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31 Jan 2025 16:33:51
I don't want to appear negative about our recruitment policy - but we have clearly as a management group learned nothing from previous windows - I cannot understand why leaving potential signings to the last minute is a good strategy - we can either afford a player or not - or am I missing something in my old age?
1.) 31 Jan 2025 17:12:47
Personally I think it’s a calculated risk by the owners. Buying now would increase the likelihood of relegation next season. Whoever we buy now is going to be overpriced and a lower standard than we can buy as a PL team.
With PSR we can’t buy in a position now and then upgrade again in the Summer. So not buying now gives us a bigger budget to spend in the Summer on a higher quality of player.
Basically I see it as spend now, increase likelihood of promotion but we’ll come back down. Don’t spend, but trust we have the quality to go up, and then build a better team that might have more of a fighting chance of survival.
2.) 31 Jan 2025 18:23:17
Was thinking the same, they'll try get promotion with the squad we have, then hopefully spend big.
3.) 31 Jan 2025 19:03:00
? on the ?️ Brockers.
4.) 31 Jan 2025 19:27:13
It’s a huge call either way, go up and come back down is a vicious loop, but one that is cushioned by the parachute payments, this season we received £40.1 million pounds, whereas due to increased tv rights Burnley, Blunts, received £49.1 million.
Now, nobody wants to be a yo yo team, but at least your club maintains liquidity but IF you don’t go up, and the parachute payments come to an end and you lose your best players…….
We know PSR can be offset with the stadium developments, potential naming rights etc.
I’m not saying we will not be promoted (I think we will go up, but is that my heart ruling my head) but I think Louie Barry would have made sense, let’s see how he does at Hull, but we could possibly enhance our chances with another AO level type find, fully appreciate it’s not an easy window in January .
However, we cannot only consider the potential impact upon promotion, if we fall short again this season, it’s a very different outlook, based on upon an ever decreasing amount of income.
5.) 31 Jan 2025 19:35:44
Let's look at the facts we are top of the league. We have cover for all positions just about.
What do we expect we are going to improve our squad with?
A loan for 3 months that might or might not get minutes. Or a permanent Player that might not be prem ready.
Our competitors have strengthened because they needed to. We don't really it's just we could.
Nobody moves in January to sit on the bench.
6.) 31 Jan 2025 20:15:01
Superb post Brock.
And just to add we are top of the table with current squad and the squad is most likely settled.
In saying that I wouldn’t be averse to a good experienced keeper to give the back line more security.
7.) 31 Jan 2025 20:16:51
Just re read your post Brock and I must admit it’s the most logical I’ve read on here for ages. Top man.
8.) 31 Jan 2025 22:14:34
It’s a big gamble get promoted no one will remember it don’t get promoted big problems many are call for his head now man it will be unbearable.
Can’t see him being at Leeds if he doesn’t get the club up.
9.) 31 Jan 2025 23:07:09
I don’t agree with brocks post at all.
There is no guarantee we will go up top or not. It’s too close to call and a gamble not strengthening now.
And if we do go up it’s not a given that we will come back down. There is always the other two that went up and the new prem failures that can take the bottom three.
I think what we have is good enough to go up. But what if we lose piroe or Rodon to injury. The replacements are not good enough.
Probably too late now. They made up their mind early that they were willing to gamble.
10.) 31 Jan 2025 23:49:50
100% Aus.
11.) 01 Feb 2025 08:55:06
As I said Aus it’s a calculated risk and buying now increases the likelihood of promotion.
If we go up, it more likely we go down if we strengthen now (and again in the summer) than if we do it all in the Summer. Again not saying it’s guaranteed we go down or stay up in either scenario.
The owners have, seemingly, chosen the risk of not investing now, which I think is the more ambitious medium to long term route (as it sets us up better for PL stability) , than the short term route of buying players now (and hoping they gel and get promotion - again far from guaranteed) . Of course if we go up and they don’t invest in the Summer, then they have no ambition!
Personally I think they’ve chosen the right route (but one or two high quality loans wouldn’t go amiss) .
