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12 years ago @ The Scratching Shed - The Word Of Ken: Post ... · 0 replies · +3 points

Well, true. But at the same time Grayson's been very close (in his view) to signing 3-4 players. So clearly cash has absolutely nothing to do with our failure to sign anybody.

I worry about Grayson. He's good with a squad, but when it comes to transfers I think he lets players and agents give him the run-around. Might be wrong, but it's the impression he gives what with missing out on a host of players every time.

Puncheon, Kakuta, etc. We could've had a legendary team and that doesn't come cheap. But the new plan of attack was to leave everything to the last minute, when player/agent demands would drop. Well, it failed completely.

12 years ago @ The Scratching Shed - The Word Of Ken: Post ... · 0 replies · +3 points

Very disappointed to have lost Max so cheaply, but to actually know the price he went for is a big consolation.

Feels a lot better. Recently Leeds has been acting more like China than a football club...

12 years ago @ The Scratching Shed - Grayson Admits Whites ... · 0 replies · +2 points

I've always been a Max Gradel fan (well, since he arrived at Leeds), but he's definitely not in the same league as Kakuta. Real shame we couldn't sign him.

So what [i]do[/i] we have?

GK: All sewn up with two good keepers.
Right-back: Tom Lees (who is more a centre-back?) and Paul Connolly
Centre-back: O'Dea, Kisnorbo, O'Brien, Bruce, Bromby
Left-back: Aidy White (who is more a left-winger?) and Ben Parker (ever injured.)
The wings: Snoddy, Lloyd Sam... must be someone else???
Centre-mids: Michael Brown, Howson, Clayton,
Forwards: Becchio, Keogh, McComarck, Somma, Paynter...

And Ramon Nunez who's good enough for the first XI, but where?

Clearly we need a left-back, but other than that our team isn't too bad. Need depth in centre-mid and the wing. It doesn't take away the fact that Gradel shouldn't have left for the reported E2mil.

12 years ago @ The Scratching Shed - Boycotting Manchester ... · 0 replies · +2 points

Sounds like we need professionals looking into Mr Bates' ownership. That's the only way we can succeed given those limitations.

The problem is, I'm willing to bet The Guardian have done some minor digging, and HMRC haven't looked into Mr Bates despite the pressure to do so.

Perhaps if we get hundreds of fans to write letters to their local MPs, the MPs will see it as something easy to curry favour with the fans through, and take up the slack.

12 years ago @ The Scratching Shed - Boycotting Manchester ... · 0 replies · 0 points

To the original post: hear, hear!

12 years ago @ The Scratching Shed - Hope Leaves Leeds Unit... · 0 replies · +1 points

I said a while back that with the looks of the teams coming down into the Championship and the likes of Leicester spending big bucks, I'd be sorely tempted not to spend anything this season and save it up to spend in a burst to get promoted once the better teams have gone up and the likes of Swansea have come back down.

Could be that he's thinking the same?

There's also the £12mil(I think?) that we'll owe if we get back to the Prem in a specific period of time. Could be that he'd rather we tick along making a small profit and not get promoted until the debts have expired. That way he can still invest in the clubs' assets and make some slow progress.

I wouldn't put asset stripping past him but surely he'd make more money just keeping our squad together as if we didn't lose the likes of Max Gradel we'd be guaranteed promotion within a few years...

12 years ago @ The Scratching Shed - Hope Leaves Leeds Unit... · 1 reply · +2 points

http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Leeds_United/Leed...
&http://www.wafll.com/leeds-united-badges.html

Blue & gold stripes (darker than our current blue & yellow merch), with a big black bit in the centre (as mourning for Bates asset stripping our club!) and our original City crest in the middle?

Or something like that. I'm sure someone else could do a better scarf...

12 years ago @ The Scratching Shed - Hope Leaves Leeds Unit... · 0 replies · +2 points

What on earth does a tele possess that's worth robbing, TSS? :P

I'll admit I've pretty much given up on this season already. We looked good at times despite the poor final results. But the left-back position is as weak as ever. In fact, our only cover for Aidy White is the seemingly eternally injured Ben Parker! With Gradel gone we've a massive hole to fill on the wing (and Nunez would be better used in the centre of the park).

Which makes me wonder if this wasn't always Grayson's plan, given he was trying out Alex Mendy in pre-season?

12 years ago @ The Scratching Shed - LUFC: The Newcastle Un... · 0 replies · +3 points

What gets me is what exactly we're doing with the income the club is generating. This club has the ability to generate revenue to match any other club in this league. And there aren't that many clubs being artificially pumped with money. There's no excuse for Leeds not to get playoffs this season. Yet it looks out of reach already.

We sold Delph for roughly £6mil and there wasn't any discernable increase in spending on the squad.

This year we've released no less than 14 players. Our incomings? Lonergan (who should be on roughly Kasper's wages), Rachubka, Andy Keogh on loan, O'Dea on loan, Brown....

It's hardly as if five players should be on the collective wages of fourteen, no matter how proven they are at Championship level.

The answer is obviously the £7mil East Stand development, but am I the only one thinking there's a couple of millions going missing each season to no discernable black hole?

We're not a mid-table team in either division. We're a Tottenham, not a Newcastle. But getting back to the Premiership is hard when you've got a brick wall to walk through in the form of the Parachute Payments.

12 years ago @ The Scratching Shed - Sochaux Chairman: Grad... · 0 replies · +1 points

The question is, what's the pricetag?

Schmeichel was being sold for £1mil in our media, £250k in Leicester media. And nowadays most people (now that there's less interest in it) people say about £750k.

If Gradel goes we'll probably never know how much for. I just hope we don't get rid of him for less than £5mil. He may only have one year left on his contract but he's that good. Just think what he was like vs. Arsenal when Snoddy was locked out of the game by the same defence...

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