Leeds Banter Archive November 02 2012
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02 Nov 2012 22:47:15
Barnsley Wednesday Huddersfield all play better football were the joke of Yorkshire should be at the bottom of championship and if you don't a agree with that ya kidding ya self
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And we're higher than all of them in the table.......
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The only reason were higher in league is Lady Luck & ref games against Barnsley & Wednesday ref was on our side
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We've also played a game more. When we're comparing ourselves to Huddersfield and celebrating being higher than Barnsley though we need to be worried.
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02 Nov 2012 22:22:18
Well that should help the people who were getting over excited about us beating Southampton's third team get a bit of perspective.
More unimaginative hoof ball somehow resulted in us getting a point we didn't deserve.
These are Warnock's players. That is how he believes football should be played: kick the opposition; hoof it long. Good to see I'm no longer the only one on this site who thinks he should go.
As I've been saying since last season..
Going nowhere under Warnock...
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Warnock played this kind of football where ever he's been and has 7 promotions. It's not the way we play its the quality of players. We have no one fast . No one to pick out a good pass. No one to make space and create chances. Warnock will get us up with better quality players but it probably won't be this season. Lets face if bates doesn't go we're going no where. We desperately need money and this takeover takes the p*ss
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Warnock likes to play a direct style of play which means lots of long passes but you need class players to do long passes otherwise it just turns into a hoof downfield.
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6 promotions actually - I see you fail to mention his 9 relegations though - which would have been much higher if he hadn't been sacked a few times.
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Its 7 promotions actually think you best look it up before slating other posts
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6 in league football - 1 non-league. Most around 20 years ago back when hoof ball often worked. It's 2012, it doesn't work that well these days although Pulis seems to have managed.
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02 Nov 2012 22:06:10
before all the moaners come on yes it was a poor display BUT over the years ive seen sides like ours grind out a point away like that and only get better so lets not get to down a good point away tonight and we didnt play well mot nickybee
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We haven't played well against a championship team in a while. Last I remember us playing good was Blackburn at home we played football then.
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02 Nov 2012 22:00:52
How can they tell us that the takeover is close then not say a word for a week. It's no closer than the last time they said it was close.
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02 Nov 2012 21:57:53
I no you don't agree but let's get Dave jones or holloway in where has the football gone
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02 Nov 2012 21:54:43
I have lost the faith, we are appalling! I don't care what the results are and what we manage to gloss over but we are a bottom half team! No pace, no creativity, defence is woeful again and we look like a league 1 side! I admire Brightons football and can only wish and pray we could play like them. How they didn't win is beyond me! Has Kenny ever thrown the ball out of defence......can we string more than 3 passes going forward?? We are clumsy and awkward with the ball and nearly gift the team 3 goals!! Im embarrassed and depressed that my beloved football club has come to this! I can't go to any more games if this is the style of football we play. Im sorry Neil but this dross is not what im going to pay to see. I had friend text me saying they can;t believe how bad leeds are this season! Where do we go from here...i can't see us winning many games. Please no one quote the Capital one cup that no on cares about...the league is what matters. Im leaving the ground tonight feeling like we have lost
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02 Nov 2012 21:51:29
Just saw warnock interview.he thought we did well?
Really? Or did he mean we did well not to concede more
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He must be deluded...yes the result was good but the performance was awful. Worst I have seen and we didnt deserve a draw. Will Buckley said they should of scored 5 after...seems a common theme to me this season! Soon we will be getting hammered we wont't keep this luck up and scrapping draws
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02 Nov 2012 21:49:56
One shot on target one penalty dire absolute rubbish posted comment this morning about warnock out and I repeat it he's got to go
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I think his time is up. How we got a draw i will never know,
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Its not Warnock out and Bates out,its supporters like you out,hit a poor run of form and it all starts again,al the gloom and doom merchants are out in force,were doing the best with what weve got at the minute,if we beat a team were world beaters,and when we lose its sack everybody,you lot need to get out more,or F--K OFF and pretend to support someone else.
