isn't that bordering on fair-weather?
wait till Stevie reads this
I wasn't there neither, had nee intention of going. If it wasn't a shit small club like them with small time fans from Yorkshire in a lower league, I'd have went. This is a club who in it's entire history has NEVER averaged over 40,000. Small club from Yorkshire, I really see no difference between them and Huddersfield Town. Huddersfield is more of a traditional football town than Leeds, which in essence devotes itself to cricket, rugby and supporting out of town clubs like Newcastle and Man Utd. Being situated where they are in the middle of the country really, with a catchment area like that, they are disgrace not to take 10,000 away every week, but as I said it's not a football town, never will be. The football cities of Britain are in order London, Glasgow, Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle. Leeds is even behind your Birmingham's and Wearside's. I think Sunderland AFC is 10000 times more important to Wearside than Leeds AFC is to Leeds.
Hi all.
Im not here to start any arguments but voice my opinion on this comment. Stevie,I have never heard so much crap in all of my life. How is Leeds a shit small club? Granted we are not as big as Newcastle United but for someone to compare us to Huddersfield suggest how little you know about football.Ok, we never used to get 52k each week in the prem but we filled what is allowed at Elland Road,(40k). If we had an extra tier build like you did at St james's then we would have no doubt filled it. Our worldwide fan base is massive, probably well within the top 6 of any english team in the country. Even in league one we still had a higher season attendance than a third of the premier league teams and two thirds of the championship teams last season. Hmmm, and you call us a small shit club.??!!
I would be lying if I said we were more passionate about football than the geordies. I know we arn't, however my girlfriend is from Newcastle and I have a lot of Geordie mates who would disagree with what you said. Before we got relegated from the prem I always remember being above you for some of the 90's. How many times did you win the prem again in that decade? It proves what a big club we still are when we are still hated and rivaled by Man Utd,not on the pitch but still as a club in general. Not a thing to be proud of nevertheless.!!!
You have to remember one thing.Leeds have been laughed at over the last few years.We may continue to be laughed at but I do know that Newcastle have recently taken the limelight from us.We are a league one team that has had to build from scratch and what I have seen recently Newcastle have a long long way to go also before they hit the big time again. Your club is in the shit big time and this is just the beginning. The players you fronted at St James's on Wednesday are worth 10 times the price of ours but you couldn't take hold of the game against a league one Leeds team and I thought we played really bad,especially after a fine performance that outplayed Blackburn for 90 minutes 3 days earlier. If that was a vast improvement over that battering Leyton Orient gave you then I dread to think where you will end up at the end of the season.I was actually disappointed the result only ended in a draw to be honest. My money is on the fact you won't make the top 10 let alone top 2 this season and you would be deluded to think otherwise.I really hope you do go up though.
So Stevie. I suggest you get off your high horse and face the fact you are also not a big club anymore,you are a championship team now at the very best that needs sorting out.The big boy teams are now Hull City and Sunderland.Im not ashamed to admit that....are you? Our rivals teams this season are now the likes of Millwall,Norwich and Charlton same as your rival teams are now Blackpool,Doncaster and Barnsley. Like I say.Im not ashamed to admit we are not famous and big anymore.It's time you did the same.!!!!
