Leeds Banter Archive July 09 2014

09 Jul 2014 20:31:35
So Mcormack ' disrespected' the Godfather. Anyone think Ross might wake up with a donkeys head beside him?
Go to the matteresses! We are Leeds

He could be going from bad to worse.

10 Jul 2014 07:17:26
Ross will score many goals for Fulham in the championship. Fulham will probably win the league but a premiership striker Ross will never be. If we spend his transfer fee wisely we will threaten top six. I want to see more quality additions in defence and midfield before we address striker.

Yeah George, build from the back, QPR went up on a solid defence granted they didn't score many but they definitely didn't concede many. A strong defence must be priority.

Well said George agree 100% ;)

"Not the LUFC I fell in love with"!

I know players are not supporters and most don't share the passion we do, but owners, managers, coaches and players change all the time.

Hockaday may not inspire many but let's at least see how the new set up works before jumping to conclusions. Watching the interviews at the end of last season, Felix the cat didn't overly impress me so good luck with that one Ross.

Lets get behind the new set up and the new squad and get back to where we belong - MOT

09 Jul 2014 14:59:02
Well done to the magnificent 7
Dan Atkinson, Luke Booker, Lewie Coyle, Tyler Denton, Jake Skelton, Kalvin Phillips and Alex Purver on your Pro contracts along with Killock McDaid and Coker surely a couple of these boys will come good and restore some much needed pride maybe even this coming season. Mixed in with a few older heads and an excellent coaching staff the future looks brighter already.

By the way good luck Ross I think people are unfair to say you only gave us 1 good season you were played outta position a lot but always had an eye for the onion bag. I can't help but feel you jumped too soon and couldn't row back but then again 11m is great business for us - good luck in your career from here.

09 Jul 2014 12:58:42
Spare a thought for David Luiz. I haven't seen him that upset since Bart and Lisa got him sent to prison.

MM

That's the worst brazilian I've seen since a certain Mr wonder trimmed the mrs -----!

Nearly as bad as Mrs Mick's. mind you her sister's ain't bad!

MM

09 Jul 2014 10:56:19
Before we all start getting on the backs of Cellino and his new recruits, just have a think about the following dates 11/01/2014 & 08/03/2014, now I don't expect you to immediately know what I am on about, but these 2 dates were the 2 worst moments of last season, a 6-0 loss to Sheff Wed and a 5-1 home defeat by Bolton.

Did we really expect Cellino to sit on his hands and carry the same side over from last season? No.

Why would Cellino spend money on over-inflated British based players when he can get more for his money from abroad.

I am expecting a hell of a lot more signings, in total probably about 7 or 8, we have our first 2 in, so let's sit back and let him do his business, we can judge them on their performances next season, not on what nationality they are, where we signed them from or some 2 minute YouTube video!

Get behind the lads!

MOT

Sussex Leeds, I take your point & agree with most of it provided the italian influx aren't taking the opportunities from our young players eg; Dawson, Cook etc. I'm happy watching our side with a few Italians but not 7-8 every game & it seems most of these are 2nd division players which are not proven at this level. We must replace Ross with at least 1 marquee signing & not a lower UK or Italian league player.
sure I'm behind them until the required standard is reached as long as we're not flirting with relegation. This could go either way tbh. Not all italians are quality & after watching Italian league football for years it strikes me that pace is a problem for them in all departments & The Championship has plenty of it. I truly hope there's a plan B, until then I'll be in SS6 every week as usual making me usual racket

Hooray mate
Last season was crap
New boss. New coach. New players. New team. No excuses this time
We will def have a better season this time round. Even with all the changes. And still ross dosh to spend!

09 Jul 2014 15:47:29
@sloughwhites, your intentions are right in terms of not taking opportunities away from youth, but the young lads are a big risk in terms of being capable of performing. A good balance of proven (albeit at mid table teams abroad) players and youth is the way to go. Trust me, if the kids are good enough, they will play.

Ausman if you think Cellino will spend any of the money from the McCormack deal I feel you are not in touch with what is going on. All we are doing is signing unproven players from a league that is not as good as ours.

Victor Meldrew sorry shagtastic.

You want bates/GFH out, you want the dead wood out, MC is doing just that.
He's also trying the oposite approach we've been doing for the last 15yrs.
IE signing has been players on decent wages to jump on the gravy train at ER.
For god sake give the guy a chance he's only trying to bring players in with potential, that could turn into VERY good players (like he did at Calgari) unless you want to keep on the same track we've been on for the last how many years??

Andy. I am being realistic I travel home & away to watch every game & for me a home game is a 3 hour drive. He promised us promotion in two years with the current signings I can't see it, I totally agree with your comments about Bates & GFH, & it is for this reason I fear we are being told something we want to hear rather than something that is real. He promised us he was going to buy Elland Rd & TA back & still we wait & don't give me the rubbish about how much we are losing as he was surely aware of our financial predicament before he made those comments

Shagtastic
He NEVER said he would buy TA mate NEVER. He said from day1 he'd like the training ground closer to ER.
It is slightly worrying he's not bought ER yet but I guess he had more debt when he bought us than he realised.
You have to look on the brightside mate if MC didn't buy us when he did then we were possibly days from admin & PAPPA SMURF buying us on the cheap again.
As for travelling I'm working in Ireland for the forseeable future so my home matches will be 2hr drive, 1hr flight, taxi from airport and hotel for night. Boooooom £250+ EVERY home match, will do the odd away match depending.

Give MC a chance whether it works or not he deserves that at least, he did save us from the greedy bearded one.
We all love Leeds ;)

09 Jul 2014 08:55:11
Fair play to the German's last night. They'd obviously done their homework and watched the Hock's training techniques and tried to get their team playing like the Mighty Whites.

Credit where credit is due, they played excellent football and you'd expect the pundits to be salivating in the studio. And were they? Yes, apart from Alan Hansen who moaned constantly throughout the break. Anyone would think it was a boring nil nil draw (which incidentally would have excited him).

That man is so dull, he could make poetry sound like a shopping list for Screwfix.

MM