Leeds Banter Archive August 30 2014

30 Aug 2014 21:22:22
On OS Adryan signed
Season loan deal with view to perm deal.
Surely MC will speak with and offer a decent contact to a coach/mgr. Adryan Sloth ect won't settle for a Wackaday Hockaday so there must be someone lined up who is not con or L2/1. Dig deep MC your most important signing is about to be down to you, just remember tho, you get what you pay for. Show the commitment expect some back but let the guy breathe,,,, he may know more than you,,,, take it on board and be in the prem for breakfast.

30 Aug 2014 21:47:36
With all these players joining I really hope rest of the deadwood will be leaving
Looking forward to monday should be interesting

30 Aug 2014 19:50:17
Adryan deal done subject to international clearance - Do we need clearance before transfer deadline?

30 Aug 2014 19:00:58
Probably been said a 1000 times already but any else think that redders deserves a crack at the job? I would like Clarke but can't see mc going for him. But with leeds you never no. My old man text me and said have I applied. Might get a cv together, I did captain the school team and help out with younger teams!

30 Aug 2014 17:48:58
3 points, a clean sheet, all 11 player still on the pitch by full-time and a midfield completely devoid of the three stooges (alright injury and suspensions did this, but still nice to see). Anybody at the game tell us what the midfield were like? The stats don't make for nice reading, but still better than any Hockaday match.

Midfield was excellent, especially in the first half. Cook was awesome throughout and Mowatt likewise for the first 70. Sloth and Bianchi were both solid and passed the ball well.

One stat that mattered 1-0 leeds. might take a while but going the right way. said all along the hock holding back. we might lose next week but still going right way. rome wasnt built in a day by it was built by the right people

Another thing to remember is that these midfielders (bianchi excluded) haven't had much first team football so not suprised they weren't ready for a full 90 but it was very promising.

30 Aug 2014 17:06:15
3 points . With a big thanks to Silvestre the Cat.

I play in goal and know a little about keeping. really liked him. good positioning. good reflexes, decent distruibiton, good in the air, youngish and confident commands the area. hopfully a long stay in the leeds goal

30 Aug 2014 15:44:08
MC warning leeds fans not to expect a big name signing for coaching job. Nigel gibbs name has popped up. Sounds like he's preparing us for more disappointment. When is he going to realise that in life you get what you pay for, the old peanuts and monkeys phrase comes to mind.

30 Aug 2014 14:09:50
Like the look of todays team, with the exception of Wootton. Should show a lot more creativity in midfield and feed the two strikers up front. Bench also looks well balanced for changing to plan B if necessary.

I have a god feeling about today

MOT to 3 points

Exactly what I was going to post, although they are going to punish out right side, can't believe we have to play possibly the worst defender I have ever seen for leeds

30 Aug 2014 14:48:54
The midfield looks much better, there should be plenty of energy in there.

30 Aug 2014 12:54:06
Can't believe I've just read MC has said that one day he would like hockaday back in the seat leeds as he feels he wasn't good enough to steady the ship but he would be ok once it's running smoothly, his words were " it would be easier to coach Real Madrid than leeds at the moment. Story is on news now.

30 Aug 2014 19:54:48
He was just being nice to the guy.
He isn't coming back

Martyn
Every post you make is from newsnow, throw a rumour in mate even if it don't come true it's gets us a bit excited.
We can all copy/paste from newsnow ;(

Well Andy some of us have to rely on what we read as we don't all have friends in high places, if you don't like what I put then don't reply to them, it's not difficult to take in.simples. ;)

30 Aug 2014 12:32:55
A couple of lines from the morning papers. The Bun says Manchester City's Micah Richards, Scott Sinclair, John Guidetti and Matija Nastasic have all been told to find another club before Monday’s transfer deadline. Let's get all 4 of them!

Bic
You paying the wages?

MC won't unless they take a 80% wage cut!