12.) 01 Feb 2025 09:46:11
Def couple loans help brockley. Bit of a happy ending never hurts anybody.
18 Aug 2023 14:09:35
Our new owners clearly have a successful background in running a sporting business etc
Apart from Mr Farke, does anybody on this forum think that anybody in an influential position knows anything about football? Sorry meant soccer!
1.) 18 Aug 2023 15:58:08
I seem to recall that in his interview on LUTV, Maranthe said he’d been following the game since he was young, Pete Lowy’s been a Leeds fan since he was a kid growing up in Oz and his Dad ran a football team then ran the Aussie football association. And of course, Kinnear has been involved in the running of various football clubs for at least 18 years. Additionally, Nick Hammond was a professional GK in the lower leagues (mainly as second/ third choice) but has been involved in technical/ director roles since 2000 and Gretar Steinsson was a professional footballer for 15 seasons (including 3 at Bolton) and capped by Iceland 46 times before moving into technical/ director roles in 2018. But apart from that, no-one in an influential position knows a huge amount about football.
05 Feb 2023 15:01:16
how many times have we heard commentators say that Leeds don't deserve to be behind - we play pretty stuff but lack physicality right through the team.
09 Oct 2022 16:01:42
We completely lack physicality to compete and upset our opponents. We love tippy tappy football which looks great - until our opponents score - then we get bullied.
1.) 09 Oct 2022 16:20:14
We're decent for about 20mins then either run out of steam or the opposition work us out. Then progressively worse.
09 Jun 2022 10:13:52
While I understand that Raphs agent is trying to earn a crust by creating a deal for his client away from Leeds, How can a contracted player personally state he wants to leave without any sanction?
1.) 09 Jun 2022 11:12:01
Has he actually said he wants to leave. Lots of clickbait media saying he has, but that could either be them mischief making or Deco suggesting he wants to leave - or both.
From what I’ve seen, in interviews Raphinha has been responding to questions about his future just by saying that’s in the hands of Leeds and Deco, until there’s anything that requires him to make a decision - and at which point he will take into consideration how much playing time he’s likely to get ahead of Qatar. He knows he’ll be a starter at Leeds, so if anything he’s indicating that despite all the media noise he is by no means certain to be leaving Leeds this summer - which is definitely not saying he wants out.
2.) 09 Jun 2022 11:13:01
Deco and most agents are ####bags.
3.) 09 Jun 2022 13:01:32
Agree clueless.
He will want guaranteed start time to World Cup but he would prob get that in most teams.
Still think his heart is set on Barcelona who can’t afford him so we either keep him until freebie or hope he has an amazing World Cup and Madrid or psg offer 100 mill.
4.) 09 Jun 2022 17:20:19
Nowt less than £70m will get us to sell. In the current climate, I see that as unlikely. Barcelona can realistically only sell to buy, and if they don’t do that, all they can afford is a small new potatoe.
5.) 09 Jun 2022 21:49:36
Brighty - seems to me you’re undervaluing the small new potato.
11 Jul 2018 13:46:42
Don't think we have any cash to spend at all. We have to make savings before we can spend anything at all. Bielsa will be gone in a month
12 Nov 2022 16:01:33
it seems to me that the ref on VAR hardly ever criticise their mate on the pitch - ex players should be on VAR.
16 Oct 2022 16:42:01
Agreed Bamford is scared to get hurt in the penalty area - Ref was bullied by Arsenal players today and lost control.
01 Feb 2022 05:03:57
its always difficult in January when Players and Agents don't know who will be in charge at end of season. If MB walks away (and he will) I'm concerned about the next window - Big names will go as well and a rebuilding will be necessary - so much for steady and continuous development.
23 Jan 2022 06:21:10
Completely agree with you, but don't forget to add Bielsa and the coaching team to the escape party at the end of the season. we'll be back to square one probably.
22 Nov 2021 12:26:07
I think Bielsa made a tactical error after Spurs equalised - Up to then we were doing Ok with an understrength team. Immediately after the equaliser we bought on Firpo for Forshaw and played musical chairs with Kal, Pascal and others. This led to us losing our way and went onto the back foot. If Forshaw was not injured why take him off?