Leeds Banter Archive June 27 2013

 

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27 Jun 2013 20:56:08
Well, I for one am fairly please with the Q&A from Mr Nooruddin, honest and straightforward.

We need to get it out of our heads that clubs have boatloads of cash to splash around, BMD knows the score and will do a magnificent job of using the Acadamy (which we ALL want to see) and bringing in good players, look what he did at Reading, they were hardly the Man City of the Championship were they?

We'll get some more players, better ones than we had last season, we all want to be back in the Prem, but we need to be realistic and give everyone at the club a chance (players, board & manager).

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Macca, Great Post mate agree 100%

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27 Jun 2013 20:47:25
Despite Brian mcd saying we don't have much to spend. He did seem to suggest that there's a chance that some funds could be given to him some time in the window. Maybe we have to wait for bates to leave his post as chairman before funds could be freed up for transfers

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27 Jun 2013 20:37:32
I'm amazed at the contrast in posts on this site, you have the ''doom and gloom'' merchants with everything is going to rats**t and then on the other hand the ''glass is half full'' mob with BMD our only saving grace.
I'm torn, it broke my heart when I heard the news today that again we have no money, we have to look at bargain basement, free transfers and also sell on our prize assets. Whilst I obviously want the best for Leeds Utd I can't help feeling this is going to be another long hard season for the fans, but then on the other hand i'm thinking the fans are the best in the land and we are at our best with our backs against the wall, get behind those white shirts and if it means promotion with f*** all then we are the team to do it because WE ARE LEEDS, TILL THE WORLD STOPS TURNING ROUND.

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Best post in a long time. We can do it! Keep the faith and let's start attending ER more regular. We still have 6 or 7 top championship players. c'mon we can do it!

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The Posts keep getting better, this is the attitude we need to help BMc.
If anyone can do it he can with our help.

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Mcd is great. Will do well and leeds will do well this year because of him.
Dont think leeds showed any backs against the wall spirit last year when they were free falling towards league 1. It was mcd that saved us, not players or fans

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I, like the OP, don't know what to believe. all I know is that I also want the best for our club and in the end of the day I bleed white ( note to self, get doctor to check white blood problem )

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I agree with original poster, people seem to be really positive or really negative. I'm just happy we still have a team to support after almost going out of business. Yeah its not the greatest side we've ever had & it is a ball ache not having money to compete for the players we want & not knowing what's really going on behind the scenee but we still have the buzz of going to Elland Rd & all over the country to watch our side. Win, lose or draw - just enjoy it!

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27 Jun 2013 19:47:31
I wonder if we are one of the clubs interested in John Cofie. Personally I thought he had been executed in the Green mile but you live and learn!

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Great centre back potential after surviving chair

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'Just like the drink maam, just not spelt the same'

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27 Jun 2013 19:42:30
This is like "ground hog day" hearing ANOTHER Leeds manager say the financial situation is not as they had been told. Saying they need to sell players to invest in the team. It's not good enough. Only yesterday the statement on the official website talked about backing the manager in the transfer market. It's a load of hot air unless it actually happens! Other clubs throughout the league are buying players and we're being linked with yet more free transfers. If I was BMC I'd walk away - how can you trust your employers if they don't tell you the truth?

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27 Jun 2013 19:36:31
not a rumour just a hunch, think Aidy white could be on his way out and Danny pugh both utility type players that don't seem to have nailed down any particular position could bring in a bit of to strenghten in areas we are week in

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27 Jun 2013 19:06:49
The situation is worse than you are all saying. Season ticket prices have been slashed but season ticket sales less than last year. Consequently revenue well down. Also as it has been broadcast over the airwaves Byram's (our only asset) value will have dropped. Let's all get on the Euromillions on Friday. JD

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27 Jun 2013 19:03:00
So Harte is offskies to Bournemouth and that's the end of that on/off rumour. I always thought he was brilliant in dead ball situations but lost the plot when the ball did confusing things like move about.

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27 Jun 2013 18:43:59
Ian Harte has signed for Bournemouth, some said he was a target for us.

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27 Jun 2013 18:36:38
Do you remember the bates era, when we could be carefree and spend £500k on danny pugh! Ah those were the days.

