Leeds Rumours Archive January 18 2012

18 Jan 2012 22:59:24
7pm tomorrow 19-1-12 billy bremner statue..... Bates out! Already looks like alot will be attending..... love leeds hate bates

Waste of time, Bates is in Monaco at the moment,better off organising it for a match day when he will be there

Good that fans want him out me and my dads season tickets gone up from around 500 quid to over a grand because im doing a apprenticeship I have to pay adult prices instead of student

Bates is the best thing to happen to leeds,f*** off and support another team. {Ed013's Note - a bit harsh}

No no no, like I have said go to Thorpe arch, that where everyone will be not the ground. I rang up thopre arch and they basically said were in the dark over this Grayson should as well as ken bates be held responsible for this get down there or ring 01937 884400

Doesn't mater where you protest Elland Rd is the best place, everyone can get there and the media will get involved, this will gather momentum and Bates will get to know if everyone sticks together - my sister works for the YEP ive tipped her off about a protest - who's coming..!

He needs to go for someone who will actually give our club money! Bates Out!

Why waste your time... It will and always will fall on deaf ears.

Don't protest... Vote with your feet like me !...

I haven't been to a game since last transfer window.

Love Leeds Hate KB #7yearsoflies

An old winter quiet thursday night!!! Who's organised this, the Peacock landlord.....................

Cant believe some leeds fans want us to be the championships blackburn,were you all protesting when he saved us ?do you want us to be run by another venkys?time grayson came clean and tell the fans if he has funds ?can he offer the right wages?whats he got to lose if results continue he will be sacked ,so man up grayson and say your peice!

Waste of time....you have to hit bates where it hurst money....dont go to the bar, dont spend any money in the ground avoid the members bar.

Best thing i recon is to do a Man City style, turn our backs on the game and face the other way then start the chant 'what the f++k is going on'

if we all attend but turn our backs...i know we need to get behind the team, but at this rate there wont be one.

Southampton ready to bid again for Hooper £8M, when are we going to get in this game?

Harvey......." my god there's a few thousand Leeds fans at bremners statue singing protest songs".....bates " ooohhh so what all those morons will still be at the game on sat and I will have their £30 in my bank account" get real he ain't Going to bat an eyelid at this. Stop paying to go to games. What's hit him the hardest is the 3 to 4 thousand fans who have stopped going every week. Morons.

Waste of time boys match day better but we also need to get behind the team i agree with others do not spend a penny in or around the ground. fans sh@t on again

IDIOTS- Do you want a return to the bad old days, or maybe an outfit like Blackburn have got. Anyone with an ounce of sense can see that by withholding money by not going to a match gives an even better reason not to spend money on players and if there were any new players coming I doubt they would want to come to a club where fans are so fickle they will organise a protest to get their own way- even though they are 1 point outside the play-offs. GROW UP

1 point outside the play offs is fair enuf pal, but the points were gained by our team consisting of decent players, but these decnt players are slowly going to be dissapearing. the fact of the matter is that although bates DOES deserve alot of credit for saving our club, it it time to stop improving the facilities and start saving/improving our playing squad. we need to keep our best players, sell retards and buy a quality striker who can score consistently, and buy a new defence from scratch....MOT

That's exactly it! Get Bates out and buy a sturdy defence! All we need is new centre backs.. (and a striker)

18 Jan 2012 21:41:59
Monty gimple signs pro deal and has been promoted to the first team.

Source? Would be good to give the lad a go though!

Its just a guess,i reckon,kb said in his interview today a younger player had agreed terms and was set to sign..(WITHIN THE CLUB)was prob one of the under 9's for 2 mars bars a week

Its alex cairnes who has signed a new two year contract! just caught it on LUTV

The lad doesn't even play in the reserves because he's not ready some people no nothing about the club does my head in

18 Jan 2012 20:04:01
On a brighter note rogers has received a work permit and signed a 2 and a half year deal.

Thats made my night! watch us go now, 2nd place still in our sights!!

