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01 Sep 2011 23:04:26
Lack of transfer activity definitely down to SG not KB, reading official interiews with both etc... it is clear that the money was there for SG to spend but he couldn't get anybody in. Time for SG to go!
So 4 fell through would you prefer him to go and get 4 players in who are crap last minute. we will get 4 quality loan signings in. we wont moan if it is bridge etc. so keep the faith until next game
01 Sep 2011 22:56:12
Ed, is it true ken Bates as changed the entrance theme tune to the smurfs happy song
01 Sep 2011 22:50:00
i reckon one of the defenders we failed to sign was stephen kelly from fulham as they were after alan hutton but he went to villa which seems to fit the criteria, kelly therefore still needed at fulham as back up
Yeah sounds good
01 Sep 2011 22:47:21
OK lads and lassies of our beloved Leeds UTD, i'll keep it short if poss. Love leeds = stick with it and stop frettin'. Write paragraph and paragraph about doom and gloom (and revolt aparantly) = do one and go glory huntin'.
MOT.
You go glory hunting ! unrealistic idiots like you are an embarrassment to the club
Even if we are moaning, we do all love Leeds, we are just sick of the way our great club is being run and have the right to say we are not happy, glory huntin!, will always follow them no matter what, just extremely hacked off at the moment
So if we express an opinion on how this great club of ours is being run, then we are told to do one and go glory hunting!, are you KB in disguise.
01 Sep 2011 22:41:36
Not Antonio Ferdinand, Stephen Kelly, was due to leave fulham with Hutton coming in but he went to villa and Kelly stayed
01 Sep 2011 22:32:22
SG said in an interview on LUTV that with the Gradel money he could buy a player on £60,000 a week for 93 days......
So what's that.....£800,000 (ish) Gradel went for? According to this. Considering his agent made the French clubs aware he handed in a transfer request which would have made them substantially decrease their original offers.
You do the math...
01 Sep 2011 22:05:22
Next league game up. Palace at home. On paper 3pts (providing Nunez, Snods, McCormack and Clayton on form).
After that, (.) (.) City at home. On paper 3 pts - if Killa is playing for 'em.
=6pts
=SG we don't need to strengthen the team.
=Papa Smurf - Leeds fans are morons [again] All of us. Program notes "We didn't need to sign anyone, we're are on course for top 2 by end of season."
Game after that. Lost.
Game after that. Lost.
Game after that......
By Xmas, bottom 6.
And you know what happens form-wise after Xmas....
Well said mate, agree with everything you have said
01 Sep 2011 21:56:17
"A bad day at the office" says SG. The reason we were unable to sign a certain player was cos "He had his phone turned off" said Grayson. Obviously knew what Leeds were wanting to offer him.
01 Sep 2011 21:55:27
Why does Grayson want to stay at Leeds with no backing from Bates he's going to get hammered with bad results start happening is he not bothered ?why not confront Bates and demand some transfer funds
Bates has stated there IS money in the pot for players,and whatever we got for Gradel is also available for players,if SG is going to leave it till the last day of the transfer window its his own fault,lets see who he brings in when the loan window opens.
01 Sep 2011 21:35:48
For Sale Leeds uts shirt brand new no longer needed Gj offers over 50p plz
Kb will take it off ya to make a profit lol!
Only the 'morons' would buy it of you.
Is it the home or black away shirt? D'oh!
No its the blue shirt which i bought believing it to be the away strip 2 weeks later Leeds release black strip so i wasn't happy. Gj
01 Sep 2011 21:25:36
Puncheon to replace gradel.I'm glad he failed to sign anyone if this is who we were after.I hear yakubu was another. All we need is a left back really, n cover in midfield.I'd say right back too which wud move Lees to centre. Id be happy to get loan cover if its quality.
01 Sep 2011 21:10:19
IM sorry to say it but Leeds, Bates and Larry are garbage, will someone please do something and quick to get it sorted !!!!!!
How the **** can Leeds be garbage,get on your own site.
Im sorry to say it. . . . but u aint a whites fan, clearly.
01 Sep 2011 21:01:54
to the fans that hate KB ans slag him of
in the worlds worst manager SG says
"the money was there to go and sign players, whether it was loan or permanent deals"
the same SG who said he was happy with the sqaud for so long then says "we were trying to sign players to make us beter and increase competition. We know we are still a few bodies short"
then the man with such a great loan record is looking to use that to move the club forward.
and talk about history repeating itself SG sys "it was a bad day at the office we were working extremely hard to get in the targets we had, a plus side, to a certain degree is that the loan market with emergency loans opens next week"
SG is the biggest **** he says the same thing after every transfer windo what an i***t he is the emergency loan market is his plan the guy has know brains he keps saying it about money being there if it wasn't he wouldn't say it. SG is the root of leeds problems he is short minded he could of had max gone for the same money and signed mendy for nwt what does he do wait to the last day of the window. I know all the KB haters will blame KB but open your eyes stop listening to ED censorship king spouting his thoughts and lamming anyone with a different opinion or best not posting comments
the club is up the creek and SG is a major reason for that by his lack of ambition, forethought
SG sacked before the next transfer window please
Simon grayson MUST GO NOW !! Gj
His so called transfer dealings are embarrasing.
He is embarrasing full stop lg2 manager
What a joke SG is. Resign before you get sacked! Why leave transfers to the last day of the window.
01 Sep 2011 20:39:30
why wait till last day wot a joke jason puncheon and 2 prem players tell us who these players are if u are not taking the pee
I agree, we've had a month to buy new players. Everyone can see where the weakness is in the team and to not try and buy players till the last day is daft
01 Sep 2011 20:35:42
Bates thinks he will get in between 35000 and 37000 for the Man Yoo game.
Source: Very recent Bates audio interview
You know that the figure will fall near of that mark leeds fans will role out for the team as we do thats why we are leeds fans
01 Sep 2011 20:26:30
I Like most of us leeds fans will be dissapointed with the lack of activity and the loss of Gradel we need to get behind the team now and hopefully SG will pull of some loan coups next week
MOT
Floyd The Barber
I thought Gus was a good manager until he tried to sign Paynter,but why didnt we pay THEM to take him.
SG cant loan for toffee he is even worse in the loan market than in the transfer market
01 Sep 2011 20:20:19
Only 1 question remains now. Who you rather have as Chairman? Papa Smurf or Publicity Pete?
Smurf all day long
01 Sep 2011 20:08:08
This doesnt make sense at all,west ham offered 2.5 million (turned down) Sochaux offered 2.0 million (turned down)
Market value for Gradel 650.000
www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/max-gradel/profil/spieler_28140.html
ED Any idea on what we actually got for Max Gradel ? {Ed003's Note - Nope}
It wouldn't have benn 650,000, surely 2.5 million like all the papers are saying, pappa smurf is a business man not a mug, well maybe a little bit
£3.7m rising to £4.25m
Bates explained it in audio interview he just did. Did not want to sell Gradel to rivals who were offering smaller money to be paid over long period of time. Example West Ham. Profit on Gradel 1.75M after taking into account FA fees and 17% add on clause going to Leicester. So fee for Gradel looks like it was around 2.3M. Pathetic.
