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Or they could have been desperate enough to agree to whatever the player demanded because they were less than two weeks from their opening fixture and didn't have a centre half because they had wasted the whole summer repeatedly bidding for a player that they were told immediately, and in no...

It's quite explicit to be a mistranslation: "But if that isn't enough to ensure his exit, Bild understands his deal also contains a stipulation that he is not allowed to play in the Championship." If it had not been stated so clearly and in addition to the free transfer element of the story, I...

It's not me calling it a ban. The Bild report says that there is a clause that prevents him from playing in the Championship. A standard release clause would, as you suggest, just say that he could be released in the event of relegation. The Bild report says he is forbidden from playing in...

Do you remember when they failed to 'free Ben White' and their fans argued that they had landed on their feet because, instead of paying a record fee for him, they signed a German international centre half for only €13m...

:ROFLMAO: Arent I just?

Perhaps there's been a confusion between the terms 'second team' and 'second tier'.

A comprehensive during the Thatcher years. You're lucky I used an apostrophe.

C'est La vie* *(I know it's French, not Latin, but I went to a comprehensive).

The second part of that is not too bad. If you're in the Championship and contracted to pay a player somewhere between £3-£5 million in wages for the year, a quick and easy exit doesn't seem a terrible idea. The first part - spending £27 million on someone who was nearly thirty when they...

Not quite - Everton would still need a point from their last three. They are only two points above Leeds, so failing to pick up anything from Brentford, Palace and Arsenal would mean that Leeds could still overtake them by a point with a win against Brentford on the last day. I think it very...

I don't know much about Leeds, but I've been for a curry in Headingly in the 90s and they served the meals on paper plates to stop the locals from throwing crockery at each other. There wasn't a small batch coffee shop or avacado on sour dough to be had for love nor money. No beach, no...

I bow to your evidence and hope we don't see Liam Cooper with one on Sunday.

:lol: I'm not sure how scientific that is. Conversely I tried blaming young Peupion's poorish first half in the Sussex Senior Cup on his top knot, but then he scored a really good goal in the second half without a restyle being at all apparent. Seriously, Leeds' problems have been all about...

It was former Leeds player Michael Brown. I sensed no criticism of our players. He was just trying to find a reason to have hope because he needs to have hope.

Can't see much wrong with that really. It's exactly the sort of thing that happens at the end of the season when one team has everything to play for and the other has just, I don't know, lets say destroyed Man U & had their end of season party. The margins in the division are tiny and it will...

If you don't mind me asking, why have you chosen your user name and avatar? From your posts you are obviously a Brighton fan, but the name and the white rose confuse me.

Could we please unban Killer Whale and ask him for his expert interpretation of Hamlet's Act 3 Scene 4 speech where the title character muses: "For ’tis the sport to have the enginer Hoist with his own petard; and ’t shall go hard But I will delve one yard below their mines And blow them at the...

Well, given that they only need to concede one more in this game to average 4 goals conceded per game in the five games they have played in February, I'd say quite bad.

Not to mention why would Potter want Leeds? Their fans keep going on about their recent achievements being special because of their playing budget being small. Their training set up their is no better than ours. He has no connection with their club and, other than historical success, which...

Phillips is the key. He is a perfect fit in the quarter back role that Bielsa's system needs. Without him, as we found out whilst doing the double over them last season, the system does not work. They have nobody else in the squad who can do it. When they were in the Championship they had...