Leeds Banter Archive April 01 2013

01 Apr 2013 23:09:00
I don't think some people realise the seriousness of the matter, there saying thank god Warnock has gone, we are 5 pts from relegation with no manager, I would have preferred Warnock to stay until we were safe, what if redfearn's results are as bad as last time we could be going down.

The change had to be made otherwise warnock could of quite easily have taken us down I didn't see where the next win was going to come from me

I think some fans on here are blinded by their dislike for Warnock to see what's going to happen here - Redfearn will be put in charge till the end of season and do everyone remember what results were like the last time he was in charge - as for a new manager, forget Poyet, O'Neil etc we will only get someone who is already out of a job because Leeds won't pay the compensation or high wages for a top manager who will want money for players - McDermott or Curbishley is what we will get - like the old saying says "be carefull what you wish for, you might just get it" - I think there is a real danger we could go down now

01 Apr 2013 22:31:51
Warnock was never my man. But he dealt with a bad deck of cards. Ownership, generally average squad (sorry lads). Limited investment. And a changing league.

This was the reality. And he didn't succeed.

But as Leeds fans let's show some class. Wish he and his missus well on their retirement.

And look to our future.

We will be premier league in 2 seasons. In Europe in 4 seasons. And the best supporters of any professional football club now. And forever.

MOT Toronto White.

01 Apr 2013 22:16:55
So warnock you have finally showed your true colours! You say there is no rush to appoint a new manager however you feel the time is right to leave! All season you have said we could reach the playoffs! I've been all season and I felt we might get dragged into the relegation battle. Instead of waiting till the end of the season which in his words, there would be more candidates avaliable you have ran! To scared of having a relegation on his cv. Why would it matter thought he was retiring! The great one thought he could gets us promoted, don't make me laugh he only did it with qpr as he someone had taarabt in the champ! Oh well redders will do us proud with 6 games to go as he has passion and might want to play football instead of lump it to Morrison or varney and feed off the scraps! No more paper talks of cling hill, Sean derry either and maybe finally get rid of Michael brown, it can't all be bad! Whatever happens, through thick and thin, MOT, whitey

Maybe some fans need to catch a grip. He came and the majority said he would be a savour and get a promotion. When it didn look like happening after 4 months the chants/ talking etc began. How could he stay? With fans chanting etc. I never wanted him but we need to get behind the manager. Hard to see any manager coming in and getting a straight promotion. Was he only brought in because he is so thick skinned.

01 Apr 2013 22:12:11
Welcome aboard Mr O'Neil.
Yes Risdale is a person, but he nearly had the bloke once.

01 Apr 2013 22:04:37
ive been saying for weeks that we had no chance of the play offs, but even more worrying what about relegation? get in the real world folks we are 5 points above the drop zone!

RUBBISH, yes we are 5 points above relegation but so are 15 other teams and do you seriously believe this squad is worse than 15 other teams in this division.
Get real and get behind the lads, colin has finally gone (whoo hoo) and these players have been held back by his tactics.
I bet we win 4 of the last 6 now he has gone.

You havnt been going to recent games pal our level of performance is shocking. who is playing worse than us at the moment

01 Apr 2013 21:38:43
Answer me this,
Parkin has an estimated personal wealth of £50m.
What will he offer us buying 51%?
Saudi investors with him? Why aren't they investing with GFH if they want in?
Parkin doesn't have the contacts people think/assume. He is a a british entrepreneur who has made most of his money through haulage (clipper)

To me, he isn't our saviour.

Can any one explain any more for me as to what eWorld offer?

At least a grasp of British football and what it means to people. he might not be minted but we'll be stable.

