Leeds Banter Archive May 21 2015

21 May 2015 22:11:11
Let's hope that our season lasts longer than usual, it would be nice to have something to cheer after September!! I'm very optimistic about Uwe and let's just keep our fingers crossed that MC stays out of his plans, I think that is where Pearson will definitely earn his pennies. I watched Premier League years last night on Sky and it was the year we got relegated, a very sad sad day but it's now time to move on, we need good results which will breed good press which will be a welcome change. Come on Leeds, Uwe please get us back to where we belong, oh one more comment, sorry Simon Grayson but I hope you get stuffed against Swindon nothing against you mate but when you dance with The Devil you get what you deserve, how the hell that man Ridsdale is in that position/ Roll is beyond me, he souls of been banned for life, he is unfit and not proper he couldn't run a bath. Come on Swindon!

21 May 2015 19:39:25
I think when Cellino first came promising all sorts he was acting like a kid in a sweet shop, (pardon the pun). In other words you want to buy everything in the shop but you've only got enough for a quarter of midget gems.
I don't see him as a liar, just a bit of a fantasist who didn't realise how bad things were. He also thought he had to make promises to get us onside. Again silly but not vindictive.
I feel really optimistic now about next season and feel we need to just get behind Cellino, Pearson and Rosler.
IMO Cellino was never going to keep Redfern on past the end of the season wherever we finished in the league. He just never really fancied him. I mean he called Darko a good looking fella, he never said that about Redfern did he? :)

21 May 2015 21:37:15
good post so you might find me in the ER hotseat I'm well fit or as they say in italian, I'm'a wello fiteo and mucha handsomeo

22 May 2015 13:58:21
If Celine was like in a sweet shop, his selection for candy was utter garbage.

22 May 2015 18:50:22
dont know silvestri is the mars bars of keepers in our league. Ant could be a bit of a dime bar, not sure at first but potential to be really good. Morrision is a twix ok to fill a gap but that is about it, but then morrsion was not MC's choice

24 May 2015 12:33:03
Yeah and not those bars last long BW

21 May 2015 15:50:23
I believe we can all agree on 4 things
1 The anti/pro Redders opinions will rumble on
2 The public assassination of Redders, very similar to that of BMD, was a disgrace
3 Our leader is a fruit cake
4 Hiring Pearson is the best thing he has done by a country mile

21 May 2015 21:31:43
5. We won't spend like we need to in the summer.

6. Expect a mid-table finish come May 2016. I'll go for 11th.

22 May 2015 01:28:16
Let's leave predictions on where we will finish next season until the start of the new season once we known the make up of next season's squad.

22 May 2015 06:19:23
Are u related to smitch, George?

22 May 2015 11:57:18
Before I make any predictions see who he brings and who we keep but my heart says we finish top next season we win the prem and the season after the champions league and Mr Cellino sails off into the sunset in one of his boats and pays his VAT bill.

21 May 2015 13:11:47
Massivego

I & others predicted from the start that his involvement would ultimately come to grief before too long. His ego is even bigger than his mouth and he is already a confirmed liar once you review the comments below.

Track record to date:

Managers -he's keeping to his past dismal record (36 coaches in 22 years) and is already on his fifth in 16 months at Leeds! It was obvious that Neil was becoming too popular and stealing the image that he had been trying to cultivate as the "nice Guy" with cheap public stunts such as buying drinks in local pubs. Once he had been relegated (o what a dream) away from ER then he was unable to continue and grew very jealous.

Hark back to last November when he stated "Cellino hopes to keep Neil Redfearn as head coach for the next 10 years" Again a typical "off the cuff" response to raise his profile and make him popular! Cellino questioned Redfearn's relationship with the Leeds fans at last weeks press conference, ending by gesturing with his chest and claiming that it takes more than passion to run a successful football club. His degrading comments calling him weak and a baby should be examined by the authorities.under current employment law

His retribution, once he thought we were safe from relegation, was to instruct his puppet Salerno to suspend Thompson so as to destabilise Niels work just enough to ensure that we did not get any closer to a top 6 finish that would have made this latest change more difficult. When Neil managed a recovery in form then he clearly engineered the player revolt of his useless bunch of Italians.

Players - Most of his recruitment - coming from an expert with deep knowledge of the game! Was clearly not of sufficient quality to play at Championship level which is much higher than Italian 2nd division. Any skilled coach was not going to use them - if Neil had made greater use and failed he would then have been criticised for not bringing through the younger players. There was no way he could win -dammed if he did & dammed if he didn't.
He has extended Lewis Cook's contract - but reputedly only for

Investment - Everyone seem s to think he's injected large sums of cash -really?
Yes he bought out 75% of GFH but significantly not all their shares. He has not bought back ER,
He has benefitted from the sale of McCormack £11.5m and Smith £0.5m with a promise that these funds would go towards buying back ER.
His recruits were for the most brought in on loan & on low wages.
The promise by Cellino that between him and GFH they will inject £23.5million of capital into a club has been yet another broken promise.
So yet again we are left asking where has the money gone. Very probably on paying his family and other so called experts (Umbers, Salero etc.) inflated wages as directors!

