Leeds Rumours Archive February 01 2012

01 Feb 2012 23:56:03
Guy really good rumour going about bate's swiss company have seen portsmoth as there/his next money making oppertunity they'll make a bid in the 11 th hour like they did to us
Source portsmoth based accountant good connections

Portsmouth based accountant - thank god you're not an English teacher. Learn to spell.

If Bates is involved which I doubt. He would have to sell Leeds first. Your not allowed to own 2 clubs at same time.

This IS Bates we're talking about. If there's a loop hole, he'd find it!

Sorry original poster to clear up I'm not the accountant I know him and it's a rumour not fact MOT

01 Feb 2012 21:12:28
Paul Peschisolido next leeds manager odds slashed

Lets get david oleary back he will bring the kids through done it before can do it again

Karen Bradys fella - no doubt it - financial & business links with bates probs tho - so don't rule it out as a favour to a friend - like to his god sons dad - Wise ! Rather have Roy Keane & Alfie as coach !!!

That will be Roy Keane who walks out when he fails? which he does everytime. Id rather have Bryan Robson and Peter Ried (and I dont want them either)

Odds slashed?? You can name your odds(ie 50's plus) What a clown you are, stop putting crap on here.

01 Feb 2012 18:34:21
Mourinho to be new Leeds manager was apparently down to 9/1 last week after his announcement saying he's leaving Real Madrid for a Premier League club at end of season...!! There were also rumours of a swap deal (from out of Chelsea, not Leeds!) between Bates and Abramovich, but Bates had to stump up £150m. Can't remember where I read it mind, so maybe not a decent source, lol

Greatest imaginable thing that can happen to our club, aslo very unrealistic. But we can dream!

Mourinho would be very good news indeed, but my money is on Di Matteo....

01 Feb 2012 18:25:57
ive stuck by bates recently, when the few fans protested and wrote about. but now i can see why some dont like him, he has sacked grayson. its at the wrong time just after the tranfer window, so that a new manager cant his stamp on the club. he is playing games with our beloved club. BATES OUT
MOT

Like Bates or not he saved the club. Agree he should be putting more investment into the club but Larry has had more than a fair chance to show what he can do and he proved it is very little. Personally I dont think he had a clue when it came to tactics. He couldnt change his game plan and we were so predictable.

Do you think Grayson knew what was coming last night? No subs was very unusual for him.

Its been on the wall a bit, defence was rubbish and still is, new manager can loan again soon or get people out of contract to change things a bit, a couple of signings and stop letting easy goals in and we can be beat any of the teams in that league. just hope the new manager is big enough to attract top players which I dont think grayson is but he as done a good job for leeds! MOT

01 Feb 2012 18:18:58
Apprently Radebe is 12/1 to get the amangers job i would this be a good thing?

CW {Ed020's Note - would be, he was a world class defender!!}

But we need a manager not someone who was a world class player.

He means he was a world class defender, ie knowing how to defend ie teach our retarded defence how to defend {Ed020's Note - some people take a while to work things out don't they!! lol.}

Agree,look at the class players that have bombed as managers,doesnt always follow.

Because he was a quality player does not
mean he would be a quality coach would be a big risk need a manager with manergerial
experience .Who? to be honest would go for
Warnock/curbishley/o,leary

He might not be the worst choice. Rather him than some old ex-Chelscum toadie of Bates'

Bad idea could ruin his status as a leeds legend

Would be a bad thing, I love Lucas, but it never works. It didn't work for Clarke, Bremner, McAliister or Grayson. Ex Players don't generally succeed sadly.

I wouldnt say grayson didnt succeed. we're in a far better position than when we took over.

He said only coaching job he would consider is leeds or south africa

Id prefer it if he came back to play at the heart of our defence!

Would be a good idea as a defensive coach but that is all.

'Ex-players don't generally make good managers/coaches' - have you been hiding under a rock. What about Fergy, Keegan, Dalglish, O'Leary, Mancini. Give us a break and stop talking rubbish.

