the signings are uninspiring. a little bit of quality is desperately needed

Since when?

He's not gone anywhere yet.

Quote ="tad rhino"grayson agrees new 3 year deal www.leedsunited.com/page/Home'" How does that sit with you Tad?

Quote ="tad rhino"grayson agrees new 3 year deal www.leedsunited.com/page/Home'" How does that sit with you Tad?

very pleased, i rate him. he has had to work with one hand tied behind his back. it would be nice if he was given a bit of money to spend.

Bit different financial scenarios between the 2 clubs though, they are into the 2nd year of PL parachute payments and we've just had 3 years of L1. It will be interesting to see how much they spend next year if they miss out on promotion again......

How do you know he hasn't ? Your mate could have given him a few bob but he's so far either chose not to spend it or something could be pending regarding a cash signing(s)......I'd rather wait & see what transpires before the end of August.

i think he has a bit, but only a bit. do you really think he would have made some of the signings he has if he had money to spend?
he is trying to pad out the squad and spend what bit he has wisely.

As we said last Friday none of the signings he's made so far, apart from maybe the goalie, have got me dreaming of instant promotion upto the PL, you just have to trust his judgement in the transfer market. Apart from Boro no other team in the championship has really spent any coin in that league so far. Most transfers these days are Bosmans or undisclosed so we're no different to the rest of the league. I would sooner have a frugal chairman than a pr1ck like Ridsdale who just about killed us off.

you have to strike a balance. like you i wouldn't want us throwing around stupid money.those days are, thankfully,gone.
however we are, fairly, well off thanks to transfers, crowds and taking other clubs to court for nicking players and coaches.
like you i would hope to see some real quality come in before the start of the season.
if we go with what we have it could be a tough old season

I agree. I think a squad made up of free transfers and loans can do pretty well in this league, but is unlikely to go up. I think a little bit of money then takes a decent team into a good one. I think that in stability terms an attempt at promotion may not be the wisest move, nor is changing a large amount of your squad in between seasons.

Hopefully a good season with a top half finish, then we can move forward the season after.

Oops, meant Billy Sharpe..



I wouldn't mind Hooper though..

Yes - it's impressive stuff nonetheless regardless of the parachute payments. BUT with big money comes big pressure to gain promotion. They must be viewing it as 'we don't get out now we could be stuck for a few years'.. hence the big cash spend.

Yeah good point fella. I'm really looking forward to the season.. mid table to top half would be a good season imo. I suppose we should be grateful as things very very nearly could have been a lot worse a few year back..

Tom Elliot off to Rotherham for six months. www.skysports.com/story/0,19528, ... 14,00.html

Tom Elliot off to Rotherham for six months. www.skysports.com/story/0,19528, ... 14,00.html

www.leedsunited.com/news/2010071 ... 85_2093046 possibly no more signings. grayson says he is happy with the squad. more than i am then if that is all the signings. can't see where the goals will come from or how we will keep a clean sheet for that matter. a centre half,central midfielder and a good striker are vital signings for me.

www.leedsunited.com/news/2010071 ... 85_2093046 possibly no more signings. grayson says he is happy with the squad. more than i am then if that is all the signings. can't see where the goals will come from or how we will keep a clean sheet for that matter. a centre half,central midfielder and a good striker are vital signings for me.

Reads more like he's saying he's happy with the core of the squad IMO - definitely need to areas you mention though.

I'd be very surprised if we don't sign another striker and defender

'That Damned United' is getting a terrestrial airing. It's on Sunday at 9 o'clock on BBC 2.

I hear this quite a lot. But which particularl signings that Grayson has made can you actually hang your hat on and say, yeah that was a good one?

In most cases he's been a disaster in the recruitment. Which you could say we have benefited from him getting loan signings. Because at least we got to hand them ones back.

That wasn't an endorsement of his ability in the transfer market btw, however, personally, i'd say Kisnorbo & Higgs were good signings based on the game time each had last season and Doyle did the job he was brought in to do. Other than that his record at Leeds has been questionable - Trundle, Capaldi, Ephraim, McSheffery all turned out to be gash. He's not on his own though, every Leeds manager i can recall since mid 70's have had success' & failures as far as transfers go.

I keep looking on here and waiting for someone to tell me we've signed Hooper and a snapping defensive midfielder. Then I will be happy. Thanks in advance guys.

T'book was a much better source of entertainment IMO.

I thought it was a very good film. My dad couldnt believe just how Colm Meaney looked the spit of The Don.

Just to add that Richard Naylor and Neil Collins haven't been bad signings either and Sanchez Watt looked decent despite limited game time.
Still think Dickov was a strange signing though

naylor was good in his first season. he was pish poor last season. cumbersome, slow and got dragged out of position far to easily

You might be waiting a while fella..

hope not though