Leeds Banter Archive August 11 2017

 

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11 Aug 2017 22:00:15
Hate to say it but I think Burnley will get Wood before the deadline. Not sure how much he earns but I imagine he would earn 50k a week at burnley. They knew 12 million would get rejected, just testing the water. Be 15 on monday then he will probably go for about 20 with addons. Would love him to stay but it would be a good deal for Leeds and CW himself, MOT.

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11 Aug 2017 22:21:19
They won't pay more than they sold Gray for. Expect £15m offer at best

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11 Aug 2017 23:32:50
Notts I can see Burnley going as high as 18m for Wood but no higher. As for a weekly wage, surely nothing much more than 40k a week. I can also see Wood bagging a couple against PNE reinforcing his valuation.

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12 Aug 2017 08:56:56
Hope so George and you are probably right about the £18m. I just don't see Burnley selling their proven striker in the PL for £18.5m then wanting to spend £20m for an unproven PL striker. However it finally depends on what a club wants to sell the player for rather than what a buying club wishes to pay otherwise Pullis at WBA would have the best team in the PL for peanuts

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12 Aug 2017 10:52:26
Burnley will be desperate for a replacement who knows what they will go to

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11 Aug 2017 21:35:04
We all know the score here Burnleys offer for Wood is an insult and Leeds should state it as so and put an end to insulting offers. Put it to bed we will listen to offers in the region of 25 million. END OF

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11 Aug 2017 21:24:31
Radz should come out with a hands off Chris Wood as he's not for sale and then slap a £25M price tag on him, he's well worth that. It's like Dleeds and Spanish said we need to be demanding respect when other teams are looking at our players and slapping on a sell on fee as well, also on the other side, Woody should be grateful and show loyalty to a club that paid over the odds for a reserve as he was at the time, he has rebuilt his career at Leeds and is now an established quality striker, so hopefully he will not demand a transfer and blight his status at Elland Road. Leeds United are on the way back, come on Woody do you really want to swap becoming a legend at the biggest and best for the likes of yo yo Burnley? Woody you will end up with a Championship winners medal or a trip to Wembley in the play offs, what will you have in your trophy cabinet if you go to Burnley! MOT

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11 Aug 2017 21:46:54
Woody you got in before me

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12 Aug 2017 04:26:24
Mike. got to sell him now. He ain't got another good season in him and we fail in prem. cash in now.

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12 Aug 2017 07:58:53
If you put a price on a player that is saying he is for sale - at the aforementioned price. I think we already did that with a £20m price in pre season.

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12 Aug 2017 10:16:50
There's a price for every player, as we have seen in this window, and they're generally ridiculous! So 20mill for Woody, much as I like him, is ridiculous enough for me. should snap anyone's hand off at that price.

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11 Aug 2017 21:02:11
12 million for Wood? It's common knowledge Burnley got 18 mill to play with from the sale of Gray so I can't see us accepting anything less for Wood. I really hope every offer under 25 million is rejected as not to upset the apple cart. It's looking like we are finally a club that doesn't need to sell but I suppose it'd be hard for the board to turn down 25 plus

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11 Aug 2017 21:16:02
Should be £200m at least. £20m is peanuts compared to the price of promotion.

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11 Aug 2017 21:48:21
Well said SG, spot on

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11 Aug 2017 19:42:00
Can see it from a mile off. Burnley deliberately put out a low public bid in the hope of unsettling Wood, before returning again with £1m improvement, which we reject again. Then Wood says he'd like to go and they end up getting him cheaper than previously, as he's asked to leave. Hopefully Radz tells them to effff off.

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11 Aug 2017 19:48:33
For a minute there I thought it was April 1st!

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11 Aug 2017 21:29:29
Which leg?

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11 Aug 2017 19:14:33
News now saying Burnley tabled 12 million offer for wood and wad rejected, there expected to up that offer over the weekend.

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11 Aug 2017 19:25:19
WTF is it with Burnley cherry picking our players. Might have got a bargain with Taylor but they'll have to up their peanut offer

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11 Aug 2017 19:49:54
12 mil? Is that their first installment? If ten mil gets you Jordan Rhodes and Scott hogan, 12 does not get you Wood.

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11 Aug 2017 20:20:39
Well at least Burnley show some interest in wood, unlike my wife! 😏😔😔😔

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11 Aug 2017 21:11:43
Well Chris gets it over the line Curahee maybe your missus is just fed up with disappointment😀

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11 Aug 2017 21:44:20
Cura, your missus loved wood the other night when I saw her

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11 Aug 2017 21:59:55
Well he certainly scored more than me last year! what was it?30 times?