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So you would put bates before a fellow leeds fan who cares about his club? Seems to me you need to get things into perspective and not tell Leeds fans to **** off? maybe have some respect for their opinions as they want what's best for leeds, they just believe this will happen quicker without bates in charge...... Agree if you should not tell people to **** off
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02 Nov 2012 21:49:17
Ok it's a point but let's face it we were poor again.we have no pace at all,no creativity and sorry but did Pugh and tonge really play in the prem?,
Diouf gave the ball away time after time.only McCormack can create a goal from nothing.
We really are going nowhere and I don't think that performance was any improvement than last year.
Warnock needs players in now and people who can run and create.or it's championship again.
Well let's be honest without a miracle turn around it will be championship again for def...shrew leeds
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03 Nov 2012 13:41:08
This is warlocks team playing his way
Why does he deserve more mOney?
Some do better on a lot less
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Go on then name managers in are league that are doing better than warnock with no money
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02 Nov 2012 21:48:34
Typical Warnick display, dogged performance, against creativity. We desperately need pace in our attack. We are slow all over the pitch. Brighton & Hove Albion bring on Dobbie from Swansea, what a quality player never mind Buckley and Mckail-Smith, how is it possible a club like that can have players like that and we bring on Pugh?...Answer a board that invests in football players. Time for Bates to go, so we can start to re-build. We are two or three players shirt of a top six side.
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I agree but i dint think warnock should be in charge. Cant stand watching any more of these really poor performances
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02 Nov 2012 21:06:56
Tom lees vision impaired,lucky lad,at least he won't be able to watch this rubbishe.
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Worst Leeds side I have seen for.....ever!! League 2 skill and technical ability. Terrible footballing side. We were ripped apart, slow and just couldn't compete with a side that can actually pass the ball!!
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All the moaners are at it again,why not reserve judgement till after weve been taken over and got some fresh blood in,look at the money some teams have spent and not doing any better than us,NW is a proven manager with the necessary skills to get us out of this division,supporters?like hell you are.
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02 Nov 2012 21:05:12
I am 39 16st 2 dodgy knees but I bet I'm faster than half of that team,shocking.
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02 Nov 2012 20:46:52
Leeds cannot play football. FACT!
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Couldnt we play against Saints either,?,no we didnt play well but still got a point,you doom and gloom merchants are the pants,now thats a FACT.
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No the poster isn't doom and gloom,he just has eyes....shrew leeds
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We can play football , we can't stop other teams playing football, we just don't know how to stop them.
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02 Nov 2012 20:43:48
Just at the game now, sat behind dugouts in Brighton end.Sounds loud in away end lol. After Smith hit Leeds post, a fan next to me told Warnock to sign him up. He turned round and told him to wait until Jan. He had a smirk on his face. {Ed003's Note - Could have been wind}
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02 Nov 2012 20:41:43
Half time and it's one all. However, and I dont care what the final result is, we are simply just not good enough to go anywhere in this league. A few bright points first. Diouf is a class apart in this league , and young Sam will be the right full for the championship team of the season. However lets get real, you cannot make a serious assault on promotion when Paddy Kenny is your plamaker. There is no pace in midfield-no one getting forward quick enough to support Diouf . he can hold the ball up but he needs quicker support. Hope we get a result but we're going nowhere fast!
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Original poster here. Cannot believe Diouf has been substituted. Ok he was getting excited a bit but by his standards he was positively chilled!
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02 Nov 2012 20:40:30
Why have we got brown playing week in week out because he has one good game, he shocking. Whem youve got norris in the bench theres only on winner! Norris should be back playing ! JDS
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Brown had a decent game a few dodgy tackles but that's normal with brown....is anyone forgetting that he gained us a point?
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02 Nov 2012 20:10:00
Why is peltier our captain? He int
Even our best defender, more of a
Liability
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Becchio should be in my opinion .
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He's a better cb than a rb imo
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Yeah i think Becchio should be captain, leeds' most loyal player for a while
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He is better left back in the changing rooms.
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02 Nov 2012 20:08:41
This is embarrassing, we are getting ripped to pieces. We can't even keep hold of the ball. Could be 3 down.
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02 Nov 2012 20:08:37
Neil Warnock your loyalty towards Luke varney is commendable,but at the expense of our top goalscorer no thank you,you got that one wrong.