Rogers permit request doesnt get looked at until tomorrow and then the decsion can take another 24 hours {Ed013's Note - It has been confirmed on the News Now Leeds utd website that the WP got accepted this afternoon}

18 Jan 2012 22:27:16
Well peeps just to cheer you up a bit av discovered this video clip of robbie rogers on u-tube, looks a quality player, pace n neat footwork, copy and paste

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNkdvl2oVMc&feature=related

Might be worth a few mill in a couple of years ken you sly old fox!

Just watched the utube video, he did ok against very poor defending, what's he going to be like up against someone who might have played the game before

A two and a half year deal ? So that means he will be sold cheap next season, Coz he`s not going to want to stay on our wages.

I Hope he is as good as buck rodgers, that man saved everything!

18 Jan 2012 19:50:20
good news for us fans is Rogers secures UK work permit

I can't see it on the Leeds website, where have you this, cause a few people have stated this.

18 Jan 2012 18:21:52
the rumour is simon was close to quitting over this, he was considering his position when he first found out about this on fri,maybe that was why there was no comment from him over weekend,you really have to feel sorry for him he is been steam rollered over this,even Simon knows enough is enough believe me he is one of us,but at the end of the day he tows the line or bates will find someone who will,and why should he resign from the job he loves would you no,simon will not leave us high and dry like others have no when his backs against the wall he will stand up and fight,fight for the club he loves and the fans he loves and how do some of you repay him you should be ashamed of yourself let's get behind him he's one of us please.

Agree totally, we should cherish him not slag him off

Sorry guys we are there now. Last one out turn off the lights. Bates is close to achieving his objective, to shut our beloved club down!

With this guy at the helm, how the hell will we ever get promoted. We need to stop kidding ourselves anyone of note will sign for us. Why would they want to?

Our only hope is if Bates leaves to go help Darlington! Otherwise there is more chance they will be in the Premier League long before we are!

Here here my thoughts also poor simon how can he build a team when they dont wanna sign for us or they get sold leeds united football club needs your support now more than ever MOT

If by THIS you mean selling the highly (over)rated Howson the only person responsible is Howson, HE has decided not to sign a new contract, HE has decided he wants to play in the premiership with or without Leeds! so don't be so quick to blame KB!

What a great comment you made.more fans like us we need support grayson he is loyal and true leeds utd at heart.support him we will all get through it together.

Great to read from real fans, Mr Grayson has been through the mangle in more ways than one recently, and he has shown what a true gentleman, professional, and true Leeds man he is.

I totally support him, if you are only able to pick fruit from the day olds bin, you cannot make the perfect fruit salad,

I like this thread,Grayson has achieved miracles with the players he's got. I really think we will sign some real quality by the end of this week. I think the plan was to announce a major signing before the Howson news broke to soften the blow.

We love you grason we do we love you grason we do, we love you grason we do, but ken bates we hate you

Not sure that would be true,he made the decision to keep beckford and bates has always stated the manager has final say on all transfers..incoming and outgoing

Simon did resign onSaturday, Pappa Smurf refused to accept it. Stale Mate going on at mo. Think Bates want's to be seen as making the 'decision' and sacking Grayson. Watch this space. I think we should all boycott saturdays Ipswich Game and send a messgae to pappa smurf - no fans no club exec boxes

The above about Mr Graysons resignation, an employer cannot refuse an employees resignation, he/she/it can only persuade them to stay, so what is the truth?

Cobblers.

Regarding the suggestion that KB would rather sack SG than have him quit...utter nonsense! If he quits KB doesn't have to free the moths from his wallet, if SG is sacked the club have to pay him out! {Ed013's Note - I would rather SG quit so he can spill the beans of inside the club. If he is sacked then he will be paid off and have a clause saying that he cant speak about the club}

18 Jan 2012 17:37:16
Howson going to Norwich to follow his of playing in the prem. With the money with have we should sign sharp.

Think we are getting 500k for him as he will go for nothing at end of the season so 500k in todays football money is nothing :(

No one of note is gonna join us.. If they do, that's because Norwich are interested in signing him in a couple of years' time.
What's the answer?
Sign more wingers

Wow where on earth did you get that news from !! You havent been on our official ( I mean Mr Bates') site have you ?

Looks like we will be reduced to a team full of loan signings just giving 80 % to get themselves in the shop window for other clubs to sign.
no manager can work like that so get off sg back.

