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01 Sep 2026 16:48:20
Once again we watch as others are spending crazy money. Makes me wonder why we always seem to be broke. We have spent around £55million net, which is the lowest spend in the league. Something doesn’t add up.
1.) 01 Sep 2026 17:15:25
Baz Bingo ..house.
See.. So in the end I was right re Leeds spending net the lowest in EPL.
2.) 01 Sep 2026 17:27:54
Sadly, we're actually the 12th highest net spenders this season, but let's not let facts get in the way of a good moan.
3.) 01 Sep 2026 17:32:58
What, Brockers, are you sure?
Mick Joel, you let us down, fella, lol. ?
4.) 01 Sep 2026 17:44:29
All Forest's arrivals just about balance out Anderson, so not even close to last!
5.) 01 Sep 2026 18:40:14
Your maths, Mickjoel, is the only thing adding up, I'm afraid.
Still, you gave Baz a little flutter, thinking (finally) one of his "predictions" has come to pass.
6.) 01 Sep 2026 19:13:11
Lol, Ani, very droll, but how so?
As this seez, so far, I have predicted correctly the Forest 0 vs Leeds 1 correct score..
I am on a hot streak, fella.
7.) 01 Sep 2026 19:49:58
No one argues, you get one right now and then, Baz, a broken clock..
Only this weekend, Leeds 2 Brentford 1?
"We won't buy a striker."
8.) 01 Sep 2026 20:27:23
Ani, but just a Dan James chipped shot whisker away from it being 2 1.
And I am excited about the potential Bahoya transfer.. hopefully it's completed. But isn't he a winger, not a striker?
9.) 01 Sep 2026 20:50:54
You're scrambling, Baz.. bit like Leeds at the weekend!
01 Sep 2026 01:39:11
5/10 window, on the whole, we have more or less replaced departing players, with better quality, but only in defense and gk. Midfield and attack, only Wilson has been brought in. Our recruitment team is seriously not up to the standard required. All the other teams seem to be having no problem bringing players in, and at decent fees or loans. Very disappointing and depressing.
16 Aug 2026 20:51:40
Our negotiating team seems to fail in 99% of outgoing transfers, I just don’t see how they can be incompetent. ??
1.) 16 Aug 2026 21:59:49
Do they? Summerville, Rutter, Gray, Sinisterra and Struijk say otherwise. All sold for way more than they cost.
Even Joe Gelhardt went for more than 6 x what he cost.
2.) 16 Aug 2026 23:05:03
Err, Ani, all sold for way more than they cost?
Nope. Sinisterra sold for less, Rutter only marginally more.
The Archie Gray sale was their best moment, very good price.
3.) 16 Aug 2026 23:06:20
And don't forget Raphina, bought for £17M and sold for over £50M.
4.) 16 Aug 2026 23:33:11
I did say 99%. Look at how many are going on loans when we should be getting fees.
5.) 17 Aug 2026 00:01:44
How about they're going on loan because we don't want to sell them?
6.) 17 Aug 2026 00:49:55
Probably the other clubs are strapped for cash, and reluctant to lay out a large sum on (to them) an unknown quantity, and use loans as a sort of "try before you buy".
7.) 17 Aug 2026 07:28:24
You're all right imo. Some good (excellent) , some trash deals. Name of the game tho innit, really?
8.) 17 Aug 2026 10:00:40
It's easy to get a skewed perspective as well when you focus so intently on one team and only get headlines from others.
28 Jul 2026 03:58:30
I think the new kit is actually quite ?.
1.) 28 Jul 2026 08:33:27
I agree. It's our shirt, not a fashion catwalk.
2.) 28 Jul 2026 09:59:01
Like most things, all clubs don't give two hoots for the shirt other than revenue streams of course.
It's certainly not compulsory to buy one, but I do sympathise with families with children and respective peer pressure that ensues.
Way back when I was a lad, my uncle Larry promised to buy me a Leeds shirt if I dug his allotment over. Two whole weekends of backbreaking work later, and he got me the shirt.
