If you don't then you don't want prem football! Two prem players decent players on their day, going for free, just stick Barton on 15k a week after all we have a 40,000 seater stadium, and paying premier league prices. Then just pay Hargreaves as he plays, with those two in the middle with Nunez or Howson in front, we'll walk this fizzy pop league. Bet you we dont sign either
I'm not a religious man but your post has inspired me to put my hands together in praise of the Lord. Thank Christ you are not the manager of Leeds United.
If I was manager we'd have been in the prem whilst Graysoon was plotting how to lose to Hereford. Barton is quality and better than all of our center mids, as is Hargreaves. Don't hate me as I thought of this not you..... anyways yours supposed to like Thuggish players arent you as ur local?? you worship Johnson and Becchio for being bruisers
Why would we want either of these two at the club? One is broken and hasn't played for 3 years and the other is a criminal and just generally an absolute dickhead. He would destroy the team spirit as he has done at Newcastle. Not to mention that neither would drop to the Championship, especially at our wage structure. But our wage structure is good. No Championship player should be on some of the wages other clubs are dishing out.
Arsnel, Spurs, Everton, Scum & supposedly 2 other Prem Teams or Championship Leeds?!? Barton is the type to play in the same league as Newcastle just so he can end someones career when he plays at St James again the little cockrotten bastard
Yeah and so they should be seeing as they are very highly paid Premiership players. Not sure if this is aimed at me ? But if you look at my location you'll see I'm not local anymore. Never mind the fact it's a ridiculous assumption - do you think all "local" Leeds supporters like thuggish players, WTF ??? And I worship Johnson and Becchio for being bruisers ? Where DO you get your information from ????
I'm with Que Somma. How we're missing out on the likes of Given, Phil Jones, Ashley Young, Stewart Downing... and now Barton! It's disgusting. Obvioulsy Ken Bates is a secret billionare who just isn't willing to pump money into the team. We have 0 ambition - disgusting behaiviour. Fans of every club in England aside from Man Utd, Chelsea, Man City and Liverpool should be ripping up their season tickets and marching on their chairmans' office.
Hargreave srecord is 39 games in 4 seasons so I don,t think even if we paid him 10k a week this would equate to£50k for every match he was fit to play as for Barton he would destroy any dressing room moral we might as well go the whole hog and bring in Bellamy as well!
Remember when Howard Wilkinson signed Vinny Jones - a first division player - while we were in the old div 2? True he also signed Strachen (an absolute gem of a player and the best bargain we had since Giles) but Vinny's attitude made us rock solid in that 1988-89 season. I remember a story of how he introduced himself to the squad, he wacked some player in the mouth and asked if there was anyone who had anything to say about his footballing ability. By all accounts the silence was deafening.
We should have gone for Aguero aswell, BATES OUT!!! You really think Barton would be willing to shun the likes of Arsenal and Spurs and drop his wages from 65k to 15k to play in the Championship?