30 Mar 2014 23:25:02
I would urge patience with BMD, I know its what everyone else is saying but you can't say he has had a fair crack of the whip.
Alot of calls for Mowatt to start, I wouldn't, we did that with Byram last year and got stuck with Peltier for 6 months of this season.
People saying his transfers have been w**k, imagine being told you have money to spend, right up until the morning of the transfer, and that you can't tell anyone because the club will suffer bad press (Not saying it happened but hey, it could). At this point, who do you turn to, with 6 hours of window left,? Other than the *cough* most promising *cough* talent in league 1 (Smith), and a player that when last played for you, skinned most fullbacks on a weekly basis (giraffe legs). Admittedly we all would've loved to have had rhodes, mackail-smith etc sign in the summer, BMD probably targeted them and was told to go ahead by GFH only for them to say "no money" last minute, it's not like they've proven to be honest.
Oh, and i'm trying to pretend Cameron Stewart didn't happen :D
I'm pretty sure if he wasn't a hundred percent committed to his word he would have walked when Cellino sacked him before. The guy has planned for top flight football in 3 years right? has he even had one yet?
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30 Mar 2014 21:57:46
Strong rumour doing the rounds that we are foxed! No, I am just hearing that it has been confirmed, we are in fact foxed.
Administration, points deduction next season, clueless irresponsible owners. To be a Leeds fan, we deserve so much better for the support we give but one thing for sure, we will still be here long after GFH have gone
Praying for a miracle! MOT
Thet don't meet till tomorrow.
Strong rumour you heard in the pub, . in huddersfield perhaps?!
When the hearing will be heard in London before an independent qc. Suppose he tipped you the wink before the FL and national media!
Stop attention seeking, not helping us or yourself.
Sorry but you are talking nonsense, you nor anyone knows what the rest of the seasons holds, you are just another boring scaremonger trying to depress every Leeds fan that comes on this site. Having said that I believe that Mr Cellino's appeal will fail as the appeal board will just look at the same facts and apply them to the same criteria as laid down by the FL, hope I am wrong but I do not see the original decision being over turned. GFH (who I am now begging to loath) will not let the club go into administration as they stand to loose what money they have invested and the club.
31 Mar 2014 15:54:53
Possibly points deduction this season and relegation!
30 Mar 2014 21:13:08
Didn't bates once say he'd never sell club to a bunch of shysters who talk a good game but have no money. Wtf are gfh. How can he slag them off when he's supposed to have seen proof of funds gready person. What a mess.
30 Mar 2014 20:52:28
I hate to say this but I think BMD has to resign now.
He has done very little other than offer excuses for the inexcusable?
His team selection are, at best, pathetic considering the talent he has to pick from.
I know there is a lot of dead wood around, but why the fu*k wasn't Poleon in the team selection and why the hell has he let Peltier walk away on lone?
Sorry Brian, you have to go, and the longer you stay the more obvious it becomes that you, like many players, are only here for the money.
Please do one, I for one am fed up with your excuses.
Leeds4alongtime
Would you walk away from your job if you was getting paid regardless pf how bad you did in it? NO I wouldn't either, he gets sacked and payed out or he stays and gets paid he's a winner regardless, i'd take stick every saturday for the money he's paid
31 Mar 2014 02:20:11
If recent revelations are true then he's being paid close to £1M a year
30 Mar 2014 20:26:21
Bates bought us for a song, stripped us and sold us at a good profit. But maybe the plan was always to buy us again after GFH have made a dogs breakfast of us and in steps Bates and buys us again ( cheaply) and then repeat the process. Buys us on the cheap from GFH and in a few years sells us again to a bunch of clowns where there is yet another chance of them losing the plot and Ken can step in again and buy us on the cheap for a third time. Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction?
He's 82 years old!
