Leeds Banter Archive January 04 2012

04 Jan 2012 22:22:31
Scott wiseman from barnsley looked a solid rb

04 Jan 2012 22:17:21
James mcarthur not even getting a sniff at wigan worth a punt

04 Jan 2012 22:15:28
Majewksi from forest anyone

04 Jan 2012 21:58:51
So does everyone agree that the following players should leave leeds if not for money then released or loaned rachukba obrien bromby paynter brown connolly kisnorbo parker varyrynen forssell sam

Sam's a decent player. Brown looked OK behind Howson & Clayton for a couple of games so he's worth keeping as a squad player. Connolly is OK - can't understand why so many on here seem to hate him. Squad material but not dreadful. Parker could be good - think we need to see how he does when he's back from injury - and no one will want him until he's playing again anyway. Wouldn't upset me to lose any of them though.

Disagree with lloyd sam and mika vayrynen but yeah i agrew in offloading the rest

04 Jan 2012 21:56:01
Leeds to sign nathan ecclestone from liverpool has he does not figure in there plans

Decent young player but you won't be seeing him in our shirt this season.

04 Jan 2012 21:53:11
Leeds to sign dan gosling from newcatle to give him some game time

He would be a class signing

04 Jan 2012 21:51:10
Scum 0 newcatle 3 wounded

04 Jan 2012 21:47:11
There's only garry speed now lets get behind the lads and get promotion in his memory rip speedo never be forgotten by all fans

04 Jan 2012 21:40:28
I love it when scum get beat especially when there fans sing we all hate leeds scum now look who's laughing 2.0 down to newcatle

Im a leeds fan,I hate the scum, I bet against them last night and won 125 quid, so whos laughing now scum?

04 Jan 2012 20:42:56
Sean St Ledger transfer listed and Gelson Fernandes loan terminated by Leicester, worth a punt?

No both utter pish

Definitely in my opinion, 2 good players who look to have been caught up with Sven buying to many players

First reply, dont think St Ledgers any worse than Paddy, Bruce and O'Dear

St Ledger is a n*b too. I know him personally. He's defo no better than anything we have, and his wages are above 25k a week, that's why he left Preston

No im pretty sure he left preston because hes a decent championship player and Preston were relagated

Mmm, no he left Preston because they couldn't afford to pay his wages whilst they were in League One. Straight from the horses mouth

04 Jan 2012 18:13:08
just wish we could have kept bradley johnson and kilkenny gradle and beckford me for one slaged kilkenny and johnson but there must be better than the ones we are left with

Everything looks better in hindsight. Kilkenny and johnson were average to decent midfielders and still are. Johnson is doing well in the prem and fair play to him he is a hard working footballer and deserves the break he has got. But neither of them were amazing and nothing will change that.

Everytime i saw Killkeny he was average and just complained all the time. I liked Johnson and was sad to see him go. Losing him weakened us in my opinion but NO player is bigger than the club.

Kilkenny's got a pretty good football brain - plays the sensible simple, usually right, pass instead of trying to be flash. Needs a solid player like Johnson to be effective. I think we've missed them this season since they gave us options in midfield and we've looked very thin there at times this season.

I think the above is spot on- Since Kilkenny left we do not have a player who can think about a pass and play the right ball, not try and play fancy football and invariably end up in trouble. We need a player like him back in the team

Bradley was never great scored a couple of good goals but was too slow and his passing was average at best. Unfortunatly for us he is still better than any player of that style than we have at the moment.

Bradley Johnson has been missed in my opinion but Adam Clayton is a miles better player than Kilkenny the square ball nerchant

04 Jan 2012 16:41:04
If you listened to Larry after the Burnley game he said very clearly that there are 'different ways to spend money'. he then said that available money could /would be used to pay high wages of premiership loanees. So no buys, loans again. But don't say loanees don't care about the club after seeing townsend work his socks off. Loanees want the chance to play well because gives them a shop window to potential long term buyers and long term contracts.

Andros Townsend recently signed a 4.5 year contract with Spurts, so that disproves that theory. Personal integrity might occasionally have something to do with it!

Thinking positive, if we can get promotion and some genuinely good loans, that may be a better way for us to do business rather than buy average players who won't cut it in the premiership and we have tied up with 2-3 year deals and then struggle to get rid of. Bit of a lottery with loans but if we can get more players of Townsends quality we could have a chance, Lichaj was great for us last year and the gk from readings was too so it's got to be sensible. Realistically who would we rather sign - someone like Andros or Shelvey (rumoured to be available for loan now Gerrarf is back for Liverpool) or an average player from our rivals - if they aren't good enough for our rivals why are they good enough for us is my thinking. I appreciate, the loan market is risky though

04 Jan 2012 13:32:56
Targets we should get
Another GK - preferably McCarthy but we need someone to replace Rachubka
Another RB - preferably Lichaj as he did well for us last time
Another LB - However I think play Pugh in this position and White in LM
Another CB - make up your minds on who BUT we need to strengthen the defence
Possibly get Keogh permanently

Maik Taylor is our reserve keeper with Cairns as backup.

