Re: OT - All New Leeds United thread : Sat Jun 05, 2010 5:59 pm  

Puig-Aubert wrote:

For Higgs and Kisnorbo there's Crowe, McSheffrey, Dickov and arguably Doyle, Bromby, Gradel and Naylor.

When a manger is limited to freebies he's got to be very, very lucky to get many real gems.

Re- Dickov and Crowe agree but even Crowe had decent games.
Mcsheffrey wasn't fit enough imo and i think there's more to come from Gradel and Bromby.
As for Naylor i think he's done well overall and added steal when we needed it.
Agree completely about the freebie statement but thus far the 2 freebies have been good buisness imo and like you i also hope there's a Sharp/Hooper/Nugent tucked away somewhere.
Back to Connolly he did well at Plymouth in this league and seems to have lost confidence under Clough and the Derby Boo boys so maybe SG can get him confident and back on form for us.
I'm definately at "glass half full"

Re: OT - All New Leeds United thread : Sat Jun 05, 2010 10:12 pm  

Puig-Aubert wrote:

I wouldn't disagree with that Sibbs - to a point.

If the signings are made and its just slow to start with then all well and good. What worries me is another year of free transfers and loans - and the freebies to generally be cast offs from lower clubs. The last couple of years the excuse was that we were saving in order to buy back Thorpe Arch or that we just couldn't attract players to drop one or two divisions. Well, we didn't buy Thorpe Arch back and we're now a division higher.

There's some rumours about that Bates is only interested in surviving next year and doing it with as little as possible spent in order to sell the club in 12 months time. That's a concern.

What I'd like to see is the signing of a mix of players. Some youngsters hungry to prove they can make it in the Premier League but see Leeds as a way of proving themselves through week in week out Championship football and going up with Leeds. I'd be happy to see a few gamble freebies from the lower leagues as long shots/investments. I'd also like to see proven players from top Championship clubs or even also ran Premier League clubs.

Look at how Howard Wilkinson recruited for the promotion push - Chris Fairclough, Strachan, Sterland, Hendrie, Chapman, Vinnie Jones - all players with something to prove but still having had careers largely in the top flight. Add on the like of Andy Williams and Mike Whitlow - low league bargains to pad out the squad and grow in value after promotion.

What he didn't do was get players in on season long loans or go for free transfer older players from mid table sides or lower divisions.

I know there's plenty of time left but there's been precious little ambition shown in the transfer market for a couple of years and I'd hoped that after promotion Leeds would make a statement of intent.

Still, Gary Hooper to be the new Chapman and Alan Smith to be the new Strach.

Great post

Re: OT - All New Leeds United thread : Sun Jun 06, 2010 8:10 am  

Puig-Aubert wrote: Lets hope so. Held in enormous regard by the Derby fans: http://boards.footymad.net/forum.php?tn ... 2121385905 "He is so stupid...i reckon weeds must be favourites to go down selling beckford and signing the useless connoly...I cant understand why anyone in the ccc would want him he's slow, always caught out of position, cant make a tackle, cant jump, struggles to make a 10yrd pass, i could go on and on. He's just not a footballer. The guys a waste of space!...I'll be delighted once he's off our books...what a flop this guy has been...This is almost better news than a signing...It's about time he was bagged off... He was responsible for a number of goals against us ...lethargic and awkward ...completely inept ...he lost us so many goals...he's not even the back up RB for Derby..." That sounds exactly like the Leeds United board about Andy Hughes early last season, and those fickle fans soon changed later in the year. That said however I am still in the Leeds camp that think Hughes is that type of player. So oohh goody, how great it will be to have two of them in the same team.

Puig-Aubert wrote: Lets hope so. Held in enormous regard by the Derby fans: http://boards.footymad.net/forum.php?tn ... 2121385905 "He is so stupid...i reckon weeds must be favourites to go down selling beckford and signing the useless connoly...I cant understand why anyone in the ccc would want him he's slow, always caught out of position, cant make a tackle, cant jump, struggles to make a 10yrd pass, i could go on and on. He's just not a footballer. The guys a waste of space!...I'll be delighted once he's off our books...what a flop this guy has been...This is almost better news than a signing...It's about time he was bagged off... He was responsible for a number of goals against us ...lethargic and awkward ...completely inept ...he lost us so many goals...he's not even the back up RB for Derby..." That sounds exactly like the Leeds United board about Andy Hughes early last season, and those fickle fans soon changed later in the year. That said however I am still in the Leeds camp that think Hughes is that type of player. So oohh goody, how great it will be to have two of them in the same team.

Re: OT - All New Leeds United thread : Sun Jun 06, 2010 9:59 am  

Santiago Silva is the latest striker linked and the Sunday Mirror mentions Mcarthur again.

Re: OT - All New Leeds United thread : Sun Jun 06, 2010 11:43 am  

rhinoms wrote:

Santiago Silva is the latest striker linked and the Sunday Mirror mentions Mcarthur again.

Santiago Silva seems to have come from a rumour posted on Transfer Rumours - where a guy claimed he was processing his visa application.

It'd be nice but ,looks ropey!

Re: OT - All New Leeds United thread : Sun Jun 06, 2010 11:44 am  

Gotcha wrote:

That sounds exactly like the Leeds United board about Andy Hughes early last season, and those fickle fans soon changed later in the year.

That said however I am still in the Leeds camp that think Hughes is that type of player. So oohh goody, how great it will be to have two of them in the same team.

I'm not sure many people rate Hughes as a great full back.

I was surprised he got a new deal but suspect he's cheap, decent cover and a good guy for the squad morale.

Re: OT - All New Leeds United thread : Sun Jun 06, 2010 12:10 pm  

Puig-Aubert wrote:

Santiago Silva seems to have come from a rumour posted on Transfer Rumours - where a guy claimed he was processing his visa application.

It'd be nice but ,looks ropey!

I got it off 606 mate and i think it was posted before the "visa" claim.

Re: OT - All New Leeds United thread : Sun Jun 06, 2010 12:17 pm  

rhinoms wrote:

I got it off 606 mate and i think it was posted before the "visa" claim.

Interesting. Visa could have been jumping on the band waggon.

Re: OT - All New Leeds United thread : Sun Jun 06, 2010 12:22 pm  

Puig-Aubert wrote:

Interesting. Visa could have been jumping on the band waggon.

Could be, we are linked with that many players and there's always someone who knows etc etc etc.
I do think/hope we will sign some more quality and get 1 or 2 good loans in i.e Watt.

Re: OT - All New Leeds United thread : Sun Jun 06, 2010 2:12 pm  

Gotcha wrote:

That sounds exactly like the Leeds United board about Andy Hughes early last season, and those fickle fans soon changed later in the year.

That said however I am still in the Leeds camp that think Hughes is that type of player. So oohh goody, how great it will be to have two of them in the same team.

Hughes was woeful for large parts of the season. He did a job playing out of position but we need better than him in the Championship and i hope he doesn't get anywhere near the side next year. He's far too slow to be a full back, offers nothing going forward, isn't a great tackler and his positioning can be poor. He'll get embarrased if he plays, shouldn't of got a new deal but he will of being cheap and that's what Leeds are all about now when it comes to fees/wages etc.
Bates out you money grabbing old B*stard.