Should have sold Piroe

I don't believe we have maxed out to PSR. Don't think Marathe would have been so boastful before Everton game if we could only spend another £10m. Also don't think we would have loaned both Joseph & Ramazani. We would have accepted the sale of at least 1.

Worried about the signing of Okafor. A lot of pressure on him to be a success and not good injury record. I can't lose my head though because I don't know enough about how injury prone he is likely to be or how good a player he can be. But I am worried. I will know whether to lose it by the start of October probably.
The club obviously could have signed Solomon instead but I don't think he will be effective at this level. Club decided to spend a lot more than it would have cost to bring solomon in on Okafor so they obviously have high hopes. They should know more about him than me so hopefully they're right.

Happy with DCL & Nmecha given that both frees. Definitely a risk given injury records. But DCL easily the highest quality striker signed by the promoted clubs. Just hope he stays fit. I guess with budget restraints it could be a necessary gamble. Nmecha a good player for a bottom half team too. These are the right profil of strikers for our situation. Seen a lot of the attention seekers claiming we haven't improved our attack. Well how has our first choice 9 become our 3rd choice then?

Missing out on Buonanotte is a big loss. I don't blame the club for this but do blame the club for not having an alternative. Not good enough. The loss of a top class set piece taker is huge and among his other qualities could be really costly. 16 Games until the window opens.

Stach, Gudmundsson, Bijol, Perri, Longstaff are all players that I am very happy with. Diarra would have been better than Diarra but budget restraints are real. How much better is Diarra than Tanaka? From what I have seen so far I take Stach over Diarra too.

If Buonanotte had arrived as expected then it would be an 8/10 window for me.

With the only doubts around the fitness of DCL/Nmecha & how good Okafor is.

Buonanotte means that we are also concerned about the balance of the squad, the lack of set piece taker, and what happens if Tanaka is out for a number of games.

Probably makes it a 6/10.

Not a complete disaster as it does feel, recency bias etc. but shoudl have been better.

Still guarantee we finish above Burnley, expect us to finish above Sunderland and give us a good chance of Brentford & Wolves.

offer me 38 points now and I probably take it and role the dice on 3 sides below us though.

Maybe it's all written in the stars for Harry Gray to be the next big thing who knows although maybe the considerable backlash on social media this Evans statement has created has urged our heirarchy into some last ditch PR manoeuvre into the free agent market sooner than they intended as there does seem to be reliable sources suggesting Brownhill is being sought now by our sh 1t hot, on the ball recruitment team...negotiations under way???

Scrap what I just said about Brownhill as now it seems he's off to Saudi.

I don't believe we have maxed out to PSR

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Its black and white for me.

If its maxed out, how come we was willing to spend money in the last week 🤷🏻‍♂️


So either its bull, or we was willing to break the rules

Think we assumed we'd get money for Geldhart, Meslier, Joseph instead of two loans and no sale. Probably expected a bid of 20+ for Struijk which could have gone towards another player.

I could tell you that I'm going to a Ferrari dealership tomorrow. You don't know that I don't intend to buy one, just going for a look. Perhaps we were never in for Muniz or Paixao for 30 mil each.

comment by LIW 100 Points, champions, Lose two games only (U8453)
posted 3 minutes ago
I don't believe we have maxed out to PSR

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Its black and white for me.

If its maxed out, how come we was willing to spend money in the last week 🤷🏻‍♂️


So either its bull, or we was willing to break the rules
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Marathe would have also tempered expectations before Everton rather than stoke them.

And you don't break the rules to get Wilson in who you had no interest in signing before his agent was told to find him a way out by Fulham

comment by Shaun M - Everywhere you go, always Nmecha with you! (U9955)
posted 37 seconds ago
Think we assumed we'd get money for Geldhart, Meslier, Joseph instead of two loans and no sale. Probably expected a bid of 20+ for Struijk which could have gone towards another player.

I could tell you that I'm going to a Ferrari dealership tomorrow. You don't know that I don't intend to buy one, just going for a look. Perhaps we were never in for Muniz or Paixao for 30 mil each.
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But we didn't expect to get big sales at the point of the Everton comments and obviously didn't appoint of trying to sign Wilson.

LIW you are one goofy fcker. I’ll give you that.

Evans talked to BBC. Absolute spin merchants.

I seem to definitely remember reading in about June this year Graham Smyth or in The Athletic that even without sales Leeds had a maximum of £150 million at their disposal and could still stay onside with PSR so that's why I find this Evans statement unbelievable but not a
lot we can do unless we lose our next two games and
the Elland Road crowd give our owners pelters which I
also can't understand why they would not only risk the
EPL status of Leeds by leaving Farke with a fragile looking forward department, but potentially seriously damaging their own investment if we get relegated. Headscratching stuff!!!

Also I'm sure Red Bull as a major sponsor can't be happy either with the 49ers performance in this window.

Lubo, Faith, LIW remind of that band on the deck of the Titanic that kept playing. Captain kept telling them it
Wasn’t a very big iceberg. Probably miss us. And this is the Titanic chaps.

