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Zak's Dad said:
10 - 15% above isn't really "way above", and we only have the word of Leeds fans that we're bidding over what Leeds think is the right price.

And if we do buck the system and stay up?

Will that 5-7 million euros "overpayment" seem stupid or good business and actually a drop in the ocean compared to Premier League survival money?

Time will tell whether this gamble pays off - but it seems infinitely better than spunking £15 million on the like of Rudoni.
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PSR is determining how much Leeds can bid/pay for any player as MUCH as any judgement they have made. Leeds fans can’t see this and their “you’ve overpaid “ comments are all about saving face
 
bahtat said:
PSR is determining how much Leeds can bid/pay for any player as MUCH as any judgement they have made. Leeds fans can’t see this and their “you’ve overpaid “ comments are all about saving face
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Exactly mate, and if we find ourselves relegated and then promoted we might find ourselves in a similar predicament, that's why I'm happy with the way our management are got about things.
 
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APH said:
Transfermarkt is usually a pretty good gauge of a players value but I don't think we're overpaying.

Diarra - valued €20m we paid an initial €25m
Sadiki - valued €12m we paid an initial €15m

Both are about to play a season of premier league football, which should see their perceived value increase.

Also bear in mind you are competing with other clubs, if you try getting a bargain, you'll miss out
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The hyperbole from the Leeds fans is mad. I got into a conversation with one on Facebook because he said they'd offered "a fraction" of what we ended up paying for Diarra. I know that technically it is a fraction but we all know what that expression really means.
 
bernardbresslaw said:
The hyperbole from the Leeds fans is mad. I got into a conversation with one on Facebook because he said they'd offered "a fraction" of what we ended up paying for Diarra. I know that technically it is a fraction but we all know what that expression really means.
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They tried lowballing and it backfired. We came in, offered what Strasbourg wanted and only then did Leeds try and match the bid.

If it is true they matched the bid, then they also value Diarra at that same price. There's alot of talk about how aggressive we're being in the market and this is a good example
 
Gloucester said:
Nowt wrong with Yorkshire puddings. We probably eat more in the North East than they do in Yorkshire😉
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Without a doubt.

Me and the Missus go to a carvery in Yorkshire pretty regularly and the chef dishes out the meat and Yorkshire.

I've convinced him that there's such a thing as a 'Durham Pudding' - a Yorkshire Pudding but made in a full size loaf tin (which is the way I make them at home).

Every time I go I remark, "nice big Yorkshires again, but not quite on with Durham Puddings". He replied the last time that he was going to have to try them that way some time (Although he will probably - as I do, really - still just call them Yorkshires 😂).
 
The Town Hall Clock said:
Without a doubt.

Me and the Missus go to a carvery in Yorkshire pretty regularly and the chef dishes out the meat and Yorkshire.

I've convinced him that there's such a thing as a 'Durham Pudding' - a Yorkshire Pudding but made in a full size loaf tin (which is the way I make them at home).

Every time I go I remark, "nice big Yorkshires again, but not quite on with Durham Puddings". He replied the last time that he was going to have to try them that way some time (Although he will probably - as I do, really - still just call them Yorkshires 😂).
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Is that not just a toad in the hole?
 
The Town Hall Clock said:
Without a doubt.

Me and the Missus go to a carvery in Yorkshire pretty regularly and the chef dishes out the meat and Yorkshire.

I've convinced him that there's such a thing as a 'Durham Pudding' - a Yorkshire Pudding but made in a full size loaf tin (which is the way I make them at home).

Every time I go I remark, "nice big Yorkshires again, but not quite on with Durham Puddings". He replied the last time that he was going to have to try them that way some time (Although he will probably - as I do, really - still just call them Yorkshires 😂).
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I suspect that's similar to what I'm alluding to here. They were bigger than the average Yorkshire. More Texas-sized.
 
I enjoyed a number of alcoholic beverages with my very salty Leeds supporting mates on Friday night.

'We weren't that interested'
'You've overpaid'
'They're not better than we've got'
'26 point gap so you need players more than we do'
etc etc.

My particular favourite is 'I suppose this makes you think you're a bigger club than us'
To which my standard reply is always 'I always have done' and to ask them to name the criteria by which we're not bigger.
They don't like struggling with that
 
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Couple praising our business here to be fair. Couple of others thinking we're scattergun (we've signed three players :lol:) or others saying we're overpaying. Although I take their point, the fact they wanted two of the three we've signed, and themselves are signing players from similar markets seems lost on that fan.

One fan even thinks they might be able to nick Petrovic from under us. Not sure what he's imagining there, that we won't be able to get the deal done because Roma, Galatasaray etc. are interested, but somehow Leeds swoop in and that seals it for him?
 
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