Leeds Rumours Archive December 12 2012

12 Dec 2012 20:09:58
January Signings:
- Ian Harte
- Alan Tate
- Max Gradel
- Ryan Hall
- George Boyd
- Michael Tonge
- Fraizer Campbell

Leeds Are Going Up

Only gradel stands out there we need a bit more to be going up

Get over Harte , he was crap first time around and if you dont know that you never saw him week in week out.

I have to question the football knowledge of anyone that dreams up Ian Harte. Try watching You tube of game 3 - 4 against Newcastle united when Salano destroyed him. He can score free kicks and penalties but was responsible for wingers etc scoring far more against Leeds cos he couldn't do the principle thing of a defender and that's defend. He was one of very few mistakes made by O'Leary which was to continue to play him and the 2 signings of Seth Johnson and Robbie Fowler......

13 Dec 2012 06:24:42
harte would be a good signing even if its just for his delivery of set pieces

That team will not get us up buddy !! Hart and Tonge cant break 20 seconds for the 100 metres and we wont get Maxi and Cambell.

13 Dec 2012 09:09:08
ian harte was left exposed by harry kewells lack of tracking back leaving open to be picked off by wingers!?!

I wish we would sign Boyd, sick of reading we are going to on here

Short memories, again. Ian Harte, when he did play for us, had better crossing rate and accuracy than any other player in the Premier League. The player in second, by some way, was one David Beckham.
I'll happily concede that Harte couldn't stop a raindrop but he put in more and better crossses than anyone else. That's why O'Leary persisted with him.

Harte was and is rubbish . even Beckham who was no speedster skinned him the day united won at elland rd . I know he scored that day but was awful

Ian Harte was very highly rated throughout Europe, his lack of pace was the only thing stopping him going to an elite club. They called him the Irish Roberto Carlos for a reason, not just sarcastically.

And to the poster saying harte had the best cossing rate that was 10 years ago pal theres far better out there now

I said after the 2.2 draw with west ham last season that Gradel, who won countless free kicks around the area, would have benefitted from Harte and his free kicks. Hope it comes about but I doubt Gradel will come home
White teeth

I've heard Warnock is monitoring progress of young Ian Mee Aswel as hulls Koren! Boro also keen

Dream on Leeds boys you need more than that load of garbage. stop living in the past and buy some fresh players. not all your old boys who will it be next Danny mills ha ha

I was Ian Harte's biggest critic at ER but the poster who said he was left exposed by Harry Kewell is talking a lot of sense - if he plays behind a winger who will track back and help out he might be worth a short-term deal if only for his dead-ball ability which seems to be an area that's passed us by recently.

In response, the comment about crossing rate and accuracy was mine. At no point did I suggest Harte would be a good signing, merely pointed out what use he was to us once-upon-a-time. His ability to cross and strike a dead ball are still self-evident but I think we really need someone there who can actually defend. If we're going to spend a few quid, why not bring in Lee Wallace from Rangers.

All good players, and all would improve us. The original poster knows their stuff well enough. Oh, and leave Hartey alone -served us better than most who've worn the white shirt (see my comment on post below). Chapel A

12 Dec 2012 18:15:03
According to back page of tonight yep Wornock wants diuof gradel and Beckford . Let's hope so cause with pace like that in team we will soon start tearing this league up again . Or and the obsessive terriers won't be happy either !! Mot.

Ehd-yes, mad max-yes, beckford :-s

llhb mot

What Warnock said was:
A new striker is Warnock's priority, though his outlook could change depending on decisions made about the players in his squad who hold short-term contracts “ El-Hadji Diouf, Michael Tonge, Ryan Hall, Alan Tate and Jerome Thomas.

The 63-year-old Warnock has already been linked with a fresh approach for Leicester City's Jermaine Beckford and reports yesterday linked him with Max Gradel, United's player-of-the-year in 2010-11.

DIOUF PACE?? maybe 7 years ago lad

Keep thomas from wba dont want beckford back (grass greener etc) same for gradel if got thomas dont need him and sign diouf bloody quick b4 someone else does

What is that last poster on about Thomas isnt a patch on max

All good players, would take any of them that I could get. They would only improve us! Chapel A

12 Dec 2012 09:23:46
According to some hack in the daily mail,GFH have missed a payment deadline.Sound's to me like a mistake by their lawyers, if you read the article it pretty much states that!(NEWS NOW)KEA

Your inkling is likely to be correct, more promising news is that NW asked to 'draw up a list of targets'.

Hope one of them is Mad Max! Come home son.

LLHB MOT

I saw that. It says the money is in
GFH's lawyers' client account. I bet it is - earning interest for a couple
of days before they transfer it!