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11 Aug 2017 22:13:49
I meant to say Lucas thanks for cutting the shrubs down. the garden looks great now! 😜

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12 Aug 2017 02:04:29
Lucas she really appreciates the tiny little bonsai you slipped through the letter box! next time though she'd like something a little more substantial!

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11 Aug 2017 18:59:19
We have turned down an absolutely derogatory offer of £12M from Burnley for Chris Wood! HELLLLOOOO! If Assombalonga is worth £15M and Andre Gray £18M the double your offer! Why Burnley anyway, stay another season Woody as we might just be swapping places with them! £20M is nowhere near the money we would make by getting promoted, so let's keep him and show all concerned we are looking for The Premiership! MOT

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11 Aug 2017 19:18:46
I totally agree Mike, I fear the damage is now done and I hate to say the writing may well be on the wall. Loads of rumours surrounding woodys future and it's undoubtably going to turn his head, 12mil is a joke and if it was me it would be at least 20mill full payment upfront with 20% sell on clause minimum or go away! He deserves a better shot at the top flight than Burnley though. I just hope if he goes then give TC the full 20+ to get a tried n tested forward who knows the league (or 2 of them) not some ink owner from Albania for 1.1mil or a 5th choice German !

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11 Aug 2017 19:26:25
I think Wood has already had his head turned, he has an opportunity to prove himself in the premiership, a premiership pay day. He would be gambling on another good year, promotion for us and the fact that he would still be by then our first choice striker. Hard for him to turn down! The key will be if they get close enough to our price. The encouraging thing is that our recent recruiting would suggest that we will already have some probabilities in mind.

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11 Aug 2017 21:06:45
Said it would happen on Wednesday - you heard it here first! Don't forget Woody already had a chance in the Prem and it didn't go so well. Will he be so eager to try again?

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11 Aug 2017 18:38:54
Any bets on the length of Samu's almost certain ban? No evidence of the actual spitting but the footage clearly shows him in a Leeds kit and not a red one. Welcome to our world radz

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11 Aug 2017 19:09:49
Other one. This is a ridiculous offer radz should be saying triple it and we'll talk

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11 Aug 2017 17:08:09
Renewed membership on 7th May, still nothing turned up. Anyone received thier card yet?

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11 Aug 2017 16:14:26
Now we have stability, own ER, a promising squad and real prospects of doing something this year, its blooming typical that Trump is going to start a nuclear apocalypse. I think Mr Harvey might be goading North Korea as he's tried everything else to screw us over.

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{Ed033's Note - I guess you're joking, but at some point there maybe a limited strike on North Korea, but it won't be "a nuclear apocalypse". That is all fear porn by the fake news sites.

11 Aug 2017 23:32:20
Ed033, by fake news sites, I trust you really mean "the news sites". One and same thing, bruv.

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{Ed033's Note - yes BBC, CNN etc. They get the sports scores correct but that's about it.

11 Aug 2017 16:00:41
Wish antonsson all the best at Blackburn hopefully with game time he will become an asset to Leeds in the future

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11 Aug 2017 16:31:24
100% agreed. Never really got a chance under monk, so will be good for him to rediscover his form with regular playing time.

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11 Aug 2017 21:08:17
Probably needs to get used to English footie in a lower league as well.

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11 Aug 2017 12:32:47
Everyone go to the beeb footie pages and vote for Yeboah's goal as best goal of the Prem era. He's got 23% at the moment, Rooney's got 24% and Bergkamp's got 32%.

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11 Aug 2017 14:50:04
He's in 2nd place now. For those of you on twitter, facebook etc, put out a post telling all your leeds fans mates to do the same. He's still got a fair way to go to catch Dennis.

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11 Aug 2017 12:29:38
Please sign up wood seems IMO he can be even better with saiz and alioski unless we get 30 million lol

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11 Aug 2017 14:37:22
Not sure dave. We get 20 for him. he's gone. 10 mill on replacement. 5 on cb. Job done. We up
We got plenty of goals in us. Done need 30 from him. Just 20 from somebody.

