He may be a nice guy, but Brian aint a sucker. He chose his words VERY carefully when asked about the possibility of Byram being sold at the end of the season. Look again if you thought he said that definitely wasn't going to happen!
NGB's exact words were: "From our point of view, my point of view, absolutely, 100%, I would
expect Sam to be playing for us next season. He will get better and he will improve at Leeds, there is no doubt about that. He's a Leeds boy - the fans love him, the staff love him, the players love him."
Now where does it say that Byram will not be sold? He will be playing at Leeds next season, but that does not mean he will not be sold! Man City have no need for him next season, but boy could GFH Capital do with a ten million quid cash injection.
So the solution? Well the Zaha deal will probably be the template. Leeds sell him and retain use of him for another season; Man City land a top young British talent; and Byram becomes a very wealthy young man overnight.
And Brian has been absolutely honest with the fans he adores!
Are you now conducting a blog that just states the blindingly obvious ? Of course he might be sold, if offered £10m for him Leeds should sell, they'd be foolish not to bearing in mind you could practically rebuild a Championship squad for that kind of money. All obvious to anyone with half a brain, which is why I'm wondering what the point of this is ?
ReplyDeleteYou seem to be assuming that the money will be reinvested in the squad. GFH Capital are not in this for love!
DeleteProbably not, but their aim is to reap the rewards that promotion to premiership brings & they'll know that won't happen by selling their top players and/or not investing to improve the squad.
DeleteThats exactly what I'm assuming ... GFH are not owners for the steady income, they are looking to make a profit on their investment by selling the club on. It's in their own interests to strengthen the team, and what better way to do it than to use transfer income as it means not putting any more money in themselves. Again, I'm fine with this, its a sensible way to develop.
DeleteGood point. but ten million is just what we need to invest !
ReplyDeleteSee above Pete. If the ten million IS invested in the squad then I agree. If it is drawn by GFH Capital, aka Bates, then it will not be such a clever move fromn the supporters' point of view!
DeleteWhy does it concern u hf?
DeleteByram is going nowhere mate!
ReplyDeleteNor was Becchio two weeks before he departed. Neither was Captain Snakeinthegrass back in June. Shall I go on?
Deletelol snakeinthegrass! cos his name is snodgrass? haha how do you come up with these classics!?
Deleteknob juice
ReplyDeletewho was the last decent player the 'great' Wist Arrrm Academy produced? Must be going back a fair few years now?? Rio?
ReplyDeleteWhat have West Ham got to do with this exactly?
DeleteA lot of people ask of you a similar question that being, Wot has Leeds United got to do with a West Ham fan?
DeleteYou need to get a girlfriend or boyfriend depending on your preference.
ReplyDeleteI agree but the wife will get tetchy!
Delete'old,ugly and fat' to the tune of 'young,gifted and black' by bob & marcia
Deletethis describes you and/or your wife btw.
and also this song is more from your era isnt it old man?
you havent got a wife pal as A)no women supports west ham when theres far better teams local and B)you spend far too much time reading up on leeds and lets say you do actualy watch west ham the only thing your married to is pam and her five friends as you sit in your little bedsit with your mum helping you
Deletemot
its his mother you have to worry about ,,, she'll eat you ,,, big girl !!! see previous blog
DeleteWhat?
ReplyDeletegreat business if leeds get 10 million cash , it will probably be more like 4 mill and hundreds of add ons. Not many lower league teams can refuse an offer that big.
ReplyDeleteU adore us more ! But we just think your a bore .
ReplyDeleteU may be right? Bit if they get promoted next season theyll only av to spend money replacing him and if u listen to sam speaking he said he loves it at leeds and he said he wants to learn and hes only gonna learn by playing games ,so wise words from the young man and i doubt he'll be tempted by more money,hes already earned 2 improved contracts at leeds so if he carrys on im sure hell earn more improved deals,the thing is hes saw other youngsters make the wrong decision by moving on and look where they are now
ReplyDeleteDo me a favour, he will become a millionaire overnight if he signs for Man City. Why would he refuse?
