Leeds Banter Archive January 28 2013

28 Jan 2013 22:05:27
Even if habidabidoo comes we will still be short of an out and out striker as Hall, Varney (well played yesterday) Green, Diouf and McCormack are all players who who would chip in with the odd goal but like to play out wide or off a main striker? unless Somma can come good ( I have my doubts about him, hope I am wrong)

McCormack wants the top role again too.

I still think Somma will come good - having spoken to him a couple of seasons ago, I know that he's very driven to succeed. If he goes somewhere else, Sods Law says he does the biz and comes back to haunt us. Should be given the chance.

28 Jan 2013 21:14:51
Lets face it who or if anybody is brought in the club are leaving it late to do any business, but this could also be I sign of intense negotiations! Lets hope so.

Do you know anything about the transfer window? Most deals are done last day

28 Jan 2013 20:07:55
Brighton are NOT looking to sell CMS, I really don't think he is on NW radar, based upon NW history, he requires a centre forward who is tall rather than fast, NW already was looking for 1 striker now its two.

Expect a tall striker for FREE and a pacer forward for around £1M.

Would expect the like of Hooper, Austin, CMS arriving this time round.

NW re-mit is play offs, that's where he wants to be, can't see it as just too many points to make up now, the long draw out takeover has killed this season.

28 Jan 2013 20:51:57
I heard a 3 million bid had been accepted already for cms just waiting for money from becchio sale.

Whats killed the season is poor team selections and and poor tactics Hoofball all the way. Hooper is valued at 5mill+
Are you a Leeds supporter or just popped on the site for a laugh because you know nowt about football.

NW admitted he tried to sign CMS at start of season, so wouldn't be surprised if we had made a bid

Not going to get hooper because Celtic want at least 8mil which leeds will not pay out especially in the championship

Hoofball bad team selections and drawn out takeover has ruined our season. no chance with hooper and wouldn't want cms Karl mot

Sorry forgot to mention no chance with Austin either Karl mot

28 Jan 2013 15:56:59
Its slow on here today-is it overcelebration or prewindow nerves?

28 Jan 2013 13:34:05
So so sad to hear, I have a 5 month old and it's heart breaking. Petition is all signed mate! #lufcfamily MOT

28 Jan 2013 12:18:25
Maybe GFH are waiting till the new season, so they can bring in money by sponsoring the shirt. It would also give GFH more exposure to the world, which was what they said they wanted to do with Leeds.

28 Jan 2013 11:52:11
This is just my humble opinion and I'm usually wrong! I think that we will not spend much in January. I think GFH have looked at it and think even if we spend £4-5m this window we will not have a squad good enough to go up. I think they will wait until June, new manager and give him £10 -£15m to build a really good squad from scratch. Possibly new man Adkins who apparently met GFH in Dubai last week. If he doesn't go to Huddersfield watch this space. JD

28 Jan 2013 11:04:12
I keep saying this and will keep going on about it, but yet again when we stop the long ball we actually look a decent side, I tell you now we would have lost that game yesterday with Becchio playing, we would have continued to pump it up, he would lose it and the possession we had yesterday would have been halved. This lad Varney gets lots of stick ( I don't know why) but every time he gets to play in the front role without Becchio playing he is a handful for anyone. McCormack just look at his pace yesterday, Diouf was superb holding up the ball which every time was played to his feet, these players are ball players and are a real threat. The midfield yesterday again were superb and did you notice that when we got the ball from being under pressure they were looking to pass it, guess what most of them would have pump that ball to Becchio without thinking. It is true and a fact. Sorry but forget about Becchio he is holding this team back and I have been saying this for a long time, you can not continue with the long ball in this league, games like Barnsley, Notts Forest, Derby away where we were abysmal, if we had played the system yesterday they would not have lived with us. NW is not bothered really about losing Becchio he knows the strikers we have will also score 20 plus a season, this old fashioned striker system is not good and not one team in the premier or current top six in the Championship play like this, surely this tell a story of why we get passed to death. Well done to all the team and staff yesterday, please NW keep this style for rest of season and we will be in the playoff's. Sorry Becchio yes you have been a good servant but your time is up. Kevin Leeds 50 years.