You would think the Ed would have some idea, not a very good Ed really {Ed003's Note - It was undisclosed)
According to bates 1.75m see news now Leeds united
01 Sep 2011 19:49:32
anyone aware of who the 2 prem defenders were that we were supposed to have virtually signed yesterday, but deals fell through?
Rio and terry i think, lol
Probably Fede Bessone after all his with a Prem team now!
01 Sep 2011 19:16:22
we missed out on puncheon he decided to go to QPR instead after agreeing to come to leeds, and international defender and another player sourse leeds official website
Source SG mouth can you really believe that really nope you cant
If he can name puncheon why not the other two ? for what it is worth i believe larry thought he had a deal with him as for the other two why be coy if it's true and he named them it would not be contradicted would it ?
01 Sep 2011 18:56:38
Dont you look rather stupid Bates and your puppet Grayson
Both wanted 10 million for GRADEL and you got a few million
I was a big fan of Grayson,but the bloke now has no balls
This club needs a total overall
a new board and a new football management team
Don Revie must be looking down in disgust
the club is in free-fall
No matter what i will always be LEEDS UTD
MOT
SG on os the money was there to be spent i tried hard to do deals... you are right SG largely to blame
Totally agree, grayson should call it a day
We didnt even get £2million for him. Bates admitted 1.75 so much for £10m.
01 Sep 2011 18:47:10
Just read Grayson's 'frustrating day
at the office' report on the the official web site. As a long term season ticket holder I believe i am entitled to an opinion. 'I dont believe you Simon!'
You are right i said this so many times I knew this was going to happen many people including the ed's have shouted me down now we have scene the proof this has happened the last 3 windows SG is clueless if the money is there he should have spent it muppet even wenger got it done what do we get done our wallets
01 Sep 2011 18:34:23
Typically predictable Grayson comes out and says he had 3 players before lunchtime, but none came.....
Just exactly what is the problem here?
Sick of listening to what ifs from Grayson. You wouldn't believe how many people on various other sites, YEP and the like predicted that the exact statement Grayson has just released.
SG has know character, charisma, the guy doesn't have a football brain he couldn't inspire anyone it's hardly surprising that he can't get people to buy into him and want to come here is it who would would you really as a pro footballer, if you do you risk being treated like ****e look at 2 examples Kasper and Grella. SG cant coach players he cant help develop them and coah weaknesses out look at the DFhow many players has he had why do we need 10 df players thats 10 players on the wage bill and have only 6 MF players, SG needs to walkaway from this club if he actually gives a ****
01 Sep 2011 18:28:10
i thought ,according to our resident comedians ,ken and larry ,that we would only sell max if someone came in with a ridiculous offer seems we must have got 10millor so.roll on xmas.
01 Sep 2011 18:17:32
Same old grayson same old excuses.......he had all the transfer window to sign people but sold at the death and did nothing but make excuses.....I'm sick of this regime....thanks for killing our great club Larry and papa smurf......we need new chairman and management cos this is a joke.
Agree
Yep sunds like fans have woke up larry is carp
01 Sep 2011 18:00:28
I've worked it out all these people sayin boycott man utd game there thinkin if people boycott it there will be a ticket for them nice try
Hey u stole my idea
01 Sep 2011 17:58:15
SG on Leeds website saying 3 players slipped through the net but due to circumstances,none signed,Puncheon was one of them,goes on to say if were still short of bodies when the loan window opens in about a week we may do business,make of it what you will.
I say to SG fair play for trying to get Puncheon, at least we know thers ambition there. (and obviously if a prem team comes in hes gonna go there anyway). Like the guy said it wasn't for lack of trying. MOT
Problem is players like puncheon would want to play for SG aas he is carp you never here a player that has played for him say how good he is or I signed because it will be great for my career as SG is a great manager
01 Sep 2011 17:57:38
utter tosh coming from Master Bates puppet SG... so we tried to get three deals done yesterday but missed out.. so why didn't we try and get the three players last week and give ourselves a weeks contingency if we needed to negotiate with the players/clubs? why, because we were never in for anyone whilst selling the best players all along. suprised snodds is still there but he's not actually playing that well at the moment and no doubt Kirby will pick him up for free in January when he's on his last year of contract... desperately poor and as shared many times on here we were only ever going to be looking at the players outside of the prem 25 player squads (i.e. the sh*te, not bothered or permanent sicknotes)... no problem just saying WE WILL NOT BUY ANYONE... but do they think everyone is stupid and is buying all this, we were pipped lark... doesn't look like any other championship club was holding back. we aren't good enough for top 10 never mind top 4 and SG will be the scapegoat when sacked in or before December.. Be honest to yourself Simon! you're a decent lad putting up with Harvey and Bates treating you like ***t.. more despair to come at elland road me thinks..
01 Sep 2011 17:54:42
we only got 1.5 milloin for mg
01 Sep 2011 17:54:33
Brighton were frustrated in their attempts to bring in Leeds United striker Billy Paynter before the transfer window shut, and Poyet says he will now look to bolster his squad through loan signings.
"We tried our best and we were very close," Poyet continued. "Unfortunately, it couldn't happen."
I kind of hoped Poyet would be our next manager but not so sure now! ;o)
01 Sep 2011 17:42:25
Yorkshire radio would not load on my phone. What did Tight ar@@ bates have to say?
Danny
01 Sep 2011 17:36:20
just read what sg said yet again we got deal nealt
done but it fell thourgh
have we heard this before was we will sign player in the next 48hrs then we will sign player by the week end now we had 3 ready but it went wrong agaoin
the book of excuse must nearly be nearly
used up
tell sg here one the pen had run so he could not sign
01 Sep 2011 17:27:37
all u bates haters time to eat your words, as said by grayson himself there was money to go buy players permantly or on loan but grayson can't attract these players as he is a clueless manager
Agreed
Just to remind you were a championship team without the financial clout of some in our league,what is SG to do?its obvious if premier teams are competing with us ,offering probably at least double,maybe treble what we are,were going to lose out every time,SG said the money is there and believe he tried to spend it,perhaps if hed made his move weeks ago we may have had more success,the money being spent by Leicester wont guarantee them promotion,but look at their squad now,and West Ham,and were miles apart,still,Norwich did it,3 or 4 good signings,our injured players back and who knows,no loan signings and I think well struggle,cmon Simon,your a Leeds fan as well as manager,spend some brass.
01 Sep 2011 17:03:49
just want to put a few things out there to some fellow leeds fans to see what the response is...
1.. I personaly think bates dosent care about us as a "club" just a business to enable bates to make some money and sell us on for a profit?
2.. if ken bates does actualy care about our club and not just the money he can make, how about proving it ? maybe a open question session for fans to ask the questions we want to know the answers to? such as do we have money to spend? how much? why dint we manage to get our transfer targets in? why spend money on a ground we dont own? why dont we buy players anymore? why all the secrecy? why only loan deals for players when they clearly just want game time and they arent feeling what the supporters are hense they only work as hard as they want not as hard as they would and should if they were commited to the club?
