A section of Bates' programme notes today:
"The position with Simon was, and still is difficult, owing to the outstanding contractual matters, perhaps all will be revealed in due course.
There had been a degree of concern for sometime but it came to a head when Simon wanted to sign a midfielder on a permanent contract on January 28th which would have cost 1.5m over the length of the proposed contract. We already have 9 midfield players so I refused - the first time ever! The current first team squad is 28 strong. Premier League clubs are only allowed to register 25.
In the circumstances we decided to prt with Simon and his staff."
Midfielder now is it? He was telling everyone he'd refused Grayson a defender after the sacking. Changes his stories as he goes along.
Programme notes
posted on 11/2/12
Wrong.
Toss pot is far more accurate.
posted on 11/2/12
Start of protest march
http://yfrog.com/28j8nz
posted on 11/2/12
Bates with all his practice should be good at lying, he aint.
posted on 11/2/12
All the talk about money from sales going into the transfer pot, and the manager deciding who he can buy that Bates comes out with, is and always has been bull.
Some here will say Leeds managers under Bates HAVEN'T had their hands tied behind their backs, and the managers are to blame. I'm afraid that is also not true.
I was listening to Johnny Giles on Talksport the other day and he was saying how Gary Mac had to work with little or no funds.
I feel sorry for anyone managing Leeds under Bates. He will continue to come out with bull, which the gullible here will believe, and then when the manager doesn't get the results the fans want and deserve, it will be the managers fault. The fans will turn on the manager and Bates will call them Morons, and eventually sack the manager again spouting bull.
We will NOT get promoted before 2015-16, or whenever it is that was written in to the administration agreement.
posted on 11/2/12
Or until he leaves ER for good, and all his influences, such as ownership of ER and TA.
posted on 11/2/12
Go would you day Lee Clark is working with his hands tied behind his back
posted on 11/2/12
So, all the blame mongers that got their way,(3yrs, took a lot of getting, but that must have been Bates's game plan!)so come on, who will we get and what will they get?..
When the manager goes anyone can blame him for all!..
The question is, who did he really want and who was pulling the strings, because this stinks more of the upstairs crew bringing the stuff what kids step in on the playing fields!..
And the kids get the blame for that don't they?..
Whoever comes in ain't going to get it any easier!..
posted on 11/2/12
the man is a parasite who gives not a jot about LEEDS UNITED !!
posted on 11/2/12
I heard Grayson wanted another secretary.....
posted on 11/2/12
A secretary that could multi task