01 Apr 2013 21:24:46
like to say thanks neil and good luck with whatever u do in the future mot nickybee

I'd like to say thanks for nothing Warnock - now F**k off and let's try to move this once Great club forward

Thats the sort of attitude that got Leeds in the position they are in

01 Apr 2013 21:21:51
Neil warnock has parted company with Leeds
Lets hope the replacement comes soon, don't want it to drag on like the takeover

Lufc jimmy

01 Apr 2013 21:48:37
In my opinion there's 5 steps we need to take before the start of next season.

1. Get the new manager in sharpish, its between O'neill, McDermott or Poyet for me.

2. Clear the deadwood out to add a small amount to the transfer kitty. e.g pugh, brown, pearce, austin, varney etc

3. Get shares sold to add investment to the squad. We don't need a massive amount but a substantial amount to compete.

4. Add to the squad.
- a fast, poacher type striker like johnny russell
- 2 box to box midfielders like Lewis McGugan and Neil Danns
- 2 fast (ish) wingers like Chris Burke and Matt Phillips

5. Get the buzz back around ER!

MOT BURLEYwhite

01 Apr 2013 21:44:11
my wish list for manager

1 poyet
2 mcdermott
3 o neil
4 carl robinson
5 rednapp
6 ericson all with richard naylor as no 2! nickybee

01 Apr 2013 21:08:40
I thought he was wrong when he sold Clayton but for a manager with such huge experience and expectations, chasing a record breaking promotion, Warnock played some absolutely dire football and bought some dreadful players, I can only conclude he put a massive bet on himself to fail and sail hopelessly into the OAP sunset!

01 Apr 2013 20:55:09
everytime we got near the playoffs we bottled it, what are we going to be like in a relegation battle. the end of the season can't come soon enough for me because at this moment we are not guaranteed championship football. I can't believe I sat down at er b4 at the posh game and nievily thought in the next 5 days we would have 6 more points and would then push for the playoffs. worried.

01 Apr 2013 21:19:34
Good riddance, hopefully things will improve now

01 Apr 2013 20:24:33
Chris Dawson played a blinder this afternoon. McCormack's goal was a cracker. Steve Parkin we need rescuing quick smart.

And could someone call Martin O'Neill right away.

I will say it again, Parkin hasn't got the cash to help us!

He is to lite and gets pushed around too easy.

To those who disagree.
Please care to explain and convince me otherwise?

01 Apr 2013 21:25:38
Parkin is said to be worth 150-200 mill, he also said he will bring investment with him. Just what exactly do you want?

Don't know which game you were at pal dawson was nervous and easily disposesed, showed some good skill at times but not a blinder.
parkin will come in with money people in the next few days. guaranteed

Dawson tto lightweight for rigours of championship and Parkin not got the money we need. We need hundreds of millions to turn us round not millions

01 Apr 2013 20:03:48
Can't take much more, the brandy bottle has had a right hammering this season.

Greens shot goes in or Byrams header goes in it all changes you can't blame Warnock for everything, he has not been properly backed, he wanted to keep Snodgrass and Bechio as well as sign other players. So I know I am probably in the minority but I don't dislike or blame him.
DP

We haven't been good all season and we just haven't deserved to be in the playoffs and now were not. We never had a realistic chance anyway only when jerome was here did we actually play well. I blame ken bates and neil warnock to be honest, bates made this season 10 times harder right from the start and Colin made it even harder with his tactics.

01 Apr 2013 22:58:14
Think you are in the the minority! If Warnock had of won every game, If we scored in every game and kept a clean sheet, If If If If, If we had got a decent young enthusiastic energetic manager instead of that useless Warnock

01 Apr 2013 19:49:34
all parties involved must now be thinking what possessed them to push through the Becchio-Morison deal. we lost our key man and leading scorer, Luc has barely played a game for Norwich, and old Moz had a cushy gig sat in their reserves instead of getting slated by frustrated Leeds fans. was the money worth it?

01 Apr 2013 20:10:42
Warnock just stated he won't be in charge for next game

01 Apr 2013 19:45:16
I thought young dawson played great today, but OMG wtf was Morrison and varney doing all day?
Austin is like a lazy bull in a china shop
We were average at best. I am really worried now, we just don;t seem to care after we score 1 goal.
We Need a new manager NOW!