MOT

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27 Jun 2013 17:43:27
don't know why anyone is suprised that we are skint, and why anyone thought that it would be different, GFH told us they were sorry to see the last summer window go by, then they told us wait for the jan window, what did they do?, get rid of our best goal scorer and get in morrison and 200k to boot, so in fact they made a small profit, we are broke we are getting further and further into debt, we have just loaned again to keep going, they have no long term goals because they don't expect to be here for that long, they are just brokers looking to make a profit, they will not spend any money, just borrow money against the shares, sorry but this still smells of bates he has a stake or interest in us still, we still have the same transfer policy, [sell off best players]we still are being kept in the dark, [the club statement was staged with no real insight]and most of all my reason for knowing bates is still involved is that harvey and williams are still in the same roles as before under bates, we all suspect who owns ER & TA, we are in real trouble esp with cash flow, our only shining light is BMD he is a good manager but will have his hands tied, I feel sorry for him I really do, but the way our club is being run HAS to stop, if we keep borrowing money then we are doomed, now I know all the stay positive crowd will get on my case but let's be real here we have been mislead for years and we still keep turning up, bates said we are people and the way we keep putting up with this only shows me he was right, we must NOT PUT UP WITH IT ANYMORE, our club is sinking and we are call standing by and watching it go under. rant over, mot

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Nice one son - my sentiments exactly

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27 Jun 2013 18:53:03
Well said finally a leeds fan with abit of sense

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Well said Sir. Ever get the feeling we've been had? Why take over a club if your not going to take it forward? Please stay Brian were 100% behind you! As for GFH?

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27 Jun 2013 19:57:58
GFH have let the fans down unless there i'd a legally binding agreement don't make bafes president and lift our morale without spending any money!

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Not a rant mate. Just the truth. Bates is still in control. GFH have always been just a smoke screen for him. He is still sucking the blood out of our club. Our club was never sold last year, it was just a few chancers playing money games to take the pressure off Bates in an attempt to calm the 'Bates Out' protests. We are going nowhere fast and we, as Leeds fans, are being treated like persons. Surley there must be a journalist in Leeds/Yorhshire/ even England with the balls to expose this sham for what it is.

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Thanks lads I was beginning to think I was on my own, lol, just love the club and hate seeing it abused, bates, gfh, and all the chancers out,

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You are just spouting what many others are but at the end of the day you know nothing about GFH or how the club is ran, I like everybody is fed up with GFH and the financial situation at the club but everything you write is just guesswork, you know nothing.

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Got to love the conspiracy theories!
It's in GFH's interest to get us promoted. It's the only way they will make a serious profit!!

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Then why don't they invest, they haven't so far, snoddy, becchio money covers the cost of the players we signed last season

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It's not bates's way to invest in the squad or club never has been, that's why gfh=bates,

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27 Jun 2013 17:41:51
How much do you all pay per year in tv subscriptions? are you telling me, if you cancelled that, you wouldn't be able to afford a £440 season ticket over 5 months?

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You must be single mate, I would not take away the whole families entertainment, just so I can do my thing

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Im a season ticket but if I had a choice between my kids having sky and my wife having sky. Or ME AND JUST ME had a season ticket the kids would always come first

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If people cancelled Sky/virgin then there would be f* all to watch all year as there's nothing on normal TV.
I personally couldn't afford to get a season ticket as there's a chance that I would miss every Tuesday night due to commuting from work.
I'll go to a few matches, but I don't want to give my money to some scrounging investment company. Might as well have kept Colonel Saunders.

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Guess your single then or will be soon! Sorry kids no tv program's for u anymore i'm buying a season ticket, sorry love no movies for u because i'm buying a season ticket!. who's just slammed that front door, kids?love?.

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27 Jun 2013 17:34:39
so there it is. our owners have no money. so instead of moaning about lack of funds, let's generate them ourselves by filling out Elland Road. it's the only way people, like it or not.

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27 Jun 2013 20:41:54
Lets sell byram for top money and use ALL of that money to sign some good players!

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27 Jun 2013 17:24:23
To all the Leeds fans that wanted Bates out. are we in any better position now? NO

Same Sh*t just different owners

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Same Sh*t -same owners-Same Bates- He is still there and still calling the shots-watch out for him in the stands for our first home game!

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27 Jun 2013 17:20:42
Gfh lied to us all sayin we had money thinking that a promise off a good season would get season tickets sold watch the back lash now! David haigh is no leeds fan don't get drawn into his games he's a sly business man who would do anything to get fans on side! If I bought a football club I'd say u support the club all my life just to get fans on side! Unfortunately this con man has seemed to get to a few fans that still believe we will be signing stars on the 1st July I'd just like to say to them WAKE UP!

