First post:
For starters, I must apologise for the stupidity of some of our fans. Some of his arguments are laughable. He's probably been banned from most of our forums for being a prick and now spends his time going from forum to forum trying to wind other teams up, with little success.
On the game, I think its going to be a cracker. We laboured a bit against Bolton on Saturday but you could count on 1 hand the number of times they had 2 players ahead of the ball, you will play football. I think it will be an open game and I wouldnt be surprised if we won it. The plus side for us however is if you win, it fuck's the RS up a bit more.
On Lescott, I'd rather just forget him now.[/quote]
Arite mate and welcome, could you tell Gollom to let the Lescott thing go now? i mean, you got a good deal for the lad and if memory serves me, old Gollom has done his fair share of tapping up players has he not? pot, kettle....
There were fans spat at and verbally abused(women and kids)at your place and an all round discusting undercurrent, now i'm all for a bit of intimidation and hostilities during the 90mins but what happened outside(and half time by the dibble) was a disgrace and imo, stirred up big time by Gollom, he should have been held into account. Just because we've had the luxury of a bit of wonga does not give any opposing fans the right to treat us the way that certain fans think they can, and Gollom should be held into account, let it go.
BTW, the article below was nicely swept under the carpet was'nt it? i mean, can't go annoying the next Rag manager now can we? :)
It looks like Chairmen Ken got his way then, as the Blues will have to potentially fork out to Leeds a million big ones for the services of 16yr old Luke Garbutt. Luke was signed from Leeds in the Summer, but Chairman Ken was scathing as he believed Everton had poached (his words not ours) Luke from his club.
The Tribunal heard from all sides today, and Everton's offer of £200k was dismissed out of hand. They will have to pay half a million up front, and with add on for appearances and International honours that could rise to the million mark. Lets hope it does then, as we will have signed a good un. (07/09/09)
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Shut Up Knob 'ed
Leeds United Chairman Ken Bates is seeking punishment for Everton similar to Chelski's, when a tribunal meets on Monday over the matter of Luke Garbutt's transfer from Dirty Leeds to the Wonderful Blues.
Instead of waiting to Monday for his say, Bates is doing what he does best and gobbing off in the media. He claims Everton 'poached' Garbutt from Leeds in the Summer, and he wants the Blues to have a transfer ban for the next two windows. May not be a problem that Ken, as we normally have not got a pot to piss in anyhow. COYB
Bates Rants: "On Monday we have a tribunal for Garbutt, who Everton nicked from us. I hope the ruling that has been handed down from FIFA on Chelsea will set the scene. It certainly sends a message to the Football League compensation tribunal about compensation. I'm not just talking about Leeds. Lots of smaller clubs than us have been stripped of their best kids and they should be adequately compensated.
The days of nicking Leeds players and paying peanuts are over. We are determined to be adequately compensated for the work we are doing in our academy."