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  • This could be us if we don't get promoted at the 1st attempt.

    I don't really have any sympathy for Leeds. They gambled and they lost. Since then they've made poor decision after poor decision (£11m for Fowler then paying half of his £40k a week wages once he left being a prime example). Not to mention their thug supporters and prize c*nt of a manager.
  • [cite]Posted By: cunningstunt87[/cite]This could be us if we don't get promoted at the 1st attempt.
    that's ridiculous, we're not even close to the Leeds situation!

    There are plenty of other clubs (the majority) who are in a much worse position than us.
  • CS is wind up moment shocker
  • I would fear for Fulham if they got relegated. Would Mofayed hang around to bail them out. Haven't they have consolidated losses of over £100m for the period that they've been in the Premier league?
  • [cite]Posted By: Rothko[/cite]CS is wind up moment shocker

    Yawn!!! Its funny how anything I say that someone doesnt agree with makes me a wind up merchant. Anything original???
    [cite]Posted By: WSS[/cite]
    that's ridiculous, we're not even close to the Leeds situation!

    There are plenty of other clubs (the majority) who are in a much worse position than us.

    Forest, QPR, Bradford, Sheffield Wednesday, Wimbledon/MK Dons, Barnsley, Swindon and Oldham all spring to mind. Clubs that have been relegated from the premier and relegated further.

    How long were Derby, Norwich and Sheffield United down here for after their 1s telegations from the premier?

    How long have Ipswich, Coventry and Leicester been down? Of which 2 of those 3 have seen administration.
  • [cite]Posted By: cunningstunt87[/cite]This could be us if we don't get promoted at the 1st attempt.

    I don't really have any sympathy for Leeds. They gambled and they lost. Since then they've made poor decision after poor decision (£11m for Fowler then paying half of his £40k a week wages once he left being a prime example). Not to mention their thug supporters and prize c*nt of a manager.

    Wouldn't signing Kluivert be a similar sort of daft gamble in our situation?
  • Kluivert wouldnt cost the earth. £8k - £10k a week for a year, would get the goals to get us back up earning us another £60m.
  • 8 to 10k a year? I think you are being more than a tad optimistic there CS...
  • Hopefully Murray's been among the chairman putting the boot into Bates - the 15-point deduction has been upheld by the other 71 chairmen.

    And now the cheat has spat his dummy out:
    STATEMENT
    Leeds United 0 Taxman 1 (og Football League)

    Leeds United are amazed by the perverse outcome of Thursday's meeting of Football League Clubs, which defied all logic, and we believe had arisen as a result of a serious misrepresentation of fact by the board of the Football League in their presentation.

    The only winner is HMRC and we believe the full ramifications of Thursday's decision will adversely affect football going forward for many years.

    "Football Family" seems to be driven by self interest.

    The Club is considering its options but in the meantime will be concentrating on starting its promotion campaign at Tranmere on Saturday.
  • And Wikipedia's bang on the money as ever:
    The league eventually sanctioned this under the "exceptional circumstances rule" but imposed a 15 point deduction due to not following football league rules on clubs entering administration[26] The Football League upheld the points deduction on 9th August 2007 with the added punishment that the 1973 Cup Final be replayed to the crowd before every home game.
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  • the clubs that supported Leeds were:

    Bradford City
    Burnley
    Colchester United
    Darlington
    Gillingham
    Ipswich Town
    Nottingham Forest
    Plymouth Argyle
    Queens Park Rangers
    Sheffield United
    Sheffield Wednesday
    Stockport County
    Stoke City
    Swindon Town
    Watford
    Wrexham
  • Spot the clubs in trouble
  • Is this the same Bates that cared about the "football family" so much, he wanted to electrocute them?
  • I heard a 'Ridsdale Story' about Seth Johnson and his agent when he signed for 7m from Derby.

    Johnson's agent told him to be quiet and he'd do the negotiating starting at 27k a week and hoping to settle on 20k a week.

    When they entered the Chairmans room, Ridsdale said that he wouldn't be blackmailed by agents over players wages and he'd offer Johnson 'no more than' 45k a week!
  • MCSMCS
    edited August 2007
    lol, that just about sums it all up!!
  • The ground is prime real estate . Last time at leeds chatting with fans on way to ground and that was their oppinion way back then .
  • [cite]Posted By: Addickted[/cite]

    When they entered the Chairmans room, Ridsdale said that he wouldn't be blackmailed by agents over players wages and he'd offer Johnson 'no more than' 45k a week!

    Is this what the Eggman's doing at West Ham?
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Johnson

    There is a story that when Johnson arrived at Leeds to discuss his contract, his agent wanted to hold out for £13,000 a week. Peter Ridsdale entered the room and said "Right, I'm sorry but I can only offer you thirty thousand a week". Johnson's agent uttered some exclamation of disbelief and so Ridsdale said "Alright, thirty-eight thousand then".
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