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Ken Bates "offered Beckford twice this season"

By foxesfan1989, in Leicester City Forum

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Leeds, Diouf, Warnock and Bates perfect combination all they need now is Myra Hindley washing the kit and they've got a full set!

foxfanazer

foxfanazer

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Leeds, Diouf, Warnock and Bates perfect combination all they need now is Myra Hindley washing the kit and they've got a full set!

Breivik on security and Kony ad the youth team coach

Leeds, Diouf, Warnock and Bates perfect combination all they need now is Myra Hindley washing the kit and they've got a full set!

Breivik on security and Kony as the youth team coach
Sharmania

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Leeds’ season officially ended on Saturday, though you could say it never really got started. Going down 2-1 to Leicester at home meant that we didn’t even go out on a high, but the game itself did at least throw up a few interesting developments involving Jermaine Beckford.

Jermaine received a good reception from the fans and after his goalscoring exploits whilst in the white shirt it’s easy to understand why, but it was nice, if not a little surprising, to see Beckford acknowledge the fans with the Leeds salute. In fact, so obvious was his affection to the Leeds fans that Nigel Pearson opted to sub him at half time to prevent him receiving an ovation from the fans as he left the field of play.

After the game, Jermaine was more than happy to sign pictures for the Leeds fans that had stayed behind to see him. To one person he even stated how the only shirt he’d ever be scoring in again at Elland Road would be a Leeds one. Strong words for the centre forward of another team, in the same division.

Ken Bates has admitted a few times how he’s been offered the services of Beckford on more than one occasion, opting not to resign the striker as he felt it was ”best to move on” which roughly translates to ‘would cost too much’, but with Beckfords obvious admiration for the club and the fans, perhaps it would be worth giving this relationship one more try. Rumours in Leicester are that Beckford to Leeds is already a done deal, which is a tad premature to say the least, but with a few of the current squad reportedly telling the fans at the end of season party that Neil Warnock has already signed three players it’s hard not to at least hold a little hope that we might be chanting Beckfords name once again next season.

Another old boy that could be making a move is Alan Smith, who has been linked to Leeds in every transfer window in recent memory. Smith has recently been speaking about potentially taking up a coaching role at Newcastle United, but with Newcastle flying high in the Premier League it’s hard to imagine where he’d fit in.

This transfer window could actually be the one in which Smith returns, with Neil Warnock telling the fans how the dressing room next season will only contain players that can handle playing for Leeds. Nevertheless, putting memories and the potential problems with wages to one side, it’d be hard to imagine Smith back in the white shirt. While he would undoubtedly bring passion, he would struggle to bring any real quality to the team with his best days seemingly behind him. Despite this, unless Smith has his future cleared up quickly you can be sure that this is a story that will last the whole summer, even if the fans have heard it all before.

One player that is certainly not ex-Leeds is El Hadji Diouf, who has been strongly linked with a move to Elland Road. Diouf went on record to state how he’d love to help Leeds win promotion and how any past problems with Neil Warnock were forgotten.

Warnock himself was asked specifically about Diouf whilst being interviewed by TalkSport, Warnock insisted that his line was breaking up, then put the phone down. The very same routine he played out when TalkSport asked Warnock whether he’d be taking the Leeds job, and we all now how that turned out.

Whether Beckford, Smith or Diouf do find themselves at Elland Road come the start of the new season is anyones guess, but I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I’m keeping my fingers crossed over one in particular, bruv.

Taken from: http://www.footballfancast.com/2012/04/championship/old-boys-in-line-for-shock-leeds-united-return

I'm not sure what to take from this, or if it's even true, but it's very unprofessional for someone to tell another team's fans they might be playing for them next season before the club can make any sort of comments.

I'm a fan of the guy, but something stinks here.

Thoughts?

Dan

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Fingers crossed. He needs to go. My patience with him following this weekend has 100% gone, he's took the piss and I hope our fans make it absolute hell for him when he comes back next year.