3.. who is in charge of transfers? really?
4.. why do we keep hearing the same rubbish excuses in interviews? why cant grayson and bates see that we are tired and bored of the same old same old? leeds4life
I personaly think larry doesn't care he has shown it time and time again he must really hate leeds
01 Sep 2011 17:02:36
Can anyone tell me what extra yearly revenue Leeds expect from the work to the stadium, conference area and any other developments that are being done?
01 Sep 2011 16:45:58
Good news all leeds fans breaking news 50% off selected lines of stationary
Thanks ken, just what I wanted, a pen! At least were be able to buy some cheap folders to keep next seasons league one programmes in!
Danny
Brilliant....i. need a new pen...
I refuse to watch Leeds again of we go back to League 1. I ve just about had enough of all this crap and being lied to by Bates and his puppet Larry.
01 Sep 2011 16:44:00
can anynody tell me when the loan window opens? :) MOTTTT
Tuesday, because that is such a great option for leeds given Sg carp record wow SG is worse the wise and thats hard to say
01 Sep 2011 16:06:49
leeds names is changing
bargin basement we only sell and good player
players come and look there is a couple still for sale
see kb
Next years sponsor is poundland
01 Sep 2011 16:06:21
I heard KB was doing an interview on YEP today?
Anyone know if it's happened or what time it is and where I can listen to it?
Cant find him on yep but hes on the official website
01 Sep 2011 15:30:14
For all those Whites fans who are consoling themselves over Gradel's sale by saying, 'ah well we got 3 - 5 million for him at least', well have a look at his new market value:
www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/max-gradel/profil/spieler_28140.html
This is based on what you may ask? Fact, we got £650k. you probably cant buy Coppinger or Montgomery for that. I'm speachless.
Hit transfer history, he sold for 1.76m
This doesn't mean jack ****, i'd say the market value of Luca Modric is 20m tops but it didnt stop chelsea bidding 40m did it? I reckon he went for around 3m plus add ons
01 Sep 2011 15:11:36
According to this:
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/barnsley/summer_transfers_september_1_barnsley_doncaster_rovers_hull_city_leeds_united_middlesbrough_huddersfield_town_sheffield_united_sheffield_wednesday_bradford_city_rotherham_united_1_3546114
Gradel only went for 2m! Just when everyone thought we had scored a great deal for him closer to 5m! This is released....
What's happening?!
Mot
The papers can print what they like the fact is that its undisclosed as we all knew it would be
You will only know the Gradel price when either leeds say or the companies accounts are filed then you can find out for certain other than that it like rumours on this site other the summer a laod of tosh
01 Sep 2011 15:11:06
Ed can you put this out that the loan Market opens Tuesday and the prems 25 mans teams need to be in on friday
Sg is a great manager and has great loan signing record haha not he's a door handle
01 Sep 2011 16:12:48
another day and more rumours about who we nearly got, who we still might get but nothing official from the leeds website, Grayson has not said nothing but he wont want to upset his master. I love my club and want the best for us, I have trusted Grayson beleived what he has told us but now I have no faith in him, every week he spins the same old story, I hope I am wrong and I can trust him again the next two matches are so important for us to win I am not bothered about the Man u match its the league I want us going up it and not worrying about the possibility of relegation which at the moment is a possibility. one other thing if Mr Grayson ever reads these comments from the loyal fans get some balls and tell us what is going on dont worry about Bates he wont sack you wont pay the compensation
01 Sep 2011 15:36:31
One of the biggest things to hurt me is beckfords transfer to Leicester. That just sends out shock waves and shows exactly where our club is now in the pecking order.
Yep and whos fault is that SG he says he has money and he chooses to have a wage bill of 10 df players on it what a person leeds are were we are because of SG simples if he was such a great manager (man manager) beckford wouldn't have wanted to leave
01 Sep 2011 15:15:44
The main thing I am worried about is that we have 3 winger and 2 CM's. This means that an injury or suspension can screw us up
01 Sep 2011 14:32:51
More players worth a go?
Stuart Paranby
Anthony Gardener
Craig Fagan
Abdulai Bell-Baggie
01 Sep 2011 14:23:36
How about these players all available on a free (back up mainly):
Moritz Volz
Boudewjen Zenden
James McFadden
Tamir Cohen
Phillip Degen
El-Hadji Diouf
Jason Koumas
Pascal Chimbonda
James Beattie
Worth a go?
They are al like SG carp and other hyped the people on this site in tuth they are ****e
01 Sep 2011 14:55:05
Leeds fans should boycott the next five home games to show bates where not happy about whats going on then bates may f**k off bates out
Great clubs are down to the fans,not the owners,or chairmen or managers,we are stuck with Bates for the forseeable future,how do you think the good players we have feel about all this unrest,we support Leeds in spite of Bates,he is only a custodian of our great club,so next time out lets get behind the boys,and hope sometime soon somebody sees what we have here,which is one of the top ten clubs in the country,and buy Bates out,and take us back where we belong,so stop throwing your effing dummys out and support our team,we are LEEDS.
You dont have to boycot matches just stop buying stuff in Elland Road no food no beer no programmes then that will hurt him in the pocket9 the burgers are crap anyway)
If we create enough public / media interest in our concerning issues regarding master bates and the running of our club.. then this maybe shown around the world to allow interest from overseas investors
Case Study:-
Liverpool Fans v's Gillette and Hicks
01 Sep 2011 14:52:32
Puncheon is puncheon above his weight n we font waNt him. Get a grip grayson.as for Sammy cling on. He wudnt cling on to a first team place at Leeds. It's depressing. Thank god for Nunez n Clayton.
Your spelling and grammar is almost as dissapointing as lufc in the transfer market
Your puns are more deppressing
01 Sep 2011 14:10:20
TAKE A TOUR OF OUR NEWLY REFURBISHED EAST STAND:
Take a pleasant walk down Fabian Delph Concourse, Thirsty? how about a hot drink at our Kasper Schmeichel Coffee Shop, or better yet, sample our overpriced rubbish Lager in the Max Gradel Bar.
Quality
01 Sep 2011 13:57:17
I look forward to Peter Lorimers biased article in the YEP,regarding max leaving and no new signings.
Seen as he is a director,Bates will have told him what to say and what not to say
Absolute joke our club
Lorimer is not a lapdog mate I'll be surprised and diapointed if he does side with him
01 Sep 2011 13:36:11
Bates is abusing the fact that Leeds fans are so passionate about there club that no matter what team walks out on match day the club shop will always be full and also a minimum 24000 will turn up,hes taking the urine out of us.
01 Sep 2011 14:48:51
I would just like to point out it is 100% the board of directors fault we signed nobody, it is like this at most clubs the manager tells the board his transfer targets for the season and then they go and pursue these targets obviously we have missed alot of targets but I think the board did't want to spend the money needed to aquire Graysons targets expect signings in the loan window and maybe the odd free transfer.
To be honest I think we have to question Grayson as much as the board.
What the hell goes through Grayson's mind when he makes transfer decisions. He seems to sign players then never play them.