DeleteYes,yes god predictable babble, but why sit on the bench for two seasons odd game here and there, when he can play all season at the land of the giants and improve his class even further, get promotion with us, win honours, whilst your club eats mud .... bottom dweller
DeleteHes a footballer he'll become a millionaire anyway,some players have ambition,im sure rodwell and that player they signed from swansea that everyones forgot about hes got plenty of yrs to make money,mancity can only play 11 players same as any other team
Deletesee there is an actor in the The new Lone Ranger called Arni Hammer any relation to you HI HO SILVER AWAY GOB SHITE
ReplyDeleteLOL This is coming from the fan of a club where excitement centres on beating Burnley 1-0 at home! Suddenly McDermott is a Messiah!
ReplyDeleteGIVEN TIME HE WILL WALK ON WATER MATE GREAT START .... NOW GO AND WIPE THE DRIBBLE OFF IT OR IT WILL BE STUCK TO YOUR LEG.
ReplyDeleteJust visiting the site to catch up on West Ham stories and what do I see a Leeds fan pretenting to be a Hammer.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe it, I'll just finish me pie n'mash and beat up the wife, as we do.
Then I take a leisurely walk around my ethnic ghetto taking in the wonderful smells of decay.
There's nowhere in the country that isn't an ethnic ghetto nowadays, but hey it only costs us £50million a day for the privelage, still that's less than it costs West Ham per Andy Carrol goal.
Deleteactually he is Jehovah, big nose !!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHow is life under cow head Alladyce? Kept you in the league? Not good enough for the eel munching racist mafia though, he doesn't play the wiiissst ammm way. You'll get rid of him and tumble down the leagues, Charlton MK2 just waiting to happen. Bye, bye Millwall in claret and blue!
ReplyDeleteWhat an idiot. Aren't you ashamed of yourself? You run a blog for a London club and all you write about is LUFC? The real Hammers fans must be pretty pissed off. Just look at the blog list on the right - nearly all Leeds. Did a Leeds fan run off with your wife? Shagging your daughter? Burgled your house or fired you? You really are obsessed. Just shown this to a colleague from our London office and he was gob smacked.
ReplyDelete'If anything, it should be about Spurs or Chelsea' he said - jog on pal - utterley embarrasing yourself. Would love to meet you on the street..
Valid point. If it happens it will only help Leeds in the short term to get promoted. Hopefully another youth player can come through to take his place or NGB will find a cheaper, but equally good replacement.
ReplyDeleteyoung tiesse in the academy is my tip to be a big star
DeleteI agree cockney boy.theres no loyalty in football.he will go for the wage packet.anybody is...about the burnley match.we passed the balland kept a clean sheet.yes i am getting excited.
ReplyDeleteIgnoring all the barmy and childish insults, of course McDermott cant say that Byram wont be sold next season. He cant say that about ANY of our players. He cant even say HE will definately still be at the club even two games into the season.... The reason being, it's not his choice. It would be like me sayin that all my work colleagues will DEFINATELY be at the company next year....its not up to me.
ReplyDeleteIn the same way, your manager cant say that about any of YOUR players, coz it's not up to him. Alex Ferguson cant say it about RVP or Rooney, Wenger Cant say it about Tevez or Hart....need I go on?
All BM is doing is making an assumption based on what he has no doubt been told. Thats all he CAN do.
If Man City do come in with a 10 million bid then Byram will most likely be sold as would your best player, no doubt. It's the stark reality of plying your trade outside of the top 4 teams....
Every club is a selling club, its simply a matter of degrees...
hf i honestly believe that we have reached a time now where young players are more likely to stay longer at their first club if they are getting first team football.they know if they are good enough they will eventually get the move and all the money that comes with it.just look at aston villas team now,full of players bought from lower league sides.ashley westwood for example could have moved to a premier league side a few years ago but stuck it out with crewe and now is a better player for it.too many young players move too early and ruin their careers.also sam byram must know leeds arent that far away from promotion and he plays every week,he will be with us for at least another season
ReplyDeleteThis is totally irrelevant - but so are most of your posts.
ReplyDeleteI remember a few years ago following a Hammers fan who was far more interesting than you - "West Ham Lass".
