Bates

He continually contradicts himself.


The income from player sales, Bates has repeatedly said, have gone into "Simon's pot" but the only signing Leeds made on deadline day was of the young Tottenham Hotspur full-back Adam Smith, who became, remarkably, Grayson's 33rd loan signing in 37 months at Elland Road. Since December 2008 Leeds have received, by Bates's own reckoning, £2m for Howson, £1.7m for Max Gradel, more than £1m for Kasper Schmeichel and £8m for Fabian Delph, as well as compensation from Manchester City for youth players Louis Hutton and George Swann and from Everton for Luke Garbutt.

The players Grayson has been allowed to pay a fee for in that period include "undisclosed" sums for Andy Lonergan, Alex Bruce, Adam Clayton, Ross McCormack, Leigh Bromby and Danny Pugh. Even a liberal estimate of the prices paid suggests Leeds have made a profit on transfer dealings of at least £8m. That money has not been reinvested in the squad. On a turnover in 2010 of more than £27m, which is sure to have increased since promotion from League One, Grayson was given a budget of £9.5m to fund wages, agent fees and net purchases.

Hasn't £7m been mentioned for the ground/hotel etc?

Fact is Grayson wouldn't have "bough" all these players who hardly feature if he had £ to spend! We'd have quality and not quantity! Can't see who'd do better with hardly any cash.

That said hard to accept our defense is that poor

Simon has had plenty of time to sort out the defenceI agree we are now reliant on kids whilst the players brought in have been abject failuresso on that basis he has failed on the plus side he did get some bargains Gradel Schmichel McCORMACK SOMMA to name a few

33 loans in 37 months, but only a couple of succeses, so for that he failed. he also failed because he's not been able to sort out our defence since September 2010. he's tinkered with side too many times and insisted on playing some of his dire signings and plenty of them out of position too, so for that he fails as well.

The rest of it though is a failure of the owner, so feel a bit sorry for Simon, but