Leeds Banter Archive June 16 2013

16 Jun 2013 23:15:15
Keep hearing the phrase sleeping giant on this forum. FACT. We have never been a sleeping or for that matter alive an kicking giant. Big city, medium sized club. Great away following but s**** home crowds beaten by almost half of division last year. We are a passionate bunch but there's not a lot of us attending matches for one reason or another. Always been the same. Remember when Terry Yoroath left for Spurs and said he had moved to a big club! Or when numerous player left to go to a certain manchester club. Why? Because apart from 10 yrs under DON REVIE and and the odd season here and there we have been a totally average and under achieving club who for some reason think he are entitled to success. Think we should marry Newcastle! Although they would bring far more to the wedding! MOT

Not a bad post, but not accurate I'm afraid. When you look at what makes a big club you must take into account the world wide following and not just the home support. I have worked away most of my life and I am constantly amaized at seeing Leeds shirts on young and old in places like Rio, Buenos aires, Singapore, Kuala Lumpar, Ho chi, min City, Dubai (huge supporters club ), Norway, Australia, Hong Kong and where I am now in Pattaya Thailand we get the biggest turn out along with Rangers and Celtic and believe it or not West Ham when we are on tv.
I know our home support has dropped off, but other "big clubs" had the same when they were down on their heels .
What I'm trying to say is big crowds don't always mean big clubs. Newcastle and Sunderland traditionally get more, but I don't think they carry the same name worlwide.
I would say the biggest English club world wide is Liverpool, but Man U could prob justify them being the biggest as I'm biased lol

Interesting and optimistic post.
Who do you support?

So excluding the times when we actually won something we are not a big club?

Sure you could say that about a few big clubs

Of course we are a big club still, just an "unsuccessful" big club.

example - When BP had their recent disaster and was fined millions while their share price, turnover and company value suddenly fell. , does that mean they are no longer a "big" company, no of course it does not, it just means they need to claw their way back from the disaster. same with our Beloved club - the more we SUPPORT the soon this will happen.

MOT - Sir Phil.

Take it the poster does;t know much about leeds and our fan base, were the third most supported club in the london areas behind liverpool and Manchester United apart from the obvious teams followed in london, south africa where i;ve been based there is a massive support still after the cheif and massinga goes back to albert johannson days, scandinavia, germany, north america, south east asia where the second poster put down massive support in singapore last year saw, so more leeds shirts going round than Manchester United so to say leeds not a world wide fan base is ridiculous, Durban white.

Come on this is rubbish. I went to Austria last summer, and whenever people asked where I came from I said Leeds. Every single Austrian that asked that then said 'Ah, Leeds United!' Literally every person I talked to about Leeds either knew Leeds or supported them, and this is in Austria!

Leeds United is a legendary football team, and is definitely top division standard for its training facilities, stadium and fan base. How many English clubs have reached the European Cup finals? Very few. How many can claim to have 2 Inter Cities (UEFA) cups? Arsenal have only one.

This is why we are a big club, and despite this past decade of misery, the fan base is still going strong. We had more supporters in League One games than most teams in the PL! WE ARE LEEDS! MOT!

Was the first British team to appear in all 3 european cups finals European cup, Inter cities, Cup winners, not even that lot from over the pennies can match that.

You either bleed white or red, i'm afraid your the latter.

It is the teams fault not the fans. I remember in leauge one when we had a team that tried hard to win we had a higher gate than Juventus, Milan and most teams in the two divisions above us. get a team playing for the shirt get fans back in elland rd. fans won't pay ticket prices to pay for a casino they want investment on the pitch MOT.

P. S what an optomistic Millwall or Huddersfield fan must of made the original post

OP is not a Leeds fan and knows nothing about football, past or present, just a muppet looking for reaction

16 Jun 2013 21:15:25
Leeds Possible Signings:
Matt Smith Signed
Matt Kilgallon Free
Noel Hunt Free
Matt Mills 800k
Stephen Hunt Free
Eric Lichaj Free
Cedric Evina Free
Sylvan Ebanks-Blake Free
Tommy Rowe 350k
Dean Whitehead Free

Oh come on cedric evina couldn't even get in the charlton team why would he get in ours?

Posh want 1m for Rowe.

16 Jun 2013 10:57:29
What does everyone think about Albert Adomah from Bristol City? I think he would be a great addition to the team, as he has pace, skill and a all round good game.

Crystal palace want him in the prem so just not going to happen, he is good but tbh he's 2 good 4 this league

Great Shout, if only it would happen.

Hes got a £4mil price tag according to papers

Bristol dropped their demands because they need the money to strengthen their squad, £2m max.

16 Jun 2013 10:36:37
Does anyone think that Zac Thompson will play for us next year I thought he did alright when he came into the team first time. And only really had one bad game against Reading

16 Jun 2013 03:18:24
Would be nice if leeds actually spent money on one good player with potential future profit, just one would be good and then some old freebies, just frustrating when you see all the wastes of money freebies we've had, surely if we saved their wages and used younger players instead we could plough the spare money into one or two good signings! Everytime we've been succesful with mixed good players with youth