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30 May 2014 09:30:24
Anybody know why there is press speculation that the players aren't going to be paid today with the PFA on red alert? Is there any truth or is it just the press trying to sell papers?
1.) I would imagine it is to do with the clubs bank account being frozen due to the winding up order due to be heard june 9th, probably speculating because of that. Perhaps MC has something in place to sort it through some other way, doubt he would want not to pay them.
2.) Also has meeting has been called and reporters have assumed it is due to none payment. I can't see mc calling people back from hoiliday to say he ain't paying them, I think it will be about brian going and to introduce them to the new manager benito carboni who has been very vocal recently. if this is the case will be dissapointed brain has to go but many managers much better than benito still must be given a chance I guess mot
3.) Because the clubs bank account is frozen and FL rules say that players cannot be paid from a personal account
4.) 30 May 2014 16:58:26
Eddie Gary is king is correct though club working hard to unfreeze accounts
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20 Sep 2026 16:47:05
Never mind "it's a point", that was diabolical. If we are to be serious contenders we have to be consistent. If we turn in performances like that, at home, against such opposition, what chance have we got to play in Europe?
1.) 20 Sep 2026 17:05:44
Contenders for what?
Aim is avoid relegation with more comfort than last year. Mid table is a good season for us.
2.) 20 Sep 2026 17:18:21
Canadawhite I have more ambition than just survival, otherwise what's the point?
3.) 20 Sep 2026 17:23:51
I'm with Canada
At the moment I still think focus on avoiding on relegation
Out net spend is minimal
The promoted teams look like they could
Be competitive
The teams who are struggling like spurs, palace and Fulham no doubt will get much better we shouldn't get carried away with the Newcastle win or too despondent with today's poor show.
4.) 20 Sep 2026 18:01:52
I have a lot of ambition but I'm also realistic.
I want to win every game but know we won't, accept reality and you won't be disappointed as often!
5.) 20 Sep 2026 18:27:50
We're fifth in the table and I think that's a reason to be happy. He sent on Bahoya and the kid was straight in there.
I did only come here for the moans though ;) MOT!
6.) 20 Sep 2026 18:51:54
There are some VERY uninspiring supporters on here! For them just being in the Premier League is enough, sorry, I remember us being semi finalists in Europe.
7.) 20 Sep 2026 20:31:15
Good post CJS and I empathise somewhat with your point of view.
And better still than DOL team. we had Billy Bremner's Leeds United being the real Champions of Europe. ( and yes, I know lads, it twas a long time ago now )
8.) 20 Sep 2026 20:34:39
Wake up and smell the coffee CJS.
Doesn't matter what you remember, in those days the playing field was a lot more level than it is now, we are playing up hill into the wind and are doing well.
All we can do is barrow in more soil every year to try and level things up but it will take a long time.
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20 Sep 2026 20:47:14
Still very much of the view that mid table would be an excellent position for us.
Today shows so much. There are positives. Muha looked excellent I thought and Trafford too, thought Trafford only had one shot of note to really deal with. Apart from that free kick and disallowed goal they didn't create much clear cut.
Very few chances for Dom. One he could have stuck away.
I don't like that we didn't play well and it is two points dropped. But I do like that we were able to get something despite not playing well. Better teams would have beaten us today but even playing poorly we made ourselves hard to beat. Unbeaten in five, never conceded more than one in the other games and we've played two of the form setters in Brentford and Brighton. That start honestly gets a very solid 7.5-8/10 for me.
10 Sep 2026 07:32:44
I don't care this was "only" a Carabao Cup match. Wtf was that? "Look at our new defensive strength"? Thank goodness it is so good, otherwise it would have been a cricket score!
1.) 10 Sep 2026 11:27:44
CJS, exactly enjoy it for what it was and look forward to Monday.
01 Sep 2026 09:59:15
Given that our new arrivals are mainly defence, I'm wondering if this is part of a plan so that next year we focus on midfield and build on our defensive strength, and then the following year on attack. All the time, keeping within the spending rules (whatever they're called) . But I admit I know nothing.
1.) 01 Sep 2026 10:44:20
Don't think there is a plan. Just wing it by the looks of it.
Like doing half a job well then forgetting what the job was.
2.) 01 Sep 2026 11:51:10
We need to remain in the EPL for another 2 years to fulfil that plan, CJS. We now have a top 6 defence, but only a bottom 6 attack. Will we manage to win enough games to stay up? Who knows, but my nerves are on edge already, and we're only 2 games in.