Bessone and grella are two of the most confusing bits of business to come out of elland road under Grayson. Not deemed good enough to play, spends most time out on loan then goes back to the club he came from who are now in the premier league???
What an absolute waste of time, money and business. Surely if Bessone wasn't good enough he should never have been signed. Add that to the string of other non performers and the cloud over graysons, board and bates decisions gets murkier
SG said himself i was on the phone behind the desk there was money to spend for me i think you are soo wide of the mark on that one
01 Sep 2011 14:06:30
We all need to write to our MPs asking for Bates to be thoroughly investigated. It's obvious how he bought Leeds the first time. Using over 10 offshore companies in various different jurisdictions whose records are not publicly available all of those companies having been incorporated by dodgy company formation agents all around the world on Bates' secret payroll. Those 3 guys who Bates says approached him to buy Leeds is garbage. He approached them! Bates says they informed him no one person owned more than 10% of LUFC. That means at least 11 owners. Take it no-one on here believes these are 11 fairly wealthy individuals living in Europe somewhere? It's bull. The 11 persons are Bates' offshore companies. Once the heat got too much he decided to own it outright in order to subvert an inquiry.
01 Sep 2011 13:18:49
Just a thought Ed - but perhaps the time has come to remove Leeds United as an option from club transfer rumours and just leave Banter, I mean what's the point !?? All speculation has been proved to only be that ! for a year ffs
01 Sep 2011 13:01:11
It seems to me that KB and SG are singing from different hymn sheets. Grayson is always on about bringing in players who are quality and will improove the squad, yet Bates restrictive budget is preventing him from doing so. So we are stuck between a rock and a hard place in this respect. That is why we have seen no signings. And this is how it will be unitl we seek investment from wealthier individuals.
01 Sep 2011 12:45:57
All we will hear is a long winded statement from bates about the nearly dids . expect this on the official leeds site shortly. very quiet on there this morning as he is preparing it now. blah blah blah
01 Sep 2011 12:37:26
when does the emergency loan window open?
01 Sep 2011 12:35:39
Well done bates screwing over our club again.. That's Delph money disappeared and this season it's kasper and gradel money that's disappeared... Is this how out club is making a profit every season.. Some good players left for free but just shows bates ambition for Leeds... Bates out!
Mrs Bates has expensive tastes
01 Sep 2011 12:34:11
I am gutted at what is going on and fail to see how in anyone connected to LUFC can think our squad is stronger than last season. So to prove it is weker here is a run down of our full squad, as taken directly from the OS.
Total 26 experienced available first team players.
2 are loanees: Keogn and O'Dea.
Total 24 experienced available first team players.
2 are long term injuries; Becchio and Somma
Total 22 experienced available first team players
5 are kids with little or no senior experience: White, Parker, Hatfield, Lees and Taylor.
Total 17 experienced available first team players.
3 are truly awful and should not be in the shirt: Brown, Paynter and O'Brien.
Total 14 experienced available first team players.
This is before you look at the rest of the squad who have been reserve team, or at best 5 minutes off the bench players ie Sam, Bromby, Connolly etc.
So what is all the fuss about??
Clearly KB and SG know exactly what they are doing and we have nothing to fear.......
Hatfield was released
01 Sep 2011 12:21:43
losing a great player max gradel is hard to replace.and not even spend none of the money from the money we got for kasper neither did we spend any money on the gradel deal is beyond me.. bates is just looking to put money on the staduim for it to sell more. BATES OUT! MOT
01 Sep 2011 12:15:05
Why are so many people convinced it's bates' fault that we signed nobody? It could just as easily be Grayson's fault, I am leeds through and through and would probably play for free and put in a lot more effort than most to have ever wore the shirt but i would have to think about whether i wanted to play under grayson, he is clueless! And even for those who like him, he isn't really a big name, highly reputable manager so perhaps he struggles to bring in top players? Whereas other managers in the league (mcclaren, allardyce, poyet for example) are more likely to attract better players (money or not)
Also throw in the fact we probably have the worst chairman in the football league and its more than likely the reason we cant sign any decent proven players all we are able to sign are desperate players without a club or are so far down the pecking order at there present club they are aloud to leave for nothing.
Remind me,how players did forest and Brighton bring in yesterday. Stop blaming Grayson when it's all down to money, and he doesn't control that!
Brighton and forest had already spent decent money before,take mackail smith for example so think before you speak.original poster is right.we dont want to spend
Don't understand the inclusion of Florist in your argument here.
I'm a Leeds fan living in Nottingham and can say McLaren has the same problem as SG.
McLaren is already bleating on about needing to spend money to make Florist (who I don't like AT ALL) a force. Just the same as Billy 'the sweaty midget' Davies did before the sack. Only difference is they stand up and speak out putting pressure on the owner, unlike 'no balls' Grayson.
Florist have brought in M'boro old OAPs when Doughty is loaded (sold his company recently for several 100 million).
Reckon Florist fans have got more grievances against their club owners than we have ... and no, £1M+ on Ish. Miller is not money well spent before you reply :)
01 Sep 2011 12:09:49
I've said it before guys the only way to get to Bates is hit him in the pocket. Boycott the Man u game. I know it affects the income but a half empty stadium on a TV game will send out a clear message.
Couldn't agree more - as we are all "morons" the only voice and power we have is to vote with our feet - BOYCOT THE CUP TIE and show Bates we do have a voice
I agree but hes making money from tv rights so I cant see him being bothered
Great thought but the demand for tickets will be so high that even if 20,000 boycotted it would still be sold out - silent protests - a massive banner or lots and lots of small ones saying 'our club our money why no players?' agree ?
One game wont bother him it needs to be more hard hitting like boycotting club shop and a full month of home games.
Of course he would be bothered. Protests outside and inside a half filled stadium in front of sky tv cameras. He would be bothered at being put under the spotlight alright. Unfortunatley me and the boys wont be there to protest as we are boycotting Elland Road for as long as the cancer Bates remains out our beloved club.
Fair play mate all I'm saying is he won't get hurt as bad a people will think as he is good at conning and swindling he hasn't yet done anything to break any laws so the 'pressure' willnot bother him hope it works mate Love Leeds hate bates
01 Sep 2011 11:56:58
I think as a collective group we should petition the football league to have a full inquiry into Bates and his dealings.
1) Check how he got ownership back of the club (we all know he owned it anyway)
2) What has happened to the finances (go through all the books and account every pound and penny since 2005)
3) Launch a more strict fit and proper persons test (because who sees him as 'fit' or 'proper' for this club)
4) ban him from being in football (what they should have done with Ridsdale)
5) Football league Compulsory purchase the club and then sell it to a buyer which they think is best for the club.
5 simple steps to a happier time. M.O.T
Failing that clone Eddie Gray, Peter Lorimer, Jack Charlton, Norman Hunter, Terry Cooper, Gary Kelly, David Batty, Vinnie Jones and Revie and move forwards once again at last.
01 Sep 2011 11:50:59
There is a pattern happening at our beloved club
Delph free sold for 6 mill - bradfords money
Max Gradel 200k sold for 5 million (apparently)
Snoddy 75k sell for 5 million plus ?