I can't see that happening
31 Mar 2014 00:49:57
If Bates had been done for tax fraud, most people on here would be asking for a long jail sentance. If he then tried to buy us everyone would be screming at the FL to fail him through their test, and any appeal to ban him for life. It is only the situation that we find ourselves in that we hope a convicted criminal is our best hope of financial meltdown, that we are hoping against reality that Cellino wins his appeal. let's face it if it was another club we'd be joinin g and saying he was unfit.
30 Mar 2014 18:48:07
RiP LUFC
I have a feeling this week is going to be long and a troubled one?
It just feels the same every week, can't remember when any good news last came from Elland Road.
When. One. Door closes another one opens
Ground Hog Day
30 Mar 2014 17:55:47
I have been saying for months now that playing Murphy and Mowatt in the same midfield is asking for trouble particularly as BMD insists on playing Austin up the field in a 'roaming' role. It doesn't help either that Austin has lost form. His best role is just in front of the back four doing simple defending. We haven't a lot of choice but Tonge is the best of what we have. He is Pass and go ( rather than pass and stand still) and a little more composed on the ball than the others. I am not a great Aidy White fan and have been a critic (pleased when he went) but it shows how we have slipped when he is head and shoulders above what we have brought in. Therefore Tonge and Mowatt in midfield. Austin (he will get his form back playing much deeper) or Brown in front of back four; Pugh or Warnock at left back ; White out wide. The other positions are fairly obvious.
How can you even justify playing Austin he's aweful then again that's all we got league 1 it is then . from a fan who has given up and given up not supplying this current crap my money. r.i.p leeds
30 Mar 2014 14:27:03
So what's wrong with a manager having a clauses in his contract
Do not lose more than 2 league games at home! Per season
Do not lose more than 4 league games away! Per season
to lose more of the above will mean termination of contract without compensation immediately!
Same with players. Heap up win bonuses not weekly wage
Wat i'm trying to say is flock the whole lot off except. Mcc byram and pearce. Tossers. The lot. Shame on you all. Go home and never return to elland road
Would welcome McCallister, Grayson back as manager, they never really had a chance imo. Poyet or the no nonsense looking Sean Dyche would be ideal but only in another world.
Where are Gary Cooper in all of this farce, thought he would be whipping up the hornets nest.
Bates sniffing around and putting his two penny worth opinions in this week, get stuffed it`s nowt to do with you anymore master bates. Usual divide and conquer comments to gee up fans against eachother, crook. Thanks for selling us to a right bunch of cowboys.
30 Mar 2014 19:11:18
It hard to tell who are the bigger clowns gfh or supporters trust!
No matter who the clowns are, BMD is just not capable of putting a team together to beat the likes of Doncaster or anyone else, he has to resign?
We cannot sack him as we can't afford the compensation, but surely even he can realise that he isn't do anything for us?
MC will soon own the club and will take great pride in firing McD
I would rather see Richard Naylor given a chance if McD goes. He's done a terrific job with the youth team and if needs be, we may have to bring in the kids next season and he is the perfect man to now their strengths and weaknesses.
30 Mar 2014 16:35:00
Hi guys reading along the line gfh are wanting to keep a stake in Leeds . Why would any one want to buy us if they won't put any type.of money in I would no pay 75% and keep throwing money at us while they have short arms and god know wots in there pockets get shut of them altogether just in for wot they van get .they never put any money in for transfers murphy fee came form selling name rights to west stand from . Would not be surprised if they put all debt on club and interest is killing our club with high repayments. Matty Leeds fan for life mot
30 Mar 2014 12:05:06
The man from Sardinia says no.
On Friday I was told we only need £250,000 by Monday to avoid admin.
True or false I can't be sure but that's
What I was told by the Italian friend of Massimo I know well.
Results on the park are awful even worse than the s--m of Madchester.
So Monday is Admin day or possibly not.
As you all know the Fl are listening to the appeal but how long they will take god knows.
How on earth could we lose at home to Donny I can't tell you but if I owned the club I would bin the lot of them including the manager and assistants and start again for the sake of the long suffering fans.
