Kopczak, Elima..... : Sat Mar 22, 2014 9:00 pm  

Pryce, Ferres, Wardle, Atkins, Bridge, Bateman, Cook,Higham.

All playing on the telly this week, all left us in recent years, most of whom were a result of the Harris deal and a crap youth policy under Noble, and financial mismanagement.

Imagine the improvement we would have if they were all still with us?

And that is before we include the injured Peacock and Henderson.

Re: Kopczak, Elima..... : Sat Mar 22, 2014 9:14 pm  

mystic eddie wrote:

Pryce, Ferres, Wardle, Atkins, Bridge, Bateman, Cook,Higham.

All playing on the telly this week, all left us in recent years....

You can't really put Higham on the list

Re: Kopczak, Elima..... : Sat Mar 22, 2014 9:20 pm  

paulwalker71 wrote:

You can't really put Higham on the list

I didn't mean to. I did mean to put Whitehead though.

Re: Kopczak, Elima..... : Sat Mar 22, 2014 10:01 pm  

Thought whitehead left as he didn't get on with fc

And Eliza wanted to raise his kids in France iirc

Re: Kopczak, Elima..... : Sat Mar 22, 2014 10:44 pm  

Bridge was sacked\released for off field problems (think Gareth hock), Wardle rejected a new contract to join Hudds who were offering a silly amount for such a young player, Atkins & Ferres were part of the deal for Solomona deal (I think) Matt Cook never reached the heights he was predicted to, Peacock always insisted he wanted to finish his career at Leeds as he is a Leeds lad.Higham was part of Newton brokered deal. The only two directly lost due to Harris or finances were Pryce who wanted to play stand off & Bateman.

Re: Kopczak, Elima..... : Sun Mar 23, 2014 8:32 am  

bradfordlegend wrote:

Bridge was sacked\released for off field problems (think Gareth hock), Wardle rejected a new contract to join Hudds who were offering a silly amount for such a young player, Atkins & Ferres were part of the deal for Solomona deal (I think) Matt Cook never reached the heights he was predicted to, Peacock always insisted he wanted to finish his career at Leeds as he is a Leeds lad.Higham was part of Newton brokered deal. The only two directly lost due to Harris or finances were Pryce who wanted to play stand off & Bateman.

Actually, going by Peacock's story, he was lost due to Harris' signing as well.

Atkins left because he was low down the pecking order for a centre spot as he was behind both Hape and Ben Harris.

Bateman left because his agent went looking for a payday and as Bateman isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer he tends to believe what he's told.

Re: Kopczak, Elima..... : Sun Mar 23, 2014 9:05 am  

mystic eddie wrote:

Pryce, Ferres, Wardle, Atkins, Bridge, Bateman, Cook,Higham.

All playing on the telly this week, all left us in recent years, most of whom were a result of the Harris deal and a crap youth policy under Noble, and financial mismanagement.

Imagine the improvement we would have if they were all still with us?

Bloody hell, you must be desperate. Most of the above were downright poor this week. God knows what their attitudes would be like were they going through what your current squad is.

Re: Kopczak, Elima..... : Sun Mar 23, 2014 9:52 am  

Clearwing wrote:

Bloody hell, you must be desperate.

We are. Next?

[Bulliac]

Re: Kopczak, Elima..... : Sun Mar 23, 2014 10:16 am  

roofaldo2 wrote:

Actually, going by Peacock's story, he was lost due to Harris' signing as well.

Atkins left because he was low down the pecking order for a centre spot as he was behind both Hape and Ben Harris.

Bateman left because his agent went looking for a payday and as Bateman isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer he tends to believe what he's told.

Peacock definitely said he wasn't looking to leave but felt "disrespected" by not getting, what he felt, was a rise commensurate with his standing in the game and then being told effectively to go forth and multiply [he claims put more succinctly] by then chairman Caisley. Not getting the rise was, I'm pretty sure, tied in very directly with the Harris signing.

Agree with most of the others; Ferres was one I would have liked to keep even though he never gave the impression he was going to play for England. We were out bid for Wardle from a club with no real success in their own academy. Bridge, say no more, as least said soonest mended. Cook never really showed 'top' quality at the Bulls, Higham was a ruse by us and Wigan for them, to get Higham and us to get Newton. Losing Pryce was a disappointment, though in some respects I think the change of environment helped his game.

Having them here now though would be a no brainer really.

Re: Kopczak, Elima..... : Sun Mar 23, 2014 10:19 am  

bradfordlegend wrote:

Bridge was sacked\released for off field problems (think Gareth hock), Wardle rejected a new contract to join Hudds who were offering a silly amount for such a young player, Atkins & Ferres were part of the deal for Solomona deal (I think) Matt Cook never reached the heights he was predicted to, Peacock always insisted he wanted to finish his career at Leeds as he is a Leeds lad.Higham was part of Newton brokered deal. The only two directly lost due to Harris or finances were Pryce who wanted to play stand off & Bateman.

Peacock was the biggest loss he was all for staying but they said they were unable to offer him any more money as there was nothing spare in the pot (salary cap I guess). A few weeks later the signing of Harris was announced, as such Peacock had been lied to felt betrayed and took the offer he had from Leeds. I'm sure your right that been a Leeds lad and fan it wasn't a massive hardship for him but he never insisted he wanted to finish his career at Leeds and had the right offer been made would have been more than happy to stop with us.