Very interesting. Speculation continues to mount about the financial viability of the prospective buyers of Leeds United. Until recently, the deal was hidden beneath such a cloak of secrecy that many wrongly believed – and claimed on here – that Gulf Finance House ne Gulf Finance Capital were simply fronting the …
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Cracks Appearing In Leeds Take Over Bid
Posted on 17 October 2012.
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£200m Public Subsidy for West Ham Leeds To Massive Controversy
Posted on 17 October 2012.
So it is looking increasingly likely that the public purse will be used to turn West Ham United into a footballing super power. The jellied eels munching East End barrow boys, it seems, will be packing up their caravans, towing them up the road to…
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The Day When Leeds United Triggered England World Cup Exit
Posted on 15 October 2012.
October 17, 1973. Brian Clough told Brian Moore that Tomaszewski was a clown and Ramsey stupidly selected Hunter ahead of the great Bobby Moore for the must win World Cup Wembley qualifier against Poland – and the rest is history. Clarke, despite scoring from the spot, missed a …
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Redknapp of the Republic?
Posted on 15 October 2012.
It’s a delicious idea, ‘Arry rejected by England rolls up in the Republic of Ireland and takes control of Trappatoni’s misfits. I can’t see it happening personally, unless ‘Arry can unearth Irish grandparents for a whole host of Croats, Africans and Romanian footballing gypsies. Mind you, ‘Arry’s…
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Zola Waiting For Godot In Watford
Posted on 14 October 2012.
So, Gino Pozzo has told Watford fans to relax and enjoy the ride. The Pozzos have a vision, a project, and soon Watford will only sell their young players to the likes of Barcelona and Real Madrid – just like Udinese. As …
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Jimmy Savile & The Leeds Connection
Posted on 14 October 2012.
Some rather distasteful individuals have posted comments on here trying to besmirch the City of Leeds and Leeds United Football Club on the basis that Savile was born in Leeds. One idiot who purports to support the club has even tried to goad me into penning…
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Boa Morte’s Usual return on Chesterfield Debut
Posted on 13 October 2012.
One game, one defeat. One game, no goals. Nothing changes for the six million pound man does it? The old division four? No difference from the Prem it seems for the Portuguese plonker -except the wages of course!
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From Corwall to Leeds, From Southend to Wrexham, the same question…
Posted on 12 October 2012.
So it was a moral victory for San Marino because they only lost 5-0 at Wembley. I ask you, you ask me, I ask the next man, the whole nation asks the guy next to him, what is the bloody point? Rooney has just said it isn’t …
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All the clarity of frosted glass as Leeds and GFH make joint statement
Posted on 11 October 2012.
Interesting. Last week Master Bates told us that he would like to tell the fans more about the deal with GFH Capital but couldn’t because he was bound by a confidentiality agreement; now GFH Capital Chief Executive David Haigh has claimed, “The importance for us to talk to the numerous …
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Boa’s Back!
Posted on 11 October 2012.
The curators of Chesterfield Cathedral must be panicking, wondering how to protect the famous crooked spire once Boa has pulled on his shooting boots again! Still, I can see a new marketing campaign on the horizon! “Bend It Like Boa!”
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After Watford and Nottingham Forest, Will Birmingham Now Beat Leeds In The Take Over Race?
Posted on 10 October 2012.
How long has this Leeds take over been dragging on for now? Bates has blamed London lawyers, but that sounds far too convenient. We can always moan about solicitors, and the fact that they are Southern Softies just makes the excuse all the more palatable…
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The UnRaveling of Morrison’s Loan Deal to Birmingham
Posted on 10 October 2012.
Morrison insists it is not true and, at the time of writing, there has been no confirmation from either club, but usually there is no smoke without fire and, let’s face it, Ravel has previous! We paid £1.3m for this wild card and, as things…
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Have the potential new Leeds owners fired their first shot at Warnock and Bates?
Posted on 09 October 2012.
So, David Haigh, has compared Leeds to Pamela Anderson. What did he have in mind I wonder? Well, like Pamela, Leeds have certainly seen better days and are no longer prime box office. And, I suppose, in Warnock and Bates they have two proper tits at the top. And maybe…
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Leeds On A Charge Into Seventh Place
Posted on 06 October 2012.
