Leeds Banter Archive June 08 2012

08 Jun 2012 23:29:14
Leeds fans I hate to be doom and gloom but wake up and smell the freshly ground coffe ken bates will be sipping in Monta Carlo's cafe de Paris. He will use this investment story as an excuse come August as too why we haven't signed anybody and our current squad will all gave greedy agents wanting more money. Unless he goes we will always be a championship / league 1 team on league 1 budgets but premier league prices and crowds.

Dark days ahead unless bates goes ! None of this get behind him and he saved us c£!p. he put is in administration and is holding a potential English giant back !!

Rarther a person than a C£&T !

08 Jun 2012 22:52:53
Phoenix for the flames........ we were great once, we are still great and we will be great again.... leeds till i die... mot

08 Jun 2012 21:32:21
{Ed013's Note - Just for your information, I have blocked 2 people from this site tonight. I will not tolerate comments on Munich, I don't care what you think of our Rivals, opinions like that get kept to yourself. Also the person that just offered someone a rope to hang himself. Remember GARY SPEED. Enough said}

08 Jun 2012 20:58:26
Not so much of a rumour, but why dont all leeds fan get money and get the club back for the fans and kick on with player the fans want :)

That's 40,000 fans putting in £1,000 each just to buy the club (roughly) then ask them for another £1,000 to run the club bring in new players and pay wages. If I had £2,000 spare yu could have it pal. Phil Bramley

Leeds only has 40,000 fans??How about 80,000 put in 500? or 160,000 put in 250? or 320,000 put in 125 pounds each?

08 Jun 2012 20:46:02
i seriously think that when bates' stiff dead fingers are eventually broken off to unclutch them from our great, great club, we will enter into a period in our history that most of our mighty fans have probably forgotten that they actually dreamed of us ever reaching. Is it time for the giant to be awoken?

08 Jun 2012 20:37:40
To all those Leeds fans who think that Warnock has been brought in due to a take over and he's a good boss with the cash then wrong. I'm not a Leeds fan, Huddersfield in fact. He was our boss a few years ago and worked miracles with some dross. Warnock shops at Matalan. He makes the best out of a t-shirt and jeans. Give him the brass to go to a proper tailors (QPR in the premier) and he buys a suit that doesn't match the shoes. He was employed because bates wants a crack at success on the cheap. Leeds don't deserve a con man like bates. Get him out of football. Ooo too be a...

08 Jun 2012 19:58:47
The whole situation stinks of a campaign generated by Bates to drag all us fans through the summer in the hope of something big only for it to all fall apart in August and leave us high and dry, with no time for Bates to dip those short hands into those long pockets.
At no time have the club suggested there was a takeover happening, merely the statement of possible investment which could mean anything but more importantly (and obviously by the way people have got carried away with it) can be interpreted in various ways, Sadly i feel we have a long and dissapointing summer ahead of us.

I said this 2 weeks ago on this site . Takeover talks are just a smokescreen. Leopard bates is not going to change his spots at this time of his life .

08 Jun 2012 16:31:42
A little respite from all things Leeds united on to all things England. Although we don't appear to have a great deal of chance, I would just like to ask all our fantastic fans to join me and wish the boys well in the competition. Let's hope it allows us all to get behind the boys and hopefully produce some really good displays and put a smile on pur faces for a change lol. Phil Bramley

I dont think so I support Eire.

08 Jun 2012 14:51:20
Warnock will know exactly what is happening at ER even though he has been o holiday! So to the people saying Warnock will be getting frustrated etc.. Stop getting worked up on rumours (probably written by fans of scum, Forrest and others), sit tight like the rest of us and wait until a deal is done if it is to be! Yes the chances are we may not get Killa and Hargreaves, but what do you expect we're in the championship, we're not the team we used to be. Chill out!
RyanMOT

If warnock comes back today and there is no investment happening and its all been a lie then warnock will be gone by Monday

You are talking Rubbish, why would you be speculating this?

I'm the original poster! Not talking rubbish at all! You think Warnock would be kept in the dark about the clubs possible finance change/takeover investment etc? :/
RyanMOT

08 Jun 2012 13:46:47
Well, here goes.... All Leeds fans... What do we think about the following players...
Aidy White is he worth a much bigger pay packet.. If he loves the club as he says then it shouldnt matter (it wouldnt to me)

Ross Mccormack Ok he bagged 19 goals last season but still dont think he has proved himself as yet and wont renew his deal anyhow...Wants a bigger pay packet cos he scored 19 goals lasy year.. Would he do it again( open to debate I guess)

Rob Snodgrass the heart and soul of leeds utd... Loves the club and wants us to be successful.. The ambitions of the club havent been met by the so called board..

Adam Clayton... For me not a great midfielder and i think there is better quality in this division than him... Works hard ill give him that but final pass and technique let him down...

So who do we believe could replace these players in the new coming season.. I believe Warnock when he says he can bring in a much better calibre of squad....But they have to wear the shirt with pride not just for the wages...

Marching on together..

Replace mcormack but other than that no, if we has the fund available to us with possible takeover then try to keep our best players, I personally like clayton would like to see him prove himself even more next season as all he wanted was a payrise, like most of us bloody well do! It is his job at end of day, you telling me you never asked for moremoney from your boss.

Sussex White. MOT!

Absolute rubbish.... Every last word. Clayton not that good?!

Talking out your arse bruv! Bet you liked having him last season. Only got your knickers in a twist because he wanted more money!

Sussex White. MOT!

Sorry but a good start to the season doesn't make you a good player. Clayton, as well as many others, were below par for the middle and end of the season. you could easily replace him Danny Guthrie? My choice would be Stuart Holden. I'd keep McCormack and Snodgrass because a goalscorer and a man who can create things out of nothing are very useful, plus they will play far better with more quality around them.

