Leeds Banter Archive July 24 2011

24 Jul 2011 20:21:17
Lets look at it at the moment we are maybe a goalkeeper down on last years squad and thats been addressed to so we are to be told but kilkenny has gone is brown a better a better player ? he was in his day but lets wait and see if he has a good season he can only be an improvement killer wasnt consistant enough for me Bradley Johnson again to me wasnt good enough he did have some good games but a comitted player to Leeds ? dont think so IF we get Michael Johnson we have a far better player and if it means changing formation to play Gradel , Nunez and Snoddy then lets do it Naylor well he had his day and sorry to say time caught up with him lets face it the squad is no worse than last year we do need some defenders our downfall last year but lets wait and see a lot of teams have spent money but lets face we did a few years ago and were did that leave us ?? nearly bankrupt and out of buisness come on lads lets get behind the team untill old papa smurf sells the club we wont have money BUT we will have a Club and a team

Alot of ifs, and I have no idea were the micheal johnson rumour came from. There is a difference between spending money you have to money you dont have. You dont have to spend obscene amounts of money to get out of this divison but we should at least be competive in the transfer market at championship level. But lets wait and see what tomorrow brings. Sighs

We have been waiting to see what tomorrow brings for ages. I think bates has spent too long abroad What's the Spanish term for it......" manjana"

The squad is far worse than last year - my 31st season going to games and this is worst team i can remember. worse than 80s when only 8-14k of us turned up

I do agree a little with you mate, but on the team issue it's not that we are much worse off but more so that we are no better off in the squad, and i'm sure most would agree the camp'ship look far stronger this year with the teams that have come down and other team spending big.

We are Leeds

MOT

We are becoming something of joke team. How can teams like Ipswich, Cardiff, Leicester, etc. be beating us to sign up all the half decent players available. Spending 100k on a goalkeeper to repalce one that was sold for 1 mil does not suggest that we are getting a better keeper. Bottom line is that with a terrible defence, lack of central midfielders and our 2 best strikers injured and no new ones coming then it will at best be a torrid season indeed leading to mid-table if lucky and a possible relegation fight. The squad is so thin that if anyone gets else gets injured then it will be a relegation dogfight. Only conclusion is that our chairman refuses to spend any money on players or wages as he doesn't give a .... about Leeds but only his own bank balance. So sad as he have a decent squad but need quality signings, especially defenders and central midfield.

24 Jul 2011 19:28:53
Guys face it bates is a t**t, who couldn't give a flyin f**k about our club, all he wants to do is cash in when (if) we get prem league. The bloke understands nothing but money, so hit him where it hurts, don't spend keep your hard earned cash in your pocket not bates.

Oh yeah cause that will do our club a load of good won't it u and if u don't like bates just get brined our players and cheer them on as it is them on the pitch. And bates will not cash in when he dose not own the ground or he will lose what he has put in of his own money not clubs money. Also we don't need to spend wish fans would stop moaning and get bhinde the squad we have got {Ed045's Note - Grayson is hoping for more signings this week, and one by today.

24 Jul 2011 18:26:46
Strange statement from Gradel as we all know how he loves it at Leeds. Why do I get the feeling he will be going to Fulham as part of the Stockdale deal tomorrow Same as the Beckford saga all over again, he wanted to stay but the prem clubs have more money than us I hope he stays but we all know money talks.

Beckford wanted Premier League, if not he'd have stayed.

24 Jul 2011 16:44:10
My dad knows Tony Dorigo former Leeds left back in the nineties. He still has ties with the club and told my dad over 5/6 months ago that Schmeical is an arrogant little tosspot and is disrupting the changing rooms shouting and blaming others, nobody wants to talk to him in the club, jog with him in training etc. He got chauffered to Leeds every day from Manchester saying he shouldn't have to live or drive to Leeds.

Think of that what you will, but if it is true what the man says, good riddance. Thankyou Leicester. No wonder he has had so many clubs at such a young age.

Well said - exactly what I have heard.

Funny you say that as a few close friends who have corporate dealings with Leeds made the same accusations about Schmeichel...... time to move onwards and upwards (hopefully)

Why did they let him go at Notts County same reason nobody liked him. Erickson wanted his squad early so no doubt gave us an offer which we had to take quickly. Plenty of goalie around better than him. So it was a no brainer for us.

24 Jul 2011 15:57:07
why does everyone on here think leeds are going to be fighting relegation?
weve got rid of johnson and kilkenny who everyone said were not fit and could do better. weve found nunez on form and got experienced michael brown in which is better than last year.
schmiechel has been sold, but if we sign a goalkeeper and kisnorbo stays fit, our goals against tally will be sorted. then as soon as becchio is fit the goals will come even more thats if mccormack isnt already top goalscorer in the championship by then with the amount of service he will get. So lets see who we sign and you go through the table and you would say weve got to be in the top 6. along with west ham, leicester, forest, reading, cardiff. so stop crying and get your hopes up gradel has MOT

Well said

24 Jul 2011 14:08:48
Does anyone have any idea why Master Bates has chosen to spend 7m on the East stand of a ground we are told we do not own whilst spending no money on players and slashing the wage bill ?

Because he is a lunatic

So eventually some one will want to buy us.

Because he is a real life james bond villlain and it's going to be his new evil lair.

And mayby because over the comeing years the revenue and profit will be up due to the new facilities and therefore we can spend more on transfers and wages when the new spending more than you earn rule comes in next year Just my opinion

24 Jul 2011 13:16:26
Max Gradel to stay so thats GREAT
Will My LEEDS UTD EVER spend any money on any player this season, we will be doomed if we don't. Gj

24 Jul 2011 12:11:41
Leeds Utd winger Max Gradel claims he is planning to stick around at Leeds 'for a long time to come'.

He said: "Leeds is a massive club. It is the best I have been at and to play at a club like this is a dream.
"I want to keep playing at this club for a long time to come.
"There are a lot of positives to be taken from last season and now we are ready to go again. We deserve to be in the Premier League."

The 23-year-old, who can also operate as a central striker, has become a summer transfer target for a number of European clubs having caught the eye as he notched up an immpresive 18 goals from the wing last season.

Fantastic news, MOT :D
Jordan.W.

Which a***hole disagreed with this?

He said that at the end of the season (awards at elland road). But it could tempt other clubs to stay away

24 Jul 2011 09:50:02
Grayson states "were always looking for the right player." yea the one that will play for peanuts and isn't wanted by an ambitious clubs. Bates gets free rejects because he won't pay the money

24 Jul 2011 01:11:18
Story to be run in the People that Gradel is being chased by 9 clubs. With any luck (we would need a lot of it) a bidding war will bring in about £10m. Apparently Stockdale sill to decide over Leeds or Ipswich.

What do you mean with any luck? with any luck hell stay where hes stated on he wants to play for Leeds for a long time, even if he went for 10 million, how much of that do you think Grayson would see , not a lot, we need to keep our best player however much is offered.

You would have no option but to accept if Max was still in final year of contract. We need to get him on new contract. If we did get 10m ( its a very big if )can you imagine the conversation between SG and KB - I imagine it would go something like this, SG " morning Sir can I spend the 10m on strenghening the team" KB "1 million? what do you need a hundred thousand for ? "

23 Jul 2011 16:55:48
come on Ed ? get this page updated fella ?and update us on your info and view on the stockdale fiasco ( stockyGATE ) what a balls up - recall or no recall should have been sorted and negotiated as Ipswich have done it seems ? {Ed003's Note -leeds ed isnt around}