3.) 01 Sep 2026 12:05:18
Think there was a plan of sorts.
Trafford, Muharemovic, and Wilson were planned. Elvedi was 'planned' in the sense that if Bornauw left we needed a replacement lined up.
I think the other part of the plan was to be flexible and open to any late opportunities. Bard seems exactly that. Who gets a Ligue 1 starting left back in their prime for a £5m option? When you see that kind of deal made, it feels like a no brainer.
Hopefully we can do one or two more. Zirkzee doesn't have many suitors, so maybe we can lowball a loan there. I know it's the rivals over the Pennines, but I don't care. Some hits have come from there before.
30 Aug 2026 17:13:05
I'm still not convinced by Farke. It took him half a season last year to change to a winning format and hasn't adapted this year to the fact that we are a known quantity to all our premier opposition.
For most of today's game we were appalling. When we weren't, we struggled to string accurate passes together. Sorry about the negativity. Just telling it how I saw it.
1.) 30 Aug 2026 17:55:12
You have to factor in the opponent; Brentford are no pushovers. In the 2nd half, he changed things around, and it worked. Would he have done that first half of last season? I don't think he would. Farke has adapted to the Premiership, it took him a while, but he's got it now.
2.) 30 Aug 2026 18:34:22
What Bisto said. They were a quality opponent, and we adapted in the second half, a hard-crafted point. We are hard to beat. JT again showing what a signing he is. Early days, but the signs are good.
3.) 30 Aug 2026 18:43:56
CJS, if Farke started with all the changes at the beginning, would you have been happy? I'm sure you wouldn't. We were outplayed by a good side in the first half, and he has faith in our defence. Hindsight is a beautiful thing, my friend.
Farke did well, changed the team when required, and got a result that, after half time, I didn't think possible. It's a good point against a team who are going to batter quite a few this season, we move on. MOT.
4.) 30 Aug 2026 19:01:39
Farke's first season, he had to sort out the absolute mess of a squad in the summer, and we got to the play-offs. Then, second season, we won promotion. In our first season in the Premier League, Farke changed the system during the Man City game, and we were ranked 7th in the Premier League from that point on.
During April and May, only Arsenal got more points than us.
He then changed the system at half time today, and we looked much better in the second half against an excellent Brentford team.
Also, our net spend is less than all promoted teams so far this window.
I'm quite convinced he's done a good job for us.
5.) 30 Aug 2026 19:04:54
Think you're being a bit unfair here, Cjs.
Last season we moaned about his late substitutions, today he changed mid game and it worked out.
We got bossed 1st half.
We looked a whole lot better 2nd half.
I for 1 am very happy with Danny's performance today, and happy with his changes.
6.) 31 Aug 2026 00:27:18
It's a more than fair analysis, Cjs.. and, indeed, it's not negativity, you are just telling it as it is.
7.) 31 Aug 2026 07:16:46
It's only an opinion, which doesn't make it right, though.
Farke will never be accepted by some of the fan base, but I think the vast majority can now see that he is proving his doubters wrong, and he is becoming a Premiership manager with more and more credibility.
Forget what some hard to please fans think, you only have to listen to the after match opposition manager's interview, most have a lot of praise for Daniel Farke.
Personally, I think he has already adapted to the Premiership. For the moment, he accepts that he doesn't have the kind of quality to play his preferred formation, so he has had to adapt, and he's done that very well.
I look forward to many seasons with DF, and am very interested in how he will change and transform this Leeds Utd football team.
8.) 31 Aug 2026 07:42:21
Farkey played a blinder turning that game around yesterday! Would love to know what he says in the dressing room, and how he handles those situations!
He is really developing very positively!
9.) 31 Aug 2026 09:38:29
OP, if he set his team up like yesterday, I think it's fair for some to question his ability. Why didn't he do his homework on the opposition that his team were going to face? We were the home team, and you have to agree that was as poor as you can get.
Why wait to half time, you can clearly see we were having problems 10 minutes in. I hate it, but Leeds were falling apart. DCL is definitely not a loan striker, not quick, and in his case had no service. Fair play, it was better second half.
10.) 31 Aug 2026 10:18:35
OP, I wouldn't go by what managers at press conferences say about other managers.
