Leeds Boss Reid Sacked

[R J]

He's gone !!!

Now you are going down ..


Leeds United have sacked manager Peter Reid after a turbulent 22-match reign.

Reid was dismissed after talks with new Leeds chief executive Trevor Birch at a Manchester hotel on Monday morning.

Leeds' directors held a summit meeting on Sunday to discuss Reid's future after the 6-1 thrashing at Portsmouth on Saturday.

An official announcement was expected to be made on Monday afternoon, with Leeds also required to inform the Stock Exchange.

The search for a successor will now begin, with Nottingham Forest's Paul Hart favourite to take over.

Reid only recently received a vote of support from the Leeds directors after his future was placed into doubt - but it appears the humiliation at Fratton Park was the final straw.

Hart heads a list of possible successors, which also include West Bromwich Albion's Gary Megson and Paul Sturrock of Plymouth.

Reid's future was subject to further speculation when he did not attend training on Monday.

Leeds are currently lying at the bottom of the table for the first time since 1980-81, when they were relegated from the former First Division.

Reid was on a one-year rolling contract worth a reported £850,000-a-year, a figure he will now pick up in compensation.

 

[Mig]

It had to happen, £850 grand - fookin' hell :S

Hope they can get it sorted now, would be a shame to see them go down!

Paul Sturrock

 

[woody]

:Hope they can get it sorted now, would be a shame to see them go down!

no it wouldnt -it would be extrremely amusing ha ha

 

[JohnnyPink]

Think leeds have possibly blown it totally now. Surely they can't expect sum1 from west brom or forest to come in and do a better job than reid. Not too sure what the situation is at leeds but i'm pretty sure it's just fatcat execs that are draggin the club down.

 

[Mig]

no it wouldnt -it would be extrremely amusing ha ha

LOLOLOLOL

 

[Tigger]

I can't believe your already predicting relegation this early in the season Rick!!!!!

However - you might want to stick £20 on em getting relegated at the bookies so if the worse comes to the worse - at least you've made a few bob!

 

[R J]

Lets look at it this way Tigger ...

Venables , experienced manager .... didn't happen for him ..

Reid , experienced manager .. didn't happen for him either .

The problems lie deeper in this club and it's with the players and or the board , changing the manager in this situation will only make things worse. It won't change the fact they have no money either.

If they had kept Reid , ditched the disruptive influences like Viduka and got some workhorses in on loan in Jan they would have stayed up without question and Reid was the right man for the fight.

It looks like they have bowed down to the high wage earners like Viduka who spat dummies out because they were not getting their own way , Leeds could save themselves 67K a week in wages if they got rid of Viduka , i know who i'd be sacking and it isn't Reid .

 

[Tigger]

Might as well make it £100 at the bookies then!

 

[Konspiracy]

It really does look like Leeds are doomed. They need a miracle now

It reminds me of another club closer to home who had a quick succession of managers and high wage earners who werent pulling their weight. Look what happened to them

 

[johns_ar]

seems the professor aint too clever is he

he certainly cant do maths anyways, sacks ried - pays up contract, gets new manager in and pays wages....very clever professor

i personally hope they rot

 

[nowthen]

you might want to stick £20 on em getting relegated at the bookies so if the worse comes to the worse - at least you've made a few bob!

Yeah! about £1.60 at the odds you'll get on them bein relagated!

Oh Dear, Oh Dear! What a shame!

Worse thing they could have done is sack Reid, although I don't think he would have kept em up, at least they might have had a fightin chance in coming back up sooner rather than later/never!

 

[RetroAndy]

I have to admit lads it isnt looking good. I still think if we get the motivation we can drag ourselves out of it. Things generally get better when Eddie gray is running the show. He knows how to get the best of the lads imo.

Message to all ya scum fans

" We will be here next season to kick ya arse"

Message to myself

"stop fekking deaming lol"


Andy

 

[johns_ar]

for a club in so much debt sacking reid is the most non cost effective thing they could have done

muppets

 

[Morpheus640]

bah ,,V, at all u piss takers...

wasnt 2 years ago we were every1's 2nd team for the exciting football and the way we took on the might of europe and won..


i think it was the right move ,maybe not financially but were fuckered anyways in that way ..

u cant accept 6-1 thrashings at 2nd rate teams like portsmouth

if reid was good at getting fight aout of the players he aint shown it this season...i think eddie gray will do a job and i pray we can turn it around.......

marching on together !!


Neil

 

[johns_ar]

if u think leeds were everyones second team ur mistaken lol

eddie gray might get a couple of wins straight away but sacking a manager after a short space of time never works

are you sunderland in disguise

 

[woody]

if u think leeds were everyones second team ur mistaken lol

to be honest i feel quite sorry for them, prob coz i know a fair few scum fans and they're all top sorted people....it is a shame

but to the other 30 odd thousand red hating scummy tw@ts ha ha fookin ha i hope you rot in the nationwide or whatever its called nowadays for ever!!!

 

[spiely]

...........Reid also placed on record his appreciation of the fans.

"They've been fantastic with me and they've been right behind the team," he told the Yorkshire Evening Post.

"The supporters have been brilliant all along. In 30 years I've never seen support like I did at the Arsenal game a couple of weeks ago. The fans at Leeds are fantastic."









Too feckin' right.