Love him or hate him, you have to hand it to Warnock, he is a wily old sod. With the season about to kick off, Warnock has down played expectations of automatic promotion - why up the ante unnecessarily? - whilst setting a taget of making the playoffs and warning opposition teams that they will have to be "really good" to beat Bastard United.
It sounds to me as if Warnock is pretty confident of storming the division. Despite Master Bates keeping a tight hold of the purse strings, Warnock's wheeler dealing means that he is starting the season with "a lot of the players" he "wanted". He rightly talks of "genuine players" rather than brilliant players and that, at the end of the day, may be Leeds' undoing. Compare the squad with the QPR team he guided to to the Championship title two seasons back and you have to say that there is no Taarabt, no Faurlin and no Buzsaky, although the Hungarian is available on a free.
Are Leeds good enough? I reckon Warnock thinks so despite his attempts to dampen expectations. The way he is playing it, everybody will slap his back if Leeds finish in sixth and if they finish top, they will erect a statue to him outside Elland Road, leaning forward, gob wide open, finger pointing accusingly. Clever old bastard.
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on another note i think west ham will be relagated this season . how about you ?
joe leeds
Quite possibly Joe, time will tell. Allardyce has never suffered relegation so the odds are against it, but there's a first time for everything.
There's only one neil warnock!
He usually gets sacked before relegation
Whilst, in complete contrast, expectations at West Ham are running sky high. This blogger is predicting an early exit from the league cup at the hands of Crewe - presumabley to avoid ridicule should such an eventuality come to pass - so transparent! Meanwhile, from within the club big Sam is predicting a torrid season of unattractive rear guard relegation dogfighting. Plus la change eh Rodney, plus la change!
i think he will be sacked before christmas and replaced with roberto martinez.
what ya think ?
3 players off...take time to gel...first 6 games tough...injuries and suspensions would make it threadbare as we stand...wispers of wright Philips and Bates in LEEDS...never boring,everybodies cup final....IF YOU HATE LEEDS UNITED HAVE A GO.
Who Warnock? Show some faith Joe!
I thought we had lost you HF! Smart move by warnock, ı rember mancını doıng the same thıng last year and ıt worked for them. I agree we havn't got a tarrabt, faulın or buszacky, although ım not sure warnock was all that keen on the later. We do have a dıouf austın and mcormack though albeıt one mıght leave, one ıs unproven and one draws sımılarıtys wıth a sewer rat. İf he can keep ross and get the best out of dıouf and austın ıs anythıng lıke the clıps ıve seen of hım we wıll be a scarey proposıtıon for any team ın the leauge! Apparently the takeover complete and could be announced as soon as tommorow! Wıth bates clıngıng on to us wıth some made up tıtle honory lıfe presıdent. :-( you have to laugh the guys a comedıan.
LOL Lost me 2141? I cling like a tick! Interesting the way many of you Leeds fans have been looking for my posts whilst there has been nothing to report on Leeds. Takeover completing tomorrow? It's always tomorrow mate, and tomorrow never comes. Unlike Master Bates! ; }
Sam never gets relegated because he got sacked before hıs teams went down ıe newcastle and blackburn lol
21.41 here, what type of world would ıt be hope HF. I must admıt ı have been on your blog to see what you up to. I trıed temptıng you out by sayıng heres a headlıne for you, Hammerfan beaten ınto submıssıon by leeds fans lol ıt must have worked! clıng on lıke a tıc ha ha ı lıke ıt :-)
Can Hamsterfanny name any brilliant West Ham players in the current squad?
As for Taarabt and Buzsaki, I don't think I would replace McCormack or Varney with either of them. I might give you Faurlin but then he'd walk into the West Ham side without too much trouble.
bastard united? whats that all about.you idiot.
Come on Joe Mitchell - I know WHam aren't great but relegation no way - what about Wigan,wbrom,leedsreserves ie Norwich,qpr,Swansea,reading,villa,
Go bollocks dick head
Do you want a fight or what
What's that, takeover complete, yeah I wish, oh yes I wish.Where did that news come from, come on HF do your job, has the takeover gone through,I swear I'll never slag you again.
I've not really bothered commenting on the take over saga until now, but Hamsterfanny talks such nonsense as he falls over himself looking for a bad news angle on Leeds.
In my limited business experience, when you have a willing buyer and a willing seller it is more often than not just a matter of time. Bates to hold on for as long as possible for the best deal!? Big surprise to anyone? Clearly it is for Hamster but he probably has less business acumen than tha average paperboy.
Take more than a promotion from second tier for Colin to get a statue. Wilkinson is still waiting for his and he got promo and then won the 1st division title. Last English manager to do it too.
It's actually bloody hard to get a statue at ER. Revie only got one this year. Hey-Ho what the f**k do you know?
We would not be worried about the mighty Crewe....but then we dont have Ruud boffin in goal....you will lose more games than us this season...lining yourself up for a big fall ...
I predict that green streets is the biggest pile of shite I've ever seen and that they'll never make a film as bad as that one again and Karen Brady will be on babestation by Christmas and you'll be relegated by march !!
Hey up Hf where you been ? We really really missed you. Some even set up vigils at you place. Me i had a read of your other stuff! Great job pal!! Making an Ass of yourself writing anything to get hits!. Thing is pal your popularity is waining. What should you do? Insult! Or go forth and multiply? Hobsons choice!! Hits or obscurity.
I used to think karen brady was worth one.
Hammers fan,
When did your hatred/obsession for Leeds start? Personally I've never had much against west ham, always tought we had some good battles on the pitch. I will admit that I'm not Carlton Coles biggest fan, but that's about it. Big Sam actually started off his management carrer in my native city of Limerick. So I want him 2 do well, and to be quite honest I think he will do ok. But my sole focous this season will be on Leeds United, F**K every1 else. Warnock has done a good job over the summer with limited funds. Austin,Pearce,Kenny,Diouf (agreed he is a sewer-rat),White,Becchio,Lees,McCormack,Varney,Norris... they can all play a massive part for us this season. Let's hope they do. Because the premier league is better with Leeds in it. Weather you would admit it or not. Its true. So here's to a succesful season for Leeds & West Ham. I hope we meet in the premiership next season. Then we can have some real banter.
You must have a pretty sad existence if all your going to do is read other articles about Leeds On news now and then write your own one sided opinion to get a raise from other Leeds fans! Looking at your site you seem to write more about Leeds than west ham! The only reason Leeds fans hit this site is to read the abuse that other Leeds fans give you ;)
How is this anti Leeds exactly? Talk about knee jerk responses! Correction, talk about jerk responses!
Typical twattish hammers fan , we'll pass you by on the way up as you go back down playing shit football ander fat sam in the champo , bates has to sell soon before he shrivells up and dies , only reason he's still here is to piss people of in his limelight.
Thats it shammer go for it. Jerk response the dildo on your botty
interesting article HF. would warnock really hang about with a team he thought could only finish mid table. i agree with you.i think he is more confident than he's letting on.cmon the whites!
You come across as though you really want to be a Leeds fan but you just know that your West Ham blog isn't the right place to announce your defection. Why not start a dedicated Leeds blog? All you have to do is change the title at the top...
A poor man's Adrian Durham. You'll be calling this blog 'The Daily Leeds' next. Ha!
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