Leeds Rumours Archive August 12 2011

12 Aug 2011 16:50:15
Simon Grayson to be sacked if leeds lose tomorrow and replaced by billy davies

Nonsense he will be given atleast 10 games to get us playing well and picking up points.

Bates doesnt want/expect us to be getting promotion, so he would be happy for SG to have us around mid-table.

Have you bin drinking early,that is not gonna happen.

What a load of rubbish We have only played 1 game this season you never know we might win the next 10 So dont put stupid comments on here after 1 game Bates (the one who we all want to go) doesnt have the balls to sack grayson anyway

I hope this isn't true. Billy Davis is not the best manager. Also, Grayson will not get sacked this far into the season

Please he was pissed off with the lack of funds at forest what would he be like at leeds

This would be very wrong if it was to happen grayson has and is doing a great job for us, billy davies (no disrespect ) isn't as good as grayson and failed to get promoted with forest, at least give him the season one bad result does not mean he should be sacked

This is ridiculous...grayson's record as a manager in last 3 seasons is...play offs...auto promotion...7th...all when he's been given about 20p to spend on players...billy davies has failed and is a repulsive little runt (or something like that)

Given how popular Billy "Job done" Davies is with the Leeds fans, this is just a wind up merchant.

Don't rise to it

Moronic rumor lacking in any logical sense. Leeds won't lose tomorrow either.

Its not SG's fault we would be decent this season if bates give him some top money to spend on players but its still early doors got 45 matches left MOT bates out

Utter garbage. You may want to think about getting booked into the priory pal, did you learn nothing from Amy Whinehouse? Crack isnt big and it isnt clever

I cant see it but i wouldnt care if he went

bates expects top 6 this season, so if we not on course by christmas i would expect him to be sacked then

Can you really imagine the egos of Bates and Davies working well together?

Rubbish,if we lose Simon I'd only want Gus poyet to take over,but Simons going nowhere.MOT

I've heard the whispers about Grayson leaving are correct, but Bates is looking to restore Leeds to the greatest days of its history, so is looking to bring Clough in from Derby.

Job done then............................t**t

Do you honestly think bates would give davies the job hes no yes man, he'd end up walking doing less time than cloughy did

12 Aug 2011 10:14:09
As a trader on the stock market, rumblings are afoot that that a "significant investor" pulled money out of the market before the dip last week. Sitting on this money he's looking to invest in a football club and I've heard Leeds on three occasions from different people. (still a growth market believe it or not)

I don't think KB will sell this cheaply or at the valued price. Don't know if an offer has been made, or if the water is being tested. If this guy goes to another club, there will be another strong competitor for promotion to go up against.

If this does happen it should be in next week or two before the Transfer window closes.

You heard it here first. Usual pinch of salt......

And I'm going to win the lottery and invest so that makes that rumoured guy you heard of and me woo hoo Honestly throw some names around as to who the guy is and might add a bit of credibility to your post.

I'm not saying my boss is gonna buy cos he isn't but,I work for a successful steel company just outside leeds that turnover 65m a year so he is reputable.about 6 months ago he told me when I jokingly asked him if he would buy Leeds he said,4 of his business contacts all of whom support leeds got together and decided to look into buying the club they valued it at 20m but bates wanted 40m,when I asked him why they didn't consider investing he replied would you go into business with ken bates that is the problem he is over valuing the club and reason for no investment is his reputation.

Steel company outside Leeds, I work in the steel industry (a Director Level)and this is Bollocks, you have one or two main players in Yorkshire, one hates football (one I work for) and love motor racing, the other support a rival yorkshire club, ie he hates leeds. The other companies are minows, the owners would struggle to buy a round of drinks never mind the club.

If the guy had the sense to bail out of the market prior to a crash, then he is not merely now going to throw it down the pan by investing in a football club.
Unfortunately Leeds needs like any other club an investor who has pots of money (stock market crash or not) who wants the club purely for the love it. Evil Santa is a business man 1st and foremost and consequently that will always put restraints on the spending power that we have. We need (like Man City) some foreign money that is seemingly limitless, Risdale tried to buy success but did not have enough resources for it to be sustained over more than a few seasons. We all dislike/envy Chelski and City for their buying power but wouldn't it be lovely to be in their position if it was Leeds being bankrolled. Nobody would like us but there again they don't anway so what does that matter.
Leeds need BIG money not some piffling amount from someone who managed to cash his ISA before last week.
I haven't got a clue where the big money is coming from but if/when it does it will be either Russia, China, The Middle East or the US certainly not Sheffield
Let's hope its soon as then Pappa Smurf can be on his way.
Come on Leeds.
Fairburn White.

Please don't call me a liar I had the conversation 6 months ago, as for him being a minnow don't think so he has bought into 5 different steel companies around the country and yes everything I said was true, either believe it or not why would I lie nothing to gain by it

Why post this if you boss is not going to buy? also are you the same guy who posted this before

Somone pulling 20-40 milliion out the market is hardly a significant investor, sure u work in the stock markets?

