Leeds Rumours Archive January 15 2012

15 Jan 2012 19:23:59
Howson back in training this week, so hopefully not out for much longer.

LIKE!
We're a better team when he leads!
ONE JONNY HOWSON!

15 Jan 2012 19:16:43
Leeds to run the rule over oli johnson following his release by norwich city

I first read this as leeds to run over oli johnson. I thought that was a bit harsh haha

Agree! He was playing for the Shepherd's Arms in Wakey 3 year ago and was snapped up by Stockport! Went to Norwich and couldn't get a game. Get a grip............

Why would we want to sign him? we want a goalscoring foward have you not seen his record? its something like 100 games and 12 goals for norwich and stockport...

Wasn't he the singer in Frankie Goes To Hollywood ?

Never heard the Leeds home fans called the "prawn sandwich brigade" before..Have you not being to Elland Road mate ? only prawn sarnies ate are in Kens new executive suites !

15 Jan 2012 19:09:15
Leeds keeping tabs on st johnstone midfielder murray davidson

15 Jan 2012 16:26:59
Leeds will sign free agent stuart parnaby sammy clingan from coventry and bring beckford back on loan as our other strikers cant even score and dont even look like it to be fair

CANNOT SIGN BECKFORD!! He has already played for 2 clubs this season (Leicester and Everton), that is the max according to the rules set out and enforced by the FA.

Beckford can't play for anyone else this season, he's already played for two clubs,,,

Beckford can sign for Leeds the rule is you can nt have more than two transfers in the same season.

The 2 clubs rule doesnt count for loan moves, so we could still sign him

3. Players may be registered with a maximum of three clubs during one season. During this period, the player is only eligible to play official matches for two clubs. As an exception to this rule, a player moving between two clubs belonging to associations with overlapping seasons (i.e. start of the season in summer/autumn as opposed to winter/spring) may be eligible to play in official matches for a third club during the relevant season, provided he has fully complied with his contractual obligations towards his previous clubs. Equally, the provisions relating to the registration periods (article 6) as well as to the minimum length of a contract (article 18 paragraph 2) must be respected.

By my understanding he can because it's in a different transfer window, apologies if I'm wrong

Actually I don't think loans count so you'll find he can

Apparently beckford can play for leeds as he hasn`t played for 3 clubs in same league

Dont want him anyway all the moaners who dont want smith at least he didnt sell us out for his own gain like beckford did judas!!

Beckford is the one who scored the goals that took us up and the goal that beat Man Utd so he's alright with me. He gave us 3 years and deserved his move, do you hate everybody who leaves?

Judas?? you div...he got us promoted..could have just sulked and picked up his wages...

Beckford got us into the division we are in now,he fulfilled his contract and stayed with us til the job was done,in my eyes he did nothing wrong,the lad was given an opportunity to play in the premier league and he took it good on him.
As forca return to elland road I think it would be a good move for him and us and think moral would lift,as a season ticket holder I can honestly say I have never heard the ground be so quiet.
P.S 3 seasons in charge,1 play off 1 promotion and narrowly missing out on the playoffs last season give Grayson a break it takes time to build a quality consistent team.
MOT

Waste of time signing him. On;y ruled by money. He's proof that he's a decent league 1 player, cant cut it in higher leagues. Suggest Wealdstone get him back not wanted at Elland Raod!!!!!1

We can/cannot sign Beckford... change the bloody record? we CAN because Everton are not in our league.

Beckford scored 31 goals for us in the promotion winning year from l1. He scord 10 goals for everton in the premiership and i bet would have scored more this year given the chance. the only reason everton sold him was they needed money to bring in new players.

He can and would score goals in thins this league especially for us. I fulfilled his contract with us and went to the premiership which anyone would have done given the chance hardly a judas just trying to look after his future.

on a down side his first touch is and alsways has been terrible but that can be fixed. I for one would love to see him back

Everyone has a short memory, the lad was a nightmare all he did do was sulk. I wonder if youd all have the same opinion on him if it wasnt for his input to get us promoted in his last game. Im guessing not. Remember Grayson leaving him on the bench for a good while? Thought not!

He was injured and would score goals for us again

Quote...."Everyone has a short memory, the lad was a nightmare all he did do was sulk. I wonder if youd all have the same opinion on him if it wasnt for his input to get us promoted in his last game. Im guessing not. Remember Grayson leaving him on the bench for a good while? Thought not!"

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What a complete idiot. most Leeds fans dont remember him for the 'one goal' he scored which got us promotion, we remember the other 70 odd in 2 seasons along the way too! call him mardy, lazy, a sulker whatever but argue against his goal scoring records and your a fool!

Why do people moan about Beckford. The fact is he was an excellent goalscorer who got the chance to better himself by playing at a higher level. He did well at Everton, scoring more than some of the higher profile strikers within the premiership and was sold because Everton needed the money. If any simple minded person wants to slag someone off for trying to better themself they need to take a look at themselves- would they advise their son/daughter to stay put in a less well paid, lower grade job just to be loyal or tell them to achieve and earn as much as they can? I wonder what the answer would be! If it hasn't worked for him then I would sign him back in a flash. {Ed025's Note - good post mate..a lot of everton fans were sorry to see him go...

15 Jan 2012 14:24:54
TNS winger Craig Jones is to have a weeks trial with Leeds United. The highly-rated 24-year-old, who can operate on the left or right side, will spend the next seven days at Elland Road, trying to impress manager Simon Grayson and his coaching staff.

Wow we seem to have at least 10 wingers now, maybe Ken Bates want to be the KFC colonel.