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02 Nov 2012 19:17:37
tonights Leeds game is streamed on oleoletv and also on hahasport. enjoy lads
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Get out of jail spring to mind ? We must b destined......
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02 Nov 2012 18:59:49
Will this damn takeover ever actually happen or is it just a big massive smoke screen to make sure we still buy at least some tickets. If the latter is true bates is a real ******* and must hate us more then we all thought
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02 Nov 2012 16:30:51
Love Gus Poyet I do but we need 3
points this evening.
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02 Nov 2012 15:38:15
why is ken bates saying it will be nice to see old friends at the chelsea game so therefore wot he is saying is the takeover will still not be done by then as he is gonna be athe game! as chaiman
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Has he got any friends?
MOT! White4Life
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He will be kept in as an honory member at Leeds like when man city got bought out. He will stay for a few years then leave.
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Do you think he will invite Roman up to the Dirrctors box?
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I feel physicaly sick . i didnt know he said that . lets be honest who will his heart want to win , surely if hes still here the takeover will be off .
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Here we go again,why do some on here always assume the worst,and whats wrong with him wating to see a match between 2 of his previous clubs because by the time we play Chelsea,thats what well be,it doesnt in no way imply the takeovers off,probably wants to see us get stuffed though lol.
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It's my unpleasant duty to be fair to Chelsea. Bates was no more a Chelsea supporter than he is a Leeds supporter. He is a Bates supporter full stop and his only loyalty is to his wallet.
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02 Nov 2012 12:07:41
Either way no one even the people involve can seem to put a date to it. It's ridiculous how long it can go on for. There's absolutely no consolidation of anything at this club. Except the position of ken bates that will stay with us for far too long. How can gfh expect us fans to be patient anymore. After months and months I'm starting to doubt gfh! To tell us it's close then spread out and extra week or two or three. It's not fair and we don't deserve to be left hanging on the edge waiting on the fate of dear club. We the fans make this club what it is and I know some of you will say its not gfh fault which is isn't. It's just going on and on and were told a timescale and that fails then another timescale...
GFH and ken say that the deal is almost done. Takeovers of nottsforest and Cardiff didn't take this long. To think its this week next week the week after. We should be promised a date and that date should be the final date.
Not saying that its gfh stalling but the first thing you want as a owner i think is solidarity within the communication between the owner and the fans. So far communication has been limited (probley because of the confidentially clause) and so many of us have been built up to be let down.
It's not right and not fair to the many fans that make leeds united leeds united through thick and thin.
If this isn't finished by next week I will lose full confidence in the takeover actually happening. I know they confirmed its close and going to happen but if they were realy that close don't u think it would be done by now? Whatever your view u just have to admit that this thing has to come to a conclusion sooner rarer than later.
KEN and GFH it's time to end this terrible winding road of ups and downs once and for all . We are leeds and we make this club. US the fans. GET IT DONE!
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From what I have heard from a couple of acquaintences who's company is involved in the due diligence the reason the takeover is taking so long is that LUFC comprises about 20 different companies. The club, the ground, the training facility, the catering, the programmes, the matchday staff, etc. Each ones value to be assessed and acquired. Only what I have heard. JD
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02 Nov 2012 11:17:17
Come on then lads and lasses, sod the work... the boss aint looking!
What's your best bet for tonight's game?... I'll get the ball rolling with my selection of..... wait for it..... Luke Varney to score at any time! "You must be mental!" I hear you all cry. Well actually I am a bit and at best price of 4/1 with Bet365 I reckon if he starts and he might well do after his performance (dispite that howler of a miss) he'll have plenty of time to make Mad Mick a few bucks!
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Good call on that at 4/1. Sitting in the office thinking about my weekend footy bets. Varney anytime scorer and Tonge anytime double if both are named to start could be a nice wee earner
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02 nov 2012 10:05:32
if the take over is confirmed the cash
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neil will be streghntening the areas that
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forward.another centre back with
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defence area is required.also the area
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possible max gradel is brought back it
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I hope the takeover will happen soon but the owners wont realise what a great club theyve taken over until dec 19 . hopefully a full manic house at elland road will spur them on to back neil and bring the prices down to keep the momentum going win loose or draw . bates will walk away with his money but hopefully realise to us it was a crime just to let the club stagnate in the lower divisions . but he knew what he was doing and wont be the slightest bit bothered about us . the honour of being custodian of hour club will mean nothing , it was a money making excercise nothing more . all those leeds fans who say he done a good job despite 25 pts deducted relegation to division 1 , staying there for 3 years , prem prices , selling our best players , pricing out families whos kids are walking around leeds in man city and arsenal tops give your head a shake .