In this case though, the captain is the club’s owners.

comment by Batty (U4664)
posted 8 minutes ago
Lubo, Faith, LIW remind of that band on the deck of the Titanic that kept playing. Captain kept telling them it
Wasn’t a very big iceberg. Probably miss us. And this is the Titanic chaps.

In this case though, the captain is the club’s owners.
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You called me deluded because I didn’t think we needed Louie Barry ffs.

You still seem convinced we did!

There's some interesting rants by Waccoe on twitter regarding the overall performance of Paraag and his merry men which I can't get the exact link but if you just tap in Waccoe in search on twitter (X) you can read them which I don't agree with all of what is said because they've dismissed Bijol and Gudmundsson as average signings but the bit about Paraag being more interested and focused on Rangers now spending many important weeks away up in Glasgow during this transfer window definitely deserves critisism plus I was surprised to read the club turned down a significant bid for Piroe during this window.

The one thing about Bijol is we spent what? 18 mill and he can’t get past Pascal who was touted as being a
Sacrificial lamb sale this summer. 🤷🏽‍♂️

You gotta speculate to accumulate has definitely been carried out at Sunderland....not so at Leeds although I'm tempted amongst the doom and gloom to wager a fiver on a Leeds goal against Fulham...what odds I wonder?

comment by Macca & The Rhythm Sticks/Crutching Peacock Hidden Ferret (U8194)
posted 3 minutes ago
There's some interesting rants by Waccoe on twitter regarding the overall performance of Paraag and his merry men which I can't get the exact link but if you just tap in Waccoe in search on twitter (X) you can read them which I don't agree with all of what is said because they've dismissed Bijol and Gudmundsson as average signings but the bit about Paraag being more interested and focused on Rangers now spending many important weeks away up in Glasgow during this transfer window definitely deserves critisism plus I was surprised to read the club turned down a significant bid for Piroe during this window.
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Seen that and a lot of it was exaggerated to say the least. Some just straight up lies.

I’m not sure why there can’t be more balanced opinions. Be critical of what went wrong without having to pretend everything’s gone wrong.

comment by Batty (U4664)
posted 15 minutes ago
Lubo, Faith, LIW remind of that band on the deck of the Titanic that kept playing. Captain kept telling them it
Wasn’t a very big iceberg. Probably miss us. And this is the Titanic chaps.

In this case though, the captain is the club’s owners.
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All three of us have criticised the recruitment of an attacker in the latter half of the window. You just keep ignoring that bit.

Can't speak for the others, but I am happy with the recruitment elsewise, but disappointed with that aspect. I do not see the point in shouting deliriously on a forum though, so yes, I will support the side that I purport to be a supporter of.

comment by Batty (U4664)
posted 15 minutes ago
The one thing about Bijol is we spent what? 18 mill and he can’t get past Pascal who was touted as being a
Sacrificial lamb sale this summer. 🤷🏽‍♂️
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Its three games in, and he was suspended for first one 🤦


And the thinking on Pascal, was due to a sale been a big profit, and would have increased the scope for PSR,

This is pretty basic stuff

As I've previously stated in a bizarre way the insufficient backing of Farke might actually be the making of him and his players with a siege mentality so we'll soon find out because if we pick up a point at Fulham I think that's a very good sign we are more than capable of staying
clear of trouble this season but of course the club has
left itself walking very close to the edge with their injury prone player signings strategy.

comment by Batty (U4664)
posted 37 minutes ago
Lubo, Faith, LIW remind of that band on the deck of the Titanic that kept playing. Captain kept telling them it
Wasn’t a very big iceberg. Probably miss us. And this is the Titanic chaps.

In this case though, the captain is the club’s owners.
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Batty, no one on 606 or Waccoe or wherever anyone is debating Leeds Utd has any power to change anything. Some are happy enough, some are livid and some in between. We have different opinions. We can keep going on about our point of view but it’s not going to affect the outcome. I say give the manager and players a chance and let’s see what transpires. You think we are going down. I think we aren’t.😊

Evans also saying on top of “no frees can help us”
January is also out regards transfers. Basically,
What we currently have as a squad is all they’re
Giving Farke or the next bloke if they sack DF.

Rollercoaster ride just lost the braking system.

Just realised Batty Views have got worse since Football Manager 25 was cancelled

The following could have easily been outlined to us in advance. We could have had our debates about whether to sell or keep, but at least some trust would have been there.

Evans added: “Leeds come from almost the exact opposite position [to Sunderlamd]. Last year, Leeds had to get promoted because of the level of past player investment, wage bill, etc. So we doubled down on as much quality as possible last season to maximise our promotion on it.

“So we've carried a big wage bill two years ago, a big bill a year ago. We lost roughly £60million pounds in our company's accounts record in fiscal year 2024. That loss is inside of our three-year PSR window.

“Between two years in the Championship and one year in the Premier League, our allowable PSR losses are at £61m. So those numbers are very similar, meaning this year we have to operate very efficiently to make our three-year window work.

“Within that, we have frankly been able to get more done due to a combination of aggressive contracting and commercial success and other elements to maximise our spend this season, to get more player quality than expected.

Where’s Promo when you need some light relief? Obviously on the Man U board debating his new goalie.