No news is good news...

18 Jun 2012 11:25 am, by areeve1605

…not if you're a Leeds United fan!

So the saying goes, ‘No news is good news’. A saying that people say to one another to calm each other down; to reassure that silence is a good thing, a positive thing. A saying that is not good for fans of Leeds United and will not calm them down.

It has been two months since Leeds United bought Jason Pearce and almost three weeks since the club announced they were in discussions for ‘long term investment’. In this time, the club have been linked with a host of players amid rumours of lack of funds to sign them and also on the verge of being taken over by different consortiums consisting of Americans, Canadians, Kuwaitis, Chinese men and Englishmen. So really the question is what is going on?

Unfortunately we have not heard a whisper. On various forums that I plough through every day, like many others I suspect, I read rumours of all sorts carrying on at Leeds; the most recent being that our manager is leaving. Funds not being available, players being unsettled and of course the manager being unhappy all of which stirs up impatience from fans and fuelling fires that are already roaring against the current Leeds United board. But surely those on the board or in any sort of negotiation with this investment must know of the unsettlement that is creeping in more and more, so why not say something? Anything! Even Neil Warnock, who most were convinced would shed some light on the situation, has kept tight lipped. So are we set for a fall at the end of all this silence or will someone from the club finally stand up and say, ‘this is what is going on and this is how long it will take.’ No news is not good news for us, it drives us crazy and this silence is not doing anyone any good.

On another note, the new fixtures were released today as well and Leeds are in for a tough opening two months, well season really, if you look at the squad or lack of it at the moment. This would be the perfect time to announce something just so that fans can look at those tough games and think, ‘we’ll be ok actually’ instead of the reality of, ‘if something doesn’t happen soon, transfers or investment, we are going to be in for a tough ride’. And personally, I don’t want another tough ride, as I'm sure all fans don’t either.

Article by Amanda Reeve

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Bakerjamessteven wrote on 18 Jun 2012 03:44 pm

areeve1605 wrote:…not if you're a Leeds United fan!

So the saying goes, ‘No news is good news’. A saying that people say to one another to calm each other down; to reassure that silence is a good thing, a positive thing. A saying that is not good for fans of Leeds United and will not calm them down.

It has been two months since Leeds United bought Jason Pearce and almost three weeks since the club announced they were in discussions for ‘long term investment’. In this time, the club have been linked with a host of players amid rumours of lack of funds to sign them and also on the verge of being taken over by different consortiums consisting of Americans, Canadians, Kuwaitis, Chinese men and Englishmen. So really the question is what is going on?

Unfortunately we have not heard a whisper. On various forums that I plough through every day, like many others I suspect, I read rumours of all sorts carrying on at Leeds; the most recent being that our manager is leaving. Funds not being available, players being unsettled and of course the manager being unhappy all of which stirs up impatience from fans and fuelling fires that are already roaring against the current Leeds United board. But surely those on the board or in any sort of negotiation with this investment must know of the unsettlement that is creeping in more and more, so why not say something? Anything! Even Neil Warnock, who most were convinced would shed some light on the situation, has kept tight lipped. So are we set for a fall at the end of all this silence or will someone from the club finally stand up and say, ‘this is what is going on and this is how long it will take.’ No news is not good news for us, it drives us crazy and this silence is not doing anyone any good.

On another note, the new fixtures were released today as well and Leeds are in for a tough opening two months, well season really, if you look at the squad or lack of it at the moment. This would be the perfect time to announce something just so that fans can look at those tough games and think, ‘we’ll be ok actually’ instead of the reality of, ‘if something doesn’t happen soon, transfers or investment, we are going to be in for a tough ride’. And personally, I don’t want another tough ride, as I'm sure all fans don’t either.

Article by Amanda Reeve
Hi Amanda

Really good post and interesting read.
I'm feeling just has you are, this silence is driving me mad, I'm desperate to ear some good news.
Take overs all well and good but we need players and fast, how much bloody longer will we wait???? :-(

YorkshireSquare wrote on 18 Jun 2012 12:50 pm

Sniffer wrote:There will be no news nor snippets. This will be due to the confidentiality clause that the interested party will have signed before the process of due diligence can be undertaken. There is normally a specified date agreed for the completeion of due diligence and there will no announcement before this date. This is procss is usually between 4 & 6 weeks, so it will be on or after June the 30 before the take over will be completed.
In this case no news may really be good news. If we were hearing about things it may be a sign talks has broken down.

Sniffer wrote on 18 Jun 2012 12:45 pm

There will be no news nor snippets. This will be due to the confidentiality clause that the interested party will have signed before the process of due diligence can be undertaken. There is normally a specified date agreed for the completeion of due diligence and there will no announcement before this date. This is procss is usually between 4 & 6 weeks, so it will be on or after June the 30 before the take over will be completed.

YorkshireSquare wrote on 18 Jun 2012 12:44 pm

The silence is deafening!

Whethere a take over happens or not lets hope we hear something soon. With the first league game two months today it's about time we started seeing some players coming and start building a squad that can aim for promotion.

Brammers wrote on 18 Jun 2012 12:39 pm

Nice well written article which nicely sums up the current situation. with just four players ( Becchio, Lees, Pearce and Lonergan) it is indeed going to be a tough old season. no doubt we will be stuck with the warnock equivalent of graysons rubbish, the money from snodgrass, mccormack and clayton no doubt going to some as yet unidentified worthless bates project.

i sincerely hope that the total lack of any substantive comment is because the talks are nearing completion, due diligence should easily have been completed by now, but then this is bates we are talking about and his convoluted accounts would take months to unravel, unless he has been honest for a change.

the other point to consider is that should we get promoted then bates is going to have to give full exposure of ownership etc to the premier league before we can be accepted, and that is going to seriously hamper his activities unless he can offload majority ownership onto some sucker / sorry investor. MOT