Leeds Banter Archive February 19 2012

19 Feb 2012 21:54:50
aint it great i can tell we all happy come on leeds what a different a day makes if it only 7 hours i think thats how it goes

19 Feb 2012 20:58:48
Lets all get behind nw and show him what its like to be the manage a club the size of leeds united mot 4 life

19 Feb 2012 20:34:52
NW reputation for getting the best out of carp players. We should do well then! Brown will probably play like Zidane for a dozen games now.

At least having a new manager means that all players will get a chance to prove themselves. Becchio, for example had probably his best game in a leeds shirt on Saturday- up to then he was garbage; Brown came on and played like he did 10 years ago; O'Dea was actually commanding at the back.If warnock can make these players play like this every week because they are continually playing for their places the future suddenly looks bright!

19 Feb 2012 20:09:09
am I the only Leeds fan that thinks that Neil warnock is Ajad appointment Michael brown must be rubbing his hands wait n see he will start next game

Can you explain what Ajad means, because I am lost? {Ed003's Note - A bad,just a typo error }

I dont care if my dead gran started as long as they play well so whats your point stop the bad vibes its not good

19 Feb 2012 18:38:13
nice to see some positive thinking on here for a change and the bates haters at least for now very quiet love him or hate him hes hes a man who takes no prisoners nor warnock seems like the great whites have got their sharks cmon !!! mot lets get at at it !!!!

The only thing to Bates' credit is he did say when he took over that he was not going to make LUFC great again for us but for our children. He is definitely sticking to that plan. Investing in the stadium, hotels etc is undoubtedly good for the future. If we did make it into the PL again, we would be a very attractive proposition for investors with deeper pockets than Papa Smurf.

Bates has no excuse now he has the proven management now it's up to the old tight wad to give him the funds end of!

Grayson had funds i'm sick off people saying he didn't

No he didn't and I'm sick of people who don't understand the numbers Bates himself has been putting about.

The maths is very simple, assuming you ever bothered to listen at school.

His wage budget was 35% of revenue - the league average is over 70%. His transfer fund and all other related fees also had to come out of that 35%. Other managers get a separate fund for those other things.

Many of Grayson's best players were sold and the money not put back in. Net expenditure over 3 years was MINUS 11 million.

Those are Bates's own figures. In what way does that constitute funds for a serious promotion challenge? Answer - it doesn't.

I'm glad we've got an experienced manager in Warnock but it's not going to be as easy for him as some people on here think.

Hope I'm wrong but I'll be surprised if we finish higher than than 7th.

19 Feb 2012 17:40:39
Be interesting to see how Warnock treats the kids in the Academy. I'd like to see him bring through a couple into the first team. Gimpel and them Turner twins can't be far away in my opinion.

I think the youth team needs preserving and bringing on as and when, we still produce some class acts, but why let everyone else have them?

19 Feb 2012 15:46:10
i can tell that most people are now positive which is nice to hear its been along while coming but don't get disheartened if we have a slip up keep the faith and cut out all the bates out s**t, not good for no one

I would say he has given the club a lift already.

19 Feb 2012 15:23:09
why dont we let the boss decide who he is going to bring in instead of us saying who yes certain players would be good but we dont have the credentials to decide. instead we would be better putting out positive vibes and lifting the negativity positivity is always better than negativity i am more optimistic now than i was 2 days ago but i also no it will not happen overnight so just keep possitive everyone

Its just a bit of fun mate

This is not fun this is life my life your life leeds uniteds life ken bateses life every f ing day of my lifr sorry mate buts that is all i think yes i am a saddo prob

19 Feb 2012 12:44:28
Seriously great news about NW. Great to see all the positive posts and interest again. Bates might be a goose in a few ways but I think the bloke knows what he is doing so let's give him some credit. Let's get behind the boys and for all you spankers with your bates out stuff, go and support another club. It's getting tiresome.

Fully agree champ

Great post mate..........im sick of hearing Bates bashing on here....

Warnock will be a success at this club and bates haters will grow to like bates because Leeds will be successful similar to the Mike Ashley at Newcastle

19 Feb 2012 12:21:04
I can see NW being the perfect man for the job?
There is a part of me - and its only because of KB and no other reason that makes me think 44 days......
Lets hope it's the former

I agree with what you say about the potential for another clough 44 days scenario but at last bates has realised the need of a manager with a spine. no doubt they will have bust ups but warnock is a big enough character to deal with it. his first job has got to be to identify which players he wants to keep for a promotion push for next season because i feel his appointment is 10 games too late for this season. i think its the end of the line for a lot of players ie parker brown sam bromby odear et al the rest of the dross we have got as he will need to cut the wage bill to get some decent players in. good luck neil and welcome to a magnificent club at last we have got a manager with a pair of balls lets hope papa smurf backs you

Bates is a great chairman for Leeds he gets slammed for taking Leeds into administration, imo Leeds should have gone into administration as soon as we was relegated from the premiership. Since the administration days I think bates has been one of the best chairman in the football league.

19 Feb 2012 09:06:22
Lets vote with our feet ...... all the way the Elland Road ..... Let's get behind Warnock, he is the right man for us and WILL get us back to the PL

If you are going to moan and chant a load of old crap , then stay away ..... a true Leeds fan would go to every game and support the men in white !

C'mon guys the time for the Bates out chants is now over (He's not going to listen anyway) It's time for us all to get behind the team as Warnock i'm sure will sort out the slackers and bring in the type of players to get us back in the premiership, it might not be this season but at least we have now given him chance to look at the team before the close season so he can weigh up where he needs to improve. {Ed013's Note - Well said}

Well said mate we should be getting 28000 plus each game leeds is the 3rd biggest city a one team city i no all the bates stuff but we should start to make er a tuff place for away teams to visit. well done bates for getting warnock

19 Feb 2012 08:44:04
Yesterday upon riving at Elland Road I was given a flyer asking me to stay out of the ground and enter on the 7th minute which would represent the 7 years of lies we have been given from KB....i have been going to ER for 30 years and wild still be going long after papa smurf has gone...... it is time to wake up ! ..... he will not be going until we get to the PL, so let's all stop moaning and chanting, the best thing we can all do is get behind the lads and new manager, this is the only way to oust the chairman, he is a business man . like it, love him or hate him .... he isn't going anyway in the short term ..... asking everybody to boycott the Southampton game is totally pointless, KB doesn't given a s**t, so why not go to the game and support the lads on a game that will be very difficult for them ..... if you were a true lees fan you would know what i say is right ..... lets all stop moaning and support OUR TEAM !

Qyite true ,the guy gave me one to which i screwed up and threw back at him.Back the team 100% M.O.T

The bloke who gave me the same leaflet said he was boycotting the game entirely. his choice but do we need fans like that

19 Feb 2012 08:14:34
Posted comment two weeks ago that WARNOCK would be our man. He has always admired the Leeds fans and extent of the support. 'Its half the job done' When you have 5000 fans supporting you away from home and the Kop full at every home game. Looking forward to exciting times but not expecting miracles... although we all dream :)

19 Feb 2012 05:23:15
Apparently, Warnock was offered more money to be the new manager at Uddersfield, but prefered Leeds.
If this is true, then good for him.

I heard that too. apparently he was offered near on £1m if they got promotion...

19 Feb 2012 03:15:58
Told all you guys it was either Redfearn or Warnock. Delighted with Warnock. I am right about a great many things! He will get formation and tactics right and it would not surprise me if we go unbeaten to the end of the regular season. Play-offs beckon (becchion....lol) in my opinion.

What a clown - just knew it was the ''i told you warnock would come brigade'' before anyone else