Warnock has gone!

01 Apr 2013 19:42:35
just an observation really but is paddy kenny fat he looked it today had a spare tire as big as mine.

01 Apr 2013 20:15:12
Paddy Kenny has always bin fat, get him out and Ashdown in.

01 Apr 2013 19:32:22
it's especially worrying that our best run of form this year was a run of majority draws. we're in trouble, half the team hates Warnock, the other half doesn't care.

01 Apr 2013 19:04:50
ED please don't back Warnock anymore, even you must know it is time for his removal from his position, in fact it was at xmas but he kept blaming all but himself and pulling the wool over everyones eyes. Warnock has taken the team backwards, let's hope we don't get relagated, that is what warnock wants and he will have had a successful final season in football before his retirement and this is getting plainer to see by every match {Ed013's Note - Leeds have no cutting edge, if they did they would have won today. Mistake after mistake keep costing Leeds}

01 Apr 2013 19:22:29
Just finished watching leeds derby game -absolute rubbish keep Byram green austin and give some of our homegrown lads a chance they WON'T let us down and get rid of the rest of em- new manager needed ASAP to start rebuilding for next season
Somebody who understands the weight and gravity of expectation at our Great club-we need a charismatic, tactical manager-lets get Marching on!Leeds united forever

Austin? April fool or are you blind? He wouldn't pick out a player in a white shirt 9 times from 10 if there were 100 on the pitch. One of the worst passers of the ball we've ever had. All muscle, no brain. Typical Warnock signing.

What about Pearce eh? If an 8 year gave away a peno lie that you'd take him off. Simply Stupid. Furthermore, the game was almost 12 minutes old before we strung together 2 passes. In case Warnock doesn't know it a pass is where one of our players kicks the ball intentionally to another one of our players who then tries to do the same. Kicking the ball from inside our half and watching it take 20 seconds to land in their box is not a pass. That's kicking and hoping. Also thought that Warnock was a disgrace on the sideline - constantly moaning and bitching to the 4th official. He should go now. And finally don't expect any improvement next season. Our great club will not be getting any huge investment. Bates is still pulling the strings and GFH are just a smokescreen for him to squeeze every last shilling out of our club. Bates out, Warnock Out, and 1/2 of this miserable team out as well. Rant over from a very fed up white.

01 Apr 2013 19:05:06
Ok, we need a change and we need it now. 5 points clear of bottom 3, there are a lot of teams in between but stranger things have happened. We aren't going to get a permanent manager in till investment sorted but we need a different approach for last 6 games. Give it to Naylor, he may not have the experience but so what? Warnock has all the experience in the world and look where we are! We need a shake up like NOW!

01 Apr 2013 18:58:23
Let's all get behind Warnock and give him another chance, he'll be better next season. ahhhh APRIL FOOL, get rid of the shambles now he's a disgrace before he has a word with the oweners and recommends Mark Hughes FFS

01 Apr 2013 19:24:21
Why does this team just fall apart when the going gets tough. We take the lead and then just fall apart. So disappointing.

01 Apr 2013 18:55:29
No one will want to invest as we will be in league 1 next year - FFS its S#!t being a Leeds fan - 40+ years and I can not remember ever being this low - Warnock you are a complete W****R and GFH are full of S#!t investment my arse

01 Apr 2013 18:33:05
GOAAAALLLL Ross McCormack, come on let's have some more. A Warnock substitution that worked, frame it!

01 Apr 2013 19:16:16
Ok scratch that! just for once can something turn in our favour! It's gona become squeaky bumsville if we aren't careful!

01 Apr 2013 18:20:59
i hope its a coincidence that dawson starts and its also televised, and its not a case of also putting him in the shop window!

