New part owners
New strip
Outbounds and inbounds....
Always going to be a big preseason on change after 1 full season in charge.
Red Bull finally part of the club and I'm not sure its a good thing because we have no real idea why they have invested, they have given no indication, its not clear how the investment benefits us ie they bought a stake from 49ers but how does that financially benefit Leeds....and finally I think mutilple ownership models in football just dont work.
With RB comes a new strip, a lot of noise about red in it. The only thing about the red is how much do owners and sponsors recognise the issue for fans and be seen to do good PR by removing red from their logo, that's all, otherwise doesnt mean a thing.
Obviously big loss to lose Gray, a huge talent for sure, and in isolation, we should be able to cope, but we need money to pay for these stupid Marsch era siginings.
I'm not sure it will be in isolation though and we could well be losing players like Summerville and Rutter too.
Talking of the Marsch era signings, those are coming back and talking about unfinished business, blah blah blah.....none of. them are wanted back, but we have problem with them because no one else really wants to buy them so they keep going out on loan and their value decreases.
Why oh why didn't we sell Harrison to Leicester when we had the chance....because 49ers blocked it and now we're loaning him out seeing value decrease. Farcical.
The Lewis Bates and Charlie Cresswells the generational talent and future for Leeds exit quietly.
Sam Greenwood another loan for a player that we just cant sell, my G-d how sh! t were Orta's dealings and lengths of transfers.
We have an inbound in Rodon, but it hardly feels like an inbound.
Season starts in a month, Eurps can get in way of transfers chains, but we cant afford to start season late again like last year.
Where are we at?
posted on 7/7/24
Its funny, but the same talk was had at the start of last season, and people were bringing the club down for not doing enough!..
Like I said up there somewhere, the club did a good job with the players they brought in, and that was while fighting the dumbass deals that crapped the best of what they could have done up!..
They seem to be getting a few of those deals out the door now, and we should back them a bit more to let them know they have our support!..
As difficult as things were for them, they're doing a hell of a lot better than those that they took over from!..
"You don't think that we will tap into various Red Bull academies, RB Salzberg, RB Leipzig, New York Red Bulls, RB Bragantino as has been suggested by many as a recruitment strategy then."
It'd be a bit upsetting if any of them tapped into us!..
posted on 7/7/24
Ipswich signing Hull's Philogene and team of the season CB Jacob Greaves. Wtf are we doing letting a team from Suffolk take decent championship players from down the road. Should have gone for Greaves (Hull lad)
posted on 7/7/24
comment by Shaun M - supercalifragilisticOrtaisatrocious (U9955)
posted 1 hour, 6 minutes ago
Ipswich signing Hull's Philogene and team of the season CB Jacob Greaves. Wtf are we doing letting a team from Suffolk take decent championship players from down the road. Should have gone for Greaves (Hull lad)
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.....and I should have added to my post earlier...."those of you spouting that we should be signing these top Championship players" .... when they're offered Premier League !
Really ? Cos those players truely understand why Leeds should always be their first choice ?
Can I have some of what you're smoking ?
posted on 8/7/24
If we take the Colour issue out of it.
The home kit in person, looks really really good.
The kids kit without sponsor, doesnt look good at all
posted on 8/7/24
Last year, takeover was the excuse for delays and those delays cost us.
It's funny how the excuses of loaning out players being good business, ignored the fact that players worth less as their contracts run down, now being used as excuse to want to sell our best players.
We just sold Gray for 40 mill, how much budget do we need for new players exactly.
Look at Bielsa, just improved players.
Not saying Farke should be Bielsa, but if we have nothing to work with from within, then we've really managed things poorly.
Unfortunately we probably do have little to work with from within because of this stupid transfer policy of Ortas' the one where we brought in loads of youth players which cost us time and money and everyone said no problem, they're ones for the future.....
The problem with those was, we needed a solution for the present and these were poor players we brought in anyway.....they had no future with us.
49ers apparently some of richest owners in world, RB invested but not sure what that means in terms of money, I reckon we'll have a net zero spend at the end of it.
