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Post by leroy212 on May 27, 2024 18:33:59 GMT 1
Wish I could come up to Birstall this week, I could have had some fun! Shame I can’t. Watched the game in Birstall at the Horse and jockey pub, quite possibly the only town fan in there, busy with Leeds but not overly so, could get to the bar easy enough. Don't forget they were all staying in London. As most of them had booked hotels before they were even in playoffs
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Post by yappledapple on May 27, 2024 20:30:08 GMT 1
Could be in a bit of trouble next season as, them not getting promoted and not getting the PL millions gives them a bit of a financial problem…
In addition to probably losing some of their key players.
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Post by leroy212 on May 27, 2024 20:42:58 GMT 1
Could be in a bit of trouble next season as, them not getting promoted and not getting the PL millions gives them a bit of a financial problem… In addition to probably losing some of their key players. They must have seriously spread payments if they owe 190 million.
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Post by allan 1958 (OAF-WROY)(SSLFF) on May 27, 2024 20:44:40 GMT 1
According to their latest accounts, our neighbours owe £190M in outstanding transfer fees. I suspect a fire sale! If that's true, they should be demoted to the Northern League and given a 5 year transfer ban. Gone soft ?
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Post by themanfromatlantis on May 27, 2024 21:22:36 GMT 1
Could be in a bit of trouble next season as, them not getting promoted and not getting the PL millions gives them a bit of a financial problem… In addition to probably losing some of their key players. They must have seriously spread payments if they owe 190 million. The Lehman Brothers of football… (although that bankruptcy notice I read at the time was in the £bn’s not £m’s). KM is quite good on this sort of thing, but what’s the odds that this will all be brushed under the carpet and they’ll carry on as normal? Football is utterly bonkers nowadays, so many clubs being propped up by debt…
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Post by terrier10 on May 27, 2024 22:20:41 GMT 1
This is cold from Absolute Radio…like they’ve just 2 footed Leeds again here 😂
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Post by willo on May 28, 2024 0:31:47 GMT 1
Could be in a bit of trouble next season as, them not getting promoted and not getting the PL millions gives them a bit of a financial problem… In addition to probably losing some of their key players. Brilliant! 👍👍👍
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Post by Boaty McBoatface on May 28, 2024 8:02:34 GMT 1
My brother's a Leeds fan and despite enjoying some banter before the game on Whatsapp, his phone has mysteriously been switched off since Sunday evening - just the one black tick to all my many messages. I can't think why?
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Post by turbo2 on May 28, 2024 9:07:46 GMT 1
My brother's a Leeds fan and despite enjoying some banter before the game on Whatsapp, his phone has mysteriously been switched off since Sunday evening - just the one black tick to all my many messages. I can't think why? ive got a similar problem, perhaps the 4g network has crashed over the otherside of the three nuns
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Post by ilsonterrier on May 28, 2024 9:23:13 GMT 1
My brother's a Leeds fan and despite enjoying some banter before the game on Whatsapp, his phone has mysteriously been switched off since Sunday evening - just the one black tick to all my many messages. I can't think why? My step brother is also a L**** fan. To be fair, he didn't contact me when we got relegated so I thought I'd better not say anything on Sunday. 😁
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Post by conman on May 28, 2024 12:34:05 GMT 1
My brother's a Leeds fan and despite enjoying some banter before the game on Whatsapp, his phone has mysteriously been switched off since Sunday evening - just the one black tick to all my many messages. I can't think why? My step brother is also a L**** fan. To be fair, he didn't contact me when we got relegated so I thought I'd better not say anything on Sunday. 😁 Same situation with me really . A lad I work with , couldn't honestly ask for a nicer person . When town got relegated , he messaged me to say " Keep your chin up mate , I'm sure you'll bounce straight back up" . He went down to Wembley Sunday , so I haven't seen him since before that . Will see him Thursday morning , and I'm going to give him some right shit , fuck em the dirty Leeds knuckle draggers..
