come on leicester, stick it up those sheep shagging welsh s

BATES OUT

What sort of d ick trys to chip the keeper in a penalty shootout ffs

Oh well it will be even better when Blackpool beat the sheep shaggers

8mil is the transfer kitty apparently.

I'd be amazed if it was that high,this is papa smurf we are talking about and although i hope yer right i reckon SG will be lucky to get 3mil!

Splashing out money doesn't guarantee success but it makes it significantly more likely than relying on free transfers and short term loan deals.

Its possible to pick up a bargain or two that way - if you're prepared to pay big wages and have no competition from Premier League sides - but to build a successful team you need to spend money.
That way you get access to players who otherwise wouldn't be available and you price out some of the competition.

Spotted this on a rumours site - there was no evidence to back anby of it up - but its interesting food for thought all the same:

Ins:
Jamie Ashdown Gk from Pompey
Tommy Spurr RB from Sheff Wed
Neil Collins CB from Preston NE – Permanent Deal
Brian Stock CM from Doncaster
Michael Doyle CM from Conventry – Permanent Deal
Nick Montegomery CM from Sheff Utd
Sanchez Watt WING from Arsenal – Season Loan
Jamie Ward FWD from Sheff Utd
Aaron McLean FWD from P'Boro

Outs:
Jermaine Beckford FWD to Everton – 95% done deal FREE
Jason Crowe RB to a lge1 club
Aidy White LB to a lge1 club on Loan for Season
Bradley Johnson Mid to a Championship side – Possibly Bristol City or Doncaster Rovers
Tresor Kandol Released
Paul Dickov Released
Mike Grella to a lge1 club on Loan For Season

Other Possibilities include:
Marc Wilson MID from Portsmouth
Chris Morgan CB from Sheff Utd
Nicky Bailey CM from Charlton depending on their promotion from playoffs
Simeon Jackson FWD from Gillingham
Gary Roberts FWD/WING from Huddersfield again depending on their promotion from playoffs



Also, and how would this go down......how about Alan Smith returning?

Very interesting - quite a few of those I'd happily have. FWIW I do think money will be made available this summer and that we'll pick up a few decent signings - regardless of the way spending has gone in the past my gut feeling is things'll be different now. For all the negatives about Bates, you can see his point re spending in the past. Whilst we were in League One, we had to be careful - there was no guarantee, regardless of spending, that we'd go up, so if we'd splashed out on a couple of high (well, higher anyway...) profile players but not got promotion we'd have ben stuck in League One with probably a too high wage bill for that league. Now we're in the Championship, the revenue coming in will be greater, and we're in a much better position to be able to take the risk financially.

Added to that, whilst the fact we're Leeds Utd has been enough to get certain players in, would it have been enough to get the kinds of names mentioned on here to drop down a league (and potentially take a wage drop) with no definite guarantee of getting out of League One? Again, now we're in the championship, totally different proposition. Leeds are obviously a club back on the up, and the exposure we got from the cup run has also helped out no end in making us even more of a tempting proposition - I can se a lot of players out there wanting to join us this summer.

Oh, and for the record, despite everything surrounding his departure, I'd have Smith back in a flash - very much akin to the return of David Batty back in the day. It's time to put all the Man Utd stuff regarding Smith behind us (after all, the money we got just about kept us alive by all accounts) and he would be an ideal player for us.

Thats pretty close to my feeling on the subject.

Bates backed both Wise and Blackwell with money when in the CCC (Soon the NPower Championship I beleive), so we may see the same.

Would take Smith back, along with most of the players Newcastle or WBA want to offload.

Beckford to Parma?

Italian club linked with him in today's YEP

They must be mad. He's rubbish........

You, erm..didn't notice that he'd stated these were spotted on a rumours site then?

If i were TK20 i'd happily give up my half decent contract to go play some first team football. Sitting in the reserves isn't hardly doing him the best of good is it?