18 Jan 2012 15:18:41
rumours that Everton and Bolton have bidded for Howson now

Where have you heard this?

Is it Feb 1st yet?

Good well done Bates you have played a blinder the lads off and you have started a bidding war. I'm happy the club is in your hands you are GOD in my eyes £2mil for an average overrated player with only 6months left on his contract and now we look like we could get more pure class Bates.

With what's going on at Elland Road I thought it was April 1st.

Haha,good post bud its probably the same fans who were wanting him out weeks ago who are now moaning that hes going,average player who wants to leave,we get very good money,and its Bates out haha,good old Ken.

Howson had medical at Norwich today and will be signed up tonight and possible make the squad for debut match on Saturday against Chelski. Snoddgrass will be a Norwich player come Next week

Average player...don't make me laugh,how many games have we won since he's been out injured..erm 1...he's done all claytons running for him this season,no surprise that clayton's form has dipped dramatically since howson been out injured..

Considering hes injured till march errrrrr no

He has a knee injury you spanner he wont play this month

18 Jan 2012 13:40:58
Simon Grayson been rumoured to be looking at Jamie Mole of Blyth Spartans.

More likely we'll sign Adrian Mole at this rate

He's looking for someone to dig us out of the hole we are in!!

Bates will be rubbing his hands 100,000 tops
and loan of two of our youngsters should
easily seal the deal

Wow. This is exciting news. The rest of the division will be trembling!

Do you know I was a little bit blue today , not sure why , oh yeah our captain is leaving and then I saw this news about Jamie...fantastic news !!! Thanks for the heads up Great rumour ...fantastic just what we needed

18 Jan 2012 13:27:00
wigan to sign mccormack and fulham to sign becchio

Would i cry about this no just as long as we don't get keogh back

18 Jan 2012 13:23:46
leeds to sign shola ameobi for 2.5 million

Would rather wash my dad in the bath than have that donkey in a leeds shirt!

Im sure hes long term injured now so doubt it

Shola Ameobi you say? £2.5m you say? Spotted a couple of flaws,
1. he does not score enough goals,
2. is on a higher wage than Leeds would pay,
3. is not worth anything near £2.5m,
4. Leeds do not have that kind of money.
The only plus would be that he and Michael Brown could start a donkey ride business in Scarborough in the summer

It is bad enough having a girlfriend who supports Newcastle without having that muppet at Leeds! They can't wait for him to go, he can hardly last one half let alone a full game.

18 Jan 2012 13:07:04
So Jonny Howson decides to chase half the dream (playing Prem Lge) instead of living the dream (playing Prem Lge with Leeds).

Let's get over it.

He's been our captain for a couple of years and is apparently Leeds through and through, and wanted to get us to Premiership.

Well, for me, he was never going to do that. He isn't good enough. I'm not saying he's a bad player, but with playing alongside Clayton he has been shown up this year. Clayton going would be the bigger worry for me. I personally like Howson as a player

He has pushed us through to good times, but was he really good enough to push us through to Prem? I think, on his day, he might have been, but out of sorts with his head turned and 6 months left on his contract? Good business if we get £2m for him, especially if it goes straight in the kitty. I don't think he's really gonna set the Prem or even Norwich alight, but he'll be solid and do a good job for them.

Good luck to the lad though, I'm one of the worst to preach about loyalty and mercenary players and the likes, but each and every man has to think about what's best for number one.

Thanks Jonny, all the very best.

Which kitty is that? we dont have 1 all the money we have made from the sale of players has gone to lining master bates's pockets thats why we only get loan players

Is that the same kitty the money for Schmeichel and Gradel went into?

Shame we didn't sort out the Delph deal before this news broke as no doubt Villa will now be putting the price up!! {Ed013's Note - It will be a loan deal so Villa will benefit either way so I wouldn't expect them ripping us off. They may use this to write some of the add-ons cash that they will eventually owe us to push the deal through}

Agree I'm a season ticket holder. Love Howson for his work rate and commitment. He's a solid Championship player at best and will struggle in Prem.