One can only hope it will be enough for Farke, for despite every season saying this is weakest Championship in years, we rarely get out of it.
posted on 8/7/24
comment by salonika73 (U4688)
posted 14 hours, 18 minutes ago
comment by Shaun M - supercalifragilisticOrtaisatrocious (U9955)
posted 1 hour, 6 minutes ago
Ipswich signing Hull's Philogene and team of the season CB Jacob Greaves. Wtf are we doing letting a team from Suffolk take decent championship players from down the road. Should have gone for Greaves (Hull lad)
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.....and I should have added to my post earlier...."those of you spouting that we should be signing these top Championship players" .... when they're offered Premier League !
Really ? Cos those players truely understand why Leeds should always be their first choice ?
Can I have some of what you're smoking ?
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Rodon had offers from multiple low end prem teams including Ipswich yet chose us.... Ipswich will last 1 season and like Hamer and others before him, will end up back where they started. We beat Ipswich twice last season, are a better team and club and most probably will be in that league next season anyway.
All of which is irrelevant if we're not interested in them, its not like they have picked Ipswich over us.
posted on 8/7/24
comment by LIW We’re Going Up As f@ck@ing Champions (U8453)
posted 6 hours, 56 minutes ago
If we take the Colour issue out of it.
The home kit in person, looks really really good.
The kids kit without sponsor, doesnt look good at all
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At the moment the club seem to be running a special buy a kit and get a player free with it, Toulouse just cashed in getting themselves Cresswell that way.
posted on 8/7/24
"Rodon had offers from multiple low end prem teams including Ipswich yet chose us.... Ipswich will last 1 season and like Hamer and others before him, will end up back where they started. We beat Ipswich twice last season, are a better team and club and most probably will be in that league next season anyway.
All of which is irrelevant if we're not interested in them, its not like they have picked Ipswich over us."
I think salonika is only seeing it the way it is!..
Gray Leeds, he only left because he wasn't left much choice, if he'd had his way he'd still be a championship player!..
He did his bit in helping to pay our way out of trouble!..
And every club have to talk to players they want, I think players that keep getting branded about here, some might have done/do well with us, but it has to be asked, why would the club not want to look for the players to fit what they think they need and ignore players that people here say would fit?..
Nobody here knows who's being talked to, and nobody knows how many that have no allegiance to this club would put it before the premier league!..
And its not good not giving Ipswich the respect they've earned and could be argued if we're better why are we not where they are!..
posted on 8/7/24
comment by LIW We’re Going Up As f@ck@ing Champions (U8453)
posted 7 hours, 25 minutes ago
If we take the Colour issue out of it.
The home kit in person, looks really really good.
The kids kit without sponsor, doesnt look good at all
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LOW, if you take issue out of it, what is the difference between the adults and kids shirts.
I think that on line the shirts regardless of whether they are adults or kids sizes look poorly made and synthetic the kind of thing you pick up for not very much from a Turkish or Greek market, knock-off so to speak. Do they not look like that?
posted on 8/7/24
comment by LufcGermany (U6066)
posted 59 minutes ago
"Rodon had offers from multiple low end prem teams including Ipswich yet chose us.... Ipswich will last 1 season and like Hamer and others before him, will end up back where they started. We beat Ipswich twice last season, are a better team and club and most probably will be in that league next season anyway.
All of which is irrelevant if we're not interested in them, its not like they have picked Ipswich over us."
I think salonika is only seeing it the way it is!..
Gray Leeds, he only left because he wasn't left much choice, if he'd had his way he'd still be a championship player!..
He did his bit in helping to pay our way out of trouble!..
And every club have to talk to players they want, I think players that keep getting branded about here, some might have done/do well with us, but it has to be asked, why would the club not want to look for the players to fit what they think they need and ignore players that people here say would fit?..
Nobody here knows who's being talked to, and nobody knows how many that have no allegiance to this club would put it before the premier league!..
And its not good not giving Ipswich the respect they've earned and could be argued if we're better why are we not where they are!..
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