Sniffer wrote:Playing Devil's Advocate I'm not too worried about that. £200,000 would have paid for Pat Bamford's little toe, it includes any costs that the EFL has incurred and there's no points deduction. I would rather we were let off scot-free but, because of the stink kicked up by the media and the dozen or so clubs that lodged their (cowardly) complaint, they had to be seen to be doing something. Now we can move on and storm the top spot.
MOT
SCOTTISH LEEDS wrote:The FA have also had their say tonight:-
A spokesman for The FA said: “The FA worked closely with the EFL during the investigation into Leeds United FC observing opponent training sessions and The FA notes the league’s decision to charge Leeds for a breach of its Competition Rules.
“The FA has, on this occasion, decided to conclude this matter by issuing formal warnings against Leeds United FC, Leeds manager Marcelo Bielsa and a club video analyst.
“Notwithstanding The FA’s decision on this occasion, The FA will take appropriate action should further evidence of this nature come to light in the future.
“The FA would like to remind all participants, including clubs and club employees (and agents) that action can be brought against any participant if their conduct fails to act in the best interest of the game or otherwise brings the game into disrepute, pursuant to FA Rule E3(1).”
unless it’s Millwall who you can continue to get away with anything
Sean Harvey was apart of our club for a few years under Bates and he knows the passion of our club and the drive within to succeed. He has since moved into the political wing of football and turned his every attention to showing his true colors about us.
I always had a belief that Bates only real interest in taking over our club was to strip us down to nothing and dissolve the club because he was a Cheslski man and with Harvey at his side at the time they made a damn good job of it. I often think about this that GFH, Cellino and not even Radz saved our club over the past 15 years, but its you the fans of the club that saved us. Its not even about the money fans spent each week going to games or spending on the merchandise etc. It was the voices on the terraces, the marches and the other revolts we had to put pressure on these corrupt people who had nothing but disrespect for the Leeds United institution.
I have no hatred towards any of them personally speaking but i am too long in the tooth and wise enough to read between the lines of people and their behavioral patterns. We are a threat to the proverbial Normal life. They view us as a second rate club and want to keep us there.... In fact up until the mid sixties that would have been the case until the Don changed the whole set up of the club with revolutionary and a visionary forward plan. We succeeded beyond our's and others expectations. We created a fan-base that rivaled the London clubs and other clubs in England. We took on the best in Europe and became the top club in Europe on the 11th of May 1969 ahead of AC Milan, Real Madrid, and many of the so called Normally acquainted top sides and more so of the English sides. We were hated by many of them but also very much revered too.
THE FANS ARE THE TRUE WEALTH OF OUR CLUB. To you i say thank you for keeping this club in my heart for so many years. I long to be at the top of the pile again so that i can someday stick my two fingers up at the FA and all the haters of our club.
I too am glad it is now over and £200K is probably the lowest they could go to save face. I suppose we won't know whether Harvey went because he wanted a harsher punishment, and the rest of the board disagreed, but it's now onwards and upwards. Coming out on Monday means we have most of the week for that to subside and everyone concentrate on the 3 games in 7 days we have ahead.
Nic wrote:I too am glad it is now over and £200K is probably the lowest they could go to save face. I suppose we won't know whether Harvey went because he wanted a harsher punishment, and the rest of the board disagreed, but it's now onwards and upwards. Coming out on Monday means we have most of the week for that to subside and everyone concentrate on the 3 games in 7 days we have ahead.
Think Harvey went because of the stupid TV deal he signed.
Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.
Nic wrote:I too am glad it is now over and £200K is probably the lowest they could go to save face. I suppose we won't know whether Harvey went because he wanted a harsher punishment, and the rest of the board disagreed, but it's now onwards and upwards. Coming out on Monday means we have most of the week for that to subside and everyone concentrate on the 3 games in 7 days we have ahead.
Think Harvey went because of the stupid TV deal he signed.
He was definitely on borrowed time after that TV deal with Sky and how the clubs were not invited to have any input into the final outcome of the deal. Sean Harvey now can retire on a nice pension, but he wasn't a very good deal breaker even when at Leeds.