Radebe would not be a bad shout, but personally I think we should be going for someone who will attract players rather than shunning them.

01 Feb 2012 18:03:29
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink to be named Leeds manager by Bristol City game {Ed020's Note - source?}

01 Feb 2012 17:41:48
Ken bates has made a sneaky move for the current real madrid manager Jose mourinho who has had enough of Spanish life after the Madrid fans are starting to turn there back on him come on ken I don't care how much he costs he's the best manager in the world {Ed020's Note - shut up! lol}

Mourinho to be new Leeds manager was apparently down to 9/1 last week after his announcement saying he's leaving Real Madrid for a Premier League club at end of season...!! There were also rumours of a swap deal (from out of Chelsea, not Leeds!) between Bates and Abramovich, but Bates had to stump up £150m. Can't remember where I read it mind, so maybe not a decent source, lol

This is true. My parents in law live in Spain and I was talking to them tonight and all the Madrid papers are linking Jose with the Leeds job. I dont think they realise we are not a big club anymore. Unlike Madrid''s Council Leeds Council wont buy the training ground off us for £500 million then sell it back six months later for £30 million. {Ed001's Note - they didn't do that. They bought the old dilapidated training ground for that, but they actually sold them a much bigger and better one for £30m, not the old one back.}

01 Feb 2012 17:21:43
I would be interested in hhearing what you all think if we installed O'Leary as manager?
I was gutted when he left.
He has been out of work after losing his job in dubai last april.
Would instill a lot of beleif in our young squad.

I think that mick mccarthy will be the new manager

He never deserved to leave - sacked for not getting a champions league place and some are calling Simon's sacking harsh (although our club was ruined for not achieving that goal). Ridsdale was the problem he did the contracts and loan money.
I would welcome O'Leary back at least he can bring youth players through and restore our academy.

I agree with the post above. Did any other Leeds manager get more out of the players then David O'Leary? Best of luck to Simon for getting us out of Div 1.

There is a reason why he is out of work and cant get a new job! The only way I would give him the job would be for three months and if he got us in the playoffs then he coukd stay.

Chris sulley is doing a good job within the academy it's a 5 year job to have a real impact I hope he gets the time.

I thought he left because Ferdinand was sold. Didn't realise he was sacked.

01 Feb 2012 16:14:49
my mate son of board member says neil lennon in the frame to get managers job

Good God Id rather someone from the Pendle Sunday Charity League than Celtic. Lennon? Start an argument in a room on his own

01 Feb 2012 15:58:28
I feel for Grayson but its a results business ok bates hasn't given him money but neither has Barnsley and they thrashed us twice +the defence has been crap for all three years of his reign and he still hasn't sorted it .it will be warnock

Barnsley have been building there championship squad for much longer so cant really compare the two teams

Sorry to say i feel for SG but last nights result was the final straw and i agree the defence has been shocking for too long whcih is ironic considering he was a defender.
Wish him all the best in the future and thank him for getting us into the championship but now its time for someone else to get us to the Premier league.

Would that be Barnsley who are below us in the league? Individual results don't matter - we beat QPR twice last year and took 6 points off Burnley this year. The table is all that matters and, as the second cheapest team to build in the division, anything higher than 23rd is a statistical overachievement. Grayson's record - almost a 50% win rate, is excellent considering his resources. It won't get better unless money is given to the next manager. Interesting timing though - just when the window closes....

01 Feb 2012 15:51:12
It's a long shot and a big risk, but I'd like to see Paolo Di Canio have a go. I know he's only just started his managerial career and he's extremely unpredictable, but he'd be reasonably cheap (important criteria for Bates!). Let's get some passion back at Elland Road.....imagine 35,000 Leeds fans behind Di Canio at Elland Road....it would be a formidable place for the oppsosition.
Having said that, I do feel sorry for Grayson...as the season went on, it became more and more obvious that Bates was giving him bugger all to spend. My only criticism is that the more it went on, the more he looked like a 'yes' man and Bates' puppet. He should have resigned, spilt the beans on Bates and walked away with his head held high.

