It’s Craig Whyte and Peter Ridsdale! Well Ken Bates once said he wanted to see Leeds in hell!
Posted on 29 May 2012.
It’s Craig Whyte and Peter Ridsdale! Well Ken Bates once said he wanted to see Leeds in hell!
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Posted on 29 May 2012.
I know we don’t have a great record when it comes to picking up bargains off of Tottenham: Keane stands out as one of the biggest pups, doing his level best to secure our relegation under Grant; Greaves was on the bottle…
Posted in The Game's Gone CrazyComments Off on Tottenham’s Croats Anybody?
Posted on 29 May 2012.
There have been some improbable transfer targets suggested over the last couple of weeks, but a move for Yakubu seems credible. Sullivan has tried to sign him before – even when he had a BMI to rival McBenni – and with Blackburn relegated, despite theYak’s goals…
Posted in The Game's Gone CrazyComments Off on Feeding the Yak Pie & Mash and Jellied Eels
Posted on 28 May 2012.
Allo, allo, what an unholy mess. According to Dave Whelan, Martinez has been offered the job. But according to Van Gaal he will be unveiled in one role or another by the end of the week. Mind you, Brendan Rodgers is back in the running …
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Posted on 28 May 2012.
PLAYERS and bosses at Birmingham City Ladies Football Club have criticised Sky after it stopped television coverage of their triumphant FA Women’s Cup final before the crucial penalty shoot-out. Mike Maybury, the club’s secretary, told the Birmingham Mail that the screening of the…
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Posted on 28 May 2012.
What is the Yorkshire post up to? None of the five nominated games were a patch on the two (and only) classic encounters between Leeds and West Ham in the 1981-82 season. The game at Elland Road on November 28th 1981 ended up 3-3 and the return fixture at Upton Park, 4-3 …
Posted in The Game's Gone CrazyComments Off on Wrong Nominations For Leeds Games of the 1980’s
Posted on 28 May 2012.
With his contract expiring this summer, England’s number 666 is free to pack up his gloves and butter and move to pastures new, using his England appearances as an opportunity to showcase his talents. The trouble for Rob is that anybody window shopping in Norway…
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Posted on 27 May 2012.
So the boards are linking us with a move for Michael Owen. Must be worth a punt in a pay when you play deal seems to be the popular opinion, as if Owen will actually play. Haven’t we learnt the lesson with Keiron Dyer for …
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Posted on 27 May 2012.
So, West Ham renege on an agreement to reward their most loyal fans with a 20% discount on the price of season tickets for the coming season and, in an effort to head off criticism, Sullivan & Gold issue a statement …
Posted in The Game's Gone CrazyComments Off on Sullivan & Gold Issue Non Sequitur In Response To Fans’ Complaints
Posted on 26 May 2012.
I remember the 7-0 thumping of Southampton well. The poor Saints were chasing shadows all match and Leeds passed the ball around beautifully, and were wonderful in front of goal. It was a cracking performance but as a contest it was a non event. Game of the decade? No way. There…
Posted in The Game's Gone CrazyComments Off on Leeds Fans Vote For Wrong Game Of The 1970s!
Posted on 26 May 2012.
How cruel is fate? Poor Sheffield United. As if being pipped to automatic promotion by local rivals Sheffield Wednesday wasn’t bad enough. As if seeing former manager Neil Warnock lead QPR to promotion last year whilst the Blades slipped down into the third tier of English football wasn’t …
Posted in The Game's Gone CrazyComments Off on Poor Sheffield United Robbed In Penalty Shoot Out
Posted on 26 May 2012.
Never mind Jordan Rhodes, I don’t want him anyway, let’s all unite behind Huddersfield today and cheer them on to victory over Sheffield United. It was wonderfully agonising for Shafting United fans that local rivals Sheffield Wednesday pipped them to automatic promotion and…
Posted in The Game's Gone CrazyComments Off on Come On Huddersfield!
Posted on 26 May 2012.
On paper the record looks good. Top scorer in his league with 32 goals in 34 games for Heerenveen – he wasn’t even playing for a team like Ajax! But there’s the rub. Ajax have the pick of the Dutch talent along with PSV and Feyenoord and, if we are…
Posted in The Game's Gone CrazyComments Off on Bas Dost or not Bas Dost, that is the question!
