Re: For the love of God,Allah or whoever-McDermott GO!!! : Mon Sep 22, 2014 3:04 pm  

William Eve wrote:

The club is in desperate need of a positive 'feel good factor' news item release right now.

How about a new 5 year deal for the World's Biggest Winger?

That's already done. There is a five year deal to announce for someone else though

Re: For the love of God,Allah or whoever-McDermott GO!!! : Mon Sep 22, 2014 3:10 pm  

Is it a good one gotcha?

Re: For the love of God,Allah or whoever-McDermott GO!!! : Mon Sep 22, 2014 3:19 pm  

Gotcha wrote:

That's already done. There is a five year deal to announce for someone else though

Ian kirke? Ryan Bailey?


Jamie Peacock?

Re: For the love of God,Allah or whoever-McDermott GO!!! : Mon Sep 22, 2014 3:44 pm  

Walter white wrote:

Is it a good one gotcha?

Zak Hardaker

Re: For the love of God,Allah or whoever-McDermott GO!!! : Mon Sep 22, 2014 4:14 pm  

Gotcha wrote:

That's already done. There is a five year deal to announce for someone else though

Hall has had two five year deals announced in the last three years. Why not make it three five year deals announced in the last four?

I'm of the opinion the club should back off from any deal with the serial miscreant for the time being, if only to see if he's capable of going six months without behaving like a complete and utter moron.

Re: For the love of God,Allah or whoever-McDermott GO!!! : Mon Sep 22, 2014 7:19 pm  

Hardaker would be brilliant news

Re: For the love of God,Allah or whoever-McDermott GO!!! : Mon Sep 22, 2014 10:32 pm  

Walter white wrote:

Hardaker would be brilliant news

not sure it would help sason ticket sales though.

we need a big signing for that

Re: For the love of God,Allah or whoever-McDermott GO!!! : Tue Sep 23, 2014 5:36 am  

If you take a step back though from the obvious disappointment at the end of the season, GH will look at the cup win as something he can use for next year. I don't think he necessarily buys into the need for 'big' signings to sell tickets.

What I would be surprised at is if he wasn't well aware of the need to provide more entertaining fare in the league for more of the season. Nobody can guarantee winning anything, but throwing games away is clearly not good enough either.

Re: For the love of God,Allah or whoever-McDermott GO!!! : Tue Sep 23, 2014 1:06 pm  

From a Chief Executive's viewpoint, unless your bottom line is suffering due to on-field performances where's the need for change?

Leeds will have made a few bob out of the Challenge Cup. Gates are pretty steady, albeit not at the giddy heights of 2004, presumably the commercial department keeps ticking over?

So why go out and splash the cash when there's no guarantee you'll get a return on it? Expect a 2015 not remarkably different from 2014 in terms of personnel.

Re: For the love of God,Allah or whoever-McDermott GO!!! : Tue Sep 23, 2014 1:15 pm  

Andy Gilder wrote:

From a Chief Executive's viewpoint, unless your bottom line is suffering due to on-field performances where's the need for change?

Leeds will have made a few bob out of the Challenge Cup. Gates are pretty steady, albeit not at the giddy heights of 2004, presumably the commercial department keeps ticking over?

So why go out and splash the cash when there's no guarantee you'll get a return on it? Expect a 2015 not remarkably different from 2014 in terms of personnel.

I guess this about not resting on Laurels. In the early 2000s Nokia had a product that everybody wanted. They got complacent and missed the smartphone boom, and as such can't sell a smartphone for love nor money.

Fans are fickle. If they don't feel they are getting value for money, and that may be in temrs of entertainment, or silverware bragging rights they will go elsewhere. The job of GH is to see when the dip is going to happen, and try to prevent it. If its left until next summer to sort out it may be too late regardless of who is announced to start the 2016 season.