New Manager Poll

Well like yourselves, we have been trading predominantly on freebies and loans - Keogh and Lowry are the first players we have spent money on and that is only this month.

Think we spent less on those 2 than you did on Pugh

 

Suspect you spent more on Keogh alone than we did on Pugh.

 

£150k by all accounts

 

SSN linking us with Karl Robinson, I'd take that.

 

His achievements: getting to the playoffs in League One.

No way he counts as a step forward from Grayson.

 

I think Paul Lambert should get the job. Be interesting to see how he does managing a big club.

 

Lee Clark has ruled himself out......thank ****.

And so has Gus Poyet.

 

Good news indeed Clarke has ruled himself out Look North just now

 

ONE LEEDS we both agree on Clarke totally useless

 

I don't see anyone as a step forward, but I'd prefer to get in another promising young manager.

 

Looking at Warnock's record, I think that would count as a step forward. Whether it will work in practice is another matter. But I don't want another manipulable young bloke for Bates to hang out to dry by pinning the blame on him while he snatches players from under his nose and fails to keep the core of a good team. That's why we need a fighter and someone with some resilience about them.

Bates is two-and-two-thirds as old as Robinson for goodness' sake!

 

I just wish Keane, Bruce & Ince would hurry up & rule themselves out.

Their silence is extremely worrying!

 

Alan Smith would have made a great player/manager for us.

Don't discount Shearer taking up the job.

 

Isn't Shearer on something like half a million for his MOTD job. Will Bates be able to match that?

 

Somebody told me Shearer was interested in the job. Can't say if that's 100% accurate info. However the bloke that told me does have close ties to the club.

Put it this way. I would rather an inexperienced Shearer than a clown like Bruce or Ince.

Warnock is a non starter. Take my word for it.

 

how do you know its a non starter?

 

He has quoted to paper that he wants the job. No need for close ties to the club

 

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11715/7473434/Bates-blasts-Grayson-criticism

"We spent over £12m on wages so why are people blaming me for the recent results?"

Tell me where he said that we are spending 'We're spending 12m on not just wages, but transfer and agent fees too'

 

He's generalizing. See this link for more detailed (and true) information:

http://www.thesquareball.net/what-ken-said/2012/01/25/leeds-united-for-sale/

 

Looks like it might be Clark. Apparently we've made enquiries to Huddersfield. Would prefer someone older and more experienced but it wouldn't be the worst case scenario...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...eeds-enquire-Huddersfield-boss-Lee-Clark.html

Oops, just realised the same link was posted in another thread. Sorry.

And didn't see Look North, but what were his exact words when he ruled himself out? He obviously isn't going to say "yes, i'm going to Leeds" at this stage is he? Of course he's going to deny it and i'll take what he has said with a pinch of salt...