Absolutely 100% agree with Kevin Leeds 50 years. It is normal for people no matter what type of player to want to hoof it up to the big man. Our players areno different. Yet when we put ball players on the park the ball gets played into them. We looked a real threat all day yesterday. Did you see Ross McCormacks interview? He said hi is an out and out striker he just needs to prove it. He didn't get a chance at Rangers as Advocaat bought in very expensive foreigners, so Ross was pumped oot the door! I think all this talk of more strikers coming to the club is to get the most out of Ross and Varney with Somma as back up. They were all brilliant yesterday even off the ball. All you positively negative persons Give it a rest until end of season Hey?

Jedburgh White

Great post mate, totally agree that with Ross and Dioufy we can't just play hoofball and actually pass the ball! I think if we added another midfielder, ideally both a playmaker and a winger, we wouldn't be too far away.

Becchio has been great for us, we didn't play hoofball under grayson and becchio still scored goals, it's warnocks tactic not becchio's, also we have seen a lot of players showing little or no loyality over recent years and have been sloughtered by our fans, so in becchio's case I think we owe him some loyality and stop blaming him for warnocks poor tactics, I hope he stays because I bet if he went and we got in someone worse then a lot of fans would be on here crying for becchio to come back just like beckford, gradel snodgrass etc, becchio stay warnock out!!

Both our goals yesterday were just hopeful hits up the field. The difference from normal was that Ross was willing to chase after it which Becchio doesn't really offer us.

Have never been a massive fan of becchio but while he wares a leeds shirt i will support him as i did in the past with other leeds players who were greatly over rated, e.g. baird, rennie, carlton palmer, we have a tendency to think they are better than they really are and hope for success on the pitch while we look through rose tinted glasses. i am as guilty as the next leeds fan of this and am now looking at the present leeds squad and thinking a player here a player there and we should be ok.....we would need major investment if we were to go up, we have a collection of very average players but we can hope that they can up their game if promotion were to be achieved.

28 Jan 2013 10:44:16
Just spotted Becchio coming out of the nursing home with his gran amid reports he is considering an early retirement

28 Jan 2013 10:21:03
Im still a little scepticle about the takeover. Bates seems to have found either his Arabian cousins or the poorest arabs in Arabia.

They promised us transfers and now it looks like we have to sell our star to bring in prospects.

One thing that really puzzles me is why would anyone buy a club and leave the current owner at the helm. Are we sure Bates isn't pulling a fast one again.

28 Jan 2013 10:59:45
it will of been in the contract . maybe gfh haven't paid up in full yet and bates stays until they have but in a less involved way.
gfh will be waiting until the new financial year before they start spending anything of there own .
the money from becchio should be enough to bring in a new striker and maybe 1 more player permanent and maybe a top level loan winger with pace

28 Jan 2013 10:12:11
If this policy of looking for proven players at this level, whatever their age, on the cheap, like Dindane, proves successful and we go up with it, it will be very shrewd, because when we go up we'll then have the money to invest to stay up. Its a gamble, but either way its a gamble, we either invest now, go up, but don't have money to invest to stay up or worse we don't go up and then we're goosed, or we know now we've a team that ain't going to go down so why not try to get up with minimum investment and if we can pull it off then we haqve the best chance of staying up. I'd rather the latter myself.

28 Jan 2013 11:07:04
we should be aiming to spend 3 mil per season on new players .
bring 2 players in and remove more dead wood.
leeds united as a club would still make a profit in this league as the fans would be back at ER again.
the only way this could work is if we was able to keep our top players

28 Jan 2013 09:30:53
Confused how people think Dindane is a good player! he can't score or head the ball or hold the ball up which really speaking is kind of important for a striker.

Maybe he kicks the ball?

28 Jan 2013 00:02:31
Not a rumour but just wanted to say that was a much better performance today. The players have set a standard they need to repeat every game. Did anyone else notice that Luke Varney didn't celebrate his goal or look to the fans? If I were him, I'd be upset at the stick he's been given. Just show him and the rest of the team a bit of support and I'm sure confidence will icrease. A big ER crowd for rest of season fully behind the team might just see us achieve promotion. MOT Ron