She would remove an item of clothing every time West Ham won a game, then post the pictures on her web-site. Now as you didn't win many matches it took her ages and ages to get to the nitty gritty of boobs and minge, but evntually she did. Great bit of fun it was and I was quite sad when the site eventually closed down.
To be honest, at one point I thought that it was Julian Dicks just pissing about - he had big enough boobs, but unless he'd had gender re-assignment down below I eventually had to concede that it was a bird. Albeit a quite chunky one.
Oh - and she wasn't obsessed with Leeds United either.
Blah Blah Blah....the blog goes on rotating the same stories over and over , like a bad soap opera writer....
ReplyDeleteCancer kills
ReplyDeleteYour wife is gonna get it...
ReplyDeleteLeeds should sell only for 14mill+ !! he's too cheap for anything less. Jack
ReplyDeleteHammersfan you are consumed with jealousy. You are obsessed with Leeds and you support a nothing team and get a hard on winding up the Leeds supporters.
ReplyDeleteThat's all there is to you and it make it makes you rather sad
To be fair, if City offered 4 million plus a player like Micah Richards, i wouldn't complain...
ReplyDeleteyou hated Hitler because he was German..
ReplyDeleteBut you didn't hate Hitler because of what he did to the Jews? You are a prize twat. He wasn't German, he was born in Austria. Do they learn you nothing in Leeds schools?
Deletethe word is teach hf, teach
DeleteThats a bit below the belt hf, no?
DeleteLeeds fans sit side by side with Jewish fans and are proud to because nomatter what race or colour are fans are we are Leeds and that unites us that's what our song marching on together is about . Take a good hard look at your own fans you knob head
DeleteShould be 'do they learn you anything'..
DeleteWhat did you major in at University? Pigeon English?
Again, the inability to detect irony is staggering!
DeleteBut, of course, they don't learn you about irony in Leeds schools do they? They don't learn you about nothing!
DeleteGosh, That was ironic!!
Deletei bet you will give your right hand some wellie tonight
ReplyDeleteLook we've seen a picture of your wife, she's a fugly bint, but there's no need to take out your frustrations on Leeds.
ReplyDeletealmost as boring as your caravan pikey ,,,, why didn't you go to the man u game last night??!! cos your a boring internet turd ,,,, get a life ya prick , take your mum jogging , she could do with losing a few stone
ReplyDeletehf.your obssessed,or possessed.and a twat
ReplyDeleteWell for 10 Million..hard to ignore 'IF' it goes back to the team..but as udsual it'll disappear. Hope he stays, big loss if he goes. Cudders
ReplyDeleteIf Byram goes for ten million it,s a good deal for Leeds. We,ve got another 6 or 7 coming through the youth and development teams who are just as good(Poleon,Dawson,Lenighan,Killock,Parkin,Mowatt and Grimes to name but a few.All these guys have big futures ahead of them.If we make it up in the next couple of seasons you watch us fly HF.
ReplyDeleteLet's deal with disrespect to Gary Speed. Please follow this link:
ReplyDeletehttp://thegamesgonecrazy.blogspot.ro/2011/11/why-gary-why.html
Justify your allegations in the light of this! In case you can't follow the link, this is the article in full:
What a terrible waste. Gary Speed was a very decent player, a very decent bloke by all accounts and, based on recent Wales performances, a more than very decent manager; but at aged 42 he has thrown away his life and left a wife and two young children in mourning. What ever lies behind this, his decision to take his own life was a wasteful, foolish and a sadly selfish act from a man respected for the help and support he has given to others. God knows what his family are going through at the moment and they should be our first concern as we ponder why Gary, why?
It certainly could have nothing to do with football because Speed was surfing the crest of a wave inside the game. If depression was to blame - as some are already suggesting - then those who chuck around comments about mental health issues - and there have been a few on here today - might like to stop and think. We have accepted that using terms related to physical and mental disability as insults are unacceptable, but some idiots still seem to think it is fair game to use mental illness itself as a stock insult. Maybe if they didn't, those who genuinely suffer might feel more comfortable about seeking help.