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Post by mosher on May 28, 2024 12:45:14 GMT 1
I am Huddersfield born and bred but i now live in Heckmondwike which half Town and half Leeds. At my local gym the Leeds shirts have been out even on people who do not go and watch them, guess what, not a single shirt this morning but a few Town. It is true that for some deluded reason they really do thing they are a massive club. I'd have said AT LEAST 70/30 Town in Hecky. It only seems like a higher ratio when they have a chance of doing well. Until they went back up a couple of seasons ago L***s shirts in Hecky were rarer than rocking horse shite. Even when they went back up there were still way more Town shirts than L***s in Hecky. In my experience anyway. Edit: Your point stands though about how they've disappeared again
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Post by Mastercracker on May 28, 2024 12:54:39 GMT 1
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Post by Farsley Terrier (UK product) on May 28, 2024 12:59:46 GMT 1
Could be in a bit of trouble next season as, them not getting promoted and not getting the PL millions gives them a bit of a financial problem… In addition to probably losing some of their key players. Brilliant! 👍👍👍 Could be Administration. Those figures are shocking.
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Post by ldr on May 28, 2024 13:15:10 GMT 1
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Post by townarentbest on May 28, 2024 15:06:32 GMT 1
Could be Administration. Those figures are shocking. Not if their owners are prepared to continued funding.
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Post by Farsley Terrier (UK product) on May 28, 2024 15:14:25 GMT 1
Could be Administration. Those figures are shocking. Not if their owners are prepared to continued funding. true but that is some debt.. have heard from a few Leeds fans they r concerned.
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Post by mosher on May 28, 2024 15:20:18 GMT 1
Not if their owners are prepared to continued funding. true but that is some debt.. have heard from a few Leeds fans they r concerned. I disagree with FFP being a rule but if it fucks those bastards then I might rethink my opinion
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Post by townarentbest on May 28, 2024 15:33:20 GMT 1
Not if their owners are prepared to continued funding. true but that is some debt.. have heard from a few Leeds fans they r concerned. Its a drop in the ocean to a VC company representing an investment fund of approx £5bn - especially when you look at the lower value of the other co's they've invested into.
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Post by leroy212 on May 28, 2024 16:26:38 GMT 1
It's the fact they have to recoup that money, investment funds are there to make money and not keep investing. Will take them years to earn 190 million they need to pay off that debt
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Post by townarentbest on May 28, 2024 17:14:18 GMT 1
It's the fact they have to recoup that money, investment funds are there to make money and not keep investing. Will take them years to earn 190 million they need to pay off that debt They're obviously banking on being a PL club at some point, and staying there. And if they don't manage that, they'll at some point cut their losses and exit...to be fair with the revenue advantage they have over most other clubs in terms of what they get through the door and LU being a brand that sells even outside the city and this country, they should be a top 6 team pretty much every season, so its probably a reasonable gamble, especially with the immediate advantage that all the teams coming down this summer will have reduced parachutes due to only being up there for one season.
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Post by chadders51 on May 28, 2024 18:02:26 GMT 1
Could be Administration. Those figures are shocking. Not if their owners are prepared to continued funding. It’s not that simple. Stoke have billionaire owners who would happily put further £millions into the club but they’re hampered (ridiculously) by FFP
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Post by mosher on May 28, 2024 18:08:12 GMT 1
Not if their owners are prepared to continued funding. It’s not that simple. Stoke have billionaire owners who would happily put further £millions into the club but they’re hampered (ridiculously) by FFP Which is why I say the powers that be introduced FFP to stop anyone gatecrashing the big boys’ party Much as I hate Citeh breaking our record I sort of like them putting two fingers up to FFP If only KN could find a way around it like they seem to have
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Post by bluebeard on May 28, 2024 18:13:50 GMT 1
I am Huddersfield born and bred but i now live in Heckmondwike which half Town and half Leeds. At my local gym the Leeds shirts have been out even on people who do not go and watch them, guess what, not a single shirt this morning but a few Town. It is true that for some deluded reason they really do thing they are a massive club. I'd have said AT LEAST 70/30 Town in Hecky. It only seems like a higher ratio when they have a chance of doing well. Until they went back up a couple of seasons ago L***s shirts in Hecky were rarer than rocking horse shite. Even when they went back up there were still way more Town shirts than L***s in Hecky. In my experience anyway. Edit: Your point stands though about how they've disappeared again Your probably right they do well and their all out in Leeds shirts, strange thing is i have seen one Leeds shirt since Saturday and that was on New street in the Center of Huddersfield this morning. That is something you never use to see, never.