WHY NOW! after arguably our best performance of the season now the new man cant bring anybody in!!

Bates will probably pull a tramp in off the street and give him the job as muppet

If he was to give the job to a muppet off the street that would be someone out of the North Stand

01 Feb 2012 14:59:34
I would like to see Redfearn given a chance 4-5 games he has done well with the academy and deserves a shot
In the long run i expect Zola Di-Matteo or someone with history of Bates dealings - watch us climb now

Someone with Bates History. That probably means Wisey then - god help us!

Could do ok but acadamy is a big difference to the championship

No more stand in's or let try someone. This is Leeds United and we want a manager who can lead and get us back where we belong

Redfearn? You've got to be joking! The Academy is in turmoil! {Ed020's Note - its pulling out results tho}

Wheresmyour back up for academy is in turmoil.redfern runs the 18s, christ sulley is academy manager and is doing a decent job...only 1 year in post.

01 Feb 2012 14:53:49
If billy Davies or Dave Jones become manager then I'm not off again ill support ossett town.

Billy davies would be a great apointment I hope you are watching Ossett Town soon as that would mean he is our Manager.

01 Feb 2012 14:43:25
I have from a good source close to the club billy davis is our new manager!! that wouldnt disappoint me to be honest,he did a good job at forest on a small budget!

Billy Davies hates leeds united
warnock will take over,hes worked with harvey before at scarboro and bates wanted him when he was chelsea chairman

Billy Davies hates leeds united
warnock will take over,hes worked with harvey before at scarboro and bates wanted him when he was chelsea chairman

Done well on a small budget? how long have forest been in the championship?

01 Feb 2012 14:37:08
Candidates for the Job?

Warnock?
Curbishley?
Boothroyd?
Graham?
Karl Robinson?
Keith Hill?
Ian Dowie ( only joking)?
Steve Bruce?
Billy Davies ( Could be a big shout)
Gordon Strachan?
Controversial- Darren Ferguson?
Roy Keane?
Glenn Hoddle?
O'Leary?
Dennis Wise??!!
Zola?
Desailly?
Poyet?

Any others? I have probably missed some obvious ones?

I for one would love to see Gus Poyet back. In my opinion he was the man that ran the team back in the Wisey days and when he left Dennis did not have a clue. Also have Bates connection from their Chelsea days.

Nice list. I'd take Warnock first, then Boothroyd or Strachan. Bruce needs a large transfer budget if you look at his past, so that's a non starter.

How about another joker who's on the same page as Bates like Paolo Di Canio? ROFL! JOKE!

Warnock any day of the week his teams are hard to beat. We don't have to worry about attacking but defending, if Warnock can get a few good bodies in defence someone like Clinton hill we will have a chance of going up, top two starting to have a bumpy patch we have what I consider an easy run games we can win. MOT

Someone who is willing to get sack with over 50 percent win record, ambitious enough to gain promotion to the top flight with a squad of gutless wonders (bar snoddy) and no money, someone whose willing to recognise that 3 points off the playoffs with 18 games to go is not good enough surrounded by clubs spending fortunes, someone willing to travel to Monaco every month to meet the chairman, someone willing to work with only 3 members of coaching staff, someone willing to nurture the youth and get the best out of average players only for them to be sold.
Dennis wise it is then.

Jose Mourinho im sure he said he likes a challange

Bruce would be good hate to see warnock I def won't go if he takes over

Lee Clarke - Huddersfield
Neil redfern is 9/1 on SSN
Dave jones - ex Cardiff
Di matteo - chelsea No2.

Here's some names from various betting sights and SSN. anyone but Bruce! But will Bates go cheap on redfern?

Ho w about Sean O'Driscoll (Aint he assistant nower days) His teams always play good footy.. And he's cost naff all ! {Ed001's Note - he is assistant manager at Forest.}

I'd like Poyet but he has a good job at brighton. My number 1 is Warnock all day tho and if not someone like dave jones or billy davies

I certainly would not mind poyet back at all but think my first choice would be George graham! He's a grey manager and sh*t hot on defence work! Get him signed up!!