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27 Jun 2013 20:55:20
Im disappointed former man of the people sansiro dom hasn't stepped down as club ambassador as gfh backtrack on previous statements! Is he going to grease the wheels for gfh just like lorimer did for Bates?

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27 Jun 2013 17:03:18
I wish our away games were televised, since 20,000 of us already go to the home games anyway :)

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27 Jun 2013 16:58:13
Maybe bates and harvey meetin barry fry is to do with the fact he's chairman until 1st. And thn gfh have said they haven't a clue how to run a football club where as bates has valuable experience in this and that's why he's stayin on because whether we like him or not he knows how to make a profit and our new owners have said they intend to do the same and then sell us on when back in the premier league

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27 Jun 2013 16:32:20
This is flipping ridiculous!

The media and tabloids have twisted everything that has been said and made it into an antagonising headline!

All that was said that, inevitably, players will leave the club this summer! We have been told he will be backed in the market. SO JUST CHILL THE HELL OUT! We are not broke, we are just adhering to the NEW fair play rules, we can't throw money at the problem and hope for the best, like we did a few years ago if I remember rightly!. Promotion comes from a good manager and a good academy, who got promoted this season? Palace or Leicester?

I rest my case.

MOT - Without the gloom and doom merchants!

AntW

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We are broke that's the problem. that's why we just again took out a loan with a company linked with DH, the fair play rules are an excuse, I just feel sorry for Bmd. he will do his best I am sure but as always our manager has his hands tied,

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I'd rather throw money at the development squad and grow sustainably into a premier league team, than do a Leicester/QPR/flavour-of-the-month-win-or-bust club. give McDermott all the time he needs to produce a homegrown, promotion ready team.

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27 Jun 2013 17:13:51
Wake up its fans like u that let make me laugh

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27 Jun 2013 20:45:25
reply 3 its fans lik you the club does'nt need!

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27 Jun 2013 21:38:36
But what is the point of the acadamy when as soon as you develop a new talent you sell them on. The Acadamy is a part if this is backed by investment success and promotion means that we can keep our home grown talent. We are not talking mega bucks we have a good manager and a few quality additions who knows?

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27 Jun 2013 15:27:09
GFH, you have no idea how to run a football club, why get involved?

You will be lucky to keep BMD, he has said you made promises to get him and know it looks like you lied!

Brian. this is how they have treated us for years. GFH you should be ashamed!

Gates will be under 20, 00 this season. I'm not paying good money to watch last season's dross
If you want to save some money, get rid of teat W*****r Harvey

L4L

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True fans will be there regardless, i'm sure youll be sadly missed.

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And you have no idea how to support

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27 Jun 2013 15:20:54
David

I am so pleased the news has come out today from BMD that you have no money to invest, I was going to buy my 3 x season tickets next week

Question. why buy the club and then invest in the team?

If you have no money and cannot invest, then why should I. ?

I have no idea what Bates has told you, but I for one and I know 12 more like me, will not be returning to ER

You are no better than Bates, you make promises that you cannot keep and hope that we do not remember. DHL

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How do you expect the club to get money if people aren't buying tickets

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Why does an owner have to have disposable millions to throw at overhyped players? tickets, catering and merchandise has always been the main way of generating income for football clubs. get over it and support the club, if you really are a supporter.

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Even if we fill ER most of the funds would go back into paying offf depts. we would only invest a very small amount into the squad, history of leeds esp over the last 8-9 years will tell you that, if we wanna save some cash get rid of harvey and williams, they are part of bates's mob anyway, why must we keep paying their wages

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27 Jun 2013 14:29:35
So according to the BBC. "Leeds United manager Brian McDermott has admitted he may have to create his own transfer fund if he is to bring in more players before the new season".

We all know we only have the one real asset, so unless we can dump a lot of the dross we either have to sell Byram or hope McDermott still has his contacts in the scouting market.

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27 Jun 2013 14:18:00
Getting really fu**d off with gfh and the whole investment or lack of. Say they are backing bmd and then bmd says he may have to sell to get players in. For christ sake we have already let 10 players go to free up wages wtf. Then we get cryptic info about brendan holdings whoever they are. Plain English please all we want to know is does bmd get any money or not. Why the hell did gfh buy us? Peed off tbh.

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Yea why did they buy us. I know let's get Bates back and be robbed blind eh.

