Comments on: 57% think a top six Championship finish is attainable

By: public enemy

public enemy — Mon, 24 May 2010 16:58:24 +0000

we had 3 of the most potent strikers in english history alright one of em was at the end of his career but rush ,fowler and keane all played for us and did nowt too i personally thought crainey was a great player for leeds you also had to look at 1 0r 2 others healey springs to mind .we could do with a huckerby type

By: Pete

Pete — Mon, 24 May 2010 15:48:36 +0000

Blackpool also had a lot of luck…if we can get a 500k midfielder who scores 18 goals and is quite clearly both far too good for the league and lifts those around him to perform at 150% of their normal level, I reckon we’d go up too.

Shame that they went up really, I’d have guessed Charlie Adam would have been our player next season if Cardiff had won.

By: timm

timm — Mon, 24 May 2010 12:34:24 +0000

Ormerod hardly played to be fair. Crainey wasn’t crap, he was an excellent player surrounded by a lot of rubbish. His positional play & distribution were excellent. The trouble was he was left exposed by a useless midfield, & as usual, a good number of our supporters didn’t look at the big picture & decided he was crap so they should get on his back. Good luck to him & i’m pleased he’s playing at a club where they recognise a good player.

By: TheReaper08

TheReaper08 — Mon, 24 May 2010 12:26:31 +0000

Not sufficient to come on here and just say that Neil, who is the good authority ?

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 24 May 2010 09:50:24 +0000

Crainey and Ormerod are just two of the players who were either crap at Leeds or somehow never fired for us who then go on to teams at a higher level and do the business.

Will someone explain that to me!

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 24 May 2010 01:13:16 +0000

Win the matches and all will be taken care of itself!!

By: timm

timm — Sun, 23 May 2010 21:46:16 +0000

Yes let’s aim for the Premiership, but let’s not gamble the club on it.

By: Mikelufc

Mikelufc — Sun, 23 May 2010 21:27:23 +0000

Colin, you do not know that Blackpool
will be straight back down!
Foot ball is about dreams , passion, ambition, not play it safe and waste another season away, another year of our lives passed.
Uncle Ken will see to the books, the manager, squad and supporters sort the rest.
Lets aim for the premiership not bloody fifteenth in the CCC.

By: Tim Campbell

Tim Campbell — Sun, 23 May 2010 21:03:34 +0000

Please please please lets not keep comparing ourselves to smaller clubs who, although temporarily successful, cannot maintain that success when they hit the heady heights of the premiership. We are a one city club, with a fine stadium, big support (getting bigger), and much more going for us investment wise if we do get to the premiership next year. Lets be positive, we have so much more to be optimistic about than burnley, portsmouth, hull or even any of the teams just promoted – WE ARE LEEDS UNITED AND WE WILL SUCCEED!!

By: Colin

Colin — Sun, 23 May 2010 20:07:41 +0000

Fair point Mark, but although the Blackpool scenario seems rosy, they’ll be straight back down next season. There’s no point Leeds getting promoted and then getting relegated. I think we need to slowly build our team up.

Plus we have so much larger outgoings than Blackpool – rent on TA and ER, supporting the Youth Academy and having an infrastructure to look after 25000 fans rather than Blackpool’s 8000.