I would like George Graham with Tony Adams as assistant

You missed

mourihnio
rikjard
pep guadiola
gus hiddink
johan cruff

lol

Would like to see radebe have a go, tho i dont think he's interested in management. Doubt he would work for a numbnut like capt'n birdseye also.

Hey guys your forgetting one manager..
ME i`ll do it for 50 k a year, writing my application now.

Think it's safe to say Bates won't be paying compensation to another club so it's an out work manager (like Warnock). Will he really work for whatever paltry sum Bates will offer though? I think it probably will be him but wouldn't surprise me if he stuck with Redfearn til the summer. Cheap, no compensation, will be easy to manipulate and won't be making any demands. Will be a useful scapegoat for Bates when he needs one next.

Curbishley, Di Canio, Shearer. In that order. Probably impossible, but you never know...

If roy keane gets the job i am no longer a leeds supporter

Curbishley for me.hes been out a while now and will be chomping at the bit and have loads of tricks brewing up his sleeves.also he could have neil redfearn as his no 2 as he was his captain at charlton for years

Get Georgie boy Graham outta retirement .. let's see a return to proper defending at ER ! ! !

01 Feb 2012 14:31:21
I would just Like to congratulate a majority of mindless morons whose obsession with ken bates ownership has resulted in the sacking of Leeds moat promising manager since David oleary. Since the start of the season until now you have contributed to the detrimental atmosphere on and off the pitch, singing bates out all way through games, win or lose,you are an embarrassment. causing the players to work under immense pressure,lack of confidence, and attempting to cause division between the fans and club.hope we get warnock now to serve u all right n watch long ball football for the next five years.

And id like to thankyou for been blind and ignorant.were you watching?

There's only one person who got Grayson sacked, mate, can you work it out?

Get a life, we pay our hard earned money to Leeds Udt the only loyal thing at the club is the fans. I am paying £750 for my season ticket so have the right to show my displeasure at the awful crap we have all been watching.

Original poster, the type of football we have been forced to stomach under SG is extermely poor.
He got us promoted then found he was out of his depth.

I would happily take long ball football as Warnock has a good record of promotion from this division which is the aim

Theres only one person with that comment ,so your happy to have a shambles of a defence and clearley no tactical ideas what so ever! did you watch the game if i was Grayson i would of gone my self ,it was awful they just watched as the guy scored the goals ,couldnt even pick him up in the 18 yard box.so what was going to change ?

Grayson is better than oleary was. Oleary sucked!

The only reason he did well was because the team he inherited was really good, but with a half-decent manager, we could have won the premier league.

Try spec savers or support Arsenal, Wenger is a blind t*sser too

So we hav'nt played long ball football under simon then.

Sometimes a change is good - no one can pretend Blackpool, Barnsley and now Birmingham were acceptable performances - SG will not have to sign on - his departure as a Leeds lad is sad but necessary - we can still go up this season as to be honest non of the other teams have been much cop either.

Bates is just a current fact of life and he will be there until someone rich comes along - get behind the whites and the new manager whoever he maybe -

David "we're still a young team" o'leary promising?!...thats a new one on me.

Are you sure you have been watching the same team as me, total ineptitude and a back line to make my local girls team look solid. Please go have, a sleep and come back when you have had a reality check

Leeds will always have the shoot them self in the foot attitude....Yorkshire, thick int tharm...thick int thead.

Grayson has done a great job at the club, moron's have got him the sack. We are supposed to have the best fan's in the land, but clubs realise how easy it is to get the crowd to turn inward.

And this is from a Leeds fan.

I cannot remember any fans turning on Grayson.

01 Feb 2012 14:25:29
Grayson sacked, Bates buys himself some more time by removing SG. Results not good enough but who's to blame -it has to be Bates' lack of investment. SG went along with situation too long because of his Leeds connection and has now been made the scapegoat, results may not lie but neither does a lack of financial commitment and a love of club from the chairman.