Nunez free sell for 5 million plus in a season or so ?
clayton small fee or free sell for 2-3 million or even more ?
Becchio small fee or free sell for 2-3 million or even more ?
We are a feeder club,Bates has admitted he has a good contact based in Monaca,who unearthed Nunez
So its easy profit for Bates,no need for him to sell the club
Bates has no ambition for leeds to get back into the premier league,hes happy making good profit,in league 1
I can see Grayson leaving by xmas
Think thats want Bates wants Grayson to do - leave and not necessairly for football related reasons!
What absolutely f***s me off is the total disregard for the best fans in the world,no mention of where were going,or why we havent signed anybody,or even if were still looking to bring someone in,and hes the cheek to call us morons.
This totally sums Bates up,he making nice profit,from the gems that are unearthed,and flogging them on
There needs to be an inquiry to look into leeds utds books
Bates is only thinking about his pocket
While he is in charge leeds will never get back into the premier league and to be honest whats the point,getting stuffed every week
01 Sep 2011 11:43:30
OK we all got mystified & perplexed with recent decisions in the transfer market but the one that I find really intriguing is :-
Federico Bessone To: Swansea Fee: Undisclosed
Considering his appearances for us is this very shrewd business by us or have a PL side seen something we don't?
I think it's more than likely grayson killed this guys game only way to explain why he's now in prem.Johnson not good enough now also in prem
Bessone went on a free. Mutual termination of his contract
He went on a free
He went for free in the end
So if money was not involved what has a PL Club seen in him that Leeds did not??
Lets face it with a limit of 25 would you sign someone worth nowt?
01 Sep 2011 11:38:30
This is ridiculous now! I was bahind bates but now it's time for BATES TO GET OUT OF MY FOOTBALL CLUB!!
I can hear the new chant now, to tune by M. Jagger/K. Richards
Hey hey You you get outta our club
Hey hey You you get outta our club
Don't hang around 'cause you're just a robbing tw@
Which tune is that?
Get off my cloud - stones
01 Sep 2011 11:36:11
What!?
We have got rid of one of are best players and we haven't even brought in a single player on deadline day. I think we should of brought beckford back. This transfer Market we have only brought one player and the rest have been free.
I think we are lacking ambition.
Can you seriously see Bates letting him go for free then buying him back ,no chance bud.
01 Sep 2011 11:22:32
I believe theres 30 days left for us to sign Loanees like Bridge and correct me if i'm wrong but players out of contract or un-employed like beattie mendy and forsell are still available to come so i'm not going to get too down hearted until October when we still havent got anyone of any merit and Colonel Sanders is pulling his pud over his bank balance. MOT
01 Sep 2011 10:56:55
If you don't want us to act like morons and idiots don't treat us like them
There will be a lot more 'morons' having a go at Bates at the next game. But the old goat wont be there he will be lapping it up in his tax exile home in monaco
01 Sep 2011 10:42:44
Massively disappointed again.
we will now snap up a free agent or 2
and emergency loans.
Players we should target:-
Koumas
Mendy
Forsell
Loans:-
Watt, Bertrand, Spearing, Bridge,
Gibson, Mame Diouf, Hulse,
Shotton, Kilgallon, Bostock, Rose.
Townsend
I agree, however we are in a terrible state Gj
01 Sep 2011 10:33:16
Like to agree with some of the loyal season ticket holders who feel swindled by lies on getting players here there everywhere, b****cks this is FRAUD Mr Bates and your a lying southern tw@t. Sell up please £1, go.
01 Sep 2011 10:30:11
same old leeds, selling all the best assets so uncle ken can have a new box in the east stand! we need to start offering players decent contracts so we can keep hold of them. if we buy better quality players more people will come to the games to watch these players. its a poor sign for whites fans when players are choosing to play for small teams like leicester and ipswich! ps mendy has been giving internation clearence to play for chesterfield!
mot
01 Sep 2011 10:27:14
This is now beyond a joke. We have sold our best player and spent the whole day shopping /sniffing around the bargain basement of football for cheap deals that will not improve us.
We were told that we would be stronger than last year. We're not. We were told by the Chairman at the beginning of July that we were in advanced negotiations with 4 players and things would start to 'hot' up. Rubbish. In the third week of July when not much had occurred, we were informed , by SG, that he was not concerned as he still had up until the end of August to get the players he wanted. We were then informed by everyone at ER on numerous occasions throughout the summer that we would not sell our best players. I think everyone knew differently. So, the least we as fans paying hard earned money to watch our team, should expect is that if we raise money through a player sales, this money should be re-invested in the squad straight away and Leeds United, yes Leeds United, should not spend another transfer deadline day haggling over peanuts in a deal to take Billy Paynter to Brighton! We couldn't even get that right!
Our targets were second rate in any event and I'm quite pleased that business has not been done.
The excuses/reasons etc are annoyingly repetitive and quite frankly cut no ice with the majority of the fans. I am close to one or two senior players and I know full well that they are unsettled, wondering just exactly where our club is heading. One major players agent was doing everything to get his player out of our club yesterday but did not mangae to do so.
No longer can our Chairman sit in his ivory Monacao tower lying on his bed of Gradel and Delph money and be allowed to do it. No-one in that club wants to challenge his leadership because Ken it's his way or the highway unfortunately. To this end you have a hierarchy of Chairmen then puppets.
It will be a long season my friends.
Excellent post which sums up Bates' abuse of the best fans in the land. Time for all of us morons to make sure he can't ignore us any longer. Boycott the scum game and hit him the only place it hurts him ....in his pocket. Apart from the squad being pitifully thin and low on quality there will be a queue of players who can't wait to get out of Leeds and Snod is at the front of the queue.
Excellent post - I suggest a letters page in the match programme to replace Bates's condescending babble - with this post being letter of the week!
Agree with everything above and have been campaigning for this guy to leave for months..
now we must unite in the best interest of what we all have in common --- THE LOVE OF LEEDS
01 Sep 2011 10:21:38
BOYCOTT THE LEAGUE CUP 3RD ROUND TIE AGAINST THE SCUM.
I AM A SEASON TICKET HOLDING NORTH STAND FAN AND I AM.
I have decided to watch the game on TV and if i can get enuff Leeds fans to boycott this game i will put up a large projector in the peacock car park and screen it to everyone -- for free
Marching on Together (Without Bates)
01 Sep 2011 10:12:29
I am a Leeds fan who now lives in the West Midlands as is my son , it costs me about £100 to go to ER with tickets and travelling costs , a 2 hour drive there and 2 back - night games I don't get home till about midnight - WELL NO MORE - not if the club WILL NOT show the same kind of commitment and passion for a ONCE great club - I am still Leeds but can't stand to see the club I love being dragged down and used to feed the ego of an old has been
01 Sep 2011 09:56:04
On Leeds OS update last night he says there is a transfer special at 11 this morning. I hope its not to tell us everything we already know.
