing 3-1 at home to Huddersfield proves that we are nowhere near good enough for the premiership

FACT!

16 Mar 2013 20:43:53
It would if we had actually lost 3-1! don't you think the FACT that we lost 2-1 is bad enough without adding another one on the end? {Ed013's Note - I must have missed the 3rd goal like I missed the error in the OPs post!}

You obviously weren't there it was 2 1

It was 2-1 not 3-1.

16 Mar 2013 21:14:22
2-1 lol my god! Get your facts right lol

I ain't the guy but your just as bad

Stop opposing the team start supporting

MOT wherever we are in any league

Have I missed something with these last couple of texts. JD

Might as well have been 6-1.

16 Mar 2013 18:46:32
What a shocking performance. No idea no game plan no pace. We must be the slowest team in the leauge? I've tried to stay with wornock the last few weeks and really get behind the lads cause whoever pulls the mighty white shirt on I always give my support BUT 3 quatres of are squad are not good enough. We need a serious clear out. And serious summer investment 10/ 20 million. Wornock must go and go NOW. Mot next season.

16 Mar 2013 18:06:14
im looking on bright side now! no more worrying on a sat for a while no more hoping for a great star to appear! but best of all!!. NO MORE WARNOCK TO LISTEN TOO!!

16 Mar 2013 17:37:46
Am I missing something, but surely the fans deserve more of an input into our next manager than Warnock, as it is the fans who are going to be around long after Warnock has gone, so gfh listen to the fans not warnock.

16 Mar 2013 15:34:33
Im off to bed. I will leave you with this thought
In football you get the odd cup shock or really weird league result but if we are really honest, this result--- leeds losing at home to huddersfield isn't that surprising--- and that is astonishing!

16 Mar 2013 16:02:19
Trying to be positive - with any luck today's result, and the utterly inept performance might just mean I can stop posting the words

Going nowhere under Warnock

16 Mar 2013 20:16:50
I am positive, that Mr Warnock keeps his eyes shut from 1st minute to last of every game because he certainly doesn't see what the rest of us see!

16 Mar 2013 15:01:26
Thank god we signed habi. We could of ended up with woods, jenas, burke, beckford and other suchlike. Proper luck!

That is assuming they would have wanted to come to Leeds, or we were willing to pay what they were asking for

16 Mar 2013 14:53:35
Due to early kick off couldn't make today, went to Leceister away and Peterborough at home and they where both frustrating games, a manager is judged by his signings and results and that speaks for itself, I expected 6 points this week and that is a let down, apart from the Spurs game I haven't really enjoyed or seen a decent performance all season, Saving my money now for the start of next season unless Warnock has gone and the youth get a chance to play the season out because I'm fed up with watching Kenny hoof the ball up the pitch every match for the last 20mins when we have run out of ideas.

Why dosent he just walk?
It would be great to see the youngsters get valuable experience when we have nothing to gain or lose.
So what if the youngsters lose 4 or 5, can't do any worse.
We don't expect them to win just learn and grow!

16 Mar 2013 14:49:54
Finally looks like even the most optimistic/dreamers of fans have admitted Warnock has been clueless since he's joined us.

We have gone backwards in every single way as a team since he's been in charge in all fairness we have now 2 wins in the last 11 matches and yet still he and a lot of fans were claiming we were on a good run

Seriously 2 wins in 11 and that's a good run how on earth can anyone defend that unless your a team who was expected to be relegated at the beginning of the season.

Time to go Warnock you've made a show of us for long enough and bring the majority of the rubbish you brought with you.

16 Mar 2013 14:42:17
season over!! now blood our youngsters for rest of season please!!! nickybee

16 Mar 2013 14:32:16
Er, ok, 3 more points dropped. Soon to be 8 behind, 24 to play for! not mathematically impossible but realistically its goodnight! can't wait for the excuses, does Warnock need a taxi? he could use his bus pass or maybe a passing dinosaur will give him a lift!

16 Mar 2013 14:30:05
Ok I have been hanging onto a bit of hope untill now. that's it season over, new manager and prepare for next season.

I for one won't be giving up. Not really haha we have no chance

16 Mar 2013 14:27:18
Another late goal conceeded. Again failed to score in the 1st half. Failed to keep a clean sheet, yet again. Enforced changes to the team were all players that Warnock has brought in. So despite all the nonsense about " if I had this team from the start of the season we would have been promoted" & we should be 12 points off and in the playoffs" we are Simply not good enough. Lack of quality, cohesion and pace. I really wanted NW to do well. It's a shame but he hasn't improved Leeds United. If I'm honest I think he has taken us backwards. At least under SG we played better football on top of not being able to defend! I don't know if its better if he goes now or sees us through to the end of the season.

Good post and I totally agree, we were better to watch under SG!

Better he goes now - some of us wanted him to go the day he arrived.

16 Mar 2013 14:22:43
for god sake Colin, just go.

16 Mar 2013 14:19:33
Taxi for Warnock

Let him walk!

Surely its time for NW to walk and give the new manager this season to assess what we have and don't have and plan for next season, we have no chance of play offs now so time to go.

Today just sums up our season. Dissapointing, poor and really inevitable. We all sort of had it in our minds that we had no chance and now it is guaranteed. I was very optimistic due to our fixture list but 1 point from 2 games at home against teams that were getting relegated until they played us and gained points is just terrible. At least we know now a new manager, new squad and new atmosphere will be at elland road next season

Don't say things like that you will be accused of being a moaner! Well we certainly have got a hell of a lot to moan about, awful!

16 Mar 2013 13:31:02
Big love to both sets of supporters walking from the John Smith stadium to the Billy Bremner statue outside Elland Road for Cancer Research. It's what football should be all about.

16 Mar 2013 13:54:52
Taxi for Neil Warnock. Lose this and you deserve to go. It's time

16 Mar 2013 11:49:31
We haven't got many goals in this team except byram lol!

16 Mar 2013 02:18:42
Probably not going to be a popular one, but I agree with leaving Dawson out of the team until next season. Byram has come through and been fantastic but he'll be leaving in the summer (let's face it, he will be leaving). If we bring Dawson in now, and he has a great run in the team like Byram, then he'll be noticed too and also be bought by a prem team in the summer. Leave the lad out for now and bring him in next season. We'll have lost Byram but we'll still have one future star in the team.

I await the backlash.

16 Mar 2013 05:41:11
I don't think gfh will dare sell byram in the summer unless a really big offer comes in like 8 mil. I think they will of found some investment by the summer so I have hope about getting some new signings.

Here it comes then.
So your suggestion implies that our beloved team doesn't use any players that Might improve the team in case it alerts other teams to how good they are! Tell me then, WHAT'S THE POINT OF HAVING A TALENTED YOUTH SYSTEM?? We should play whoever it takes to win the points, regardless of the consequences. If We had adopted that attitude with Byram, kept him locked away like the crown jewels, we'd be in the bottom 3. If our top players attract other clubs, especially the incestual ones, its up to the board to do their job and fight them off. If We don't play our talent for fear of losing them We end up with a side full of rubbish players that no one else wants. And We nearly have. I'd love to see some more academy players in the side. I reckon Poleon should be in, especially today when We r struggling with injuries and if Dawson is good enough, get him in too. Could they b any worse than the plodders We have in now?
_G63

I think the poster is referring to this season. We ain't going up this year so why risk giving premier league teams a look at our goods until we need too. byram may go and maybe should if we can get big money to reinvest

To the last poster on here, it takes money to fight off other clubs. There's no other weapon in football to cure threats and problems other than money. We don't have it! Byram will probably be sold in the summer.