Claytons been playing the role of Harry Houdini since Warnock arrived, vanished in most of them games

Funny, people were saying that about super Jonny Howson when Clayton was playing well.

A lot of drivel here - Clayton was our best player last season.

The players are underpeforming because they demoralised and under valued and all this 'I would play for Leeds whatever the money' stuff is immature, disingenuous drivel.

FACT - Leeds offered Howson a 10% increase to £4,400. Norwich offered £20,000. There is not one person on here who, if they had the talent to be a PROFESSIONAL footballer, would turn down a 500% salary increase and the chance to play in the Premiership.

Footballers are not fans - they are doing a job. They have very short careers and often have very long retirements with little or no income. My son recently bought a holiday from an ex Leeds player who now works in a travel agent in Meadowhall. Another ex player is a personal trainer at my local gym. Is that what they expected when they were playing European football or in the England Under 21s?

Who in their right mind would turn down the chance for a better life for their family just to play for one football team over another? I love Leeds United, but I'd put my wife and kids first every minute of every day and I'd be very suspicious of anyone who wouldn't.

Dont think anyone at Norwich is on more than £15k per week. It's their wage cap

08 Jun 2012 12:38:51
Anyone seriously know when these money talks, takeover/investment whatever it is will be completed one way or the other, it's getting ridiculous now, not hearing from anyone at the the club, we're falling further and further behind this should have been sorted by the end of the season!!

I must say that it does seem ages ago since the club announced that they where in talks for investment within the club.

It hasnt been that long really. takeover/investments can take a while.

You wont hear any thing till its signed sealed and delivered, only people that will know whats happening and when are Bates and the rest of his board pluss the intrested party (buyers), so just sit tight like the rest of us, only time will tell

08 Jun 2012 11:52:37
Daily mirror! Enough said. Warnock is more than likely to be frustrated at present but killgallon and hill currently play in the prem where we are currently not. You can understand them wanting to stay. Warnock is a total pro and will not walk out on the chance of managing the super leeds. Bates will be gone by next week and we SHALL have new owners and signing players will become a lot easier due to investment in club. Head up! MOT darren

Good to here something positive my glass is half full super Leeds

Hope you're right...getting a bit depressed about it all at the moment.

Thanks Darren, great post. Our time is coming...K

08 Jun 2012 11:43:12
Having now read that the judge overseeing the latest KB libel case state that £4m of Leeds United money has been wasted, then I have at last no other choice but to add my name to the Bates Out campaign. Think what we could have achieved with that investment on players last season or this pre summer. KB thank you for rescuing us but now I see the true cost, you have no interest in this club and are just asset stripping it and using it for your own agenda. Go now.

08 jun 2012 11:14:36
message for roman abramovich--sorry about missing out on battersea power station i know you are keen to move...well come to leeds utd, where you will enjoy the best supporters in the world..and believe me room to expand, hope to see you soon, in yorkshire, mot

Any season without silverware he sacks a manager, that the sort of instability you want at ER?

08 Jun 2012 10:25:24
Hi all - does anyone else think there could be anything to rumours I'm hearing that this investment/takeover talk is merely a smokescreen for inactivity and multiple court cases, all of which Ken Bates will lose, all through the summer?

Personally, I'm not sure what is going on, as the club has been incredibly tight lipped, and to me it doesn't sound like much progress is being made. {Ed037's Note - There is evidence that the investment talk is ongoing, yet we won't find out what's materialised of it until it's finalised}

No. It is a fact that whoever it is doing a takeover/investment has been showed around leeds city and thorpe arch. Whether they invest or not is a different matter. {Ed037's Note - No, it is fact that the investment talk is ongoing, i never specified what stage the investment was at, please don't try to argue over stupid things}

08 Jun 2012 09:11:07
Leeds 14/1 to win championship 12/13 with betfair. Anyone know what other bookies are offering?

If you go to www.oddschecker.com they should give you a grid of all the bookies prices.

Mad Mick

Im not doubting your sources, but how can two places vary so much? 14/1 and 12/13 ? 14/1 seems more realistic to win the league.

He means 14/1 to win the league in the 2012/2013 season.. ha

08 Jun 2012 08:52:43
I don't know who started this Lorimer rumour but not true at all. Even Phil Hay just twitted that he asked him and is not true. I think is just groups of fans putting pressure on Bates and co and trying to squeeze some sort of news. Same goes for warnock. I think this I'd a critical time for United hence everyone is being coy. One thing is for sure that this is s new level of fans unity and is having an effect on Bates. My disappointment lay with Lorimer as all fans are waiting for Warnock to enlighten the fans, a man we all used to have a go at while s club legend who we all adored refuses to engage with the fans and at least give us some sort of hope for the future. This is the last time sir I will call you a legend.

Wasnt Lorimer appointed to the board initially as someone to be a link between the board and the fans? Sadly he quickly forgot his remit and became a yes man to those giving his freebies. The fans are not stupid and on many occasions this season Lorimer has disagreed with them in his YEP column only to back track at the end of last season. The fans can see what needs doing, Warnock saw it too but PL still disagrees. No longer a legend or a fans representative within the club. Go now and we might forgive you.

08 Jun 2012 00:50:54
would like to see George Boyd at Elland Road if snodgrass goes.

I dont think any of our top players will be leaving if we get taken over including white and clayton . we will then build a solid team

08 Jun 2012 00:31:20
Lorimer has resigned.

My guy tells me he was pushed.

Get ready, a new dawn is coming.

Wrong!