Posted on 26 May 2012.
So what now for Freddie Sears? Last season should have been the making of him. Out of the Premiership, here was his opportunity to find his feet, establish himself in Claret and Blue, plunder a stack of goals and trigger the debate, “Can he reproduce that…
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Posted on 25 May 2012.
So, looking in the Leeds UnitedNews Now board, I couldn’t help but notice that the club have announced half price entry to Flamingo Land as part of a sponsorship deal. It’s not quite the Premiership but beggars can’t be choosers eh guys? Mind…
Posted in The Game's Gone CrazyComments Off on Neil Warnock Reveals How Leeds Wish Went Wrong
Posted on 25 May 2012.
Austerity bites again. Instead of offering a 20% discount up front in return for owning season tickets for five years – as promised by the Icelandic bankers – the club are phasing the discount over four years, at 5% per year. It’s 20% David, but not as…
Posted in The Game's Gone CrazyComments Off on We’re All In This Together Claim West Ham
Posted on 25 May 2012.
Disaster beckons! I can hear the commentary now! ‘Ronald Greenwood! John Lyall! Sir Trevor Brooking! Sir Robert Moore! Geoffrey Hurst! Russell Brand! Lady Karren! David Sullivan – can you hear me, David Sullivan! Your boy took one hell of a beating! Your boy took one hell of a beating!’
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Posted on 25 May 2012.
Well if we are interested in Elmo(hamady) we might as well go for the whole team: Kermit, Ernie, Big Bird, Miss Piggy…oh I forgot, we already have Karren Brady! Let’s face it, we’ve had enough Muppets on our books in the past!
Posted in The Game's Gone CrazyComments Off on West Ham Transfer Targets: Bert, Oscar, Placido, Grover, Biff and Sulley
Posted on 24 May 2012.
Dear God, how the mighty have fallen! With Warnock trying to strip away the dead wood from the squad and build a team capable of challenging for promotion, a priority target is in real danger of being lost for the sake of a …
Posted in The Game's Gone CrazyComments Off on Leeds Can’t Raise £450,000 to Buy Ward
Posted on 24 May 2012.
So John Terry faces court action for allegedly calling Anton Ferdinand a “fcuking black whatever” and Suarez gets an eight match ban for using the N word, but Mr One Cap & Two Convictions Barton is only being stood down for 12 games after…
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Posted on 23 May 2012.
Calm down, calm down, he’s off on holiday – for now! But how long he remains after he jets back in is anybody’s guess. Captain Snakeinthegrass has already suggested that the 63 year old seven times promoted infected bladder may not be around for long, and …
Posted in The Game's Gone CrazyComments Off on Leeds United Manager Warnock On The Point Of Leaving
Posted on 23 May 2012.
Nouble has been released on a free. Is that it? Is that the last connection with Zola, Clarke and Nani finally cut? I’m racking my brains and to be honest, I can’t think of any pups brought to the club by the incompetent triumverate…
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Posted on 23 May 2012.
It’s ok, he’s only gone off on holiday. The point of the thread is the way one throw away comment is exploded out into a story which isn’t a story at all. Fact, Vaz Te is on a three year contract. Fact, nobody has come in …
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Posted on 22 May 2012.
So the club is trying to sound upbeat and Warnock is thumping his usual tub, trying to convince us that he is again going to walk on the water he passes when his kidney stones allow, only for captain Robert Snakeinthegrass to come out and question the…
Posted in The Game's Gone CrazyComments Off on Leeds have a treacherous Snod in the Grass!
Posted on 22 May 2012.
Football is a cruel game. Most would agree that Faye was one of our better players this season, a veritable rock at times, using his experience, football intelligence and long legs to compensate for his lack of pace. And had we missed…
Posted in The Game's Gone CrazyComments Off on Faye Pays Price For Winning Promotion
Posted on 22 May 2012.
Merde! Early contender for Hammer of the Year, Julien Faubert has been shown the door by Sam Pot, along with old lags Carew and Faye. This will come as a major shock for the Frenchman’s fans who insisted he had been rejuvenated under Allardyce, failing to…
Posted in The Game's Gone CrazyComments Off on Faubert told "Foutre Le Camp!"