Congratulations are due to Kenny Dalglish for his statement and for making the decision to rest Bellamy. Shankly shamefully claimed that football was more important than life and death; but Dalglish has righted that wrong today by saying that grieving is "more important than any football match". Spot on.
Congratulations too to the fans at the Swansea v Villa and Liverpool v Man City games. Stupid rivalries were put aside and the applause in both stadia was very touching.
Life goes on, but sadly not for Gary Speed. His pain is over but that pain has been passed to a wife, loving parents and two young children - as well as to current and former players up and down the land who seem to have genuinely loved the guy. Given's tears and the inability of Hartson to broadcast for Radio 5 Live say it all.
Football is in a state of shock and perhaps we should all take stock. It seems such a wonderful life but the pressures are acute and players and managers are people, with human emotions, and can be hurt like everybody else. Those hunting down Kean at Blackburn and Bruce at Sunderland might like to reflect. Of course we feel passionate about the game and the club we love but sometimes we cross the line in an unacceptable way and sometimes a terrible price is paid, a price far worse than relegation.
With regard to Savile, follow this link:
ReplyDeletehttp://thegamesgonecrazy.blogspot.ro/2012/10/jimmy-savile-leeds-connection.html
Please note my opening paragraph:
Some rather distasteful individuals have posted comments on here trying to besmirch the City of Leeds and Leeds United Football Club on the basis that Savile was born in Leeds. One idiot who purports to support the club has even tried to goad me into penning an article designed to stir up hatred between our clubs. How sad.
And my paragraph:
Anyway, there will be no Savile jibes from me and certainly no attempt to tarnish the City nor its football club because of his abusive actions. It is a sad final chapter to what was previously a weirdly epic story and the big questions for me are the extent to which employees were pressurised by senior managers not to spill the beans and why, exactly, these managers felt to need to cover up Savile's actions.
Now, you explain why you are trying to use that article against me. I quote the first three comments left on the thread:
Rod Belfitt said...
A fine article HF. Respect to you for those balanced and well articulated views. Anyone who saw the JS interview with Louis Theroux a few years ago will not be surprised at the revelations.
14 October 2012 10:35
:- said...
Thoughtfully produced article. Well done.
14 October 2012 10:37
Paddy1992 said...
Just when I thought you'd never go up in my estimations you've managed it. When I read the title of your article I have to admit I feared the worst, but I was wrong. Good on you and shame on those that have tried to goad you into a different perspective.
14 October 2012 10:46
You adjusted the Savile and Speed blogs.nice try.
ReplyDeleteDelusions of Grandeur ?...youve never admitted been wrong about anything...you censor and adjust,why do you lie about not doing it now ?? Silly old man...nite sweetie.x
DeleteBowing out with your tail between your legs again.
DeleteIts Usually some bete noire between your wifes legs....had yards of it.
DeleteRACIST.
ReplyDeleteso the BLACK BEAST remark wasnt vailed rascism ?
ReplyDeleteThe Muslim comments accompanied with pictures of corner shops were just a coincidence ?
The black beast comment? You mean the bête noire comment? Look it up. No hang on, I will give you the dictionary definition: Definition of BÊTE NOIRE: a person or thing strongly detested or avoided.
Deletehttp://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/b%C3%AAte%20noire
Pictures of a corner shop? That would be the picture of the Patel market because your joint chairman is called Patel. Nothing to do with his religion. If he had been called Smith I would have used an image of WH Smiths.
What about that Muslim taxi driver and the Sri Lankan cricket fan you upset a few months back? Not sure they would agree with you there!
DeleteIn addition I seem to remember you immediately closing down a post about Mido after someone commented. Can you remind me what that was about!?
LOL I dont think you're a racist by the way. I'm actually a little concerned I've spent that much time on this website that I can remember these things!
Don't worry, you're not the only one. So many Leeds fans have this blog as their secret pleasure.
DeleteThe Mido thread was removed when I realised that the source was unreliable. I really didn't want to risk a legal action. With regard to Mido, I very strongly objected to racist "banter" on the terraces when he was a West Ham 'player'.
