nPower Football League Thread 2011/12

[Mj3]

Would it be highly inappropriate of me to hope that Bates is next?

Yes, but not unexpected.

Sad news about Barry Kilby.

[Mj3]

Would it be highly inappropriate of me to hope that Bates is next?

Yes, but not unexpected.

Sad news about Barry Kilby.

[Matt]

You going to the protest march on Saturday, Mj3 (and Ellis and Jam)?

[Mj3]

You going to the protest march on Saturday, Mj3 (and Ellis and Jam)?

Sadly ill be training, I agree with it not being an anti-Bates thing, but something needs changing... Id be happy for Harvey to be publicly flogged in front of Billy (Y)

[Matt]

Morons, sickpots and dissidents no doubt - "We're Leeds United and we've had enough".

Edit: 9 men, we only beat 9 men.

[Mj3]

Morons, sickpots and dissidents no doubt - "We're Leeds United and we've had enough".

Edit: 9 men, we only beat 9 men.

Redfearn out... now... looks like you had a large number, its a shame that Bates loves people being against him, this is his viagra.

[Matt]

Morons, sickpots and dissidents no doubt - "We're Leeds United and we've had enough".

Edit: 9 men, we only beat 9 men.

Redfearn out... now... looks like you had a large number, its a shame that Bates loves people being against him, this is his viagra.

LUST were saying about 1400, WYP were saying in excess of 1000. Bates will dismiss it as a small minority but the pressure will build.

Redfearn won't be out, he'll probably get the job given the way they're talking him up. Also interesting to note that Bates' programme notes today contradict his statement when Grayson got sacked. He said at the time that the only time he'd rejected Grayson's request to buy a player was when he wanted to sign a centre half that would cost us 600k a year, today it was a midfielder that would've cost us £1.5m over the course of his contract.

Oh, and we've not beaten a side with 11 men since Millwall on December 3 apparently. Disgraceful.

[Mj3]

Morons, sickpots and dissidents no doubt - "We're Leeds United and we've had enough".

Edit: 9 men, we only beat 9 men.

Redfearn out... now... looks like you had a large number, its a shame that Bates loves people being against him, this is his viagra.

LUST were saying about 1400, WYP were saying in excess of 1000. Bates will dismiss it as a small minority but the pressure will build.

Redfearn won't be out, he'll probably get the job given the way they're talking him up. Also interesting to note that Bates' programme notes today contradict his statement when Grayson got sacked. He said at the time that the only time he'd rejected Grayson's request to buy a player was when he wanted to sign a centre half that would cost us 600k a year, today it was a midfielder that would've cost us £1.5m over the course of his contract.

Oh, and we've not beaten a side with 11 men since Millwall on December 3 apparently. Disgraceful.

TBF that 600k quoted was 500k plus tax, and the £1.5m was over 3 years.... but still thats 10k, the same amount Brown gets for doing fuck all and getting sent off every few months.

Keith Curle was spotted today at ER wasn't he? (according to WACCOE) assistant to Warnock at QPR... promising signs! (Y)

[MDK]

God damn Oldham and Huddersfield, sort your pitches out

[Lineker]

Accrington Stanley have appointed former Sligo Rovers boss Paul Cook as their new manager. Cook, 44, takes over at the Crown Ground on a two-and-a-half-year deal following the departure of long-serving John Coleman to Rochdale last month.

[DavidMarrio]

I feel sorry for the situation Leeds are in, I can relate to when clubs have had really bad owners that no one wants. That and the fact that my grandad is a Leeds/Newcastle fan. I was wondering who would you like to get the job Matt? You're not far off Playoff spots but who would be the right man for the job to get the team into the playoffs?

Also Accrington true story, guy who lives across the road to me his son used to play for Accrington Stanley and then he was found guilty in the Bury/Stanley match-fixing scandal.

[Lineker]

It ain't just Rangers today!

Portsmouth are facing a 10-point deduction after the club's advisors confirmed they are seeking to go into administration. A 10-point deduction from the Football League would put Pompey on 25 points, outside the relegation places on goal difference alone.

[Matt]

I feel sorry for the situation Leeds are in, I can relate to when clubs have had really bad owners that no one wants. That and the fact that my grandad is a Leeds/Newcastle fan. I was wondering who would you like to get the job Matt? You're not far off Playoff spots but who would be the right man for the job to get the team into the playoffs?

Also Accrington true story, guy who lives across the road to me his son used to play for Accrington Stanley and then he was found guilty in the Bury/Stanley match-fixing scandal.

Warnock or McCarthy. I'd take Poyet too. I'm quite resigned to the fact that Redfearn will get the job though.

[Adam]

It ain't just Rangers today!

Portsmouth are facing a 10-point deduction after the club's advisors confirmed they are seeking to go into administration. A 10-point deduction from the Football League would put Pompey on 25 points, outside the relegation places on goal difference alone.

Good, they have been run into the ground by a succession of total fools. I feel for the fans, but a fair few of them actually seem to want the club to fold so they can start again and be free of all of this nonsense.

A 'big' team going out of business might just wake some people up. This still won't save us from relegation this season mind.

[hugobomb]

I though the punishment going going into adminstration a second time was a 15 point deduction. Weren't Bournemouth hit with -15 the year Luton started on -30?

Or was there something as well as a second administration that Bournemouth got done for?

[Adam]

Nah they both got added penalties for other violations, including (but I believe not limited to) failing to properly exit administration and/or failure to obtain a CVA from HMRC.

[Matt]

Yeah, the 10 point deduction is standard. You get 15 points for not being able to agree a CVA (although when we failed to agree a CVA, that wasn't a rule and was just something they pulled out of their ass), if you fail to agree a CVA on your second time of being in administration you get 17, third time it's 20 (regardless of whether you agreed one the first time you were in administration )

[jack95]

I'd read Matt's posts and knew things were bad at Leeds, but I didn't realise things were so desperate that they would lose to Coventry.

[IAceI]

Carlisle v Tranmere may possibly have been the worst match I have ever, ever seen. It was like a Stoke training match, the ball was just lumped forward constantly with neither team having a player capable of filling the role of winning headers so the defenders just cleared everything. Combined with the odd ball that went from goalkeeper to goalkeeper it was just horrid. Jordan Cook on loan from Sunderland was Carlisle's best player so they brought him off after about 55 minutes and brought on Andy Welsh, who besides adding nothing, wears short sleeves and gloves and is therefore a joke.

Truly turgid. One for the purists I think it's fair to say.

[Adam]

I am 100% wholly confident in saying that if we had started tonight's game with 8 men then it would have panned out exactly the same. We might as well not play a midfield, I counted two tackles between the three of them in 90+ minutes. TWO.

If anyone wants to take John Oster off our hands please do. Though I must warn you, he cannot tackle, run, shoot, look toward the opposition goal or pretend he is interested. He can pass with an impeccable 15% success rate in a game. Oh, and he also loves The Only Way is Essex and Geordie Shore.

Also equally effective is a man missing one spine masquerading as a professional athlete. Goes by the name "Brian Stock", though I prefer the term "useless pansy".

Edited February 14, 2012 by AdamDRFC