How many wingers do we need! SG needs to get priorities and look at the squad as a whole before bringing anyone in

Why would we need to sign yet another winger? doens't make sense, I know Sam is rubbish, so unless Rogers isn't likely to get a work permit I can't understand this one

Just what we need when the defense needs sorting, yes another forward player ?

He's a trialist for Petes sake and we have them all the time! If he looks better than what we have already and we can afford him then bring him in as it can't do any harm. I am sure Grayson is looking to bring in the players we all know we need but if you see somebody better in a particular position you get him.

Its because Bates can then sell Snodgrass for a healthy profit!!

If we can get someone better than Snoddy for less money, and sell him, what's the problem, better player and money to keep Uncle Ken happy

Who is better than Snoddy that will come to us? nobody! the man is a class act and would walk into any mid table premier team.

15 Jan 2012 12:34:38
Leeds are targeting qpr pair on permanent deals rob hulse and Bradley orr.

Rob hulse as loved as he was at Leeds was never the goal machine that we needed, that's still the case, he's just a more experienced andy keogh

As i remember rob hulse actually scored
quite a lot of goals for leeds.

Worthless lazy soft are words that describe hulse

15 Jan 2012 10:46:24
Dj campbell anyone from qpr cant see him been in there plans now with mark hughes taking over

I can't see it to be honest, but i think Leeds are in need of some fire power.

Becchio is struggling with fitness, and McCormack plays with not enough confidence.

I just don't know what we should do as clearly both these players have potential to score, but they seem to have run dry.

15 Jan 2012 10:33:06
Leeds in a tug of war with a number of other championship teams including derby to sign nick montgomery from sheffield united

We don't want or need him,he can't get in the sheffield side for starters

This is a non starter, delph is on his way on loan. MOT

15 Jan 2012 10:22:09
Tom Lees and Adam Clayton getting linked to Bolton(see today's papers), anyone with talent moves on so it wouldn't surprise me to see them leave

Say what you like about Bates but he won't sell for the money.
The only way he'll sell these excellent prospects is if they want to go. I'm not a big fan of the guy but his track record shows this to be true.
Didn't sell Beckford when he got the chance. Didn't sell Max till he transfer listed himself.
Held on to Delph as long as he could.

Could happen, we could then get some more donkeys in to play with Brown, so he feels at home. Give the kids a chance those who have come in have done well,I think.
Get rid of Brown and the rest of the deadwood ASAP!

You honestly believe bates keeps ours best players?

2009: best player, Delph - Sold
2010: best player, Beckford - Left
2011: best player, Gradel - Sold
2012: best player Snodgrass - ??

I've heard Blackpool are interested inBrown,so he can keep the other donkeys on the pleasure beach company.Thi s is a deffo l heard it straight from the ahem horses mouth ;)

Snodgrass best player?? Not by a mile do you actually watch Leeds??? Not near performance levels of Clayton or Howson

Snoddy is our most influential player... That's hard to doubt.
His scoring and assisting record, especially this season, speaks for itself.
You're right about Jonny and Clayts though... We have to keep them too

14 Jan 2012 23:55:26
Billy sharp has rejected going to leicester, leeds should snap him up as hes clearly not purely moving because of money. think we need a cb but maybe only to cover for lees and odea. need a rb because thompson is good but cannot be the long term solution. rumours of adam smith who did brilliant at bournemouth last year, would love lichaj. heard we are in advanced talks over delph on loan. becchio is unfit, end of.

lonergan
smith lees odea white
snoddy clayton delph townsend
sharp mccormack

bench: rodgers, becchio, nunes sam new cb

looks like a promotion winning side to me


JackTheWhite MOT

I can t see bates spending that kind of money even if it is on a player which would improve the team. In my opinion it will be mostly loans or free transfers being brought in. Would love to see sharp at Leeds though

Lets be real here, the total cost of Graysons signings in 3yrs wouldn't combine to the fee of Billy Sharp - Leeds cannot attract quality to the club unless they are 3rd or 4th choice in their own respective team - no ambition, no drive, no confidence in Grayson -

Michael Brown

Whatever happens, even if bates gives Grayson a few million or a few quid, we need to stick with him as he has worked miracles whilst at Leeds where we have probably spent 2 million but have brought in about 15 million. If Grayson had been given the cash input that 50% of the other teams get, he would have took us up last season or we would be right up near the top this season. Although Bates may not be supporting the team anywhere as much as he should. We need to get off his back at Leeds games as it is clearly having an adverse affect on the team. I was on the Burnley match and our support was disgraceful. You could hear the players and officials talking before we scored and the only time you couldn't was when the kop was singing about bates. And Bates will think it is Grayson's fault we aren't happy and calling for his head. I just hope Grayson outlives Bates at this club. JackTheWhite MOT

He can be bought for £1.85m, Leicester offered him £28k week going up to £40k week if they get promoted, Doncaster offered new deal @ £18k week to stay. According to my sources he failed medical at Leeds before he joined Doncaster(source current Rovers player). He plays better with the ball to his feet, Pearson long ball man thats reason he doesn't look like going to Leicester. It is up to Bates to show he means business and prove he isnt a loan/ freebie ranger !

If leeds were willing to spend money they would be able to attract prem players . cant get much for 500 k from top flight

Think you want to double that price fo sharp somehow

We will not sign Billy Sharpe.
He's just lost a child - I really doubt he'll be in the mental state to want to pressure himself with a new club full of expectation.
If he moves it'll be to someone like West Ham, Southampton, Boro or whoever gets promoted... Another Danny Graham-type transfer

To be honest id rather leeds not spend loads of money and do alright than spend loads and do crap like leicester or ipswich this year and middlesbrough last year