And even though Bamford said he didn`t want to play for us if we got relegated back end of last season.
He`s still here with no apparent bids for him either.

First half was excellent. you can see a real shape and organisation
still not a fan of james and gelhardt not done himself any favours.
ampadeu looks quality

really good tonight. poveda was really good as a 10, much better than gelhardt. gyiabi very good, gnonto and sinisterra quality. brilliant passing and shape. looked solid too

Yes very good tonight.
First half I thought Byrom, Shackleton and Sinisterra were good with Ampadu a class above anyone on the pitch.
Second half Cresswell, Gyabi, Gray and Poveda standouts.
Bamford took his goal well.
Agree about Joffy who puts a lot of effort in but no quality.
Shame Wober didn`t stay and we need to keep Adams.
All in all very organised and a good performance.
Ayling and Cooper not up to it.

thought ayling and cooper went OK last night. bamford giving it the fingers in his ears when in truth he has been for 2 years and that's nobodys fault but his

Personally thought Ayling and Cooper made a couple of mistakes but no disasters.
Yes how stupid is Bamford doing that?
He needs to get the Leeds fans onside not act like he`s been hard done to considering how crap he was last season.

Considering he received death threats from some Leeds fans, I'd say it was the other way round.

Maybe he didn`t deserve death threats but he certainly deserved the criticism for continuously playing poor and missing scoring opportunities that a half decent striker should be putting away.

spot on chapylad. threats are unacceptable but he's been awful for a long time

Phil Hay has confirmed Tyler Adams has a release clause of around 20m to 25m. I wouldn't be surprised if Brighton go for him when they get 100m from Chelsea for Caisado.

100 million for Caicedo is way over the top.
Good player but not worth that imo.

why would you have a release clause lower than his transfer fee? stupid

It isn't lower than what we paid. It's about the same.

thought we paid 25m?

paid 17m so I stand corrected.
still 10m to low mind

Any involvement Orta had a hand in along with our CEO and Chairman at the time stitched us up good and proper.
So far 117 million paid for players and 3 million brought in for the sale of Rodrigo.

orta gets stick but wheres the evidence he sorted contracts? he sorted players. leeds have a woman who is a contract specialist. always sat next to players who sign. she seems to escape any criticism yet its her job

To be fair, they also had 50% to 60% relegation wage decreases in their contracts. So they probably had to put a loan/transfer clause in the player's favour as a compromise.
They've probably saved at least 60m off the wage bill even before the loans. Also, following the relegation, the chances of us recouping any money on some of these players is likely at their lowest, so loaning them gets their wages off the books, and also gives them chance to build up their values again.

The club cannot afford to sell these players below what they paid for them and that is likely what would happen. £120m is a more realistic £80m. Getting the players off the payroll is a god send to the club. Of all the players that have gone which ones would you like to keep?

wober. that's it

Fully agree and would like to hold on to Sinisterra, Adams and Gnonto.
But if we could get 20 million for Gnonto I wouldn`t grumble.
We still need to offload Firpo which is easier said than done.
Another who escapes any criticism is Kinnear who surely must have had a hand in transfers at some point.

I'm really not sure he did. his job is day to day running of the club and msximize income. which he did well

We should be getting more than 20mill for Gnonto, he’s a full international under contract with no release clause and I imagine his wages won’t be that high

Fair enough mate.

I agree he is certainly worth more and would say around 30 million
But if he wants out it`s better to cash in if we can.
Adams as I understand it has a release cause of 20 million and again I think he is worth nearer to 30 mill.