Leeds United fans are in seventh heaven tonight as the mighty Whites climbed to one place below the play off places. With Blackburn and Blackpool both losing, the epic victory over Barnsley, courtesy of a highly controversial penalty, was almost enough to see …
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West Ham 1 Arsenal 3 – Ougunned, Outclassed, Outflanked
Posted on 06 October 2012.
On 58 minutes I turned to my wife in Oscar’s bar in Lipscan, Bucharest and said, “It’s going to be a long 30 minutes!” I had spent the first half wondering if Walcott was injured. When he came on, with McCartney at left back, there…
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Will Allardyce Work It Up Wenger Again?
Posted on 06 October 2012.
Under Zola and Grant, we would have gone in to today’s game with minimal expectation. Arsenal were so superior to us, it couldn’t be true. But Arsenal were always far superior to Bolton on paper and it didn’t seem to make a lot of difference. Allardyce simply …
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Redknapp Issues Come & Get Me Call To QPR
Posted on 05 October 2012.
You can’t stop an old dog from playing old tricks. With Mark Hughes under increasing pressure at QPR, Redknapp has thrown his hat into the ring by claiming he is not in the frame for the job. Of course he isn’t! According …
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If you play for QPR, the grass is Greener even in the SPL!
Posted on 04 October 2012.
Well that has to be the ultimate poke in the eye! Poor Rob Green has slipped so far down the list of England keepers that Woy has selected a stopper playing in SCOTLAND ahead of him! That’s what you get for joining QPR. Green was…
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Bates Reportedly Planning To Cut And Run From Leeds
Posted on 04 October 2012.
Ooops, it is all coming out now. When I posted suggesting that the take over at Leeds might turn in to a nightmare, Leeds fans fell over themselves in a rush to call me an idiot. I knew nothing apparently, GFH were simply fronting the…
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Coyle Blames Fatty Dowd For Bolton’s Draw With Leeds
Posted on 03 October 2012.
Good on Warnock, he took the Bolton equaliser on the chin and blamed himself for not warning Austin what to expect from Kevin Davies. Mind you, given Premiership football is beamed around the world and Davies has been around longer than Wayne Rooney’s tarts, the …
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Desperate Hughes Blames Twattenbung For QPR Defeat
Posted on 02 October 2012.
Oh dear. Mark Hughes is so desperate to excuse his own ineptitude in the transfer market that he is blaming referee Twattenbung. Now I am no fan of the ultimate bastard in the black, but Hughes seems to forget that EIGHT West Ham players were on yellow…
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Warnock smiling at Leeds as West Ham condemn QPR to a relegation battle
Posted on 02 October 2012.
The debate is already on. Was that a very impressive West Ham performance or are QPR already dead men walking? Whilst I was fulsome in my praise for the overall performance, I found quite a bit to criticise in relation to …
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QPR 1 West Ham 2 – You were watching Robert Green!
Posted on 01 October 2012.
Tony Fernandes, Anton Ferdinand, Kieron Dyer, Bobby Zamora – your boys took one hell of a beating! What a night! What a performance! Eleven points in the bag, climbing to seventh in the table, first away win of a new Premiership…
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Pearson Sweating As Redknapp Is Linked With Leicester
Posted on 30 September 2012.
Oh dear wouldn’t that be a shame, if poor Pearson, the guy who walked out on Hull City, were to be sacked to make way for ‘Arry? The question is, would Redknapp take the job? Leicester is a long way North and ‘Arry might be hoping a team down South might…
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Championship Even More pathetic Than Usual As Hull And Blackpool Results Prove
Posted on 29 September 2012.
Leeds won, lifting them up the table towards a play off place, but other results proved what a pathetic division the Championship is this season. Leicester have now climbed into the playoffs, but largely through default; Blackpool, the early pace setters, are suddenly struggling…
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Leeds Takeover Still Shrouded In Doubt
Posted on 29 September 2012.
I said it yesterday and now Phil Hay of the YEP has committed to print all the uncertainties that still sorround the take over deal – and added weight to the issues I raised. The fact that GFH hover on the brink of bankruptcy is very…
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