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27 Jun 2013 13:38:25
Leeds may have to create a budget by selling players to enable to buy others. Not ideal. MOT

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Yes it is

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27 Jun 2013 13:15:59
I've been sayin for months that gfh have no money but people here claim they have u wonder what they think now that bmd has said we have no money? I expect a few apologies!

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Oh super you, a doom and gloomer comes good. let's all go out and celebrate.

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27 Jun 2013 13:04:47
I'm not going to post we have no money for transfers it's all been done, The one thing that's totaly pi$� me off is nobdurendy or watt Eva he's called, lying is watt we have been used to but to say we do have money for transfers ( yesterday only young players) then our manager tells us that we don't, and we can't do deals unless players go. That's the thing that alienates fans. The one good thing is we have Brian. I posted last week that we were in dire need off investment and I accepted that. But today made me wonder if we are any better under this lot. GFH thought investment would flow because no one wanted to deal with bates, silly people don't they know in business it dose not matter if u don't like the person your in bed with, if they are making money who gives a toss. If money was to be made out off Leeds some one would have gone in with bates. GFH would sell up for watt they bought us for but they now can't because they have lent money against shares. That's why Parkin wouldn't touch it GUTTED

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Good job you let us know we were in dire need of investment as I think it passed the rest of us by.

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27 Jun 2013 13:05:35
Another lie by Ken Bates exposed now. I will only sell to someone that can take us forward. So he sells to the only skint Arabs, looks like another season of doom and gloom. Dave

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Too true mate, you have hit the nail on the head

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Exactly. He looked long and hard for these tramps

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27 Jun 2013 12:52:01
Lets hope the youngsters come to the front this year like Byram did last year because were stuffed if they don;t no money no hope.

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27 Jun 2013 12:31:12
To be fair I think I would be happy of leeds just slashed ticket prices this season, its frustrating to pay the most in the championship and watch everyone spend money except us! Priority should be getting fans back and making elland road a fortress again

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They have

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I mean slashing it to a price that's dirt cheap, get price down so people can't say no to it, fill the stadium and get it rocking, they will make the money back on programmes, food, drink and purchase's from the club shop! To take my girlfriend last season cost me £100 which I will pay as long as the club invests an amount in line with all the other mid table clubs (dont want a qpr/leicester style investment) where are we in line with the cost of tickets with all the other clubs?

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27 Jun 2013 11:51:35
every club is moving forward and signing players I no at the moment its only free ones but there are decent free ones out there and we are the only club who seems to be going backwards

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No we are not.

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27 Jun 2013 11:47:52
why is nearly everyone moaning just wait for the 1st july we will sign more players and gfh is not that bad we still could have bates

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We DO still have Bates

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27 Jun 2013 11:37:37
McDermott going no where, he has spoken of his commitment to the club and fans (a sports site).

So guys and gals, stop these silly rumours he will walk; he (as we) knows there is no money. Shame on you all for judging he would do this. Feel ashamed of some of our supposed fans.

Never underestimate the underdog. Mot

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27 Jun 2013 11:30:22
brain mac has said he did not the the situation was what it was and he will have to sell players to bring in new ones basically no money he came to leeds on a lot of good will and gfh capital have shafted him like they have done with leeds fans he has worked hard to get players to agree to come to leeds but gfh have no money to bring them players in what a mess what a joke we are iam sick of people saying give gfh capital a chance well they have had there chance nothing has changed the club have new owners and nothing has changed another season of doom and gloom

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You can be doom and gloom all you like your suppose to support this great club through thick and thin for me if you don't do that then it means your letting the club down

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I've got a lot of sympathy for your views, but I'm a cup half full guy and I think there will be some movement thru July and BMD will have them in the play-offs at best next season.

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What the hell are you talking about. where did you get your info from. a lot of leeds fans seem to enjoy being negative to the point where they create their own reality. when did McD say this, was it to you personaly. the truth is what you choose to believe and people who have cultivated a view of gfh because they have not told the world their every move will agree with you. SCAREY.

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Who the hell said I wasnt supporting the team. read it properly.
ive now watched the interview and its easy to see bmd was misinformed.
he won't walk but he's angry. shrew leeds

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After the brum game mcd said players had issues with the club and he wanted everybody living near the training ground. I think our players were not a happy camp last year and that's why their performances could of got us relegated if mcd hadn't have come in. I think sorting these things out are as important as signings. I think he means the whole package not just money. if we have got money he would get a rolllocking off gfh for saying so. I think everyone should calm down until the end of the transfer window then judge gfh. all this negativity is making me f---ing ill.