01 Sep 2011 09:44:14
It was once rumoured that ER had a curse hanging over it during the time of the great DON.now the only curse hanging over ER is ken bates.And until some miracle happens(if you believe in miracles)and he goes,i feel as long as that man is in charge there is no hope,and SG must feel humiliated,but still loves the club so his hands are tied.No matter what division we are in Leeds will always be Leeds.It might take Relegation to get rid of this albatross around our necks and he might just sell up.
And we can start anew.
Unfortunately there arent any mega rich suitors queueing up to buy us,so expect Bates to be around for quite a while yet,we are now beggars at the rich mens table,it is not a level playing field any longer,to get to the premiership and stay there now costs millions,at present we can only dream,be good to have a chairman in tune with the supporters,who after all are the life blood of the club,Leeds United fans deserve and demand better.MOT.
I have a sniper rifle and luck be known fancy a trip to Monaco very soon (business of course)
Anyone know KB address
01 Sep 2011 09:37:05
last coaple of seasons:
Delph 7 million
Trainees to chelsea 5 million
Schmiecal 1.5 million
Gradel 4 million (reported).
Total 17.5 million.
Spent approx 1 million? (not much more).
This is clearly not graysons fault, he is being
given no backing. If he had not loaned out
clayton and lee's and spotted nunez where would
our team be now. Im not sayng he has not
signed some duds but when your working with
such a low budget this will happen. we should be
very grateful he is in charge at leeds and lets
face it who else would take the job with bates
in charge, never mind get us promoted and beat
Man Utd in the cup.
mot
Very well said pal. Grayson's hands are tied and has done well with what he's got. Let's see what happens over the next few days on loan signings or free agent signings. I still have faith and believe the squad will still be better than last year when we get a couple of laonees in. MOT
01 Sep 2011 09:23:52
Anyone waking up severly disappointed today? Can't help but feeling the free transfer of Alan smith and loan of Wayne bridge would have gave
Somthing to smile about?! No fee either if it matters that much?!
Well I suppose we'll have to make do with the ne'er do wells out of the 25 man squad absentees but trust me I'm gutted. Miserable as hell. I am going to the Palace game and I will be at the Scum game but half of me thinks why bloody bother?! Why? because we can't let Ken Bates get to us and the team still needs our support. MOT
01 Sep 2011 08:37:48
I'm gutted. I really don't understand the lack of transfer activity. Our fit first 11 will be a decent side, but not a side to challenge for a top 6 spot. We've sold our best player and there is no sign of offering our current players new contracts. All summer we have been linked with this player and that player, but how many have collapsed because of money. OK the loan market is still open, but who?? Milner, Bridge, BEHAVE! Lansbury, Johnson players of that ilk would have been ideal, but no we don't have the pulling power. What really takes the piss is the price I pay for a season ticket, the price for the ticket I am going to pay for the Scum game. Bates is giving nothing back to the loyal fans. He had a chance to give the fans something back by making ticket prices 20 quid. Business sense I hear some of you cry and I agree if the money went into making the team stronger.
01 Sep 2011 09:06:45
I dont know what bates and grayson is doing if they explained it we all might understand abit more i carnt see us get much better than mid table finish.beckford back in the championship what a joke.money does talk.i just hope the team can pull somthing out of the hat.does anyone know how long bechio and somma are still out for.
Somma about six months, Becchio may be in contention for Palace game.
01 Sep 2011 09:05:05
Last night watching Sky and checking Leeds website, hoping that we were going to sign someone, nothing all through the summer we kept hearing we are going to buy some players, the last couple of weeks we are going to buy some players. I think the only thing they are interested in is the colour schemes for the new east stand pity it will never be full. Everyone knows we need to strngthen the team well apart from Bates. Now they want £31 for man u match, he knows the 10000 closet Leeds fans will turn up swearing they go to every match home and away, well will they be there in Div 1 next season dont think so. I have been to all Leeds matches this season and I am not off to the Man U match go to Spencers and watch it in there. Even in our worse times I have never felt so p****d off as I do now we are a laughing stock, and soon we have a load of loan players who arnt good enough and will come to Leeds just for a bit of easy money, no loyality.If someone could have the balls to tell us what is going on at our club, I am sick of half stories smoke screens for Christ sake we are Leeds and us the fans deserve better.
Loanees are never the answer. Remember all those that Reid brought in? Stop-gap, knee-jerk solution to an underlying problem. In all my years as a Leeds fan, I've never felt so utterly disillusioned as I do now - and that includes administration and relegation (twice).
I fear a mass exodus come January as the vicious-circle of no new players-poor results-no-one wants to come to us bites.
That said, I wouldn't want to be a supporter of any other club. I bleed Leeds United.
I couldnt say it any better mate... you and me both.. the crazy thing is i'm actually still thinking we could have something on the cards but we wont. i have never been so wound up like this before i cant believe bates can push buttons i only thought r lass could push..
we need some explanation.. and i cant believe we have not had a proper statement regards gradel.. everything at er is too quiet. i think something is going on and it wouldnt shock me if grayson leaves either today or tommorrow..
we are leeds..... but nobody cares...
Absolutely spot on with this remark, couldn't have put it better myself. We have no pride left, hope i'm wrong and lets see at the end of the season. like i keep saying its the loyal faithful HARD working season ticket holders i feel sorry for.
Well said mate, true words spoken right there. I renewed my season ticket this year and have a dreaded feeling for the season ahead! doubt i'll be renewing it till Bates is out
Agree 100% with you mate, we are sick of being lied to.
I agree with everything mate and all the following comments - united we must stand for the love of united (Bates out)
I live in London and go to a few home games and as many 'down south' and games as I can ££ permitting. I was to have been one of the extra thousands who turn up for the Scum game - which indecently is a day off work (I'm freelance), train ticket and hotel room. I was really looking forward to it, the atmosphere, playing with no pressure etc. I'm boycotting it. I'm not buying any LUFC gear this year and won't be buying anything at the ground at my next game. It worked for Liverpool. Looking on the bright side we could be Geordies 30m for Caroll and nowt spent...
SG has spouted his mouth about sinings all summer long he talks more BS than anyone
01 Sep 2011 08:19:01
why are we always left behind in the transfer market, do grayson and bates not see it happening or what? its plain for us all to see, im starting to get frustrated now and feeling cheated out of our beloved club
01 Sep 2011 07:55:47
As a season ticket holder, I feel as though i have been swindled. KB and SG stated at the start of the season that promotion was our only goal. Like most real fans I believed this and got behind them both. Now 2 months later it is clear that is not the aim, having spent no money (again) on players, not tying our marquee players to long term contracts and letting our best player (as voted for last season) go and not replace him. We have a far weaker squad than last season and I believe mid table is the best we can hope for. Will I renew my season ticket next year? The jury is out.
Under administrative law have we not been sold something that we haven't had in return..! lets face it Bates offered and promised us the world as above but has failed to deliver - can we not demand a refund of our cash..
Any lawyers please clarify
01 Sep 2011 07:52:38
How long can this man be allowed to drain our football club. It feels like he's legally scamming every single one of us fans.