The man - what can be said about him other than he is as mad as the proverbial hatter.
- Does almost anything to court publicity -good and bad
- thinks he can treat decent people with utter contempt (McDermott and Readfern)
- Is clearly not that clever - GFH ran rings round him over the sale
- Thinks he can do just what he wants -importing yachts' etc. without paying necessary tax (Surely even he would not have done what he did without taking appropriate advice - then again!)
- Persistently seeks to take credit for all the good actions (Playing the youngsters) and passing on any blame for bad actions (all those Italian misfits)

As a Wigan supporter said yesterday, Rosler and Cellino - What could possibly go wrong?

Come along Adam Pearson, get a team together with sufficient funds to take this club forward. Then put the skids under Cellino and send him packing back to Italy please.

21 May 2015 13:56:25
From the points you made, I'd like to point out the following:

He bought out 75% of GFH but significantly not all their shares - This is because GFH still wanted 25%, and weren't willing to sell outright. It's very difficult to buy something that's not for sale.

Elland Road - It's been well documented that he's tried to buy it. He came across a VERY difficult seller, and then got himself disqualified by a disgrace of a FL Panel. I don't think the lack of ownership of ER can lay at MC's feet.

Players - Not sufficient quality for the Championship - I disagree, don't confuse quality with experience. They definitely have the quality, but not the experience, and that only comes with time. Give them a chance.

Serie B is not as good as Championship - It's different, with a completely different style, but that doesn't make it cr*p.

I've said numerous times lately, NR was tactically inept. He was cr*p at his job. He got what he deserved, his contract wasn't renewed extended. Did the media have a field day? Probably. Did they blow it out of proportion? Probably.
His heart is very much in the right place, unfortunately his skills and experience didn't match those required by what many deem to be a "massive football club".

I get a little fed up with the conspiracy theorist, glass half empty, woe is me, everybody hates me, type of posters who think every action that involves LUFC, its staff and players is the end of the world.
Football has become a hyper competitive market place. It truly is a cut-throat, results business, which in turn attracts cut-throat decisions. Sorry to be so blunt, but the world isn't against us, but at the same time, neither is MC.

21 May 2015 13:59:46
I like the last paragraph. In fact a very good post all together.

21 May 2015 14:14:08
Good post Richard. I'm hoping Pearson presence equals development of brain for Celine Dion. If anyone can do it, it is Pearson. Top football businessman. Summer recruitment will tell whether Pearson has been successful.

21 May 2015 14:33:06
Great posts guys, both points were well thought out & make sense. I have to agree with the original post however, the thing that urks me the most is Cellino appoints these people & never gives them a chance a building a team Hockaday & Milanic were never the right appointments & nobody could have got more out of the team than Redfearn, yet rather than just say thanks but no thanks Cellino has to slag of the manager & make totally unnecessary comments that do him or the club no good

Time to go Mr Cellino

21 May 2015 14:42:48
Wats the short version of richard??
That's my response!

21 May 2015 15:07:08
great post richard 111, best post from a bradford fan on this site. Calling for our Chairman to be looked at for employment laws. nice one. please find below a post from a proper leeds fan who wants to march on together, not slate

MC saved club, no MC equals none league football and jumpers for goal post.

Yes he goes through lots of managers but it worked for little caliagri who punched above weight with MC and without him got reliagated back to their proper station.

I did not agree with his management choices but still support who he gives job to until otherwise

suggestions of MC destablising Redders is circumstancal and laughable. Your saying MC don't want to see leeds in prem and make more moeny. If he has a massive ego best way to massage that ego is take us back to prem.

Yes he has big gob, yes he is passionate. he loved his last club and was loyal. he he says nothing he gets slaed for being quiet, for keeping fans in dark when he speaks he gets mocked.

His buys have been good really, silvestri, bamba, ant, binachi all done well with potential to do better

no MC no leeds and all we know about this man is he did amazingly well at his last club let's hope he does the same with us and get off his back. Marching on together not slagging off without the guy having chance to do his job. Like or hate him give him chance and give him credit for his good as well as bad.

bring back bates, risdale or GFH no thanks I'll keep MC thank you

21 May 2015 17:18:38
Good words Richard too many of our fans on here are easily pleased and easily lead by lies and deceit.

21 May 2015 22:06:10
I'm with Bermondsy all the way!
MC saved Leeds United, Simples

22 May 2015 01:36:37
Spot on BW , I'm excited for the first time in years as a Leeds fan and I think its going to get better M.O.T

21 May 2015 11:17:32
If Pearson and Rosler are left to run things and MC takes aback seat (wishful thinking) then I think we will be up with the promotion chasers next season.Also Redders go back to the Academy and continue the great work you started.

21 May 2015 00:31:19
Goddamn it's a good day
Smitch is happy
We have a coach we have heard of
Cellino leaves the pros to the press conference
Trev loves Perth. Why wouldn't you
And
Bit of optimism about
New chant
Uwe uwe ohhhh
To the tune of. Louis Louis
It's difficult to learn but reckon it will take off. Bw bound to use in next play
God I hate being happy.

21 May 2015 15:09:13
is it ok Aus I shall credit you in programme. I shall also work on full verse and chours. Just need to look up song I am too young to know it