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I accept that the league work hard to keep clubs operating when they're in dire straits and have seen them work hard to do so when the club I follow was in trouble. I do think however that the league is sadly lacking on a number of fronts & feel that criticism of their performance is valid. Just my opinon but I'd say it's possible to drive a coach & horses through the owners & directors test, their decision to appoint Shaun Harvey as Chief Executive was risible in my opinion (*for more on that see the paragraph below on Shaun), the league signed a media deal in 2018 that the majority of league clubs were opposed to & the league seems to have done very little address the level of debt that has been obviously at dangerous levels for many years. *Harvey was schooled by Richmond and Bates & has left a trail of financial destruction in his wake, Scarborough wound up, two administrations at Bradford City, administration at LUFC & left the club financially crippled. Prior to the league setting Shaun on as Chief Exec the football league rules disqualified club owners / directors who had been involved in two insolvency events, it would be a bit embarrassing for the football league if the bloke banning owners actually failed their own test. Lucky for Shaun there is a clause in the football league rules which means insolvency events at football clubs pre June 2004 are ignored which is very convenient for the football league and Shaun & means he'd pass by the skin of his teeth.http://www.football-...4~166912,00.pdfHis role as Chief Executive of LUFC during Bate's crooked debt shedding administration exercise in 2007 was nothing short of scandalous. He was responsible for the match day programme and the club radio station Yorkshire Radio, Bates & Harvey used them both to criminally harass and libel ex Leeds United director Melvyn Levi. Harvey thought it was fine to use the matchday programme to accuse Levi of blackmailing the club, they printed Levi's home address in the programme and invited fans to confront Levi about these allegations (this is just one example in a series of events of the use of the clubs media to libel and harass an ex club director, if you read the guardian article you will see that Judge Sir Charles Gray found that Levi wasn't guilty of any of the allegations made by LUFC / Bates / Harvey) http://www.theguardi...ited-full-story http://www.independe...ll-7826827.html

I thought Leeds were worthy winners last night, Costa nutmegging the Brentford centre back before delivering the pass for the goal didn't strike me as too shabby I'll leave the promotion contender chat to others, strikes me as madness at this early stage in the season.

I read he hadn't been paid for 4 months. I don't follow the club closely but from the outside he looks to have done a decent job in really difficult circumstances

Totally missed that. Did think it was strange that Roofe was going to Anderlecht. Good player and it's not really a step up. Going into the last year of his contract, carrying an injury at the moment, if he passes the medical I think he's gone.

I pretty much thought they were the most benign group of fans in the league, tolerate away fans outside of the away end without major incident regularly

The Mantis is killing it here.

I'll for sure take a look through that.

Top drawer stuff Mantis.

Hope you had a great birthday Mantis, thanks for posting up the photos.

I'm pleased you did, cracking pics .

Great photos, thanks for posting them.

You think he isn't?

He seems very particular about the clubs he works with, that's probably not what you wanted to hear though Tony.

Was the knowledge Leeds were playing expansive football a thorn in the side for you Tony?

I'm in the ESU myself tomorrow night, if anybody else in there fancies meeting up for a pint drop me a PM.

Over 2 hours in and not a flicker, I think you need to improve your bait Robert.

You make it sound like there is only one team in Yorkshire, I'm sure fans of Bradford City, Hull, Sheffield United, Rotherham, Barnsley, Sheffield Wednesday, Rotherham and Huddersfeld Town would take exception to that notion Tony.

Well that was pretty grim gents.

I realise this probably makes me a football dinosaur but I didn't think it was a yellow let alone a straight red, either way the opinion that mattered most was the refs and for him it was a booking

Out of interest do you think Cooper deserved the yellow today? Haven't seen it on tv or had the benefit of a slow motion replay but I wouldn't of had that down as a booking.

I was in L42 today, as you said a bit of a mad one for a dead rubber.

Long shot, were you or were you with a guy in a white Leeds track suit top in the East Stand Upper today?

They looked totally shot following the Wigan game, their form since the turn of the year has been pretty much that of a mid table side. Even pre Wigan / Brentford I didn't fancy our chances in the play offs, perform there like was have in the last 2 games & it's a case of goodnight Vienna for me. Re your comment on injuries I think going into the Brentford game only Barry Douglas of the 1st team regulars was injured. @Bedford White A change from the usual seats for me for the Villa game will see me up in the rarefied East Stand Upper for a change with you, better take the Vertigo tablets pre match.

Which season?

You need to get up to speed, anybody who's spent a decent amount of time watching games in this league knows Millwall fans are the flat cap merchants these days.