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To the post starting, what the hell.
Bet you feel really silly now. you can listen to BMD say it with your own ears and sight.
Shrew Leeds

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27 Jun 2013 11:27:12
actual quote from bmd on tv official.
the situation isn't what I expected but i'm at this great club now.
this is fact, not made up, its his own words.
he has to sell before he can get one or two targets.
havent a lot of players gone or realeased? and still we haven't a pot to do you know what in.
im sure bmd would have asked these things before he joined but it looks like he to has been letdown.
he to will have the easiest excuse I book if things don't work out. no investment, couldn't get his targets,. full off gfh bull. shrew leeds

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I am fed up of the way our beloved club is been run.

We were told that Warnock would be backed in the January transfer window. Did it happen? No, quite the opposite, we swapped our leading scorer for an out of sorts and injured Morison and pocketed £200,000 in the process!

Its easy for Nooruddin to tell us to back the team. Just a shame he and the rest of the board do not back the manager financially. Looks as though BMD was brought in under false pretences.

On a positive I'm sure that BMD will get the very best out of what ever squad we may end up with and the football will be better that Warnocks hoofball.

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27 Jun 2013 11:27:06
Straight out of McD's mouth. We have no money! same old leeds.

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When have leeds ever had money though? Fortunately they r sensible and rnt going to do a ridsdale on us! Keep plodding the football was better last few games. Mot

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27 Jun 2013 11:20:59
Very disappointed in the lack of cash available to BMD but not surprised. Seems like he hasn't got a bean and will have to sell first. Jesus we must be the most skint club in all of the championship! Still never mind, with a little bit of wheeling an dealing a couple of decent buys and we won't be far away in a very average division! As for selling Byram to fund transfers i'm not sure. We would probably get 8 million but wouldn't be confident GFH would invest all the cash on the team. Anyway roll on next season because we still got some very good championship players. BYRAM, LEES, WARNOCK, GREEN, DIOUF, MORISON, and McCORMACK. MOT

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We wouldn't get £8m for Byram. Ridiculous.

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27 Jun 2013 11:18:17
Er I think you'll find it's MATT Smith tv (1100) do keep up.

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That should have been sly tv sorry

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27 Jun 2013 11:16:48
On sly news website now from BMC himself, looking ever more likely he will have to sell before he can buy. surely we have to take that as official now that GFH haven't got a penny!

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27 Jun 2013 11:03:19
Gfh ain't got no money!!
On tv news website, straight from brians mouth!

Not good for our great club, no promotion for us

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27 Jun 2013 10:51:56
Johnfitzz16now. Was just walking to thorp arch to retrieve my frisby I threw for my dog bono when I looked up I seen al Reyes with a whip and BMD crouching over a stool with his pants down. Dunno what they was talking about. Also seen some guy signing a document looked like john jo shelvey

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Haha we've missed you fitzy!

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27 Jun 2013 07:50:37
just read q&a with vice chairman.
yes he has to be diplomatic but most worrying puzzling statement was. due to new financial fair play rules we have to be careful what we invest in the club.
basically has his excuse ready for lack of spend. I mean even if we spent 5 million on players which is unlikely how the hell is that anywhere near breaking rules.
people can read and interpret this how they like when they read it but to me it says yes we will sign young players with potential and ongoing value, like matt smith, with a couple of freebie experience chucked in. i'm not saying this won't work but its needs to be one hell of a jigsaw coming together to get out of this league. shrew leeds

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Good optimistic summary. People know we don't have money, don't know why people are so desperate to have it confirmed.

Yes GFH should be held to account but let's see what happens preseason. May be surprised.

In Big Mac I trust, MOT

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27 Jun 2013 07:19:55
My take on the q and a is
Mcd has identified his targets
Gfh are backing him to get those targets
They will sell some players. ( maybe byram )
They will not spend stupid money on transfers or wages to get in prem league.
They are looking for young lower league players that fit our wage structure. So they are planning on building a you g team for long term success. Bit like blooding our academy players.
Im happy with all the above

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He never said anything about selling byram and infact he was more saying we would keep him as he said we were going to buy young players for the future so you totally mis read into that but the other bits yes I agree

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27 Jun 2013 11:12:30
all you doom and gloom merchants take note lufc will romp home as champions next season in the next few weeks bmcd plan will all come together a mix of young hungry for success player who will give everything they have for the cause mixed with a couple of older heads for the experience and a couple of class acts we already have in byram mcorrmac lees etc so stop all the negativity and enjoy the roller coaster ride to the premier league with the mighty whites haha

