31 Aug 2015 11:37:15
any chance of Virgil Van Dijk looks so good on the ball strong fast and 12m look cheap better than him going to southampton then buying him from them for £30m

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1.) 31 Aug 2015
31 Aug 2015 13:40:26
People requesting more signings. When will people understand that BR should not be allowed to sign anyone else. From what I have seen this season it is going to be a bit of a roller coaster. We lack quality in all areas. No point signing another centre back when he has already brought in a number that are not good enough. We are going to struggle this season as BR has a fundamental misunderstanding that he does not recognise the importance of the centre of midfield - his style of play and the players he has brought in (or lack of it) shows this. He thinks having loads of attacking midfielders will win games.
The writing is on the wall for him, no point in signing anyone else. FSG has shown faith (misplaced) in him so let's just accept we are going to have a rocky 6 months before any chance of him being let go.
What I cannot understand from FSG is why they did not break the bank to bring in a top class manager rather than let a completely unproven clown waste hundreds of millions of pounds on poor players that get loaned out the year after they are signed. It shows that the whole structure of the club is poor. FSG came in and got the club for a very good price. It is unlikely they will exit before the stadium is renovated. I for one think they are very misguided and wish they restructure the club boardroom and manager wise this season. Losing top class players (Suarex, Sterling, Gerrard) and replacing them with second rate players that have cost lots of cash shows something is seriously wrong with the club.
My biggest concern is that the club do not become broke and we end up as another Leeds.

2.) 31 Aug 2015
31 Aug 2015 14:39:42
I couldn't agree twice so I had to comment. Top post GKID.

3.) 31 Aug 2015
31 Aug 2015 15:17:12
If BR doesn`t get his act together, the owners will be to blame for his exit because they had a chance to wipe the slate clean and didn`t do it. I sure hopes he improves tho because it`ll mean our club is progressing because in the end, that`s all we all want or at least, some of us.

4.) 31 Aug 2015
31 Aug 2015 16:07:31
the owners saved us , but as you say they have made a mistake with keeping BR in his job , that's the only big mistake they have made , they have put money into the club they have give money for the players its not their fault how it got spent all i can say is that BR must be one good blagger for him to keep his job when all around him lost their's , but maybe he kept his job on the provion that he will get us into the champs league and if not he will walk away without the club having to pay him off , i hope its that anyway because if he was let go i think he gets a very big pay out , but don't quote me on this

5.) 31 Aug 2015
31 Aug 2015 18:40:23
Mbrock I slightly disagree with you there when you say it's not their fault that money has been misspent, for me the buck stops from the top, they hired Rodgers abd set up the structure of the transfer committee so for me it is of there own doing, all that being said as in life it ultimately will come down to this; no one will remember the numerous good things they've done for the club but will remember every mistake and error made and some!! Looking on an uncertain few years at this rate, it hasn't been this stressful as a fan since the h and g debacle :/ I may be being naive hear but I genuinely hope and can't see a Leeds developing with us but who knows what will happen, interesting if not a tad painful watching over next couple of years and may well get worse before it gets better

6.) 31 Aug 2015
31 Aug 2015 18:51:37
It is the owners fault when they allow a lunatic to waste hundreds of millions of pounds:
Leeds Utd
Barings Bank (although the owners did not consent)

I don't blame the manager as he is probably doing all that he is capable of. He is simply not experienced enough and does not possess the quality needed at this level. He buys the players that reflect his managerial capability.
If you are owners or a board etc you need a damn good CEO to run things and in football they also make sure the managerial appointment is the right one.
The one big mistake was poor judgement in the appointment and then failure to act on the poor form.