I know it will hurt our club in the short term but I hope that this man is thoroughly investigated to do with his dealings at ER. I would just like to hear him answer these questions.
1. Why spend money on a ground you supposedly don't own especially when you appear to be rather evasive about exactly who does.
2. If you are only spending less than a million on said improvements, where has all the millions gone from sales of players. Have you put it down somewhere and forgotten where you left it? (or have you sent it to the Caribbean to your mysterious associates).
3. If you are genuinely trying to achieve success for this club. Why do you continually sell your best players & not re-invest or let your current first team star players run their contracts out without having contingency plans.
4. Are you or are you in partnership with anyone involved in any illegal activity to do with Leeds United.
I love Leeds Utd but I feel worse about our club now with this guy in charge than when we were in free-fall. I can't see any future while he is running this club (if he is running this club - or is he just the public face).
One very sad & disillusioned Leeds fan
A very deflated mot
One point that you people fail to see SG has said it time and time and time again he has money, he had money to spend on what he wanted he had money at his fingers
01 Sep 2011 07:29:55
we need to calm down,its doing none of us any good.we all want leeds back to where we belong but we have to either accept bosses dont or we act now to do something big to show our anger at how we are been treated like idiots this season.i accept if no money fair enough but we have some.i accept if players not available but very good ones were but went elsewhere.i accept if we keep our best players,but we let gradel go and others before him.i accept if we got off to great start and were on 10 to 12 points.i accept if bates and grayson dont come out and give bs that we are signing 4 players.i accept if we were not an attractive club to come to facility wise.
oh f..k it i cant calm down.its scandalous.this morning grayson will say we missed out cos of this and that.im losing all faith.i had such high hopes for a great season and great days out but im no longer excited at all,bates and grayson,you lost me
Well said
We will get fed the usual bull when Bates speaks to his propaganda station otherwise known as Yorkshire Radio! that we were in for certain players but they went to other teams, greedy agents, Simon has a transfer budget, Gradel wanted to go. the emergency loan window opens next week, so we can pick up some bargains - (Bannan and Livermore last year!),probably also mention that he saved the club twice!
He will then get asked by the puppet who interviews him "Mr Chairman how is building work on the lovely new exec boxes coming along?" Ticket Sales for Scum game will be discussed blah blah blah blah. - Does this man take us for idiots we are fed up of him - get out of our club
01 Sep 2011 06:42:47
Our side now is not good enough we have a few top players, but we are looking very thin we needed a lb, cb, cm or two and a winger due to gradel going, and that's just having a good sized squad not asking too much! Mot
01 Sep 2011 06:20:32
Why does rodgers think bessone good enough to play in prem but he can't get in our piss poor team can't work it out
01 Sep 2011 05:51:26
Just had a NIGHT mare that we had signed no
one
Then i woke up and found it was true
i did surport bate
now onlY thing i can say
BATES OUT NOW
01 Sep 2011 04:46:24
Now we people finally see it's time for change at LEEDS, bates needs to go and go now!
SG first
01 Sep 2011 04:36:23
I give up - this is a f*****g joke.....
My thoughts exactly mate...
Yep joke but not very funny one kinda like SG tactics, and press conferrences
01 Sep 2011 01:39:15
Back down next season bet you we sell players get th money and do nothing with it exept build posh executive boxes wtf is tht good for the nothing pointless now we will get all the scraps people dont need on loan or free thats no good we needed a left back maybe a center back center mid and a winger GRADEL has done the right thing why cant we be like leicter buy evrey one just to get to top flight football but no bates thinks its all okay having a team just capabell for championship football
MOT
01 Sep 2011 01:11:36
So...
Lonergan for Schmeichel
Rachubka for Higgs
Keogh for Grella
O'Dea for Naylor
Brown for Johnson
No-one for Kilkenny
No-one for Bessone
No-one for Gradel
WE ARE DEFINITELY WEAKER TEAM THIS SEASON
As were on loan last season
Nunez for gradel
white for bessone
Clayton for Killkenny
Not too bad i think
Clayton for Kilkenny
White for Bassone
Nunez for Gradel
No-one for Lees
I think we are much stronger!
Clayton for for Kilkenny
White for Bessone
Nunez for Gradel
Lees for ?
WE ARE DEFINITELY STRONGER THEAM THIS SEASON!
Yes plus loanees, mccartney, watt, lichaj etc etc
Um what about clayton for kilkenny, nunez for gradel and paddy? all like new signings but we do still need some improvements to the squad if injuries strike we are screwed
Definatly stronger without Naylor
01 Sep 2011 01:24:41
BATES HEAR THIS.
NO BUY PLAYERS? NO BUY HOME GAMES.
TRY FILL UP YOUR STADIUM NOW.
01 Sep 2011 01:11:31
where does all the money go the amount of people that go through the gates and the large amounts of cash spent at the elland road and online store this must be more cash than most championship clubs if not spent on players and the stand where is it going why run a club if you are not willing to inject cash a leicester fan said to me you will never be anything as long as ken bates is in charge i no he helped the club recover but surely its time to move forward not backwards as we are still a big club whats the saying one city one club
01 Sep 2011 00:39:57
Can't Believe That Leeds Still Haven't Replaced Max Gradel And We Haven't Boosted Our Squad After The Start We Have Had, We Need Defenders! We Still Haven't Replaced Kilkenny or Johnson As Michael Brown Is Useless And Runs Round Like A Headless Chicken But Glad We Have Clayton. Need Recruits But Have To The Faith.
We don't need to replace Gradel, we have Nunez. In case you haven't noticed Nunez has already scored 5 goals this season, hasn't been booked or sent off, and WANTS to play for Leeds, unluike Gradel that was kept on despite being a prat, wouldn't sign a contract and pretended he wanted to stay, a bit like Schmiekel, really? Do you remember him, or has Lonergan just totally replaced him so easily?
I agree that bates will not take notice unless we fans hit him in the pocket. I am a season ticket holding North stand fan who has to travel 60 miles to every game. I end up spending well in excess of £1000 over a season and for the past few years have not seen this money invested in the team. I wont Boycott the Coventry game as I have paid for it already, however no more cup games and no more merchandise or food at the ground. I am also giving serious consideration as to whether to renew my season ticket next year.
I am letting my eldest son go to man u game as he is guaranteed via his season ticket, but I am not forking out another 40 odd quid for tickets for me and other young son - i am maybe cutting off my nose to spite my face but its the way I feel. I will get a crate of beer in and watch it comfort on SKY. Its sad that its come to this but he does not care one bit about us fans its all about linining his pockets and spending it on exec boxes and hotels. This is from a very frustrated fan of 30 years who as in the words of the leeds song seen lots of ups and downs, but at the moment I am seriously hacked off with the way our club is being run.
SG doesn't care he was the one with money to buy look at th OS he says it himself
01 Sep 2011 00:23:54
Tues 18th October - LEEDS VS COVENTRY
There is currently an online protest going around where fans are looking to BOYCOTT this match (this match only) so that it hits Ken Bates where it really hurts him and makes him realise that WE own our club, WE pay his wages and WE should be entitled to more than what he has offered (which has been absolutley sod all).
