As an overseas lister who only gets to occasionally watch Leeds the
most depressing thing for me that sank in last night , and you're on
a similar track to me here , is how far behind the top of the PL we
are.
I can't believe we beat this side last time and had honourable
losses to other PL
Leeds needed to get themselves on the rich side of that
gap, and Ridsdale saw that and gambled. But O Leary scuppered the plan, and
the rest is tragic history.
Eh
How is O'Leary to blame for Ridsdale's financial idiocy? He didn't agree
the ludicrous salaries that bankrupted the
I have serious reservations about White Nunez. The former has speed and
guts, but I fear lacks quality on the ball.
I'm more convinced than ever that White is a left winger, not a full-back.
But until we sign another decent left-back, he'll be doing the job he's
doing, as he's the
For me, because of his poor buying decisions (irrespective of how much they
cost us) and his poor man-management.
We had a very large - but very lopsided - talent pool, that all of a sudden
stopped performing and I for one think that O'Dreary is entirely responsible
for that.
Risdales' guilt is,
Damian, it wouldn't have mattered if he'd cloned Don Revie from a fragment
of bone and appointed him, with Alf Ramsey as his assistant and Alex
Fergusion as tea boy.
Ridsdale's ONLY crime is financial mismanagement verging on criminal.
Our demise was NOTHING to do with the players, the
First of all Mark, I need to stress I'm not picking on you today!! ;-)
BUT ... I do think there is a lot of credence in what Damien says. Looking
back at that whole saga and the current state of clubs 'chasing the
dream', the Ridsdale gamble was/is the only way to break the mould. Teams
come and
Tim, you need to get it into your head that Ridsdale's gamble could NEVER
have worked!!!
It's nothing to do with football - it's all to do with the economics of
running a business.
95% of our turnover was accounted for by the wage bill. That leaves 5% to
cover all other costs,
O'Neill was lined up to replace Graham. He asked for more time to consider
the offer. Meanwhile DOL did well as caretaker and Ridsdale decided to give
him the job instead. MON would have come, but Ridsdale panicked.
There was no replacement lined up for DOL. In fact Ridsdale gave him an
the Ridsdale gamble was/is the only way to break the mould.
I agree, Tim, and the Ridsdale 'gamble', whilst foolish in hindsight, was
founded on the naming rights of the 'new' stadium, which had 9/11 and the
subsequent advertising recession, which killed ITV Digital, not happened would
have
The day out at Majestyk was the point that buffeted us followed by the 3-4 loss
to barcodes.
Both DO'L fault. That lit the blue touch paper. Ridsdale put the gun powder
down
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Dr Michael Benjamin.
Community Psychiatrist.
On 21 Sep 2011, at 14:59, Tim Leslie
I agree, Tim, and the Ridsdale 'gamble', whilst foolish in hindsight,
was founded on the naming rights of the 'new' stadium, which had 9/11 and the
subsequent advertising recession, which killed ITV Digital, not happened
would have led to us playing at the XBox stadium.
IIRC the
The day out at Majestyk was the point that buffeted us followed by the
3-4 loss to barcodes.
Both DO'L fault. That lit the blue touch paper. Ridsdale put the gun
powder down
More comfort blanket stuff, Mike. Look at the accounts. It was a business
failure, not a football failure.
Didnt O'Neill formally turn us down? I seem to remember him having a press
conference at Leicester saying he was staying there.
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On 21 Sep 2011, at 13:18, markbu...@aol.com wrote:
O'Neill was lined up to replace Graham. He asked for more time to consider
the offer.
Didnt O'Neill formally turn us down? I seem to remember him having a
press conference at Leicester saying he was staying there.
Yes, because Ridsdale wanted to make an appointment straight away. O'Neill
wanted to come to Leeds - but wanted to leave Leicester in a dignified and
What I cannot fathom I'd how our debt was unmanageable yet smaller than
most teams on the PL today.
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Dr Michael Benjamin.
Community Psychiatrist.
On 21 Sep 2011, at 15:35, markbu...@aol.com wrote:
I agree, Tim, and the Ridsdale 'gamble', whilst foolish in
As I said why are others managing their debts.
Put another way would Bates have gone under or bluffed cum bull shitted his way
through?
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Dr Michael Benjamin.
Community Psychiatrist.
On 21 Sep 2011, at 15:37, markbu...@aol.com wrote:
The day out at Majestyk was the
What I cannot fathom I'd how our debt was unmanageable yet smaller than
most teams on the PL today.
Firstly, Ridsdale borrowed under very bad terms - punitive interest rates.
Most clubs borrow long-term at low rates. Ridsdale effectively bought
players at worse ratehs than your credit
As I said why are others managing their debts.
Put another way would Bates have gone under or bluffed cum bull shitted
his way through?
Bates nearly did go under at Chelsea. But he had the value of Stamford
Bridge to fall back on as security against his debts, and was able to locate a
.not as a Leeds fan, so much as as a football fan:
The fact that one club can keep so many quality players on their books
(paying them astronomical sums no doubt), and rarely play them. Michael Owen
probably earns more per week than all the 11 Leeds players. And also the
other side of the
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