Having read most of the rumour posts on this site over the course of the summer, I would say about 90% of the posts on here are lies. As to why people do it? that I can not fathom or answer im afraid. And most of them say the same thing "why would I lie" lol

I want people to know why no one is interested in buying our club cos he is pricing us out the market

12 Aug 2011 06:44:21
Will some please ask mr bates are we in money
trouble again as i think we are 7milloin
on the stand and mr bates said that no bank would lends us any money
so 2 and 2 make 4 we are broke again

It is a f***ing joke the way he spends money on the ground which aint even our's instead of spending money on improving the team and getting back where we belong but no thats not for bates all he is going to do is sell up at the end of the season sooner the better i think lets get someone who can give as much passion as SG can who knows where the club belongs an shows it buy bringing in quality MOT

Yes we are in money trouble again. And also bates has said we have one of the highest wage bills in the league in top 6.

Will you go away with your anti bates BS The money could have came from various places including bates own pocket at the end of the day he is the owner he isn't accountable to you and doesn't have explain every financial detailif the club. There's a thing called private club business hence that's what the financial details of the club are

The money for the east stand came thanks to the delph deal and kasper and whoever else we've sold.

Anti-Bates BS?

Wake up mate, he is accountable to anyone spending money that they have put into the club. I spend money with LUFC in good faith that my cash will be used to go towards players. Us fans pay the highest ticket prices in the league and see no investment in the team.

You seriously think its good investment, and are perfectly happy, spending £7m boxes and to prepare ER for a hotel that no-one will stay in, rather than getting the team promoted?

Anti Bates BS? are you ken bates? if so please know that the fans arent happy to be paying over the odds to watch championship football and have an owner who wont even compete with the likes of bristol, ipswich or Brighton. Youve turned us into a laughing stock. £7m on corporate boxes that youve only got 40% occupancy of - joke.

Totally agree. Do you really think that the bates will invest in the stands and then let the playing side go to the dogs? Commercially nobody will want to visit the boxes if we are in league 1

The real problem has been around for 2 seasons with a weak defence and poor central midfielders That's the manager's fault

Where does it say on the season ticket application or when do they tell you at the ticket office that any of the ticket money will be spent on players?

Not defending Bates, just saying it's his business (but our club) but unless people vote with their feet he is going to spend the money on what he wants.

When vile bates sells us he will put 7million on asking price stating the ground improvements that he's made ,he is lying of course delph woods etc paying for it .

SO LETS HIT HIM WHERE IT HURTS , BOYCOTT BILLY'S BAR AND PAVILLION. AND DONT SPEND MONEY IN THE GROUND OR CLUB SHOP.IM A SEASON TICKET HOLDER NOT GOING TO STOP SUPPORTING OUR GREAT CLUB JUST NOT GOING TO GIVR THAT ROBBING B*****D ANY MORE OF MY MONEY.BUT WOULD TAKE EVERY ONE TO DO THIS TO HURT HIM. JUST THINK OF ALL THOSE PIES /BURGERS AND BARRELS OF BEER GOING RO WASTE. PLUS £3.50 A PINT THATS A 50P INCREASE SINCE LAST SEASON . BATES OUT MOT

He isnt accountable to anyone? He is accountable to the fans
NO FANS, NO CLUB SIMPLES

Hes done that because it will benifit and be profitable in the coming years

All Bates has done is take money out of the club, he ha charges high prices for tickets, food, programmes, beer, etc. and does not reinvest in the team. We have had money come in from casper and fabian that has not been reinvested, you dont need to look at the books to know that, look at the players we have bought in, how much have we spent?. The development of the stadium (that we dont own) is most probably one of Bates tax dodges. We will go nowhere with this man in charge, he left Chelsea 80mil in debt when he sold them, only a billionaire like Roman could afford to buy a club like that and wipe out the debt. We are going nowhere and getting ripped off in the mean time

Anyone consider that actually owns Elland Road as he wouldn't put millions into a stadium that wasn't his

I rather have ken bates who knows how to run a business than a risdale that wants to play fantasy football. to all the anti bates supporters, we don't know anythin bout the cash flows of leeds or the people we're tryin to sign. i rather have a good loan signin than player that cost us alot and is crap.

Everybody keeps talking about the Delph money, we haven't had most of it yet as it was appearence related, howvever will it be spent on players when it does come in?...wouldn't hold my breath.

Will you people wake up leeds united plc were made bankrupt on multiple occasions
therefore no bank will lend leeds money as we only paid 1p to the £ on a 100+ million. think about it cant sse the relationship between leeds and the banks being great.

MOAN ALL YOU WANT BUT ARE YOU GONNA GRAB YOUR BALLS AND MAKE A STAND?

no bates,no club, you would all be supporting the scum or even worse huddersfield town

12 Aug 2011 01:36:47
Felix Luz will get another chance to impress SG tomorrow in a behind closed doors friendly at TA.
Luz has had his trial extended after grabbing a hat-t-rick against Farsley last week.
The Mendy deal fell through when SG decided he needed to recruit elsewhere first i.e midfield ,CF and a LB.

Rob hulse is a former leeds player and i dont think he was the player in question.

Sg did not decide at all bates told him no sg Is just covering it up it not hard to see

Why the hell was mendy ever on trial if we were never going to sign him, what an absolute waste of time and club resources.

Behind closed door is today (Fri) not tomorrow

Whats wrong with our midfield? i personally think its somewhere that doesnt need to be strengthend

Don't know why Luz is wasting his time with us. SG will probably want him but then Bates will say no again. Waste of time for everyone concerned.