Leeds Banter Archive February 02 2015

02 Feb 2015 20:58:51
Chuck finally gone. Contract terminated/paid up with coconsent. We look leaner and meaner now. MOT

02 Feb 2015 19:34:45
I don't really see the point in signing anyone in this window unless they're on very little salaries.
What I mean is I think most of us on this site think we're going to stay up with the players we already have & we are definitely not getting promotion.
If we need wingers why not try the players we already have like Adryan, Sloth, Montenegro, Dawson or even White. I don't get why skillful attacking midfielders can't do a job out wide.

Doesn't read right that. Meant to say ''anyone else''.

If you sign a 6 foot plus centre forward then it would make sense to have a out and out winger who can supply the type of service that a centre forward of his stature requires to score goals

Agree east keswick we don't have wingers and I thought that's why matt smith left.We didn't need a tall centre forward the way we were going to play.How things have turned a full circle through 3 coaches and 1 manager (McDermot) back to the drawing board and start again with our "better players"
onwards and upwards MOT

02 Feb 2015 18:14:04
Due to his height, which is 6'4" Çani is renowned as a target man centre forward, with his strengths being his heading ability and ability to hold the ball up to bring his teammates into the game.

Hopefully Cani will do the same sort of job as Smith did and may be in to replace Morison as target man to hold ball up.

He hasn't ben prolific but in his best season he hit 11 goals so at least he knows where the net is.

At last we are signing some bigger stronger physical players which you need as a spine in the team in the Championship.

Problem earlier in the season was we were too easily bullied out of games and knocked off the ball (except Rudi) hopefully upward and onward to a win against the Bees Saturday.

02 Feb 2015 20:29:28
Absolutely spot on Ox. Been saying it for some time. We had to improve the spine. Now we done that some of the flair players will do better. Wouldn't surprise me if we start scoring 3 or 4 a game for a little spurt.

03 Feb 2015 10:38:28
Only problem we had with smith was we hit the ball to him too soon and never varied play. It was long ball, long ball, long ball.

02 Feb 2015 17:34:45
just found this web site said Warnock asked for 2 yr contract mc said 30yrs old and he wouldn't move from Liverpool to leeds so you only play for leeds if you live there . next cani is another mc signing tall at 6ft 4 inch but not a great goal scorer only been playing last 15mins or so also said rudi will never be sold . will he be fit not started a full game for long time so mc still picking team and signing not good and you have to live in leeds or you can't play limits one's signing

02 Feb 2015 18:31:07
Just watched a video of some of Canis goals and if he has not been scoring it must be because he either has not had much time on pitch or playing wrong system for him as he definitely has class. Good quick feet, good in air and shows a lot of passion. Crap at penalties . Bye Morrison mot

02 Feb 2015 19:53:35
no been sub yes goals would be good that's all that's missing and yes morison out

MC quoted when he took over last year that he wants all the people who work for LUFC to live in Leeds. which he's kept his word and so he should!

02 Feb 2015 16:19:20
Has billy sharpe gone? Hope nt seeing we brought in cani another player who chases chickens I hope nt!!

Billy's going nowhere!

02 Feb 2015 16:14:12
We are not selling Rudi. Ngoyi was not injured when he arrived. Cani has just signed. Smith was part of the McCormack deal and is now scoring at lower levels. Other than than that can't say much until I've seen Cani play. Both Sharpe and Antelucci are not that good in the air so have to wait and see who else is signed or not as the case might be. Considering what we were like before Cellino and the potential for disaster I'm reluctant to criticise him or his team at the moment. At least the style of football has improved and we have the first double over Huddersfield for 76 years. Can't be all bad.

02 Feb 2015 13:48:38
Austin trained with us this morning, hope he stays :)

02 Feb 2015 13:07:31
Austin is such a key player I cannot believe some fans think we should sell him. It would be a crazy decision but we seem to shoot ourselves in the foot every transfer window so wouldn't be at all surprised . Remember becchio being sold pretty much ended our promotion chances a couple of years ago

Totally agree 1423, we should be careful what we wish for.