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Couldnt agree with u anymore mate ! Give this man a knighthood. Never forget whatever happens at e.r. The club and fans will always be. Relegations and financial strifes only make this club stronger especially for the fans. Mrc1919.
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02 Nov 2012 09:52:49
Off to tonights game, does anyone know where the leeds fans will befoe hand, so we can have a pint....MOT
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Outside peter andre's house pick it up from there lol!
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At the pub
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If you are anywhere near Brighton main station I recommend a pint (or three :)) at the Evening Star, 2 minutes walk away - best beer in Brighton by a mile.
Not sure of the pubs around Falmer though, looked more like a sporting campus than a suburb when I was there last......
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The stadium is next to the universities and falmer station....don't think there's a pub near by but there are cafes etc within the stadium complex
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02 Nov 2012 09:12:30
Everyone concerned about the Diouf situation - fear not.
From his perspective, why would you re-sign under Bates for a small wage increase now, when you can wait and re-sign under GFH for more more.
Diouf clearly loves it here and i genuinely believe he wants to get promoted with us.
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02 Nov 2012 09:05:33
EHD is an important player at this time and we do need to get him signed long term but I would love to know how many of these people panicing that
he's going to leave are the same that were appalled that we were signing him in the first place !
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Completley agree....probably the same people who thought TOnge was a nonsense signing. Hes been terrific
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I also remember a lot of people slating pearce (why would you want a defender that got relegated) etc etc he has been awesome as well.
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02 Nov 2012 08:54:44
If you take a step back and lok at the situation a minute it all seems very confusing. lets look at the facts. GHF funded a few of the transfers in the summer. So with Ryan Hall we have loaned him with a deal to sign him perminantly in January. I presume therefore that GHF will be funding this aswell. i then presume that this means that they are really confident of the takeover otherwise they wouldnt commit this money to the club. so based on that why cant we do a similar deal with say george boyd? he's transfer listed and wants to leave plus hes the kind of player we are looking for. Obviosuly no one really knows whats happening with the takeover but im sure it will be resolved sooner rather than later. in the meantime lets hope for a big three points tonight....much needed!
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GFH did not finance any player acquisitions, the money they gave is in effect a down payment on the sale price, that money will be in Mr Bates account.
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02 Nov 2012 08:15:01
Leeds need to step in quickly HOLLOWAY talking to palace WARNOCK OUT HOLLOWAY IN do we want dire football at this club coz that's what we got
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FFS....You person.....nothing else required
Fredh In Warnock we trust MOT
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To the first post can't help thinking I do agree with you but think warnock is the better manager at the present time holloway would do a fantastic job so would other managers out there it isn't attractive football under warnock but he gets results
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02 Nov 2012 14:03:35
My choice would be Dave jones Sheffield wed manager made us look compleat muppets 1st half at hillsbrough there football was on a different level compared to ours
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02 Nov 2012 00:01:02
Hope you smash the plastic flag in the cup, good luck
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01 Nov 2012 22:54:42
Hopefully GFH will invest £4-5 million in the squad and get the team back on course for promotion.
Being realistic i think we should be interested in these players:
Craig Davies-Barnsley
George Boyd-Peterborough
Johnny Russell-Dundee
Max Gradel-saint etienne
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Robbie Rogers back from his loan and Davide Somma
MOT BURLEYwhite
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Gradel is a must buy if gfh will stand the fee for him and if warnock wants him
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I think we need more defensive cover aswell
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01 Nov 2012 22:49:45
like to say good luck to mick mccarthy and terry connor at tractor boys !
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01 Nov 2012 22:44:29
got a stronge fealing the takeover was complete today and we will be told tomorrow richie 1979
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