11.) 31 Aug 2026 13:55:44
Whitman, we are not able to sustain the way we played in the second half for the full 90 mins. I think Farke wants to frustrate our opponents, especially the very talented ones like Brentford. I think the idea is to soak up the pressure in the first half and try not to concede a goal. It did take an exceptionally well taken goal to breach our defense.
Of course, fans won't like to see our team to be under so much pressure like we were in that first half, but I thought we defended very well and we even lost our key defender in Rodon.
I always felt, in the second half, that changes would be made to put Brentford under more pressure, and, sure enough, it happened and we equalized.
We are not going to overrun teams at home for the full 90 mins. We didn't last season either, simply because we don't have that quality throughout our team yet.
I think DF did his homework very well on Brentford, and we could've even nicked the win at the death. They couldn't beat us last season either, and they are about five seasons ahead of us with building their squad in the Premiership.
12.) 31 Aug 2026 14:17:41
I fully acknowledge that we are a team in the building, but we need to turn up. Sorry to say, we didn't until late in the game. Farke could have made changes; you don't have to wait until half time.
If, as many said, BA was s***, then take him off. It seems to me he can't do right by many on this site, and, having been on the Terraces, it's not the same story.
13.) 31 Aug 2026 14:53:46
He did make changes, at half time!
14.) 31 Aug 2026 16:51:27
Brentford are a really good side and I'm glad of the point. They will be top 7 for sure, and top 5 wouldn't surprise me. Are there 6 PL teams that are better than them? I'm not sure there are. Four out of 6 points, unbeaten, and one goal against us are alright with me for now.
17 Aug 2026 14:40:10
Feeling pretty good about the new signings so far. Can't see us shipping many goals with the new defence. Just a couple more in the goal scoring area and we'll be a serious challenger for Europe places.
1.) 17 Aug 2026 15:10:15
We only conceded 5 in pre season and scored 14, I think, so that bodes well (ofc it's only preseason so can't be taken too seriously) .
2.) 17 Aug 2026 19:27:21
Our first 11 or so defo look very solid, especially our super strength 3 CBs..
Avoid injuries, and sign a good additional CF and LB before window shuts, and Leeds United could finish as high as 11th or 12th. Happy days.
3.) 17 Aug 2026 19:48:05
I'm playing Baz Bingo.
Hehe, so far, Baz, you have suggested 15th, 16th and now 11th or 12th.
In all seriousness, should we make our prediction now as the team currently is, allowing it to be revised at the end of the window?
I'll kick it off. As the team is now, I am predicting 12th.
4.) 17 Aug 2026 20:42:14
Ani, if you're taking the predictions across the site, I'm going for 10th.
5.) 17 Aug 2026 20:49:49
Ani, well, in truth, definitive position prediction should be made at the end of the window.
6.) 17 Aug 2026 20:58:46
If we sign a couple more I'd say top half .. maybe a spot in Europe. Up The Whites Down The Pints. ???
In Farke we trust!
7.) 17 Aug 2026 22:55:01
15th, but easily safe.
8.) 17 Aug 2026 23:22:44
If Sunderland can finish 7th, then god dam we can finish the 6th.
9.) 18 Aug 2026 03:15:34
If we sign a decent striker I'd go 10. If not, I agree, Oldbri. 15th.
10.) 18 Aug 2026 12:07:34
We will be in the top ten is my prediction!
I find it hard to believe that the decision on how much to pay a player is Mr Hockadays decision to make!
Think if this is true then we will see Ross go to pay for them, seems like this is the way MC operates.
Not that anyone can do anything about it yet, but at least if it comes true then Jeff's stastics will improve!
Think its more likely that Carbone is here for the first team coach's position, soon to be made vacant. For all those who say we'll never get someone to fill a coaches role because who would want to be less than a manager, I say we'll find someone who is used to operating that way and there are plenty of them just not the big names Leeds fans think we deserve.
What make anyone think BMD will be involved in any aspect of player recruitment?
20 Sep 2026 18:51:54
There are some VERY uninspiring supporters on here! For them just being in the Premier League is enough, sorry, I remember us being semi finalists in Europe.
20 Sep 2026 17:18:21
Canadawhite I have more ambition than just survival, otherwise what's the point?
05 Sep 2026 15:50:37
Be grateful.
05 Sep 2026 15:46:23
Aren't we glad Tanaka started!?
30 Aug 2026 11:41:43
Seem to remember Allan Clarke cost £165, 000. And that was an English record fee!