Get Keogh!!!!
Are you mad?
2 goals in 24 games is simply nowhere near good enough.

Kilgallon is perfect.. Not Playing @ Scroke loan till the end of season.

Killa part of first team again at Sunderland so will be lucky to get him in

Killagan plays for Sunderland not Stoke and started their last game played well too clean sheet kept.
Also I have been sayin for ages we should give Bruce another go.
Chorley White

Kilgallon even

04 Jan 2012 13:00:55
I don't think there'll be any signing's before next week, particularly loan signings, simply because of the magic of the F.A. Cup! Everyone wants a good run and the chance to play in the final, and players won't be let go until after this weekend's fixtures just incase they need their fringe players or to stop them being potentially cup-tied (loans only). That said, any business we do I'd prefer done before this weekend...A centre-back would be nice!

And PLEASE will someone take Andy O'Brien off our hands so we can give his wages to someone who WANTS to wear the shirt!!

Dont care what O'Brien does as he has resigned he is not getting payed.

04 Jan 2012 11:53:40
Don't think Lichaj will be coming to Leeds. McLeish is desperate to get him back to fitness and I can't see it being so he can send him out on loan. Was getting his game regular with Villa before injury and were he to come to Leeds he would only be here 1 month until match fit and that's no good to us.

04 Jan 2012 11:36:51
We should look to Chris Wood to try and get us some goals. He's loans almost up at Birmingham, where he has banged in 11 goals

04 Jan 2012 11:22:39
Just seen on skysports that Portsmouth have again found new owners. No offence to Portsmouth, but they don't have the same stature as our club and are more financially ruined, yet how come they find buyers.

Someone must want leeds? Bill Gates... he'd be a great owner (free PC for season ticket holders & Microsoft office for Members?) or Apple... (30% discount on new IPhone for season ticket holders/members)

I'd be happy with either, both Mega Rich. (even Rupert Murdoch (cheap sky!) or drunk homeless man in Leeds) aslong as its not Bates or a total scam merchant like him.

Totally agree ,but I'm afraid you will have to be taken outside and shot ,for saying that Leeds could be bought by people that actually would run the club with some vision ,don't you know that Bates is God and we wouldn't be here if it wasn't for him.we should build a temple or something for him,so some people on here can go there every match day !

Or maybe there are no buyers because the club is not for sale and isn't being marketed around various firms to promote its sale.

I think its more the case of Bates wants us to think nobody will buy us and as soon as he pops his clogs we will go out of business. I think he could make more money writing a book called, Ken Bates Leeds chairman, The wilderness years !

Bates has publicly stated that he values the club at £90 million. Given that Liverpool was sold for £70 million, and they own the ground, then I think we can safely say that Bates has no real intention of selling and is being somewhat disingenuous in stating yet again in some recent programme notes that no one from Yorkshire was interested in buying the club when he's pricing any serious interest out of the market.

As someone who runs a Leeds based company and tends to get involved in business networking I have encountered people who say they are interested in principle but the word is he is being completely unrealistic and agressive from the outset in negotiations. (Sadly, I don't have the kind of cash to even get involved.) I know people who claim they do and they tell me he's just being obstinate. That could all be b*llocks of course since I have no idea what approaches have actually been made and whether people are just being a little inventive to make themselves sound good.

One person I have met a few times from the club paints a very different picture of Bates but I guess that person's (very positive) view of him isn't entirely reliable either.

Either way, I don't think we can hold much hope out for him being on his way anytime soon unless he has health problems and, much as I don't care for Bates, I wouldn't wish that on anyone.

04 Jan 2012 09:54:11
Anyone know who paid the taxi for Townsend's boots

Who cares?

Well lets face it, it will not have been pappa smurf.

He left them at your Mrs's house so I suspect she did.........well, with your cash

Would've thought he would have paid it himself. He could've just gone and bought a pair from Sports Direct if it didn't matter to him haha!

Peter Risdale, along with the fish tank

04 Jan 2012 09:17:46
ed do you agree that the loaning of players should be stopped, it only gives parent clubs the opportunity to keep these players fit and match ready at the same time half the players on loan dont really care about what happens for the club they are loaned too unless in a few cases they are looking for a permanent move, people should play their hearts out for the club they are with and not use it as a stepping stone for a future move or contract, we have had so many players on loan at leeds and how many of them could truly hold their hands up and say that they had leeds united and our fans best interest at heart, super leeds {Ed001's Note - I have often said I don't like the loan market, I would like to see it abolished, it causes too many issues. I mean look at Fergie giving his son players on loan and then pulling them as soon as he got the sack. That shouldn't be possible.}

I agree with the fergie thing,But you have to remember we let players out on loan and they have come back alot better players.

Did Clayton & Lees a lot of good and benefitted the clubs they went to. You'd expect Fergie to abuse the system though since he's an arrogant, selfish c**t.

04 Jan 2012 07:58:46
Breaking news! Elland road to be renamed pound stretcher arena. The new name will reflect the quality of our team!

Get a grip...goon