As you're still in the "being owned by uncaring moneygrubbers" phase I thought I'd sling in an update about post-Bates Leeds United. Bit of light relief for you, maybe.
We've been recently bought by the former owner of Cagliari, Massimo Cellino. An undoubted football man with decent finances, he also has fraud convictions and moved Cagliari to Trieste to play their home games after a row with the council. By way of comparison, Trieste's not much closer to Cagliari than Northampton is. His first priority, he said, was buying back the ground and training complex. What he actually did was not buy the ground and closed the training complex over the summer, along with making a load of staff redundant. Rumours are we're losing £1million a month from somewhere, but how is not precisely known. Now we've just named Dave Hockaday as our new head coach because our new owner likes to buy players and pick teams and doesn't want someone with their own ideas chipping in. Dave Hockaday's only previous managerial role was an unsuccessful stint in charge of Forest Green. We are effectively a particularly expensive game of Football Manager to our new owner.
I'm not saying this is worse than being owned by SISU, but being bought out by a rich guy who really wants to run a successful football club's not necessarily brilliant either.
In total and utter agreement, sometimes better the devil you know than to be let down by the incoming messiah!
F... off RFC !!
Leeds have been unlucky to have been dealt two shit hands.
You would have us stick with Sisu based on this scenario ??
F... off RFC !!
Leeds have been unlucky to have been dealt two shit hands.
You would have us stick with Sisu based on this scenario ??
On the plus side, Elland Road will be a nice away day for you if you don't get relegated this season!
Sorry mate I appreciate the message in our fansite but at least you play in leeds at your home. That's all I have ever wanted.
You've always wanted to play in Leeds?! And a Richardson fan. Well, I never.
Love the last line. Another Mystic Meg in the fold.
On the plus side, Elland Road will be a nice away day for you if you don't get relegated this season!
You really are a WUM. Personally I love it. Carry on MR SISU
The Leeds guy made an error here. He assumed this was a football fans forum. He should have said he loves Leeds council and wished ACL owned eland road. Would have been the toast of SBT then.
what makes you think we're staying up next season too.
like us, you've had it shitty for a good few years now. Risdale to you is what Richardson is to us and they both left the door open (with the assistance of the FL and FA) to the owners we ended up with.
any chance you could push this amongst your fellow Leeds fans http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/59884
As you're still in the "being owned by uncaring moneygrubbers" phase I thought I'd sling in an update about post-Bates Leeds United. Bit of light relief for you, maybe.
We've been recently bought by the former owner of Cagliari, Massimo Cellino. An undoubted football man with decent finances, he also has fraud convictions and moved Cagliari to Trieste to play their home games after a row with the council. By way of comparison, Trieste's not much closer to Cagliari than Northampton is. His first priority, he said, was buying back the ground and training complex. What he actually did was not buy the ground and closed the training complex over the summer, along with making a load of staff redundant. Rumours are we're losing £1million a month from somewhere, but how is not precisely known. Now we've just named Dave Hockaday as our new head coach because our new owner likes to buy players and pick teams and doesn't want someone with their own ideas chipping in. Dave Hockaday's only previous managerial role was an unsuccessful stint in charge of Forest Green. We are effectively a particularly expensive game of Football Manager to our new owner.
I'm not saying this is worse than being owned by SISU, but being bought out by a rich guy who really wants to run a successful football club's not necessarily brilliant either.
I've got to say I'm sorry to hear of a club with the history and tradition of Leeds being dicked about by an owner who is clearly not fit and proper. What this shows, again, is that the FL and FA have their heads up their arses (imho).
I hope that you get shot of this owner ASAP - it's staggering to me that the authorities allow this to happen. Good luck.
I've got to say I'm sorry to hear of a club with the history and tradition of Leeds being dicked about by an owner who is clearly not fit and proper. What this shows, again, is that the FL and FA have their heads up their arses (imho).
I hope that you get shot of this owner ASAP - it's staggering to me that the authorities allow this to happen. Good luck.
Agree 100%, this is becoming more of an issue to be directed at the FL as opposed to anybody else. Its clear their test is not fit or is it proper. How many more teams are to be shafted by their owners (Coventry, Leeds, Cardiff etc) before something is done.
Whatever happened to local owners wanting to invest in their local teams?
I've got to say I'm sorry to hear of a club with the history and tradition of Leeds being dicked about by an owner who is clearly not fit and proper. What this shows, again, is that the FL and FA have their heads up their arses (imho).
I hope that you get shot of this owner ASAP - it's staggering to me that the authorities allow this to happen. Good luck.
Will sign the petition, not because I think it'll do any good but because if no one does anything then the guilty parties all shrug at the end and say "well, you should have said something" as they bugger off to the Cayman Islands on the yacht you just bought them. Hopefully, maybe overly optimistically, one day the collective outrage of football fans will get too large to ignore.
Agree 100%, this is becoming more of an issue to be directed at the FL as opposed to anybody else. Its clear their test is not fit or is it proper. How many more teams are to be shafted by their owners (Coventry, Leeds, Cardiff etc) before something is done.
Whatever happened to local owners wanting to invest in their local teams?
In total and utter agreement, sometimes better the devil you know than to be let down by the incoming messiah!
Fuck off RFC
Mr trench. You are an intelligent guy. Please.
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