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11 Aug 2017 18:42:58
I'm hoping, really hoping, the plan is to have 2 players in each position You know, like most top clubs. We ran out of steam last year. If woody had got injured in December we'd have dropped like a stone

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11 Aug 2017 12:14:05
This Hamburg striker rumoured to be on his way to Leeds is rumoured to be on £59,000 per week! One goal in 20 matches does not equal that wage, why don't we pay a proven goal scorer like Wood that money and keep him? Don't get me wrong I'm over the moon with our signings ha and our football but I don't understand this one, I know £20M is a lot to turn down but if Woodys goals get us in the prem then what is that worth in pound notes? a lot more than £20M! I just hope it's cover for Wood and not a replacement! MOT

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11 Aug 2017 14:10:43
34 goals from 128 games in the Bundesliga and u21. He had a bad season last year largely due to injury. Don't forget if it's a loan we won't be paying all his wages either, making him more affordable.

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11 Aug 2017 16:03:23
Wood has 44 goals from 80 games for Leeds I think since signing, no comment.

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11 Aug 2017 18:16:49
Good post Samo, you know where I'm coming from on this subject then. I'm dead against Wood going as he could be even more prolific in the team we have now. Last season he scored 30 goals and we struggled attacking wise so imagine what he could achieve now with all the support he has! I might be getting carried away and more will be known after tomorrow but we could be a team who scores a lot of goals this season but we need Wood to stay! MOT

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11 Aug 2017 10:39:23
Nice to hear Radz isn't letting players run contracts down and getting them signed up for the long haul. First Coops, now Eunan. I reckon both of these boys will have good seasons, O'Kane in particular. MM

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11 Aug 2017 11:46:46
Not to forget beradi . MM . Also signed longer deal. Think TC knows exactly who he wants to stay and how we are going too play. Merson on sky predicts 2-1 to us v Preston. Says from what he's seen already in 2 games Leeds are looking very exciting and entertaining going forward and going to score a lot off goals. As long as we don't concede a lot. Lol. We are THE ENTERTAINERS. 👍👍⚽️⚽️⚽️😃.

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11 Aug 2017 12:22:21
I second that MM and raise a glass to the new God that is Radz. Batty, we'll have Pontus back vs PNE and you never know, he may be made El Capitan.

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11 Aug 2017 13:34:47
Sorry Batts old boy, how could I forget Berardi. The man will end up being a Leeds legend. Knows exactly what it means to be a Leeds player that lad. Lucas are you on the pop already? Feck this then, I'm jacking it in for the day and off to get six tins of 8 Ace and a bottle of Bucky from the offy, then on to Spoons. MM

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11 Aug 2017 14:07:24
Thought Ace came in 8 packs?

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11 Aug 2017 14:38:41
Party 7 anyone?

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11 Aug 2017 10:16:22
O'kane signs 4yr deal Is it me or does this rad fella look like he has a cunning plan.

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11 Aug 2017 09:18:55
Just a scenario. Wood to go circa£20m. Replaced with two new strikers of similar quality to Saiz, Kent from Pool and a CB similar quality to Barts . This would cost estimated £10m and leave money in the kitty to strengthen in Jan window Would see us get auto place ? Think there would be a major inquiry if we did not !

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11 Aug 2017 10:03:13
Think if someone came in with 20mil it would be a no-brainer as Gray went for less

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11 Aug 2017 10:23:50
Definitely think Wood is going to go

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11 Aug 2017 11:43:55
I agree, there is going to be a lot of money splashing around and clubs desperate to spend before the window closes. Everything we have seen so far from the new management team would suggest that they will be aware of the possibility and have a plan b, c and d! I would like him to stay but would understand if he took an opportunity.

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11 Aug 2017 16:06:38
You find me these players all for 10m and I'll take my hat off to you, wood is the best striker in the league, fact. Show me another player for under £15m that does the same at the same level. Keep the man, replace him when he stops scoring, surely that makes more sense. Wood is pivotal in our play and a focal point to all that was good last year. Shut your mouths about selling him he's a Leeds player and a crucial one at that, MOT

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11 Aug 2017 16:17:32
Agree with Samo. But in a nicer way. Can't replace wood with 20

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11 Aug 2017 16:20:09
Can't replace Wood for 15 million. And what would be the point? New players take time and he is already here. Just give him another 4 years, if Assombalonga is worth 14 mil then Wood is worth at least 25. The world has gone mad.

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11 Aug 2017 08:48:57
Linked with another striker. Does this mean wood is on his way? Would prefer defensive reinforcements a CB a priority!

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11 Aug 2017 10:20:35
Yeah I have a feeling that matter is in hand, we now seem to do business and in most cases signings are not known or come to light a few days before . I think Mr Rad is beginning to grow on me more and more buying E R and the new look, early look of new players and T

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