Clayton is the boy

I'd swap Bechio for Ameobi any day of the week

God some of you so called fans are nuts.get real.
howson may struggle in prem but he was good enough to help us get there.delph was supposed to add quality to may be get us to play offs,even with both it was a dream..so we have delph instead of howson,no better off are we with quality numbers.stop slagging him off now hes gone.we are going nowhere and you know it,we all know it....shrew leeds

Of course he was good enough otherwise he would not be going to the Prem without us.. get real would you.

Another very sad day for the club I love. When moving to Norwich City is viewed as a forward and progressive move it just goes to show how far from grace our club has falllen. Again he will move for next to peanuts and none of the funds raised will be given to Simon Grayson to desperately strengthen our ever weakening squad.

Just where will it end we are becoming nothing more than a nursery club spotting or developing talent then selling it on for a little profit. Our Chairman is only interested in making a quick buck and lining his own pockets he does not and repeat 'does not' have our best interests at heart and until the day he moves on this club will only continue to move in one direction BACKWARDS!

And no not being negative just realistic and understand what is happening at the club..........

He hasn't gone yet. Has yet to agree terms. He could be stubborn and hold out for a move when his contract expires.

He did a job for us but we can have a better replacement.....

Can't believe people rate clayton more than howson. howson visibly lifts the team, is consistent, and quality. Clayton is good, but inconsistent and doesn't have the same prowess of howson. massive loss, but a bargain for norwich. surely we can spend this 2 mill though in transfers

Ameobi you avin a laugh he is the biggest donkey since brian deane,if hes the best we can get we are doomed

Its De Javu all over again! All these players who are so called Leeds fans through and through all show there true colours in the end!

If he wants to go let him go he's obviously not true to the cause of helping us reach the the glory days again.

MOT

Another Brian Deane idiotic comment. If you knew anything at all about football you would realise that if we had a striker with half Brian's skills we would be scoring far more goals than our present crop are doing at the moment. Remember Deane was also doing it in the 1st/Premiership not in this this division.

Selling club now. Bates needs to come clean and tell the truth for once, this from a man spending £7m on a ground he doesnt own, who announces he has bought the club last yr when prem lge insisted on knowing who owns club, 3 days later! Would anyone on this site spend money on a property they rent? No! Harvey is also to blame on negotiations, lets not forget he wss involved at Bradford with Richmond. We are a big city club not a provincial town club so lets act like one, and remember its 2012 not 1982 Kenneth, wages have moved on since then, or shall we all just "Fire up the Quattro !"

Who is this De Javu person? I hope he is a Dutch centre back like Robert M, he was good.
That really would be Deja vu.

Jonny howson = top quality players
norwich city = what a club! buying quality young players with determination to get to the top of there game and a manager who gets the best out of them leeds loss = norwich gain. like the italian cruise captain abandon the sinking ship. good luck jonny pleasure watching you

I thought he played for us already watching our defending for the past year!

Right im first to admit i was on bates side saying he saved the the club and that but this is the last straw now unless bates does something big.

Im shocked just how 2 faced some people are on here, Howson's off because he want premiership football, so where is the loyalty from our so called " leeds through & through captain" ? The first opportunity and he's off, yet Alan Smith, who didnt want to go but was forced out so Leeds could get the money is slaughtered by the majority on here, Smith should be welcomed back irrespective of the team he went to simply because he wants to play for the club - he will always be a better player than Howson, fact.

Guys it is understandable that there is both shock and sadness among some but what I cannot comprehend is that all of a sudden everyone is slagging a player who is currently the longest serving player at Leeds off! And also that some claim Clayton is a better player than Howson! Have you not been watching Leeds' form? we started off the season reasonably well and then the minute Howson gets injured it all goes downhill, just look at our form in the last 10 or so games! He lifts the team by alone being on the pitch and he is not our best player but it is his impact that worked so well for us. In the end they are all professional footballers and Howson is reaching the top of his football in my opinion at the age of 23...think about it if you had the chance to play premiership football would you take it? Yes maybe he could have done it as a Leeds player but currently we're 11th and yes it is only half way thru but it would be a huge risk for him this might be his only chance! He served us well and I personally will never judge him for leaving. The only problem that remains is that now we will turn into a team with loaned players if Bates pockets the cash and, with Doncaster being an example of such a team, it will not work even if we did get into the prem as we would find that we would lose half our 1st XI and have not enough money to spend on new decent players. But in any case...c'mon you mighty whites!!