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Post by htfc1908 on May 28, 2024 18:22:08 GMT 1
I'd have said AT LEAST 70/30 Town in Hecky. It only seems like a higher ratio when they have a chance of doing well. Until they went back up a couple of seasons ago L***s shirts in Hecky were rarer than rocking horse shite. Even when they went back up there were still way more Town shirts than L***s in Hecky. In my experience anyway. Edit: Your point stands though about how they've disappeared again Your probably right they do well and their all out in Leeds shirts, strange thing is i have seen one Leeds shirt since Saturday and that was on New street in the Center of Huddersfield this morning. That is something you never use to see, never. It was in the charity shop though!
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Post by Tim Nice But Dim on May 28, 2024 18:39:39 GMT 1
Your probably right they do well and their all out in Leeds shirts, strange thing is i have seen one Leeds shirt since Saturday and that was on New street in the Center of Huddersfield this morning. That is something you never use to see, never. It was in the charity shop though!
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Post by Frankiesleftpeg on May 28, 2024 21:41:38 GMT 1
Your probably right they do well and their all out in Leeds shirts, strange thing is i have seen one Leeds shirt since Saturday and that was on New street in the Center of Huddersfield this morning. That is something you never use to see, never. It was in the charity shop though!
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Post by Captainslapper on May 29, 2024 9:26:30 GMT 1
It’s not that simple. Stoke have billionaire owners who would happily put further £millions into the club but they’re hampered (ridiculously) by FFP Which is why I say the powers that be introduced FFP to stop anyone gatecrashing the big boys’ party Much as I hate Citeh breaking our record I sort of like them putting two fingers up to FFP If only KN could find a way around it like they seem to have Think you should be careful what you wish for. The only thing reining in Man City ( and Newcastle now ) is FFP...a system that still does allow 'lesser' clubs the opportunity to gatecrash the big boys party if they get enough decisions right...Villa this season for example. Without FFP then the PL becomes like the Scottish premier, with two clubs having and spending vastly more than everyone else. Even your Arsenal, Liverpool Man Utd and Chelsea wouldn't be able to compete. Investment would leave the other clubs as owners and potential owners know they could never compete with those clubs owned by oil rich nations and 3rd is the best they could achieve ...Hearts or Aberdeen in other words. Football should be about how much money a club generates for itself and how wisely they spend it...not simply about how wealthy the owner is.
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Post by mosher on May 29, 2024 10:47:56 GMT 1
Which is why I say the powers that be introduced FFP to stop anyone gatecrashing the big boys’ party Much as I hate Citeh breaking our record I sort of like them putting two fingers up to FFP If only KN could find a way around it like they seem to have Think you should be careful what you wish for. The only thing reining in Man City ( and Newcastle now ) is FFP...a system that still does allow 'lesser' clubs the opportunity to gatecrash the big boys party if they get enough decisions right...Villa this season for example. Without FFP then the PL becomes like the Scottish premier, with two clubs having and spending vastly more than everyone else. Even your Arsenal, Liverpool Man Utd and Chelsea wouldn't be able to compete. Investment would leave the other clubs as owners and potential owners know they could never compete with those clubs owned by oil rich nations and 3rd is the best they could achieve ...Hearts or Aberdeen in other words. Football should be about how much money a club generates for itself and how wisely they spend it...not simply about how wealthy the owner is.We'll have to disagree there mate, although I completely understand your viewpoint. Sometimes (quite often in fact) it takes spending money to grow a business (or football club). All FFP does is stop someone like KN banging in loads of money, which in turn would (hopefully) make us more successful, which brings in more fans, which increases revenue, which increases spending ability and sustainability. Even just spending cash can sometimes attract more customers/clientele/fans. As it stands you have to already have those revenue streams to be able to spend big, which to me just ensures more of a closed shop. I disagree with nation states being able to fund football clubs but I think that's a different issue and more under the remit of the responsible owner rule. Edit: Just to say I DO believe there should be some kind of protection for clubs (what FFP was SUPPOSED to do) against shyster owners.
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Post by houllierspal on May 29, 2024 11:23:22 GMT 1
Should this now be re-titled “Leeds HAVE fallen apart again” ?
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