Leeds Banter Archive March 04 2014

04 Mar 2014 22:32:49
And while I'm at it I'll stick my neck out and say our central defenders are, will be fine, they will gain confidence from having a more commanding goalie and with a better midfield offering more protection will naturally have less to do, more confidence and less to do equals less goals against. Simples

04 Mar 2014 22:05:46
As I hoped a younger left back, more quality in midfield, if we can just get the two wide men, you know who, maybe if we are lucky to actually try running at there opposing left and right backs and fingers crossed delivering some crosses would be good, surely any wingers objective must be to give the full backs a torrid time and I don't mean our own

04 Mar 2014 12:51:57
On a talk radio station it has been said the FL are looking at imposing much stricter sanctions on numbers of foreign players in matchday squads and having to include at least 2 under 21 players.

How will this effect our promotion hopes next season?

Alf

I didn't realise there was a division above the premier!

an ever hopeful cornish white

Nice one Cornish, had to read it twice!

Ha ha, I'm the optimism - thought I'd typed it incorrectly at first there cornish

04 Mar 2014 06:20:59
Could the delay with the takeover now be due to a combination of GHF and the International Investment Bank failing the FL FPPT? Eleonora Sports are contracted to buy 75% of the shares, but the remaining 25% stays with The International Investment Bank (IIB) 12%, GFH 10% and Noorruddin3%. The handling of LUFC finances since GFH took control has been a shambles, living had to mouth by a combination of loans from Bates and Enterprise, gate receipts and just not paying the bills or staff wages! If the takeover is approved, GHF and the International Investment Bank will each own 10% or over of the total shares, does this mean that they have to pass the FPPT again as owners? Now the FL have looked at the books they can see the total lack of investment from GHF and the IIB since the take over last year, and can see that they do not have the funds in place to run the club. Is this one of the reasons that Massimo paid off Enterprise last week, even though the debt was nothing to do with him? But now all the other local suppliers who are owed money will want to be paid, plus the company who stopped work at TA over non-payment for making the new all-weather pitch. If the FL say that GFH and the IIB pass the FPPT, even with the financial chaos behind them, could they be sued by the debtors of GFH for allowing them to keep some control over the club and breaking their own FL ownership rules? As far as I can see Eleonora Sports are funded by the Cellino family wealth, and Massimo will only own 9.5% of the total shares, so they should walk the FPPT, maybe this has already been intimated to them by the FL, this would explain why they have paid the wages for the last two months and funded the loan players and paid off Enterprise. They know that they are in the clear, and the mess now is down to GFH. I guess that now GFH and IIB are trying to shift some of their share allocation to get below the magic 10% threshold so that they do not have to pass the FL FPPT. If anyone has any better idea's feel free to put them forward, after all I could be 100% wrong!

Makes sense but if this is the case how did they ever pass the test in the first place. They must have money didn't they just purchase a multi million pound house in London. I think they just wanted to make a quick buck with only minimal investment. Just want someone with money and passion at our helm. Believe if I ever become a billionaire leeds is top of my shopping list

04 Mar 2014 09:17:33
No gfh and iib already own club so don't need to pass fppt

Yes I understand that they already own the club, but the complete share structure has changed and I would expect that everything has to go before the FL again, and I would think that they have to approve everyone, especially as now when they look at the books and see what a mess they must be in.

Makes no difference whether they own 100% or 25%, they have already been vetted and sanctioned by the FL. The financial mess they are in may be a part of the FL questioning but would not mean they would have to take the test again
Vidlufc

GFH had a change of director in January. Would assume the FPPT would apply to new director

Agree with Paulux. Only thing he forgot was the accumulating debt for the remaining 25% signore cellino not buying. If cellino puts in 7.5 million you would expect the other investors to put 2.5 million in.

Likewise when it comes to buying players. I don't believe the 25% remaining investors have deep enough pockets to match Cellinos ambitions for leeds this will be the close seasons stumbling block I suppose.

04 Mar 2014 22:22:03
I understand that cellino will be paying everything going forward (you would need survivor to confirm) that's why gfh won't waste time talkin to farnan group because they would never match what is a dream deal for gfh!

Wow. If that's true GFH has the best of all worlds however does explain the buy out clause for when we reach the premership.

03 Mar 2014 23:47:26
My player evaluations vs QPR

Butland - Very quiet first half, couldn't really do much about the goal. Some good saves in the second half. I feel confident with shots and crosses coming in when Butland is in goal. Would be nice to have him back next season even if its just on loan.

Peltier - A better performance, looked more composed defensively. Showed good strength on a number of occasions.
Needs the help of his winger.

Lees - Doesn't take risks, defensively is pretty strong although sometimes he needs to be more decisive closing down shots. His weakness is his distribution.

Pearce - A very strong performance. I hardly noticed a foot being put wrong by Pearce. No nonsense and a leader at the back.

Warnock - Good performance. Would benefit from more help from his winger. Gets forward well and defensively is solid. His weakness is a lack of pace.

Kebe - A poor performance. His positioning was awful he has consistently allowing too much space for his opposite number. His passing was woeful and his effort seems to be severely lacking. Should have been substituted about 60 minutes in for Sam Byram. Should lose his place.

Austin - For the first 40 minutes the beast was back, first to every ball and passing was good. Started to tire in the second half a bit. Much better than of late.

Murphy - Really impressed with him recently. Hope the injury isn't serious. Only real criticism is he gave away a few too many cheap free kicks away due to being over eager.

Stewart - Better than Kebe but not by much. Seems scared of the ball. Needs to make runs into box for McCormack etc to find. Think Ariyibi deserves a shot in the starting 11

McCormack - Looks frustrated of late. Poor penalty but didn't let it phase him and got his goal but ultimately it cost us. He is a key player for us and with Wickham he should start to shine again.

Wickham - Great strength and great feet for a big lad. Already linking up well with Ross. Unlucky not to get a debut goal. Great signing. Hopefully the rumours of a £3million buy clause is true.

Mowatt - I like Mowatt, I think he will be a big player for us in a year or two and maybe even a future captain. Although I would like him to start regularly, Brian is doing the right thing not over using him as he is only 18. Came on and did well. Looks comfortable on the ball and likes to make forward breaks. A few more goals from him would be good, he is capable.

Byram - Should have come on earlier. Was he not fully fit? Class act but like Mowatt should not be overplayed to try and avoid too many injuries early on.

Brown - Regardless of what anyone says he does a job for us. He is a model professional and consistant. He sures up the midfield and always gives 100%. However he does give away too many free kicks and is slow now. Still a useful squad player.

McDermott - Biggest mistake was keeping Kebe on for so long. First half we were the best team but didn't make the most of us, but we need to use the wingers more instead of going long.