01 Feb 2015 23:50:14
If we wanted to save on money the option we should have used as a winger should have been Ajose. Don't really want woolford as think Pringle would be a better option. I hope that if rudy has been sold them it's for a better winger than we are being linked with.

02 Feb 2015 09:30:15
Its time that we flushed out who actually makes the final decision on transfers at Leeds. OK up to now everything points to Massivego. However if he is actually complying with the terms of his ban, then this should no longer be the case.

I, and I assume I'm not alone, am fed up with Redfearn continually bleating that he needs "Players with Championship experience" to be followed by examples who do have that pedigree leaving usually within days. Warnock who, until he left, was one of our most consistent players departed for Derby where he will be lucky to get regular football. Then Pearce, love him or not, followed last week. Sharp revealed yesterday that he was told (BY Whom?) that he could have follows Hunt to Ipswich and the papers today are again suggesting that Austin will leave for Wigan.

So who is sanctioning these moves, if its Salerno as most assume then this needs to be official and the newshounds can stop rumour mongering by asking Redfearn what he thinks? It's a pointless exercise and embarrassing to Redfearn, who should tell it like it is - there's no point asking me what I think, go ask Salerno!

Meanwhile the constant dilution of players who can play in the championship continues, replaced by ineffective - Baradi, Bianchi and dangerous Bellusci or just not fit (for purpose?) as Benedicic or the latest recruit Ngoyi. Cani is now expected to sign on a half-season loan from Catania.

Latest Whites rumours link us with moves for Millwall winger Martyn Woolford - with Michael Tonge perhaps going the other way - as well as Huddersfield Town forward Joe Lolley. However we all no these will be unlikely as Salerno will be unlikely to collect a signing bonus for bringing them in. Austin continues to be linked with a move to Wigan with Ipswich Town known to have been interested in Billy Sharp. For whom he will most likely gain a further bonus from Massivego for moving them on?

Its time the truth is revealed, what bonus scheme is Salerno on and just how much LUFC funds are spirited out of the club? Also if Redfearn has no influence, which sadly seems to be the truth, then its time he made it clear that if he has no say and directed comments to Salerno or better stands firm and calls Massivego bluff - either I make the decisions or I go -in the current circumstances it would flush out some truths -its time he puts his neck on the line and a better time will not come again for him

As a longstanding supporter I just need to know the truth and have a club owned and managed by someone who is open honest and has LUFC's best interests at heart. Will this happen -no chance they are all in it, Bates, GFH, Massivego for personal gain or an ego trip. Worst of all they think we are all so gullible and that we can be so easily conned.

What do others think?

Hi Richard
Only got time for a brief respose atm
But basically, I would say
1) Ignore most of the paper talk until deals are done
2) Billy was told he could go, but he doesn't want to. And good. I don't want him to go either
3) Obviously thinks are quite a lot more chaotic at Leeds than at most clubs, but in reality - no fans know at any club actually knows who is making the final decisions. No manager or coach signs players, because they can't sign the cheques. They just make suggestions and the owner says yes or no. That's all done behind closed doors usually. I'm not sure that full transparency is necessarily helpful always

02 Feb 2015 15:00:57
Richard, could not agree more but Redders will have been instructed contractually to keep up the farce and charade. He is hardly going to act like my avatar and tell journos the truth especially with Cellino being banned. I inagine the better he does and higher up the table we go the more of a say he will have behind closed doors.

Great post Richard111, best I have seen on here for ages. We deserve to be told what is exactly happening at our great club. All we won't as loyal fans is to be told the truth, instead I fear we are being mugged off with all these second rate players from Italy. MOT

03 Feb 2015 10:44:33
I'll tell you what's happening we are super ORDINARRY

Good post Richard. you may recall I made an impassioned plea for more openness and transparency a few days ago. All this secrecy and fudging just creates mistrust, and we've had more than enough of that with Papa Smurf, GH etc. it's time someone at the club actually acknowledged that the club's main income stream comes from. US . the fans! We deserve better than all this incessant cloak and dagger malarkey.