Totally agree I said last year that there was never a better time to push for promotion we now have a real fight on our hands with 12 clubs having arealistic chance of promotionand Bates refusing to get worthwhile signings we have lost out so far to Westwood Dale Jennings Norris Burke what we will get is scraps has beens made to look good Simon has had is hands tied but he did get Schmicheland made a handsome profit Gradel is worth 10 times what we paid for himKisnorbo until injured was real quality so he can get some right but bargain basement means luck of the draw

Sick of bargain gambles. I know the club has been run poorly in the past but I think it is being run poorly now for the opposite reasons. Added to this a manger that comes out with a statement like this. Doesn't he realise he is the manager of Leeds United?! We are far bigger than West Ham and the sooner he realises it the better.

UNTIL WE GET A PROPER FAN/ INVESTOR WE WILL NOT BE A BIG CLUB only in the eyes of the die hard fans If we were a big club Westwood would have signed PRATELY would not be going to BoltonNorris would not have signed for Pompey to give you some idea how big we are Huddersfield spentmore than us last season and Brighton will out spend us this !

well to be fair, he is right, west ham are flexing their financial muscle and they are the favourites, same as newcastle were a few years ago, what do you want him to say? If Bates wanted to spend he could, but he would rather build a hotel and more hospitality sweets than the team with our £35 a seat/£750 a season ticket money, don't shoot the coach down for saying it how it is, because he is spot on.

''im sure teams wont be looking forward to us either''

well simon to be honest i'd rather play leeds more than most teams in our league at the moment. if you can call it a team there will be no one left next week at this rate. apart from chubaka or whatever hes called

Can any one tell me Why grayson is talking up west ham on our website?

SuperLeeds - would Grayson actually say it any differently.

As I said, it feels like we're just being set up for another 'overachieved' excuse when we fail to finish above all the 'strong' teams in the division.

real estate

maybe it's been set up for an exuse to use, but that's only an asumption.

And fresh off the heals of yesterday's statement by
SG and KB "Things are about to hot up in the transfer market!!!!" - we hear SG now saying "He's happy with
last season's squad." ??????? He's lost the back bone
of any team - Keeper - in the form of Kasper. The same Keeper who was an ever-present in the team. And he's lost the two midfielders he just had to have in the team week in week out. And he's happy??? WTF???
It's the same as last season when Bates would spout off about "Players crawling on hands and knees to play for Leeds." Quickly followed up with "But, those players are hard to find." What is it you numpties?
Flurry of activity my behind. Expect a patchwork quilt of
a team. And yes, we'll hear all of the BS about our mid table position being due to others having parachute money/too much money/silly money/extortionate wages. Forget the fact that there are two ex-England managers and a handful of ex-Premier league managers with honest-to-goodness backing we're going up against. Bates makes me want to hurl.
BATES OUT

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I have to say that I 100% agree with Real Estate on this. I am growing tired of pointless articles on our official site more concentrating on other so called 'big' clubs. Who gives a ff what they are doing and what they are about?!

It seems to me that our club just continue to litter our own site with rubbish to make it look like a lot is happening. I also agree lufc_batty in relation to SG going back on his own words less than 24 hours since he spouted them out!!! Why oh why does the hierarchy at Leeds Utd have to transmit messages to us fans in this way?

I kind of agree that we shouldn't name our targets but something more specific would suffice. If Grayson was to come out and say, "We are definitely in the market for a new centre back, left back and two midfield generals", I would be happy. Instead he is gabbing on about being happy with the team from last season one minute and the next saying get ready for an explosion of business. Is the 'explosion' going to be Bates' wallet overfilling and combusting?!!!

grayson will be sacked before the west ham game thats why he is talking about them because he wont see them play at elland rd, THE MAN HAS LOST THE PLOT I cant see him taking leeds any further than he has, good riddance asap thats what I say

SuperLeeds -

I only said it 'feels' as if......not making either an assertion OR an assumption - and am merely repeating Grayson's own words anyway!!

I have to admit I am very concerned also by the overtones of Simon Grayson's statement today.