Transfer window approaching

The summer transfer window is opening on July 1st and after some horrible windows we are finally ready to set off and claim our place back in the Premier League with some class signings, GFH Capital promised they would spend some money and said that we should reserve judgement on them until the summer window was over, OH MY, are they in for a treat, if Leeds fans are good at anything it's at judging, so for Haigh and his buddies sake I really hope they deliever what they have promised us since the day they took over basically.

It might sound negative saying that Leeds fans are good at judging, but I actually feel it's fair enough that we do, we have had almost ten years of pain and lies, we deserve better then this and we especially deserve the truth after GFH came in with big words and promises of listening and involving the fans.

I know the window is yet to open but I still feel a bit concerned about the promised transfers, whenever I see us linked with a player that will cost us £1M and above reports are quickly out that we are looking at the possibility of a season long loan instead or that we are ruled out of the biding before it even starts. I am not sure how I'd feel about another summer of broken promises and loans or signings of the quality like Habibou and Ryan Hall, or well I actually do know how I'd feel, I'd feel pissed off and lied to. The only positive there is to say about shit loan signings like Habibou is that we had the chance to return him to Belgium.

I have been considering whether it is all a smokescreen from GFH that we seem to be ruled out of any targets before even starting the window, they might just be cautious not to push the prices up before we put in bids, knowing that we are Leeds United, and if we want a player you can squeeze the prices up a bit.

Regardless of what happens I hope for some positive news while I'm on my holiday and I hope that GFH delievers, because like I wrote, judgement on them is coming to a town near you on August 1st. 


Marching on together and thanks for reading! Have a nice summer.

The best ever Leeds United shirt

About a year ago my mailman rang my door and I went downstairs and opened it, there it was, ok it was wrapped so I could not actually see it, but I knew it was in there... I went upstairs and opened the package, and as expected, the best, Leeds United related, ebay purchase EVER. A slightly worn original Asics Thistle Hotels shirt as worn by legends like McAllister, Speed, Deane and Strachan.
I was well happy with the purchase, which was actually pretty cheap (£16 I think) and I wear it as often as I can, no event is to small to show of a true Leeds classic.

Footballing wise we have without a doubt celebrated more succes in other shirts, but I just like this so much, the collar, the color, the stripe, the logo - it just has it all - actually all the Thistle Hotels shirts (perhaps not the goalie ones though), were awesome and I have almost managed to get them all, just lacking the green/blue one but I'll probably get hold of that someday to.

After years with Diadora and Macron I always like to think back the days we wore Nike, Asics and Umbro, true sporting brands and not this cheap crap we wear now, one of my biggest hopes is that we will return to a decent brand the year we are promoted, which means 2014/15 (I wish).

Marching on together!

Jermaine Beckford, a return or a player best left in the past?

A rumour surfaced today that Leicester would either release or transfer list Jermaine Beckford, and instantly Twitter exploded with people either wanting Leeds to sign him up or people doing their best to persuade Leeds to leave Beckford alone.
I'm a bit torn to be honest, the guy can score goals, plenty of goals when he's in the right mood, he can also be a lazy bugger that complaints and moans most of the time, and the "fun" part is, you never know which Jermaine you'll see.

Beckford will always be a hero to Leeds fans for his goal against Manchester United on January 3rd 2010 and for him scoring the goal that finally got us out of League One on a wonderful day in May 2010 - but if I'm honest I think we should let Beckford sign for someone else, I just can't see him being a 20-25 goalscorer in the championship, plus the whole taking players back who asked to leave is not really always the best idea, I fear he'd return with an attitude of him being bigger then Leeds since he's been in the Premier League and we haven't.

So, the verdict will have to be; Thanks for the memories Becks but our paths should probably not cross again, for the good of Leeds United and probably for you to... So Brian McDermott, please sign Billy Sharp!

MOT

Sign him up Brian!

Reports came out today that Aston Villa have decided to release former Leeds loanee Eric Lichaj when his contract expires next month. I remember Lichaj fondly from his time at Elland Road and would like to see him join the club in the summer.

Not only is he a good RB, he also has a killer last name, that's gotta count for something to right? He's also played quite a lot of Premier League games for Aston Villa since his Leeds days, so I think that us signing up Lichaj would show a bit of ambition - Whether Sam Byram leaves or not I still think Lichaj will be an important player at ER. Sam can be pushed forward, or maybe we could even allow the 19 year old a few rests during the season, luxury!

So Brian, get on the phone to Eric's agent and sign him up.

MOT

The page address has been moved

The old link www.kimba1980.blogspot.com will now send you to another blog where I ramble on about various things in life and the Leeds United blog will now be found here: www.aroundmyleedsunited.blogspot.com so update your bookmarks and thanks for visiting.

Kind regards, Kim

Player of the year 2012/13

It's time for the final award of the easily forgetable 2012/13 season - and this time it's the big one, player of the year.

As every other Leeds fan I've been very impressed by Sam Byram and also gave him the young player award (http://aroundmyleedsunited.blogspot.dk/2013/05/young-player-of-year.html) but for me there is only one guy who deserves player of the year, and he deserves it for several reasons.

• I'm confident that without his many goals prior to his sale we'd be playing League One come August
• I think everybody will agree that our promotion hopes, slim as they were, totally vanished when he left
• We've all, almost, realised what a class goalscorer we had after seeing his replacement being worse then Billy Paynter

The sale of Becchio ruined our season, and if I disliked Warnock before the sale for his idiotic comments about Becchio, it doesn't compare to my hate towards him now, not only did he sell our top scorer (and top 10 of all time), he also "managed" to do it in a crap deal and get Morison and very little £'s for him, crazy stuff.

A well deserved player of the year in my humble opinion, now it's time for us to look forward to the new season and hopefully better times ahead, thanks for reading during the season - best fans in the world!

MOT

Young player of the year

It's time for young player of the year and it's pretty obvious that it can only be Sam Byram. I'm not sure how many Leeds fans knew who this kid was 12 months ago, but I'm pretty confident that every Leeds fan knows him now.

Sam has had an amazing season, he's played in every game but that last two and have been one of our best and most consistent performers, it's very clear that we have a wonderful player on our hands, whether he is still here after the summer transfer window we'll see, but I really hope so, this guy is, in my humble opinion, a future Leeds captain.

So, young Sam, thanks for a great season, it's safe to say that apart for TOMA and Warnock fucking off you been one of the only highlights!

Marching on together