Leeds Banter Archive July 29 2011

29 Jul 2011 22:13:28
Season 1963/64 and 1989/90 are the last two promotions out of the 2nd tier of English Football for Leeds Utd, Revie's rise of experienced players and raw youth speaks for itself, Wilko bought the likes of Vinnie Jones, Strachan, Chapman, Thomas, Hendrie, McClelland, now after a few turbulent seasons we are blessed with 2 keepers and a end of career midfielder to bolster our promotion push. I don't care what anyone says we are not geared up for promotion.

Apart from DR - Howard Wilkinson was the best Manager Leeds United ever had, his style of football and passion for playing experience and youth needs to be copied by Larry and Smurf

Well I have to say I always thought that Revie bloke was none too shabby

29 Jul 2011 18:55:48
I Have come to the conclusion that ppl on here have no faith in our present players or newest signings, cos all there doing is putting them down ova n ova agen. Instead of getting behind them n backing them, cos we will be betta prepared this season, the new boys will make a difference have faith....M.O.T

Hope ur right but think ur wrong

29 Jul 2011 17:27:45
Who do we actually need?

11 decent players would be good

What we need is to bring youth through now we have a spine of gd players thru the team we need to put some hungry kids in there and show some faith

I love the club but hate nearly every player we've got. 90per cent not good enough to pull on white shirt

29 Jul 2011 15:41:41
Alan Smith - " ive been back to watch games, but never as a player, its not something ive ever wanted to do to be honest"
"but i have a great affiliation with the club, they brought me through the academy and i left as a senior"
" im not going to go into the destination i went to, not even going to touch on it, people will express there feelings and i know that"
"theres been a lot of talk about my future but im just concentrating on playing football".

DRAW A LINE UNDER THIS.
ALAN SMITH IN HIS OWN WORDS HAS SAID HE HAS NEVER REALLY WANTED TO RETURN TO LEEDS AS A PLAYER.

Sunday will be the only emotional return we get for one of the best ever players to come out of Leeds academy. Loved him at Leeds and i for one will be in the stands applauding him if he plays.

He never kissed the scum bag, so stop posting s**te.

He is in for a big shock this weekend.

29 Jul 2011 14:46:50
Air Asia tycoon Tony Fernandes is plotting a £100m move to buy Queens Park Rangers. Fernandes, 47, is the team principal for Formula 1 outfit Team Lotus and QPR have issued a statement confirming "preliminary discussions" have taken place over a sale.
Please buy Leeds

And Xavi

The same guy who claimed he wanted to buy West Ham. dodgy, dodgy geezer.

29 Jul 2011 14:28:54
There are so many posts on here about us being linked with attacking players it's untrue - everyone who watched Leeds last year knows we need better defenders - although I'm no big fan of Bates I do think Larry is the best man for the job but I am a bit concerned that what most fans have seen not much has been done about it - ok we have signed Lonergan but even the best keeper in the world (which he isn't) can't defend on his own - really hope to see a couple of experienced defenders come in soon and maybe a striker cos with beccio out for a while we are gonna need one

29 Jul 2011 14:22:18
Not being funny or anything but can people please shut up about Alan Smith its getting boring now

29 Jul 2011 11:48:13
Alan Smith a question?

The mere fact that such an avowed Leeds supporter moved to Old Trafford at all will be one that many Leeds fans will never be able to see beyond, even though he waived a significant amount of money he was due as part of the deal to help try and satisfy the black hole that was the club's mounting debt at the time.

That he will never be forgiven by many fans is something Smith has come to terms with, but for those spitting out a vitriolic 'Judas' each time he touches the ball on his return, what would have left the biggest void? Losing a player to Manchester United, or seeing the club go to the wall? Worth a second or two to think about, perhaps?

Great post, i think we all were gutted he left, to then think it was to man utd was beyond what we all thought BUT when it comes down to the fact that no other club was prepared to either pay what we were asking or if they were, it was in staged payments, not upfront......the fact he went regardless of how much he hated the club, says something about his love for leeds. it is well documented that this transfer helped keep us alive for that bit longer and shouldnt be forgotten. I hate the fact that he went to them but lets get off his back, all the speculation he wants to stay at newcastle to bank 60k per week is just that - speculation we don't know for certain that we have even offered him anything, his personal circumstances etc

I totally agree, there's a great article on this very subject written by Peter Lorimar in todays YEP which the Smith haters should read. Maybe then they would re-evaluate the situation, although sadly I doubt it as many have been so blinkered by their hatred towards him that they refuse to accept even the most concrete of facts.

Personally I think that it's for the best that he's not coming back as it would have proved to be a devisive move. It's time everyone on both sides of the argument moved on.

If you're on twitter please support me I'm off to the game on Sunday and am attempting to get #TeamSmudger trending
MOT

Please stop with the sob stories about Smith, you're boring me to tears.

Sunday's game is about Leeds United preparing for the new season. Smith is nothing more than a bit-part player for the opposition. Whether he gets booed or not is irrelevant. At the end of the day if you're earning £65000 per week you should be prepared to take some stick every now and again. If he does get booed, I for one won't give a damn. If you believe the bs that Scum were the only club willing to pay for him that's up to you.

We need to concentrate on the future, not the past. Smith was never that good anyway.

Keep it real guys, the whys and wherefores of why he left dont matter, what matters is , likes been said, he aint good enough, and he was not one of the best to come out of the academy, why all the fuss about him? it beggars belief, if he could improve the team, yes, but he cant, leave him where he belongs, in the Newcastle stiffs, he would have been snapped up weeks ago if he was any good by a premier club, enough said.

If i was being paid 60K a week to play for scum i wouldnt give a monkeys what people thought of me and i bet 99% of you would have done exactly the same

Im sick of this emoyional attachment to the past. Youre all like a bunch of toothless gummy grandadsd, lmao. Seriously times have moved on and Smithy is not the footballer we knew, espec at that expense. U keep slurpin ure slightly warm soup, MOT

29 Jul 2011 08:34:25
This is not a rumour, just an observation/rant. I don't profess to have any great football knowledge and, yes, I would love to have Leeds in the Premiership and to have the best players. Bottom line is I have followed this club for many years, in many grades and will continue to do so regardless of what division they are in and who is running the show. For mine, that is what being a supporter is all about and some of the alleged supporters who place comments on this site should have a good hard look at themselves.

Shut up you prat everyone is entitled to their opinion

I agree everyone every one is entitled to their opinion - just like the original poster was so why insult him?

Double standards there me thinks

29 Jul 2011 00:01:37
I was fooled and scurrying to click on the link just like you Those Sky boys love a bit of mischief to get the heart pounding.

So the thought of Smith gets your heart pounding eh, you need serious counselling bud.