Sharmania

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try putting this in the transfers section next time ? :)

M'bad! I was too busy making sure there wasn't already a thread on it to think about it!

Raw Dykes

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I hope we can get him off the wage bill. I've said my bit enough times in various Beckford threads already. In short, I think we could do a lot better with the money we're paying. Not just players who contribute more, but players who free up the manager's options for tactics. I think we can expect a lot more from a striker being paid so much, and if we go for a player or two who expect to be used more in rotation instead, then we'll have the option of 4-2-3-1/4-3-3 without playing anyone in a less-favoured position.

The smart thing to do is cash in.

Steven

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Bollocks.

Quite. Complete and utter. Beckford was taken off after 45 mins to give Vassell a run out. :rolleyes:

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Utter bollocks its source is a site called footballtransfertavern which get rumours posted from forums, now it's back in this forum it'll be on another rumours site next week and the circle of bollocks continues.

Think everyone here wants a goal scorer who actually scores goals, if it's Becks then great if not then we'll move on, no biggie

Fox_in_spain

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Fingers crossed. He needs to go. My patience with him following this weekend has 100% gone, he's took the piss and I hope our fans make it absolute hell for him when he comes back next year.

So - let me get this straight - Jermaine Beckford needs to go, despite the fact that he only scored one goal less this season than David Nugent, his strike partner and Runner-Up as Player of the Season? Beckford also joined us later than Nugent, and therefore missed the first 4/5 matches of the season. I don't quite get your logic.

Also, what exactly did he do to take the piss? Acknowledge the fans of his former club, who gave him his big break? Get taken of at half-time so that Vassell can get a run out?

Anything JB does gets blown massively out of proportion...and half the time, whatever 'mortal sin' he is accused of making is pure Bullsh*t anyway.

I, for one, look forward to seeing him in a City shirt next season, with a full pre-season under his belt, unlike this season, and banging in the goals for us. :scarf:

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So - let me get this straight - Jermaine Beckford needs to go, despite the fact that he only scored one goal less this season than David Nugent, his strike partner and Runner-Up as Player of the Season? Beckford also joined us later than Nugent, and therefore missed the first 4/5 matches of the season. I don't quite get your logic.

Also, what exactly did he do to take the piss? Acknowledge the fans of his former club, who gave him his big break? Get taken of at half-time so that Vassell can get a run out?

Anything JB does gets blown massively out of proportion...and half the time, whatever 'mortal sin' he is accused of making is pure Bullsh*t anyway.

I, for one, look forward to seeing him in a City shirt next season, with a full pre-season under his belt, unlike this season, and banging in the goals for us. :scarf:

9 league goals in about 38 appearances

1 awful half a season & 1 that could be described as inconsistent, perhaps this weak goal return could be excused if he contributed to the team more, but his pressing, tackling & assists are almost non-existent too

Gally by comparison who gets a rough time has scored just 1 goal less but in 18 starts, has same number of assists & does press.

Don't get how some people think sun shines of Jermaine's arse when his stats don't stack up & performances are too frequently weak-to-shocking.

On top of this he cost £2.5m + over £1m/yr, for the £3.5 he's cost us this past year we can certainly do better by signing almost anyone else or maybe 2

Saying that JB does have talent, but he's pretty inflexible regarding the approach & changes the 10 other players need to take to get the best out of him.

Bert

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On the Beckford joined later business.... Nugent had over a month out injured.

Babylon

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On the Beckford joined later business.... Nugent had over a month out injured.

Beckford had three months off shit at the start. :whistle:

foxesfan1989

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So rumours that he didnt attend last night - illness or something more sinister?!

Neither. I assume he is leaving in the summer. With 9 league goals this season, i wouldn't consider that sinister :P

Babylon

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Still undecided on the chap if I'm honest, flashes of brilliance but not enough. His poor touch and effort is going to limit him (and us) unless we are just laying stuff on a plate for him. If we can get most of his wages off the books then I think we could get in better value.

He's one of them you wouldn't be shocked if he did well next year.

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