Everything I predicted and feared for Leeds United moved a step closer to reality this evening when Sebastian Sainsbury pulled out of the deal to take over the club. Unless by some miracle somebody else buys the club, Leeds United will be in administration very soon.
From what I have read on the Internet and seen in the media the current owners have done very little to prevent this.
The current Leeds board have always appeared to be extremely hostile to anybody showing an interest in taking over and saving the club, making up excuses, appearing to be changing deals and being down right stubborn. They have sold almost everything of value to the club including their stadium and training ground.
It now comes out that they have paid more player agent fees this year than any other club in the whole of England; this includes Chelsea who have more coming and goings than Paddington Station!
The whole club is a farce and has been for so many years. Everyone who has run Leeds United across the last five years should hang their heads in shame as they have all committed such terrible atrocities. They have been so careless with money and looking after their own interests, completely disregarding the loyal fans, many of who were watching Leeds United while the board members were still in nappies.
The previous and current owners have totally destroyed what is a wonderful club. Not only is it a tragedy for Leeds fans, but it is a tragedy for football itself. Some rival fans may find the peril of the club amusing now, but where did the rivalry come from in the first place?
The rivalries came from so many fantastic games between their club and Leeds over a large number of decades. Now with Leeds in the lower division and facing the prospect of a consecutive relegation or worse (should administration come into effect) these glorious matches can not occur.
The only thing Leeds United still have is the fans. This is something that luckily can never be sold and while Leeds United still play they will attract them in their tens of thousands. Leeds are easily the largest club in The Championship and should administration rear its ugly head, the fans may be the only thing to keep the administrators from making the club extinct.
While looking on the DVD Reviewer forums, I found this brilliant website which lets you generate your own football headlines onto The Times newspaper. It certainly isn’t a resource to keep you entertained for any long periods of time, but it gives you a small amount of immature humour! Great fun, take a look at my efforts here.
If you want to see what my fellow WACCOE members managed to make from that website, check out this thread.
This time in 2003 both Leeds United and Chelsea had massive debts and looked in real trouble. Two years on Chelsea’s debt seems a thing of the past and are enjoying playing Barcelona in The Champions League. Leeds still have the debt and are playing Brighton in The Championship.
Many may argue this is very unfair, especially as Chelsea were only saved by a Russian billionaire willing to invest his fortune in the club and not by careful restructuring and asset sales (which Leeds have done to half their debt).
For over a year now Leeds have been linked with many takeovers, a white knight who will pile millions into the club, wiping debts, eradicating the threat of administration and bringing back glory days. There’s been rumours of billionaire Sheikh’s from Asia, rich Americans, grandchildren of supermarket founders and now the ex-Chelsea owner Ken Bates.
Unlike most of the rumours, the Ken Bates one was immediately wiped out, which is a good thing. Ken Bates hasn’t had great history with football clubs and as a Leeds fan even with their poor financial state I wouldn’t want Master Bates involved. Besides which he looks like Captain Birds Eye.
“Try my new fish fingers kids!”
Sebastian Sainsbury who gave all Leeds fans so much hope of a takeover back in November is back in the news. He is still discussing purchasing Leeds United (hopefully NOT with the intentions on building the worlds largest Sainsbury’s supermarket on Elland Road).
After everything I have heard though I will be really surprised if anyone buys the club in the state that it is currently in. I now believe that Leeds United will be in administration, sooner rather than later. I don’t think administration will equal the death of the great club due to the fanbase and revenue from ticket sales, but it won’t be good news at all.
It’s going to get worse before it gets better. But it will get better. One day.
I’m currently watching tonight’s episode of Celebrity Big Brother. I have to be honest I am shocked at the state of Jackie Stallone. She is totally repugnant, her face isn’t even a face, it has had so much cosmetic surgery it looks like a Halloween mask.
What are the odds on a zombie winning Celebrity Big Brother?
Poor Brigitte Nielsen! It was public knowledge that during her marriage to Sylvester Stallone Jackie really was the mother in law from hell. She wished terrible things upon Brigitte and sounded a truly awful woman.
It is certainly debatable as to whether or not Big Brother really has gone too far by introducing Jackie to the house. These celebrities are all being paid extortionate amounts to appear on the show (in fact if one tabloid newspaper is to be believed, Brigitte will receive £160k!) but at the end of the day, they are only humans with emotions like you or I.
John McCririck’s suffering is funny (he is only missing some fizzy drinks), Brigitte’s suffering is very personal and could easily affect her families life when the series is over.
Big Brother even asked the housemates to treat Jackie like a queen. Heating her bed before she went to sleep, escorting the toilet and warming the seat for her. Women at her age often need the toilet many times throughout the night. Is asking the housemates to fit in with the old hag’s irregular bladder movements also taking things to far? (I think that part is funny and really evil!) They seemed to think so and decided to revolt.
This series of Big Brother keeps getting better and better. It is certainly an improvement upon the previous two Celebrity editions!
Oh and last but by no means least DO NOT VOTE FOR JOHN MCCRIRICK! KEEP HIM IN THE HOUSE!
Another good episode of Celebrity Big Brother last night. John McCririck is still without his precious Diet Coke and is still not speaking to any of the housemates, blaming them for his lack of fizzy drink. Big Brother invited two of the housemates into the Diary Room to offer them a glass of Diet Coke, instead of taking the glass out to John, the drunk it themselves!
John McCririck.
He may have eaten all the pies but he hasn’t drunk any Diet Coke.
Big Brother also proved he was not going to be any less evil to the celebrities when the new housemate Jackie Stallone entered the house. Jackie is the mother of Sylvester Stallone, ex-husband of housemate Brigitte Nielsen. Jackie looks a real bizarre character and to use the word “mad” would certainly not be too strong.
It’s nominations day today and I think it is a certainty that John McCririck will be up for eviction. Whatever you do, DO NOT VOTE FOR JOHN MCCRIRICK! He is the man making Celebrity Big Brother so entertaining. I’m sure he’ll go though; most of the Big Brother viewers don’t know entertainment when they see it and always vote out the interesting characters – Ahmed, John Tickle, Bubble…
Now, I have a made a really cool find on the net, a N64 music player and sound packs. As I mentioned on a blog entry last week, I was very keen on getting hold of a soundtrack for the N64 classic GoldenEye. I have now found it available for download on the internet along with many other games.
To get the soundtrack, you must first download a plugin for Winamp called 64th Note. This can be downloaded for free here. (BTW – you must have Winamp installed first, obviously!)
Once the plugin has been downloaded and installed go to a website called Zophar’s Domain where you can download sound packs for many N64 games including GoldenEye – great huh!
I’ve also found a plugin here which allows you to plays SNES sound packs which can be downloaded from this website. Nostalgic memories :o)
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