30 Aug 2014 09:44:48
One of the reasons we do need a really good coach, as opposed to manager (still not convinced about MC's approach on this.we should have both) is to get the tactics and game plan right, but possibly more importantly, to get the best out of the players we have got. Take Matt Smith - he could be an absolute star striker if he's developed properly.young, bags of potential, height a great asset, and could be a great front man.
BUT - a good coach would slim him down (he's too heavy), work on his pace, ability to hold the ball up, and improve his footwork and ball control.he stumbled over it a few times at key points in the Bradford game. Get all this right and he could be the next Ibrahimovic.
A lot of mates on here have talked about quality rather than quantity - this will win out every time.
Let's hope Neil picks the right team today (if it IS him who's doing the picking!). See you there - MOT!

30 Aug 2014 11:55:42
Smith & Ibrahimovic in the same sentence?????????????????????????????????

Someone must have started early.

I fancy we win 2 or 3 0 today if we have an attacking midfield.

30 Aug 2014 09:22:55
A forest fan here in peace.i think they guy you should be looking at is Karl Robinson at MK Dons he is an outstanding young english manager.i saw a few Leeds fans saying they wanted Billy Davies what ever you do don't get him we are still sorting out the mess he left behind.good luck in your search and for the rest of the season.

Have to say a good shout!

30 Aug 2014 08:41:29
Cellino has got it wrong.He at least knows that.He needs to realise, he is not the captain of the ship, he is the ship's engine.We need someone to take the helm and steer us in the right direction.
We are now potentially poised, to have a great future with the players that are coming in, also be in a much better position financially, especially if Cellino buys back elland road. He will, I don't doubt him.
The only thing I doubt about him is his ability to work with other people.He is a dictator.He has no trust in others.His way or the highway.
He must be hurting after sacking Dave Hockiday, a cheap option after McDermott. So needs to invest in people, so why can't he see that to bring in a top top manager/coach will pay dividends.
He knows surely with his business acumen that you have to speculate to accumulate.
I Still think it's early days, I for one want us to stay in the championship this year.Think it's more important to steady the ship rather than full steam ahead into murky waters.
HERE'S TO A PLEASANT CRUISE ON THE DAMNED SHIP!
Here's also to the crew. Mot.

Noose
Nice post mate but at least MC realised his mistake early doors and ammended it.
The engine kept miss firing at Calgari about twice as year I think lol but MC did a good job with them and with NO income from the club so we gota trust him ;)

Love the nautical drift of your post Noose, as long as the ship ain't the Titanic and the captain ain't Edward John Smith we should be ok! ;-0

30 Aug 2014 08:27:46
If that's the formula then why are Burnley in the PL?
They have a reasonable fan base
Their ground is best described as old school and not jaw dropping
They by any standards can't be classed as having owners who are rolling in cash

What they have is a hungry manager and players who work as a collective to achieve beyond their finances

Money is nice to have but they have proved along with the Wigans, Swanseas of this world that it can be done without it

It your wondering this was a response to trev-c earlier post below.

Yes I hear you but still think cellino needs to spend another 15 mill to match transfer prices that burnley have.
Also to challenge for top 4 in prem( i'm dreaming now) at least 150 million
Cellino worth a proported 750 mill so how much is he willing to spend in not to distant future to get us going.
Thats what i'm tryi ng to work out if u see what I mean

Burnley spent £42mill since 1982 yes 1982 just watching it on ssn, they face LVGs red divels who just spent more than that on 1 player ;)

Burnley now have the PL monies, which if we get to the promised land I believe MC will invest in the club, but even then I don't think we will see the £15m + players coming in.

Where I think MC needs to spend NOW and spend big is investing in a good coach/manager who can galvanise what we have, take stock and tweak in January - If rumours are true and we add Adryan I believe that we already have potentially have a far better squad than 3 months ago, we just need someone to draw out the best from them and more importantly for MC to butt out of it and let them get on with it - love 3pts today and Steve Clark tomorrow

GRABAR
Totall agree with a good coach/manager but it wouldn't bother me if we didn't spend £15mill+ on any one player. Weve made those mistakes in the past and paid the price HEAVILY.
MC has bought young players at 800k and developed them into great players & sold them on for £10mill in the past at Calgari so he can do it again and the ONLY difference is he wouldn't have to sell them now ;)

Andy - Agree 100% my point was its possible to do without spending stupid money (If you ask me the transfer fees are out of control) - I think it's more satisfying to do it without spending silly money, but think a few quid spent on a good coach would be worthwhile