As for the Sri Lankan cricket fan and the Muslim taxi driver, I'm still awaiting the Hindu shop keeper, the French onion salesman, the Polish plumber, the Romanian benefit claimer and the Spanish bull fighter to complain before I issue my apology to Mr Invented Stereotypes!
SECOND RATE TROLL.
ReplyDeleteActually I think you are third rate at best.
DeleteHold on i thought your blog was supposed to be winding people up ?? How much of your thought process have i taken up ?
DeleteJust gonna have a few more cold ones with the crew,maybe a fish and chip supper.il be back princess,dont fret pet.x
None. The very idea that a fly like you could challenge my intellect is absurd! I have always enjoyed swatting flies. As Gloucester almost says, "As flies to wanton boys are you to this god, I swat you for my sport."
DeleteMoore was a one balled thief. Not a proper man with only one bollock.
ReplyDeleteEven if byram goes it wont be to west ham, you lot cant afford him!!! You lot are skint, very very skint!
ReplyDeleteisn't this supposed for west ham fans? So why do you just post shit about leeds which is never true
ReplyDeleteQuorn porn for HF tonight lads. Bring out the fatty ha
ReplyDeletequorn porn?? How does that work anyway?? Fk it lets have it out we may aswell. Any ideas?
ReplyDeletehave you calmed down yet Mr Potty Mouth?....you seem to use the bottom word a lot lately...a bit childish really..as for the t word,well your parents will be impreessed and so proud of their son.
ReplyDeletecharlatan and liar.....erm are those the names you hang on someone who pretends to go to games....erm you went into detail to mention your super t.v and you constantly mention[and i mean constantly]budapest or something like that.....but never have i seen you mention anything about the above on your match reports about westhamutdonceproudclub...half time[yes he really does this] or fulltime.....but ssssssh a magician never reveals his secret.......ssssssh.
ReplyDeleteas the millwall morons showed at the weekend when they turned on each other.......thats it..pathetic,you really are hardcore..how long did you go on and on and on about leeds at hillsborough?..word after word,sentance after sentance,paragraph after paragraph,page after page,blog after blog,day after day......yet millwall fight at wembley in the semi final of the f.a cup and all they get is 14 words......oh i forgot week after week...strange...very inconsistent...a trait you once denounced...almost like you are scared....boy one rule for one and another rule for everyone else how very sincere.
ReplyDeleteYou cant get me out of your head...................keep up the censorship,lies,adjusting your blogs.....and the long winded desperate replys sugar plum.x
ReplyDeleteLOL here LOL there....that as been creeping into your rants lately,it,s rather pretentious..please your not a teenager
ReplyDeleteyou assume he is from a leeds school...thats a very narrow minded off the cuff remark.
ReplyDeleteThey clearly don't teach how to use apostrophes either!
Deleteyou still have not got back to me on your viewing figures for the season...just think off it as a parade down the old kent road with you at the front as the lord mayor and the leeds fans as the public who line the street in your ticker tape parade.
ReplyDeleteThe Old Kent Road? Wrong side of the bloody river!
Deleteyou seem to be assuming that the money will not be reinvested in the squad..G.F.H. may be in this for the love.....who crowned you judge and jury?
ReplyDeleteSome really distasteful Blogger cunningly wrote a blog with deliberate use of the name Savile (known Paedo) and Leeds (known Team he loathes) in the same headline.
ReplyDeleteNow this blogger would have you believe that the article he wrote which was all about how wrong it is to make a connection between Savile and Leeds was really a morally correct and responsible piece of writing.
What this blogger doesn't appreciate is that most of us could see through this subterfuge and understand very quickly that getting the headline out there which combined the name Savile and Leeds, was his prime objective.
He now defends the shit storm he deliberately caused by continuously quoting the good and righteous words he wrote in the blog.
We are not silly Mr Blogger, we know what you did and we know why.
It's quite telling by the sheer length this Blogger will go to in his replies trying and explain his innocence over the Savile and Speed blogs. That in itself is an obvious sign of his guilt.
