Leeds Rumours Archive July 15 2017

15 Jul 2017 23:50:59
Former Birmingham City player Curtis Woodhouse predicts Leeds will finish no higher than tenth as it doesn't matter how many players we sign as we don't have Gary Monk anymore!

WTF obviously he didn't see the last quarter of our season or the games where we didn't have a plan B! Like many Leeds fans I'm grateful to Monk for making it an interesting season and for his input but I'm not the only one who wasn't disappointed at him leaving!

Why do so many ex players who mean zero to Leeds get so knowledgeable about us? And then there are ex Leeds players or Managers who after they leave think they know what we need?

Well i have to say what a pity they didn't have all the answers when they were a player or a Manager of Leeds then maybe we wouldn't be in the Championship eh! Why do they have all the answers for success after they get the sack? Baffles me, tenth place, before a ball has been kicked. Maybe he should predict the Lottery if he's that good! MOT

16 Jul 2017 09:11:47
Hear hear

16 Jul 2017 10:02:31
Stick to boxing woodhouse, I for one don't expect us to be winning the league this season, but I do think we can be in the mix up. Radz is no fool we are building something here at Leeds. Season after season we have not had much to shout about but things are a changing. MOT.

16 Jul 2017 10:22:15
Well ya got that one off ya chest pal. Hope you feel better for your rant. But well said by the way.

16 Jul 2017 11:49:37
The good thing about us is that we don't know, nothing is proven. We have brid, anita, jansson, green, wood, and ayling who for me are all established championship players. We have quality in saiz, alioski, sacko (debatable) , wiedewald, vieira, and generally, potential in all areas. We have a manager who is used to winning, but unproven, he may well do a renieri and prove that the league makes little difference to his tactics and that he plays his own way and that wins him games, he's proven that at 2 different teams. There are teams this season like villa who are building on foundations of championship quality, whereas we have unproven talent within, it's a risk but I like the balls people are willing to show to prove that a risk is rewarding. Genuinely can see alioski being player of the season, very similar to knockaert, could be a huge threat.

16 Jul 2017 12:27:05
Spot on samowhite5, only time will tell but at least we have the potential with the player's we are getting in. Just need more quality added to back up our defence. Can see player's like roofe and viera kicking on this season, given the chance.

16 Jul 2017 15:43:30
Good post that is, Samo.

16 Jul 2017 22:30:38
Cheers gents. Over facilitating is better than no plan B if you ask me. If he is to play a 4-2-3-1 like he has done in friendlies, TC has so many options in midfield now as we're all aware, I think there are about 12 potential midfielders in austria. 3 keepers, we all know we're light at the back but flint and voyer are 2 to keep an eye on. Potentially £4m for flint. And saiz, douk, alioski, antonsson or roofe could all replace wood at some stage if necessary. We only really had douk as an alternative last year, arguably Roofe but he was more crucial on the right IMO. Sacko, Wood, Alioski as a front 3 in a 4-3-3 could be lethal. Excited for the friendly tomorrow to see if the new lads start.

15 Jul 2017 12:21:48
Danish defender Andreas Maxso linked. 23 yrs old had represented Denmark at youth levels and can play CB or RB. Only valued at 700k so potentially a backup.

15 Jul 2017 15:36:54
Thought he was right back or defensive midfield alf

16 Jul 2017 12:13:49
I still like the sound of Helander or even Wahlqvuist.

14 Jul 2017 22:47:40
I think the whole "will we / won't we get the Alioski and Saiz deals done" gave me hope and a purpose every morning - these were exciting times, and now they are finally here, I feel a bit down not waking up hoping to have the good news (don't get me wrong, I'm estatic they are here! ) I know it may sound weird but just to be linked to actual spending money transfers after 13 / 14 odd years made me feel great again! Come on Leeds, let's get drawn into another exciting transfer linked saga . MOT!

16 Jul 2017 11:54:03
Forget transfer sagas, and pre season, look forward to the real thing, only 3 weeks left! We're not under monk anymore there's no drama in failing to sign targets, radz isn't playing, he's trusting orta and throwing his money where he feels appropriate to get what he wants. This bloke knows that there will be 30000 plus in ER every Saturday, so at £30 a pop he's not shy of spending his money to make that 30000 come back every week. I like that, I think the management finally understand what passionate fans we are and are looking to reward us for our loyalty. Get excited gents

17 Jul 2017 09:33:42
FFP is over three seasons rather than one as of March this year. A lot is being spent this pre-season but, we have at least two seasons before the gamble has to pay off. Even if we finally achieve promotion back to the big time, I don't expect another pre-season of transfer activity like we're currently seeing. Not trying to put a dampener on anything at all. I'm as excited as anyone with what's happening. Just saying; don't get used to first team investment on this scale. One or two marquee signings for the first team and a lot of youth through revolving doors will be it after this.