To be fair though, I don't see how lack of investment = players playing bad. Surely it's the players' faults for not playing as well as they are capable of, and the manager's fault for not getting them to play the right way.

01 Feb 2012 14:01:08
SG sacked, Neil Redfearn will manage the team on Saturday if no one is brought in before then.

What a load of tosh!!!..... it's not SG's fault.... lack of funds and no backing from the chairman and also LACK of support from supposedly LOYAL FANS..... the SH*T will really hit the fan now.... no chance of promotion now!!

Not before time - he's taken us as far as he could and his limitations, naivety and failings in the 'market' exposed - who's next?

I agree with the above post, apart from we had no chance of promotion anyways. With no money to buy his best players sold he did an amazing job.

Its funny they waited until the day after the transfer window (more importantly season ticket early renewal deadline) before the change. Bates will pay off SG with a confidentiality agreement so he can't say anything, then blame SG for everything. Also he has a justifiable excuse to hammer the loan market again next week with his new lackey.

Well planned Ken. I hate you but I have to admire your ruthless cunning.

Yeah,made some stunning signings,Rachubka,Paynter etc,in dire need of defenders and kept getting wingers,strikers,lost the plot,just poor timing of the sacking.

01 Feb 2012 13:59:23
Warnock 2-1 fav for Leeds job

Will do a job, get the best of the players and hopefully promoted then will be happy to walk away with £2m in his back pocket just like he did with QPR. He is OK as a person and will stand up to KB , who respects people who tell him to F*** off when they believe he is wrong, SG didnt do this so ultimately paid the price. KB is 70's style Boss , the good old days when you could hire & fire if they turned out to be no good !

I like him and his honesty and he has a great track record of getting teams up. My only reservation is that he gets teams up and then they come straight back down again. Also, his Sheffield connections may make him like McCleish at Aston Villa.

I dislike warnock ,he really gets on my wick . cant stand listening to him in his interviews. do not employ this tosser

Bates is a bully and thug, SG was too weak which is not an insult, he's just a nicer human being

01 Feb 2012 13:46:27
TalkSh1t are reporting that Grayson has been fired.

01 Feb 2012 13:34:12
Davide, hope youre reading, we need you back lad, you and ross would do nicely up top

Becchio is getting there he just needs to stop rushing is shots .

01 Feb 2012 12:17:15
The official site and YEP are very very quiet this morning always post some rubbish before 10, today nothing at all. maybe big news coming later, have you heard anything ed. Not sure how everyone else is feeling, it is bad enough to go down 4-1 at home, which we can come back from as everyone is beating everyone but the crap they come out with that 3 new signings will be in etc and we get one is just wrong. bates needs to come out and tell us what the problem really is, not he as the cash etc. if he as and cannot attract players to the club, he needs to go!! MOT forever but very depressed today

I posted this thought it was odd, now he as been sacked! hope it is not davis!

01 Feb 2012 08:57:49
to all those posters who say last night we were tactically inept and what can you do against balls crossed into a 6ft 7 striker i say how about challenging for the ball you know actually jumping for it i was at the game stood behind the goal and the striker did not have to leave the ground to head his goals now unless our defenders are only 3ft tall a jump would get them to the same height they have to at least try just like their defenders did no sorry but their crosses into the box were far superior to ours

If you stop the supply in the first place it doesn't matter how tall or good in the air their striker is

It would help if we worked harder to stop the crosses in the first place and show a bit more 'nowse' by putting one defender in front and one behind to make it more difficult for the attacker. Not rocket Science.

For the forth goal we did have one defender in front, one behind and the keeper right next to him on the front post. He still managed to score!

The defence could have boxed him in and stop him jumping for the balls

01 Feb 2012 08:44:32
the only thing that annoys me is that we're told we have a transfer budget, and only get free's and loans, now im not saying go and spend millions but come on our defence needs sorting, and its the same thing every transfer window
jem

If we had money available I think he would of spent it lets be honest we don't it's in kens back pocket.

Totally agree, i dont think there was ever a transfer budget which makes me feel sorry for sg, but he's gone now, i just hope gus poyet comes in