The headline was: Jimmy Savile and the Unfair Leeds Connection
ReplyDeleteWant to check? Follow this link.
http://thegamesgonecrazy.blogspot.ro/2012/10/jimmy-savile-leeds-connection.html
Please note my opening paragraph:
Some rather distasteful individuals have posted comments on here trying to besmirch the City of Leeds and Leeds United Football Club on the basis that Savile was born in Leeds. One idiot who purports to support the club has even tried to goad me into penning an article designed to stir up hatred between our clubs. How sad.
And my paragraph:
Anyway, there will be no Savile jibes from me and certainly no attempt to tarnish the City nor its football club because of his abusive actions. It is a sad final chapter to what was previously a weirdly epic story and the big questions for me are the extent to which employees were pressurised by senior managers not to spill the beans and why, exactly, these managers felt to need to cover up Savile's actions.
Now, you explain why you are trying to use that article against me. I quote the first three comments left on the thread:
Rod Belfitt said...
A fine article HF. Respect to you for those balanced and well articulated views. Anyone who saw the JS interview with Louis Theroux a few years ago will not be surprised at the revelations.
14 October 2012 10:35
:- said...
Thoughtfully produced article. Well done.
14 October 2012 10:37
Paddy1992 said...
Just when I thought you'd never go up in my estimations you've managed it. When I read the title of your article I have to admit I feared the worst, but I was wrong. Good on you and shame on those that have tried to goad you into a different perspective.
14 October 2012 10:46
Now let's deal with disrespect to Gary Speed. Please follow this link:
ReplyDeletehttp://thegamesgonecrazy.blogspot.ro/2011/11/why-gary-why.html
Again, justify your allegations in the light of this!
In case you can't open the link, I carry it in full:
What a terrible waste. Gary Speed was a very decent player, a very decent bloke by all accounts and, based on recent Wales performances, a more than very decent manager; but at aged 42 he has thrown away his life and left a wife and two young children in mourning. What ever lies behind this, his decision to take his own life was a wasteful, foolish and a sadly selfish act from a man respected for the help and support he has given to others. God knows what his family are going through at the moment and they should be our first concern as we ponder why Gary, why?
It certainly could have nothing to do with football because Speed was surfing the crest of a wave inside the game. If depression was to blame - as some are already suggesting - then those who chuck around comments about mental health issues - and there have been a few on here today - might like to stop and think. We have accepted that using terms related to physical and mental disability as insults are unacceptable, but some idiots still seem to think it is fair game to use mental illness itself as a stock insult. Maybe if they didn't, those who genuinely suffer might feel more comfortable about seeking help.
Congratulations are due to Kenny Dalglish for his statement and for making the decision to rest Bellamy. Shankly shamefully claimed that football was more important than life and death; but Dalglish has righted that wrong today by saying that grieving is "more important than any football match". Spot on.
Congratulations too to the fans at the Swansea v Villa and Liverpool v Man City games. Stupid rivalries were put aside and the applause in both stadia was very touching.
Life goes on, but sadly not for Gary Speed. His pain is over but that pain has been passed to a wife, loving parents and two young children - as well as to current and former players up and down the land who seem to have genuinely loved the guy. Given's tears and the inability of Hartson to broadcast for Radio 5 Live say it all.
Football is in a state of shock and perhaps we should all take stock. It seems such a wonderful life but the pressures are acute and players and managers are people, with human emotions, and can be hurt like everybody else. Those hunting down Kean at Blackburn and Bruce at Sunderland might like to reflect. Of course we feel passionate about the game and the club we love but sometimes we cross the line in an unacceptable way and sometimes a terrible price is paid, a price far worse than relegation.
what as which side of the river got to do with anything?..i just used the old kent rd because it,s the first property on momopoly yet again you assume to much..like i said a few days ago you are narrow minded,widen your perspective it will stand you in good stead.
ReplyDeletewhy oh why do you insist on pretending to go to games..your an adult,it,s not big nor clever to live a lie...grow up or just try going to the odd game,you might like it...honestly..win lose or draw most of the time it,s fun....well it,s got to be better than sat on your sofa thinking of how you can make your blogg sound realistic..do you take notes while sat on your sofa?
ReplyDeletewheres my viewing figures....come on don,t be modest.
ReplyDeletewheres the viewing figures don,t go shy on me now.
ReplyDelete