18 Jan 2012 12:00:31
Well, it appears that Howson is on his way, but £2m is a bit of a snip. Have Leeds made it public to open a mini bidding war for him. If we're resigned to him leaving get every last penny we can

Jonny has to be worth more than that, even if we kept him til his contract ran out to help us to the playoffs.

I'd be seriously thinking about McGugan at forrest with some of that cash. He's not happy there.

Help us to the play offs you have got to be joking i dont think the squad is good enough
even before howsons departure

According to the rumours, nearly all our squad is leaving.

Howson (Norwich)
Snodgrass (Newcastle)
Clayton (Bolton)
Lees (Bolton)
White (Arsenal/Bolton)
McCormack (Wigan)
Becchio (Middlesbrough)
Brown (Brighton)
Paynter (Brentford)
O'Brien (Bristol)
Bruce (Huddersfield)

What does it matter what we get for him, it goes straight in bates pocket as per usual. FFS {Ed013's Note - Maybe they are going to play the youth team and use all the transfer money to build a hotel on the West stand!}

£2m? With 6 months left on his contract. I dont think so. We will have accepted more in the region of £500k

I agree with the last post, only the likes of Leeds would pay £2m for a player they can get for nought in 6 months.

As an asides, I have no love of rats, and in no way take it that I suggest that any of the players who move on are rats, but what do they do when a ship is sinking?
Yes, desert it.

The days of the one club through thick and thin career players are gone, best get used to it.

"OriginalPoster" - Seems quite the week for Captains abandoning their ships doesnt it. Very Topical !

18 Jan 2012 11:43:33
Howson sold so surely thats another £2million into the transfer kitty? lol. bates out.
likely incoming transfers are loans and freebies.
alan smith-free
adam smith-loan
fabian delph-loan
martin patison-free
craig jones-free
stuart parnaby-free
eric lichaj-loan

there possibilties.
hows about we go for it?
stephen gleeson 700k
harry maguire 500k
bradley wright philips 600k
ricardo vaz te £1million

there are good players availible for under a million pound. lets go find em and sign em up! MOT

2M towards the East Stand redevopment kitty!, we are an absolute joke with no ambition whatsover!

I put above, maybe McGugan at forrest would be worth a punt. probably cost more than £1m though,

Ricardo Vaz Te? Seriously, he is s**t. He has had 2 good games this season...downside was they were against us.

I do not recommend vaz te at all.

he's had a poor history with barnsly and since he's had a good streak of scoring, i don't feel he'd be a good signing.

money could go elsewhere.

Don,t think mr bates will spend it all half if where lucky

Bradley Wright Phillips definitely a good shout. Might have to pay more than 600k plus he may not come.

This Timor is rubbish 3 right backs mentioned when we need about 1 and vaz te for 1 million when he's out of contract in summer but watching qpr vs mk dons that smith did well

18 Jan 2012 11:25:12
Sammy clingan to sign on Friday for 800k

I hope not what a waste of money that would be.

That seems a lot of money for him. Better out there for a million pounds.

Sammy is doing a good job at Coventry, he would the ball mover at Leeds he loves to spray the ball - MOT

18 Jan 2012 09:56:08
rumours are true. jonny us off. says on ssn. heartbreaking. realy dont see a replacemment for jonny. local lad. capt.
guess we have to admit it. we are a deeder club and wont be in te prem for a long long time
MOT

So he,s gone but he got slagged off nearly every week for going missing missing during games also he would have walked at the end of the season on a free so why not cash in , he ststed that he wanted to play premership football soon what does that say about leeds chances of going up soon howson thinks not , sorry to see a good local lad go as long as we use the money wisely then so be it

How about a proper captain and a midfielder that is not out of his depth playing in a four man midfield.

18 Jan 2012 09:18:54
delph is to sign full if howwson gose

Cant see villa selling a player for wat bates wood offer, not wen they paid 6 mill