Leeds Rumours Archive February 06 2012

06 Feb 2012 14:27:59
Oh please be wrong but all money today has gone on Billy Davies. He is actually odds on with some bookmakers {Ed020's Note - out of all teh available managers, i don't think he'd be one that we'd employ!!}

I totally agree ed, but for the odds to shorten dramatically with all bookies and every other candidate odds to grow, this could be worrying time, please pappardelle smurf not billy Davies pleeeeeeeease no

Jesus if we employ him we could end up in the relegation zone never mind playoff spots. Useless tosser.

He hates leeds more than warnock,remember fallout with grayson ?

This guy is the right man for Leeds at this moment in time. He has a trcak record in getting the best out of his players. Its made for him and I hope he gets the job. Please explain why he should not get the job

Wouldnt read too much into it yet. The odds and favourites are changing by the hour

Dont like him but he has a passion for his teams- Billy "job done" Davies might not be the worst! I would take him well above Dave Jones.

I am experienced in compiling odds for bookmakers and can assure in such a small market, with very little cash wagered and bookies with small liabilities, that all it takes is £50 on a candidate for them to shorten dramatically. The layers are as much in the dark as we are and subsequently panic by repricing any odds to an unattractive level to ensure small payouts. Bookies are like insurers, solicitors and estate agents - they never lose in the long run.

Now get on Redfearn as I suggested last Wednesday, when I backed him at 20/1. No brainer for Bates until the end of the season at least!

If the bookies think there is no imminent decision they will then make some no hopers into temporary favourites in order to take your money while they have a window to do so.so dont go by the odds unyil a decision is closer.

I think billy Davies is the right man for the job and who ever said hes useless please explain yourself ,look at forest now hes left they was in play-offs each season until he left

We could do a lot worse !

But like the posts above, the odds are changing all the time .. Warnock was 8/13 at one time ... Not now

We once had a Scottish billy at the club, if only this one could be a tenth as good I would welcome him with open arms

Bookies not often wrong anybody
ever seen a poor one like top players
big houses big cars and even bigger
bank accounts and where the ones that make it possible

Maybe the bookies are slashing the odds to get more people to bet on it, so they make more money?

Chances are the bookies don't have a clue whos going to be manager.

Please no. Forget his skills as a manager, I find him irritating as a person. I will not support Leeds United as much if he is appointed manager.

If Uncle Ken gives davies the job i'd be stunned, emplying a manager with a backbone !! BRAVE

I know it wasn't Bates' reign, but we employed El Tel - anything is possible!!

06 Feb 2012 13:51:23
i heard from my cousin today who lives in leeds that the big rumour going round beeston is leeds will give redfern the rest of the season as caretaker manager to see what kind of job he does, reason being bates cant loose, he gets a rooky on low wages, someone who knows the players well at all levels of the football club and has the chance to gel some of the younger lads in, also with the rumour about bates cant afford promotion this season due to a large payment needing paying back on leeds getting promoted to the premier league befor 2012... bates seems to have all the cards, so if/when we dont get promotion this season bates will go for an experienced manager, loosen the puse strings and push for promotion befor selling the club on at a healthy profit.... any thoughts??

Lets kill the rumour again about a big payment IF we get promoted. The figure is £5m if we are promoted by 2017. Thats a small number in the context of the Premiership money.

Ken and Redders knows we CAN go up this year - no need to wait ....only thing holding us back has been CONFIDENCE and Larry ...this is rapidly changing ....look at the table look at the games ahead - dont be surprised if we are joint third or three points of AUTO prom by March ! {Ed020's Note - fingers crossed your right}

I agree with the note above. The figure is about £5m. Somebody teased it out of the latest accounts and posted on the old BBC forum

Wow big rumour. I stated all of this last Wednesday and have seen no reason to alter my viewpoint. KB gets what KB wants at present, except an experienced manager who will agree with him and happily have no money to spend, and any chance of decent investment until after he pops his clogs!

The actual figure is more around 20 million from looking at the company voluntary arrangement, plus it means Leeds united can effectively borrow again as these CVAmuch like IVA drop off after six years. We are now debt free operating on a profit and the only club in the country that can say that. Add to that third biggest city and one city club. Mot. If we can win the next five games who knows

This is what I want. Redfearn til the end of season. We might just go on a long unbeaten run. We tend to play better when chips are down. Wounded soldier syndrome.

I disagree with the 20m figure and the 2012 date. Pretty sure the Inland Revenue insisted on a 2017 date and the figure to be divvied up was around the 5m mark.

It's around 25% of any monies reduced by going into an CVA. Creditors voted to accept 22 pence in the pound on every penny owed. That in theory means if we get promoted within six years of a CVA being taken out we might have pay back what would be left. This is government law I work in insolvency.

And we all know how f@cking well the government manage money. We owe, per the published accounts six and a half million which is valid up to and including the 2017/2018 season. That is the clubs only liability. You my friend are a liability with your facts.