Another Leeds Utd Thread....And not a piss taking one either

[pasty]

So for the moment, lets all just forget and put to one side how funny most of us find it (I have personal reasons for wanting them to go down) ......... but

Just how can a club go from Champions League Semi-finalists to being relegated to Division 3 in 6 years? Is it all still Peter Ridsdales fault? Mismanagement? Financial buffonery? Wrong managerial appointments? Or are they just crap? I would genuinely love to hear Starry's views on what has happened?

 

[Gully]

Look at our record, play-off final in 91 and only one game away from returning to the top flight of English football...six years later and Hereford, one game away from losing our league status and already having played our last game at the Goldstone.

I would tend to agree with you about the mis-management at Leeds, they bet a lot of money on staying in the Premiership, it failed miserably and they are now starting to suffer the consequences. Ironic that they were founded from what was left over when Leeds City folded due to financial irregularities.

 

[Kenhead]

The same could be said for Bradford, from the prem to league two in the same amount of time

 

[Yorkie]

The same could be said for Bradford, from the prem to league two in the same amount of time

And went into administration during it.

That is what happens when you overspend on players who don't deliver.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

And went into administration during it.

That is what happens when you overspend on players who don't deliver.

At least Bradford City and Leeds United started doing this in the Premiership. The descent into free-fall can just about be arrested after two or three relegations.

There are people on NSC who'd like the Albion to start splashing out NOW on players we can't afford. I really don't want to wake up in Conference South to find us asking "What went wrong?"

 

[rool]

At least Bradford City and Leeds United started doing this in the Premiership. The descent into free-fall can just about be arrested after two or three relegations.

There are people on NSC who'd like the Albion to start splashing out NOW on players we can't afford. I really don't want to wake up in Conference South to find us asking "What went wrong?"

Personally I don't think the chairman helps to deter these unrealistic expectations when talking of improved or competitive player budgets, usually at season ticket renewal time, without actually qualifying what it means

 

[algie]

Bradford have dropped there season ticket prices to £138 which works out about £6 per game

 

[surrey jim]

Bradford have dropped there season ticket prices to £138 which works out about £6 per game

not a bad deal at all, get a full stadium of people behind the team and they should bounse straight back up

 

[surrey jim]

doesnt look like leeds fancy their chances against derby, tickets being sold http://www.waccoe.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=94763

 

[Gully]

Leeds could do the same, but they probably won't, far better to be cheered on by 30k paying a third of the price for their STs than 10k paying the full price, think of all the extra revenue from food, drink and programme sales!

 

[surrey jim]

Bradford have dropped there season ticket prices to £138 which works out about £6 per game

link

 

[League1Champions]

Should we add a Leeds section to the board?

 

[bhaexpress]

We already have, it's called 'Childish Ramblings'.

 

[sten_super]

Leeds section

 

[Publius Ovidius]

In the 80's Hudds went from division 1 to division 4 in sucessive seasons....I remember seeing Town play in the 4th Division against Portsmouth ( my that was a pleasant day!!!)

Now the Pompey Scum are 1 point of playing in Europe

 

[Brovion]

Personally I don't think the chairman helps to deter these unrealistic expectations when talking of improved or competitive player budgets, usually at season ticket renewal time, without actually qualifying what it means

Absolutely. He's made a rod for his own back when even the most cursory glance at the accounts shows we lose money by merely existing and thus money for players is negligble.

You can name the posters who will be on here before the end of July saying "where are all the signings then?" - and you can't really blame them as they've had their expectations raised.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

I am not 100% convinced Ridsdale was the problem.

At that time leeds were a decent premiership outfit doing very well in europe. Could you imagine the fans reaction if half way through that season he would have said " sorry we have run out of money...we are selling everyone and will only play the reserves from now on to save money"...he would have been hammered.

The problem is success breeds success paid for by debt. Only Manu have ever really bucked the trend and now glazier has overturned that.

 

[Yorkie]

Absolutely. He's made a rod for his own back when even the most cursory glance at the accounts shows we lose money by merely existing and thus money for players is negligble.

You can name the posters who will be on here before the end of July saying "where are all the signings then?" - and you can't really blame them as they've had their expectations raised.

I don't know what anybody else read but I saw and heard 'healthy playing budget'

I think people hear what they want to hear.

 

[looney]

Where wopuld Chelsea be if abramovich hadn't come along and settled their 96 million debt?

 

[Tom Bombadil]

Where wopuld Chelsea be if abramovich hadn't come along and settled their 96 million debt?

And who links Chelsea pre Roman and Leeds, why it's cuddly Ken Bates.


Ridsdale was on radio 4 this week. Basically he blames O'Leary aand the other members of the board. He reckons the club wouldn't have been relegated if he was still in charge.