I know this may seem negative on the players etc but it's for one match and will make Bates wake up and realise.
Obviously season ticket holders will have already paid (it's upto you whether to attend however boycotting merchandise etc will also help).
You are very naive if you think boycotting one game will actually hurt Ken Bates in any way? No wonder he called you Morons?
If you want to make a stance you need to boycott the WHOLE SEASON!
Or do you just want to boycott the games that are a bit awkward for you, or even just not interesting?
We shouldn't be arguing about what game to boycott etc.. we need to make a stand now or our club will go backwards even further..! Bates knows if you love something so much you will do anything so lets stop him calling the shots and drive him out before its to late..! remember spirit of shankley with Gillette and Hicks at Liverpool - if you want him out we must unite
If we are thinking of boycotting a match why not man u match, £31 a ticket for a third round leage ue cup he is having a laugh. I know its Man U but imagine a ground full of empty seats. Ken Bates will not go the only way he will go is if some one buys us which probably wont happen.
To have any impact on Bates any games boycotted should be the NEXT home game and the Cup tie with the scum - not some obscure game in october
Think it ought to be the Man Utd game as people have season tickets thus seats are already paid for, it has to be a cup game.
Why Boycott a tuesday night game against Coventry this just not turn up from now on. If Bates doesnt like it then he can F*** off
01 Sep 2011 00:03:18
well i think the Carp is about to hit the fan,
I blame all (fans, board, manager,)
the lot leeds have been a sham since
Jan 11 we are a disgrace wow.....
Why blame fans we put the trust and money in the club.the club (bates)choose to treat us like idiots n morons by constantly lying to us.Let's face it he's already said what he thins of Leeds fans who care enough about the club to try and voice there opinions.
You have every right to voice your opinion, but sadly you tend to think Ken Bates doesn't have the same right as you then? He has put a lot of money where his mouth is, and you have put up... what, exactly?
Look at it this way, SG obviously thinks with what he has had come through the youth system, and what went out on loan last year he has enough to get promoted, yes we may still feel he needs a few extra players in on loan, and maybe he does, but he is playing the waiting game.
Aside from that what KB is doing does make good financial sense, by developing the ground it is in deal for leeds to be come part owners/getting more revenue but rent price not rising. therefore with FIFA/FA new rules about clubs finances we will have other ways of income to buy/pay players, this means we are one step in front of most and only helping the future of the club!
And we all should know that a slow start to a season does not mean we can't get promoted this year, play off finals in the last two years had blackpool(Not tell you what SG did for them) who crept in at the last minute and reading last year, who didnt have a great start.
Com'on guys and girls, get behind the lads and the club and lets move forward!
The Fans? what are we to blame for putting money into our club and showing our support week in week out.
01 Sep 2011 00:02:59
We didn't even get the Finn. Next home game I expect 1,000 morons to turn into 10,000.
Have you got a solar powered calculator then, or is it just wishfull thinking (again)?
I understand you have your own feelings, but the only way you are going to get rid of Ken Bates is to put up some money and buy him out??
01 Sep 2011 00:02:16
The only thing Leeds have signed 2nite is life in league 1 next season, team full of rubbish defence leaks far 2 many goals ! Leeds are just a selling club now, next 2 go howsen n snoddy along with beccio at the end of the season, bring in the poor has-beens on loan deals in Friday saying that it is ken bates he probs wanting new hair die n won't give Leeds owt ! Hello again league 1
01 Sep 2011 00:00:13
Well done to all the peeps that hated
on Mr Bates, if you wanted to p***
him off it worked. You guys get what
you desrve, SG the man for the job
he said he was happy with his lot well
we will see...he should have gone long
time ago now we are up the creek, our
loyal fans now just like w**nkchester,
crap manager, crap squad pre season, this season
and today makes me soo happy to be a
leeds fan!!
Thanks for nothing...............
Definatly not a crap manager
31 Aug 2011 23:54:11
James Beattie released by Rangers! Worth a punt ?
The pies at ER are alright, might convince him to sign.
31 Aug 2011 23:51:36
What a complete joke no new signings so just leaves tw@t bates to pocket 13 million plus compensation from barc an chelsea he clearly has no loyalty to our beloved club !!!
He's a b man not a fan muppet god, you have all slaged him off since he took over then all over summer then expect him to buy players for the club you live in another world
31 Aug 2011 23:50:51
Bessone Returns To Swansea - Contract cancelled my mutual consent. Source - LUFC Website
31 Aug 2011 23:49:01
Beckford to Leicester
This is the guy that wanted prem football haha he wanted money cant fault him but the fact is he is a lier lke gradel, you cant trust these sorts
I've never laffed so much at a bunch of whinging has beens,,, you really are showing your loyalty to your club and manager,, glory hunters should go to man ute or chelski you make me laff,, the most annoying thing is you all loved SG, now he's had his hands tied you hate him, I really hope he sees the light, clears his desk and walks to a club that will appreciate a slid guy he is, I hope he goes to someone like borough a bigger club and somwere people would appreciate him
Ive always been a Grayson fan but i agree to some extent with ^^^^^, people dont appreciate what he has done for the club, and slag him off to hell because he works on minimal budget, calling for him to be sacked in pre-season because we didnt get promoted, its a joke
I never have and never will like SG think ed can vouch for that he is lg2 lg1 manager at best
31 Aug 2011 23:44:00
So you take away shemichael,lichaj,mcCartney,naylor,killkenny,Johnson,watt,gradel and somma n becchio out injured from last season and we replace them with...lonergan,brown,oDea,keogh and that is strengthening the squad?only bringing in quality not quantity?does Grayson not read the s**t that comes out of his own mouth?the defence needs sorting we were told..Wel sort it then!!we can expect little more than staying up then can look forward to snoody being sold and Nunez/howson leaving the same way as beckford,but it's ok ken has a few mOre trialists he is willing to give crap contracts to,we need to get the Chelsea out of Leeds and fast or next season we will be back In the johnsons paint trophy wishing we had kandol back!!forever Leeds forever proud M.O.T
Not sure what you have been drinking tonight, but I don't see anything negative in selling Gradel, he obviously doesn't want any part of Leeds, and has become a liability? Yes we need to spend if we can find the right players, but I think we HAVE improved since last season, and we are getting rid of the dead wood, Grella gone, etc? Keep the faith?
A lot of negative comments on here. Disappointing though it is we are still Leeds fans. The team (whatever players) still need our support. WE ARE LEEDS
I support the team just not SG he can go do 1 sooner the better
31 Aug 2011 23:35:53
With the international break this weekend, get yourselves to South Elmsall and watch Frickley Athletic for free (if you're a season ticket holder)
Frickley Athletic are offering free admission to next Saturday's home game against Ashton Utd to Premier & Football League club Season Ticket holders.
The season ticket must be shown by the holder at the turnstile in order to gain free entry.
What a positive idea - no doubt them that do turn up will buy a pie & beer or alternative & give the lads a boost sounds like a forward thinking chairman is there ,,,,,,,,,do they fancy a move?