weekend games.

[leah]

So you are saying it then?

no, I said I never said it before, but when he mentions it, it's true.

errrr no.

leeds are in league one cos they deserve to be there. same with norwich/charlton/s'hampton etc. you just can't hack it.

I didn't say they deserve to be there, you never read what I say and you just jump to your own silly conclusions. In a conversation you're meant to listen and reply. Yeah we deserve to be there because we got relegated, but that doesn't mean the club as a whole isn't too big for that league, cause it is. Same as the other teams you listed. We all deserve to be there but the clubs are greater than the other teams in that league, it's an observation, nothing to do with me not hacking it.

When a league one club is getting higher attendances than most of the premier league clubs it's obvious that the club doesn't belong in the league they're in.

:eusa_clap It's a shame the majority of their fans don't realise this

It's nothing to do with realisation, it's fact. Leeds are a big club, Massive fanbase, huge stadium. Leeds belong in the premier league but are not there due to huge mistakes they've made. These mistakes could just as easily be made by clubs like Liverpool, United, Chelsea, would you say that they were not too big a club for league one? no.

[Grainger@CUFC]

no, I said I never said it before, but when he mentions it, it's true.

I've never said we were too big for league one, however, we are.

:S

And on the other club front, they're teams that are constantly at the top of the Premier League and have been for a long time, so it's more unlikely that they would flal into the same position.
A club isn't "too big" for any League, they warrant the position they're in based on everything - the way the club is run, finances, players, management etc. Huddersfield get crowds of 10,000+ but have remained in and around League 1 for quite some time, but S****horpe and especially Doncaster have gone up to the Championship with crowds of less than that, in much smaller stadiums and have been able to stay there (in Doncaster's case) or get there more than once (S****horpe have been in the Championship twice while Leeds have been in League One).

[JackBuddy]

Urgh, Jenas' days are surely numbered. Why can't Redknapp realise this!? If he's looking for a creative midfielder then surely Giovani dos Santos is a better reserve for Huddlestone. Huddlestone's creativity and passing ability was missed, as was Lennon's pace. Fair play to Leeds though, they chucked everything at us. Very impressed with Bale, apart from when we were 2-1 up he opted to run into 3 defenders instead of pass to an unmarked Pavlyuchenko which would have buried the game. He also needs to play more, not just because he scored... but because Keane hasn't been the same since he left us for Liverpool and he is faster, cleverer and better at holding the ball up than Crouch. Pav- Crouch is also a partnership which hasn't really been tried, and today gave a glimpse of what could potentially happen when they play together...

Am I alone in thinking Beckford is slightly over-rated and wouldn't really live up to expectations in the prem? Surely if managers thought that much of him then they would have made an offer when he put himself on the transfer list?

[leah]

:S

And on the other club front, they're teams that are constantly at the top of the Premier League and have been for a long time, so it's more unlikely that they would flal into the same position.
A club isn't "too big" for any League, they warrant the position they're in based on everything - the way the club is run, finances, players, management etc. Huddersfield get crowds of 10,000+ but have remained in and around League 1 for quite some time, but S****horpe and especially Doncaster have gone up to the Championship with crowds of less than that, in much smaller stadiums and have been able to stay there (in Doncaster's case) or get there more than once (S****horpe have been in the Championship twice while Leeds have been in League One).

to be fair, the only reason Leeds are in that league is because of finances, without the trouble we had we'd never have had to sell the players we once had. Leeds used to be one of the best teams in the PL though, then we fell into financial jeopardy, any of those clubs could do the same.
The league you're in is determined by the team you have, that's obvious. But the team you have playing for you doesn't have any bearing on the club, most of the premiership sides have bigger stadiums and bigger fanbases, leeds have a bigger fanbase and stadium than a majority of the PL sides.

Urgh, Jenas' days are surely numbered. Why can't Redknapp realise this!? If he's looking for a creative midfielder then surely Giovani dos Santos is a better reserve for Huddlestone. Huddlestone's creativity and passing ability was missed, as was Lennon's pace. Fair play to Leeds though, they chucked everything at us. Very impressed with Bale, apart from when we were 2-1 up he opted to run into 3 defenders instead of pass to an unmarked Pavlyuchenko which would have buried the game. He also needs to play more, not just because he scored... but because Keane hasn't been the same since he left us for Liverpool and he is faster, cleverer and better at holding the ball up than Crouch. Pav- Crouch is also a partnership which hasn't really been tried, and today gave a glimpse of what could potentially happen when they play together...

Am I alone in thinking Beckford is slightly over-rated and wouldn't really live up to expectations in the prem? Surely if managers thought that much of him then they would have made an offer when he put himself on the transfer list?

no I think he's overrated too! Can't believe everton have agreed to sign him on a free, he'd never last in the PL.

[Immenseman]

To be fair, in his last two games against PL sides, he's scored 3 goals. Good sides too.

[Geraint]

Leeds fans are all the same with this "we belong in the premier league", "we're better than you all" thing. you don't and you're not. the table doesn't lie as they say and if you belonged in the premier league you'd be there. you had your chance to get promoted in 2008, you didn't take it. you had it last year, you didn't take it.

[Jibbish]

beckfords first touch is too poor for the premier league in my opinion

[JackBuddy]

To be fair, in his last two games against PL sides, he's scored 3 goals. Good sides too.

One was a penalty and one was just a fluke.

If he did come to the PL it'd just be David Nugent, Michael Chopra, Ebanks-Blake, Marlon King, Gary Mcsheffery, Rob Earnshaw, Jason Scotland etc all over again. They've all been relatively prolific in lower divisions but haven't really experienced success in the top flight. I know some of those players haven't really played much this season, but you get my point.

[Immenseman]

don't forget how many chances he created though.

he beat decent united defenders
first to react in the box from the corner against spurs
won the penalty against spurs

[TickTockTickTock]

S****horpe away today, after purchasing my United & Hull away along with some other things I'm relatively out of pocket, well minus the money for the United & Hull away games however that won't be getting spent till the games.

Luckily for me it's on ITV today at 15:45!