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2nd post. Bits in brackets were presumptions. I didn't misread anything thankyou

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27 Jun 2013 07:00:09
Why all the negativity? Have any of you actually read the statement from GFH on the LUFC website? It's there in black and white. Will McDermott be backed? Yes. Will players be BOUGHT before Aug 31? Yes. And still the moaning continues.
Until Bates leaves on Monday, nothing will be done. It's clear he's still involved because he & Harvey met Barry Fry over the Rowe deal. (Source? Barry Fry on tv!)
It takes time to build a team. We're not going to splash the cash like Leicester, Forest and Wolves (look where it got them). Build from scratch like our Rugby team, like our Champions league side from 2000/01. And remember GFH will only make money for themselves if we get promoted. It's in their interest to get us up!

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Wolves sold Fletcher and Jarvis for 25m and didn't reinvest that money on players - sound familiar? {Ed001's Note - Wolves were one of the highest net spenders in the Prem, while there mate. They reinvested badly under McCarthy, but money was made available to him. Even after relegation they spent a tidy sum on the likes of Sako, over £3m on him alone in fact.}

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"Until Bates leaves on Monday, nothing will be done. "

Unfortunately Bates IS NOT actually leaving any time soon.

Untill Bates FINALLY does one, totally, Leeds will never be truly UNITED?

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Stop talking sense, no place for that on here

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Bates has not given up control, all he has done is put canon foddder in front of himself

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To the OP so only make money if they get us promoted? So Bates mate no money out of Leeds cause he didn't see us get promoted to the premier league. Also, 'will we sign anyone? Yes. ' Maybe so but not to the standard McDermott wanted hence why he came out and said he will have to wheel and deal and it isn't what he expected.

I've tried to stay optimistic and will continue to do so as we have a good manager who can work on a shoestring. But please, please stop saying we have money to sign people when the manager himself has confirmed we don't!

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27 Jun 2013 06:38:30
GFH have already blocked Brian getting Doyle, If they block and Hunt transfer I can see Brian going Fu#$ this had enough, Hope not loans and frees all the way god I hate bates for selling to these clowns

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"GFH have already blocked Brian getting Doyle"

How do you know that is true then?

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If they had half a brain between them they would block the hunt transfer. we need goals and i'm sorry but hunt at best will get 7-10 in a season and we need someone of mccormacks quality who will get 15 plus goals a season atleast and then we need to replace the terrible midfield like brown, austin, tonge and buy teamplayers who will create and not just shoot all day like austin does. people say oh ross just ain't upto to it well he's scored 90% of decent chances created for him so the answer is ditch the greedy players and buy some decent teamplayers and he will score like he has done for many years

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You talk a load of crap sunshine, doyle was never wanted by BM, and if he was, doyle didn't want to come to Leeds, so nothing was blocked. BM has his targets and will be backed to get them

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26 Jun 2013 23:51:40
all speculation around transfers from other clubs is not going to happen, we've got no money! all speculation should be based around free transfers and loan deals unless we can sell some of the dead wood

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Who says we've got no money? Read the statement on the website!

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" unless we can sell some of the dead wood"

Just giving it a way would be a help, mate, at least it would free up some wages for a decent player or two?

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26 Jun 2013 23:13:46
personally i'm not expecting many signings unless byram is sold.
im getting rather worried about bates getting involved, I think he still owns leeds united and we are screwed.
its time for the board to man up or off

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I'm just worried Bates is involved - FULL STOP!

This board needs to throw him out of the club - TOTALLY - on 1st July and watch the supporters come teeming back!

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Will people get it into their heads Bates DOES NOT still own the club, this is a matter of public record!

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True supporters stick by there team in good and bad so if your 1 of them people that stay away then please stay away for good as we dnt need you weak people as our fans

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26 Jun 2013 23:07:30
Changing a manager has given a little hope but we seem to be floundering again without a hope in hell. I really do hope BMAC manages to shape his team in the time available but I feel once again we may be let down by the sad collective of GFH and associated parties who have no interest in financing a team to deliver the goods to the extent needed. Buying a season ticket this year? My commitment matches GFH I'm afraid. i'm a life long fan but not paying top dollar for mediocrity : (

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BMD will do the best he can with whatever is available, unlike a certain Colin that blamed the team, the board, the weather, and anyone else he could think of.

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