Only one player in this team should be allowed to wear our badge.
Jeff
You change with the wind my friend, Have faith in Massimo. We will not go into admin worst case scenario is if he loses GFH do a firesale to get some money back and we end up with another consortium with little money to invest and no decent players left,
BIGE
If they need 250k why don't they just sell 1 player Morrison for example would fetch that?
Why did they sign 4 players on loan 8 weeks ago whos combined wages to the end of the season would gazump 250k?
Cant see any truth in that figure personally.
Think you are all forgetting we had a home game, now Leeds have some money in the bank players should get paid Monday/Tuesday.
A club wouldn't go into admin for that some of money ghf wouldn't allow it, its bad business and theae guys rnt getting sick of people tryin to cause unrest amoungst the fans
Think your forgetting BATES has ALL the income from season ticket sales and elland roads road rent is astronomical but must be paid otherwise the players have NO surface to play football on?
30 Mar 2014 19:14:43
Sorry! But its begging for it - our players don't need a surface to play on!
Only thing we need at the moment is for BMD to actually take responsibility for his team and if they cannot perform he needs to resign?
Stop keep saying he has had no money, he's pulled worse players than Warnock, I seriously don't know why Kebe ever arrived at Elland Road, and I really hope we can ship him back from wherever he came.
Just go McDermott
We don't think it's big to say you won't walk away, it's just a total embarrassment?
30 Mar 2014 09:55:59
Massimo do us leeds fans a huge favour and get rid of our manager Brian mccdermott, he clearly has no clue how to manage leeds go back to reading we don't want you here
He did and you all wanted him back, be carefull what you wish for, ring any bells
"Only one player in this team should be allowed to wear our badge"
I can think of more than one, shows how little you know.
McCormack (or McScoremack as we know him) Byram has always given his utmost when he can, Lees will always fight when given the right position, Poleon deserves the time and so does Mowatt, Dawson and several other younger players.
I think we need shot of Butland, he has conceded more goals per game than any other Leeds goalkeeper in history, even Gary Sprake?
30 Mar 2014 09:39:07
the good news folks, leeds will get new owners, they will get a new manager and no doubt a load of replacement players so cheer up the only question is when : ) mot
Think about the opposite of this statement - 'Leeds will have the same owners, manager and players forever' - to see how meaningless it is .
30 Mar 2014 08:52:20
BMcD justified team selection on Saturday to give the players that performed poorly on Tuesday a chance to make amends. What he failed to recognise is that the majority of these players have played poor for the majority of games since Xmas. At least he woke up and identified that Austin and Murphy do not work as a midfield pair, now we need him to recognise that Lees and Pugh are liabilities. Also he played Stewart on the right side and he looked a better player, only to switch him back to the left 10 mins later. Improved second half but you are still part of the problem Brian.
It says it all when you hear Mac stating "our slide is frightening" and "terrible to watch", who the hell is managing this club, How does he think the fans feel watching this crap week in week out, by his own admission then he hasn't got a clue how to halt the slide, wheres the fight, the pride in the shirt, I don't even mind if we lose so long as there's some blood and guts effort, please do one Brian, we want a team to be proud of.
30 Mar 2014 08:51:47
I know we all wanted to believe he was the saviour, he's a very 'nice' man, but HE'S NOW GOT TO BE THE WORST MANAGER IN THE HISTORY OF LEEDS UTD! GET RID FFS
30 Mar 2014 08:30:24
Can't believe what I witnessed yesterday for the 1st 45mins. Abject and inept. Woeful. Brown tonge white and diouf need to start on Tuesday. Stewart is abysmal Send him back now. Who could ever believe that gutless and spineless are the exact words to describe a Leeds team? Sad times.
29 Mar 2014 23:57:33
blah blah blah blah blah guys we forget
WE ARE LEEDS
We are Leeds at the minute. But what's going to happen if the take over appeal fails on monday.