By Joe Dobbs![]() After another disappointing loss to a team that has the worst home form in the division, you have to think, where does our beloved club stand now? Well we're 16th in the league with the 4th joint worse goal difference. We have a caretaker manager who doesn't seem to want to be there. Once again there is a cloud of false identity and secrecy on who owns the club and what their objectives are. The players are in mixed form and for the first time since our return to the championship, Leeds fans alike are now nervously looking over our shoulders hoping to stay away from the likes of Tranmere, Brentford and Carlisle. It's fair to say the only thing reaching the expected standard as is the ever present support of the fans who have been giving 100% to the club as always. So that's where we stand as a club now. But where are we going in the future? I'm an optimist, always have been and always shall be. If you look at our team now it really isn't that far off a play off spot. Compare our team with Brighton... Completely different ends of the table not because they have better players, but because they have an ambitious manager with the clubs board fully backing him and now sitting comfortably in 6th place, they never need to look back. Go through our players... The likes of Austin, Ross MC and Byram could easily outplay their Brighton counter-parts. Now I'm not going to go on a Warnock based rant criticising his tactics which endangered Leeds/Bradford flight paths over ER. But what I am going to say is that Leeds are really not that far away from tasting the green grass of the Premier League. It all comes down to the tough decision the Board will have to make over the next manager we appoint. I'm looking through the current pool of managers available and they all look sensible (with the exception of Hughes) but they aren't what we need. You might think I'm mad, but the thought of O'leary back at Elland Road excites me. It would bring a great atmosphere back to the club, a manager who has never managed outside the top flight and brought us to the semi-final of the Champions League... I believe O'leary might just be the man to do the job. With the boards backing and supporting and advising on who he signs, no Championship team will walk past us again, we'll own the championship and every team in it. Be proud of the new Leeds team that comes out of that tunnel, a new squad consisting of the new youth and the rejuvenated old. We won't make the same mistakes that we have in the past couple of years selling our best prospects We'll keep your Byram's, Dawsons, and Poleons. We'll be brimming with talented youth that'll quickly bring back the glory days. With the likes of Austin, Ross Mc and Diouf to keep the experience and player's heads, we'll be in the right mindset to storm this division. This time next year we'll have 38,000 at Elland Road singing M.O.T louder than we have ever done before. We're Leeds united and we're going up.
21 Comments
Keith
7/4/2013 03:28:40 am
I think this current squad is probably the worst I've seen since the Division 2 days back in the mid eighties but back then the money was far less than this shabby bunch are claiming under false pretences. Michael (the thug) Brown sums up the quality there when after coming on at 88 mins, gets booked and then laughs at them scoring. Quite simply shameful and should be booted out of the club.
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Simon
7/4/2013 10:51:41 am
Nah, back when we had the magical trio of Gregan, Butler and Heath was worse than now.
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Exiled Rover
7/4/2013 03:34:56 am
Have you been out for a sunday lunch session? O'Leary in combination with Ridsdale nearly put this club out of business. The bloke is a first class idiot signing the likes of Seth, Fowler and Dubes. Jesus get a grip, things are bad but no way O'Leary. O'Neill for me but more important at moment is staying up. We need 4 points from the 2 home games or we are in big big trouble.
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Notfamousanymore
7/4/2013 03:41:06 am
"Leeds are really not that far away from tasting the green grass of the Premier League" - what? Currently 5pts off relegation and Blackburn have a game in hand! Have Leeds fans not learnt yet that they are no longer a Premiership side? Did the seasons in League One teach you nothing?
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Keith
7/4/2013 10:46:15 am
"Did not teach you anything" not nothing, idiot!!!....
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craigh
7/4/2013 03:44:57 am
Warnock and bates must be laughing their arse off we have listened to Warnock going on and on how good he was doing when we all could see how bad this squad was and now hes done a runner hes never liked Leeds and we were mugs to think he had changed oleary may be the only option as we are not in a good place to attract at the moment he cant do any worse
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David Cliff
7/4/2013 04:36:37 am
After the last 2 years of Bates all the heart has gone from Elland Rd ,we need something to look forward to and Oleary could just be that, a faint hope of exciting football we all crave.The only thing is I cant get out of my head a suspicion that all this secrecy about ownership still has the smell of Bates to it.
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terrence derby
7/4/2013 05:10:27 am
Going back never works, in sport, business or anything for that matter. Give me one example. Why take the risk? The Board would do better to find someone who is currently employed and has a successful track record with a big club. Nothing else will do. Otherwise we will just waste more time and money.
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A Far Off White Fan
9/4/2013 01:36:46 am
Apple went back to Steve Jobs and had nothing but success
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1Leeds_Lad
7/4/2013 06:57:58 am
Are you Lorimer in disguise ?
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s
7/4/2013 07:42:44 am
Grim times , league 1 maybe with this lot . Morison a bad bad swap for Becchio .
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Jim Melbourne
7/4/2013 01:02:10 pm
The first thing we need is clarity on ownership and the level of investment coming into the club .
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For those of us who agree with this article that O'Leary should be appointed the next Leeds United manager please sign and share this petition as we desperately need to reach 1000 signatures to present it to GFH before they appoint the wrong man...... http://www.change.org/petitions/to-the-owners-of-leeds-united-gfh-capital-please-appoint-david-o-leary-as-the-next-manager-of-leeds-united?utm_source=guides&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=petition_lonely
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gordon white
7/4/2013 06:25:28 pm
david o,leary had a winning way about him, until he brought in brian kidd and moved out eddie gray . despite the money being spent it was failing to acheive the champions league spot caused it all to unravel and the creditors come calling. it was then it was realised that leeds could not earn enough to pay back the loans.
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notfamousanymore
7/4/2013 07:24:27 pm
"Did not teach you anything" not nothing, idiot!!!...."
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Lorralorimer
7/4/2013 10:37:56 pm
All quite plausible till the bit about O'Leary. It's true - going back never works and the Big O isn't tried and tested anywhere else. I suspect that with Leeds, he was in the right place at the right time
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Bp
7/4/2013 11:01:15 pm
My club is in a relegation battle and all everbody is talking about is the next manager , let's keep in tho div first and talk about manager in close season , we need players at this time to fight for every ball and tackle and stand up and be counted for Leeds united ps next season we need investment on the pitch and the ground , the west stand is a mess Martin oneil or his poyet for me but can we afford them
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At the present time we need a saviour! Step forward Martin O'Neil. Some of the others are good candidates but no one compares to O'Neil when it comes to experience and ability! Leeds may suit O'Neil because we need to build a premiership side. The future signing would therefore be his and with the youth coming through he could de really well over the next few seasons. We need someone to come and stay and sort things out. O'Neil has the pedigree. GFH need to go an get him quickly. I know he wants a rest for a few weeks but we need someone to save us from falling out of the Championship!!!
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Luke Varney
17/4/2013 05:58:56 pm
Utter shit, nothing like how the real Leeds work. We don't need idiots like you posting crap like this. Me and the lads are so pissed off!
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