It makes no difference they still turn out the same rubbish who ever is on the pitch - Division 1 next year (Port Vale here we come and the untouchable Warnock will still be claiming he has done a great job)

01 Apr 2013 17:01:14
Sorry Ed but that argument can then be made for almost any statement ever made.

If Warnock held his hands up for once and took some responsibility then people might feel a little sympathy but his sheer arrogance and outrageous comments do him no favours.

Normally I would never agree with abusing our own manager during the 90 minutes but with the season over if he got enough abuse maybe with a bit of luck he'd do the right thing and walk after the game.

01 Apr 2013 15:48:55
If we get lucky today and tomorrow we could find ourselves 4 points off 6th with Brighton to play Leicester on sat and we still have Brighton to play as well . Support the team its not over after all.
I'm writing this while Barnsley are 2-0 up against Leicester

Give it a rest, getting old now

We are closer to relagation never mind the playoffs

01 Apr 2013 12:48:19
If we get Brian McD in that will mean both lufc and LeedsRL will be managed by a McDermott!
Anyone else believe in meaningful coincidences?

The Brian McDermot praises Ryan Hall performance headlines may lead to some confusion

Crmd

01 Apr 2013 11:20:20
dundee white here never thought I would turn a chance down 2 go 2 the match but that's what i"ve done i"ve done I don"t know how many miles this season following the boys but i"ve had my fill now it hurts 2 say it but that's it till the men at the top get rid of neil and bring in someone who can get me my mojo back 4 this club who"s that man i'm not sure but loads of top men out of work right now and more to come b4 the season ends do it now leeds b4 we miss out 4 next season because this seasons long gone mot a very very sad leeds fan from dundee

01 Apr 2013 10:08:19
Out of managers available i'd take oneill. mcdermott or oleary. I know people won't oleary back but its a fact that apart from grayson all our bosses since him have been carp. Any of these 3 are likely and would do a goodbjob I have no doubt. Poyet would be great but def will not happen

Please - NOT Hughes!

01 Apr 2013 09:06:06
WTF do we want O. Neil for this man has blagged his way through his career, what has he ever done, he took Leicester to wembley in his early days then done sweat F**K all, his career is full of warking out of jobs or getting the sack

He has been sacked once. He's won more league cups than us, his league positions with villa were 6th, 6th, 6th and 9th and we are trying to get that 6th place but in the championship, he is our man, experienced, successful and passionate. If we wanted him when we were in prem I can't see why he wouldn't be wanted now {Ed001's Note - he finished 11th with Villa in his first season, he also spent more money than any other manager in their history (by a huge margin) and gave out long term, and ridiculously high, contracts to older players who spent their time sat on the bench.}

01 Apr 2013 10:50:31
He did really well with villa got them in the top 5 then villa sold Milner and wouldn't give him any money to spend.
Who else is there that is available. To be fair I don't think we will afford him anyway.
I think macd will be a good choice but Lambert would be better if he loses his job.

01 Apr 2013 06:35:50
Why do all us Leeds fans want Poleon back but our toothless manager doesn't, oh of course he hates Leeds and loves Sheffield. Poleon is our brightest prospect and our best striker and what a cock up not getting Boyd.

01 Apr 2013 10:53:52
Boyd too much of a rip off. Poleon doesn't do the defensive side of things good enough that's why he's out on loan.

Poleon is a striker, in the mould of Defoe. he doesn't defend. Boyd has been class since moving. both would be better choices than our current crop of forwards.

01 Apr 2013 00:09:19
I think reberto di mateo would be the best manager to replace warnock. its funny he hasn't been mentioned by many people already or even a front runner. I was looking at the odds and David moyes is third favourite to be next boss and reberto isn't even on the list of about 40.

I think people are not mentioning him since he was the last manager to win the Champions League. Not a very realistic target for a club with no money, a poor squad, a half-empty ground and confusion over the ownership's intentions. Nothing wrong with setting your aims high but there's 'high' and 'out of reach'.

He managed west brom Afew years ago when they warnt spectacular.