It was the ironed-on Leeds badge on a £2 t-shirt from the local market. I still loved it, though, until my sister shrunk it in the wash and all the transfer came off. we've never reconciled.
If I like a shirt I usually buy it on my annual trip to Tenerife, which for some strange reason is always less than a quarter of the price in the UK. ?
3.) 28 Jul 2026 11:37:12
Is that from the lookie lookie men, Class?
4.) 28 Jul 2026 12:53:22
That is just the thing you would see on a cat walk.
5.) 28 Jul 2026 12:55:59
Yep Bright, it's defo not a catwalk. ?
More a village garden fete on a Sunday, selling fresh linens.
6.) 28 Jul 2026 12:57:13
Actually, I think I see Twiggy in it but it was called a mini dress back then. ????
7.) 28 Jul 2026 13:02:06
Yes Class, LUFC and/or shirt manufacturer and designer Adidas do or should give two hoots about how well received their kits are from a sales perspective.
Pretty sure our away kit last season, the classic all-yellow with the iconic smiley face badge, was a LUFC away kit sales record breaker by far.
Whereas, I would be extremely surprised if this 26/27 tea towel home kit is going to be anywhere near a top seller in comparison to previous home kit sales.
No chance imo.
8.) 28 Jul 2026 13:55:38
Not sure, Alf, didn't get his name, but it's usually the same fella. He thinks he knows me, though, even though he gets my name wrong every time!
Del Boy.. honestly!
9.) 28 Jul 2026 14:26:01
Funny Class. ??
10.) 28 Jul 2026 14:42:21
Took a while but got it in the end. Need a grandpa nap.
02 Jul 2026 21:05:59
I hope all this talk about spending £25 million in a goalie is nonsense, when it could be better spent elsewhere on the pitch. I will be pissed off if this happens.
1.) 02 Jul 2026 22:01:49
If we'd have been 6 pts better off this season we'd have been 4 places higher.
4 places higher in each of the next 4 seasons (keeper contract length) would mean the keeper cost nothing due to increased prize money!
So, could a 25 million keeper get us an extra 3 wins instead of draws? Absolutely, they can, in my opinion, so it's well worth it.
Of course, it doesn't mean they will be that could, but, likewise, they could also do better than that.
2.) 02 Jul 2026 23:12:02
The worry is an expensive goalkeeper could turn out to be another Perri, and then we will be very upset.
3.) 03 Jul 2026 00:10:52
Same applies to any player or position.
They can all be duds or all over-perform against our expectations.
4.) 03 Jul 2026 01:23:05
Aye, remember us spending a modest £17M on some guy called Raphinha that none of us had heard of, and look how that panned out; another one like that would be good. ?
5.) 03 Jul 2026 06:18:16
Yep, we lost him to. ??♂️
6.) 03 Jul 2026 08:27:27
If he delivers the goods, as Canada intimated, I'm sure we'll all be over the moon. Darlow is stalling: replace him.
7.) 03 Jul 2026 12:52:23
Fully agree. Don't sign, ask him twice, then on your bike. Man utd going to take both keepers, just shows the money they waste.
8.) 03 Jul 2026 14:09:10
I really hoped the Darlow situation had been resolved by now.. It's a worry. Perri is not good enough, and I'm not convinced by our recruitment team to attain better. ?
15 Sep 2026 19:11:09
He would, but the job is not available at this point. Hopefully Farke can continue developing us into a force capable of challenging for honours, and stay for the foreseeable future.
10 Jun 2026 23:29:40
I thought we already had him and he is being released.
01 Sep 2026 03:18:53
I don't know what's wrong with our youth set up. Are they not good enough or does Farke not trust them?
16 Aug 2026 23:33:11
I did say 99%. Look at how many are going on loans when we should be getting fees.
05 Aug 2026 03:42:08
I bet it's even slower than a sloth. ?
15 Jul 2026 19:33:54
Just call him Tarik. ?
08 Jul 2026 02:51:45
Their manager really doesn't like Okafor. He is a much better player than those playing in his position, and I really believe he could have won them the match without the penalty shootout.