Wednesday 1 February 2012

Ken Bates Explains Why Leeds Had To Part company with Grayson


Leeds United chairman Ken Bates speaking today on Yorkshire Radio
"First of all we have to acknowledge that in the previous three seasons Simon got us to the play-off semi-finals, won us promotion the next year and last year we finished seventh."Contrary to some of the nutters on twitter we backed him all the way. The first time I said no to a player that Simon wanted to buy was last Thursday when he wanted to sign a player who was going to cost us £600,000 a year. I said, 'you`ve already got six centre backs` all of whom he has signed."At 30, we have probably got one of the largest squads in the championship and a bigger squad than many clubs in the Premiership. Our wage budget was £9.5 million this year and we have spent over £12 million. So these people who are blaming me for the results do not know what they are talking about."Every penny we have made from transfer fees as gone back into team on transfer fees or wages.

"If you sign a player on a free transfer on £500,000 a year on a three year contract you are committing up to £1.5 million, which is a tremendous amount of money.

"We have six strikers and six centre backs and all of a sudden I cannot understand why any of them are not good enough. We have three teenagers in the back four.

"He is the manager and he decides who he wanted to buy. We as a club and me as chairman just authorise it. We just pay for it. The facts of the matter are we have conceded more goals than almost any other club in the championship has. Therefore we have reached as far as we can and the present system isn`t working.

"We have got eighteen games to go, nine at home and nine away. We can still get into the play offs. I think automatic promotion is looking a bit remote. I think we need a fresh start, fresh attitude and we will move on."

Simon told me in November we were going to win promotion. These players have not become bad players overnight.

"There is a problem somewhere and we do not know what it is. I am a little bit disappointed what Simon said after last night, when he said he was working within financial constraints, Jesus, he has spent nearly 30% over budget on players wages. Some people are banging on about loan players. Who scored the winner against us when played at the Emirates? It was a loan player wasn`t it. Thierry Henry.

"It is not a question of money we spend on transfer fees, it is the quality of player you get. He is a free player, free transfer. Do we pay £35 million for Carroll or £50 million for Torres? So money itself doesn`t mean anything. The important thing is the quality and value for money. What I do not understand is why we are where we are with what we have spent.

"Don`t forget, when we were beaten by Barnsley 4-1. Their wage bill was £4.5 million and ours was £11.5 million, so we were clearly not getting value for money are we. So seeing as the present system is not working we need a fresh look. Having said that, thank you to Simon for what he has done and his two assistants but we have to move on."

19 comments:

  1. boring bates do one

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  2. i think bates is right

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  3. So in theory, the staff Simon G employed have failed to deliver so he must go....? Fair enough but surely the same goes for you Bates, SG is the THIRD manager you have employed and they have all failed to deliver so live by your own rules and GO.... For the sake of LUFC #BATESOUT

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  4. Oh and secondly WE PAY THE FUCKING WAGES NOT YOU, YOU C#NT So if SG wants another freebie on 600k then let him fucking have him !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  5. clifford lufc tid...mot1 February 2012 at 21:01

    Same old bollocks Bates as poddy666 say's ultimately the buck stops with the chairman..So back the manager in the transfer market,but no sack him instead it's the cheaper option... you are a fucking cheapskate profiteering Chelsea tosser..ffs do us a favour & fuck off :)

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  6. I agree wiv bates we don't come bad overnight Txxxxr ad lost the dressing room wen e was shxxing about. Funny how Obrien as come back wen txxxxr was booted out. C'mon Leeds an get back where we belong. Stuart loves 1958.

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  7. grayson is a good manager,got us were we are today,but you cant win with loan players.say we got to the premiership, we lose them loan players and have to start from srcatch again that means straight back down again,we need a fixed squad to get any where.with ambition,this why howson left(no ambiton).

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  8. what a dick bates is 600k and he said no that is y are squad is shit simon nose if he asks for a good player u will say no so he just stopet going for them bates fuck off

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  9. Bates you talk crap. Disgrace to leeds. Disgrace to yourself

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  10. yh bates thats Thierry Henry an experianced player who is top quality and who plays for a excelant team n who was he playing against a championship team who is ok.
    if arsenal was playing man u or someone like that Thierry Henry woudn't score would he.
    Simon Grayson's barmy army

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  11. we've had 70 players on loan,please tell me how the fuck can you build a squad when so many players are loan players ???? bates fucking do one!!!!!

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  12. fuck off bates we know what were on about graycon wernt the problem its you not spned u fucking ass hole simon was not a bad mager your just a shit chairman bring him back and u fuck of :)

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  13. oh yeh your a cheapskate go crawl in to your cheap house and die a dead corpse would give us more money than u

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  14. " Simon got us to the play-off semi-finals, won us promotion the next year and last year we finished seventh." A quote from bates himself, there was nothing wrong with grayson he was trying to do his job and bates denied him, the rest of his explanation just talks about money, just goes to show how greedy he actually is.

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  15. Bates, you talk absolute bullshit, get your head from out of your arse and stop destroying OUR beloved club it actually hurts to see what you are doing to our club, grayson isn't the problem, you are you scum chelsea bastard, grayson was a brilliant manager he got us automatic promotion in his first full season with us and what have you done other than give no money into the club, all our money is going on doing up the stadium and a hotel and nightclubs etc, who the fuck is going to go to a hotel or a nightclub in BEESTON you fucking tool, sort your head out and stop destroying our club, BATES OUT!
    Yours truly
    the Leeds Utd Fans!

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  16. fuck off bates u sell all the good player leeds have and then wont let grayson buy anymore how he fuck do u expect to win anything u fat hopeless old wanker


    the Leeds Utd Fans!

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  17. i dont agree with bates at all n i fink he sld do one but we all no he wont so for the the football club we all love stop bad mouthing are chairman before he gets us into more shit ok we lost the manger we all love now its time to move on lets get bk to where we belong mot

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