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Boro started the day at the top of the Championship, now 4th after losing to Watford while AFC Bournemouth and Norwich City both won.

1 Bournemouth 41 22 11 8 87 43 +44 77

2 Norwich City 41 22 10 9 79 43 +36 76

3 Watford 41 23 7 11 82 48 +34 76

4 Middlesbrough 41 22 9 10 60 32 +28 75

5 Derby County 41 20 11 10 73 45 +28 71

6 Brentford 41 21 7 13 70 55 +15 70

7 Ipswich Town 41 19 11 11 61 46 +15 68

8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 40 19 11 10 58 46 +12 68

Top 2 go straight up, 3-6 qualify for the Championship Playoffs.

* Wolves are up 3-1, would move into the top 6 if they hold.

 
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I've been following that battle...I think at one point a few months ago 1st and 7th were 5 points apart. It's currently 7, so still crazy tight.

 
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I don't think AFC Bournemouth ever been in the top flight in English football........or is my memory going?

They have a 12k seating capacity and average just a little over 10k this season. I wonder if they will expand if promoted or wait to see if they can stay up more than one year if they get promoted.

 
While enjoying the Championship very much, help me understand how Leeds got in such deep poop. From their poorly written Wiki page, I gather that the first financial troubles hit when they were in the PL some years back and took out some big loans in anticipation of Champions League money incoming, which they missed out on. What is so hard about steadying themselves, managing the finances conservatively and slowly working their way back up? They've got a pretty big stadium and a loyal fan base, it seems. If somebody wants to answer and add a Blackpool note or two along with it, I'll be appreciative.

 
Speaking of Leeds... they just came back from 2 goals down to tie it up at 3 with about 20 minutes remaining...

 
Prince Ali 1-2ing Blatter over the 2026 rights with Van Praag.

The more interesting point though is this:

"We need to speak to all the stakeholders, including the sponsors. People are making promises to enlarge the World Cup, but in 2022 they are making the World Cup shorter in terms of time frame. We cannot end up with a situation where mistakes are made again.''
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I'm 99% sure how this will play out (Blatter winning), but expanding to 40 necessarily forces them to extend the WC a week, correct?

http://www.espnfc.us/world-cup-soccer/story/2382691/fifa-2026-world-cup-tv-rights-process-irresponsible-prince-ali-bin-al-hussein

 
roadkill1292 said:
While enjoying the Championship very much, help me understand how Leeds got in such deep poop. From their poorly written Wiki page, I gather that the first financial troubles hit when they were in the PL some years back and took out some big loans in anticipation of Champions League money incoming, which they missed out on. What is so hard about steadying themselves, managing the finances conservatively and slowly working their way back up? They've got a pretty big stadium and a loyal fan base, it seems. If somebody wants to answer and add a Blackpool note or two along with it, I'll be appreciative.
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It was a classic snowball effect. I think there is even a saying called "Doing a Leeds" or something like that.

Invest in players with significant money you don't have in the hopes of achieving a goal to balance the books

Fail to make goal

Forced to sell players to try and balance books

Get relegated because you sold all the good players

Still not able to get the books to balance

Enter administration

Take a 10 point penalty for entering administration and get relegated again

Break more financial rules trying to climb out of the depths and be threatened with being expunged from the entire system

Take another penalty, 15 points this time and hit bottom

Everything has been a slow climb back from the bottom. When you #### up as bad as Leeds did, it can take years and years to repair. The real question will be if they learned their lesson or will they say succumb to the same issues again if they get promoted.

 
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Sammy3469 said:
Prince Ali 1-2ing Blatter over the 2026 rights with Van Praag.

The more interesting point though is this:

"We need to speak to all the stakeholders, including the sponsors. People are making promises to enlarge the World Cup, but in 2022 they are making the World Cup shorter in terms of time frame. We cannot end up with a situation where mistakes are made again.''
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I'm 99% sure how this will play out (Blatter winning), but expanding to 40 necessarily forces them to extend the WC a week, correct?

http://www.espnfc.us/world-cup-soccer/story/2382691/fifa-2026-world-cup-tv-rights-process-irresponsible-prince-ali-bin-al-hussein
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32 teams is so perfect.

40 teams is so awkward.

 
NewlyRetired said:
roadkill1292 said:
While enjoying the Championship very much, help me understand how Leeds got in such deep poop. From their poorly written Wiki page, I gather that the first financial troubles hit when they were in the PL some years back and took out some big loans in anticipation of Champions League money incoming, which they missed out on. What is so hard about steadying themselves, managing the finances conservatively and slowly working their way back up? They've got a pretty big stadium and a loyal fan base, it seems. If somebody wants to answer and add a Blackpool note or two along with it, I'll be appreciative.
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It was a classic snowball affect. I think there is even a saying called "Doing a Leeds" or something like that.

Invest in players with significant money you don't have in the hopes of achieving a goal to balance the books

Fail to make goal

Forced to sell players to try and balance books

Get relegated because you sold all the good players

Still not able to get the books to balance

Enter administration

Take a 10 point penalty for entering administration and get relegated again

Break more financial rules trying to climb out of the depths and be threatened with being expunged from the entire system

Take another penalty, 15 points this time and hit bottom

Everything has been a slow climb back from the bottom. When you #### up as bad as Leeds did, it can take years and years to repair. The real question will be if they learned their lesson or will they say succumb to the same issues again if they get promoted.
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Maybe it was debunked, but I saw rumor Red Bull was interested in buying them.

Edit: I like to think all of this was God's punishment for switching from the beautiful "Rose and Ball" logo to the current monstrosity.

 
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GoFishTN said:
NewlyRetired said:
roadkill1292 said:
While enjoying the Championship very much, help me understand how Leeds got in such deep poop. From their poorly written Wiki page, I gather that the first financial troubles hit when they were in the PL some years back and took out some big loans in anticipation of Champions League money incoming, which they missed out on. What is so hard about steadying themselves, managing the finances conservatively and slowly working their way back up? They've got a pretty big stadium and a loyal fan base, it seems. If somebody wants to answer and add a Blackpool note or two along with it, I'll be appreciative.
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It was a classic snowball affect. I think there is even a saying called "Doing a Leeds" or something like that.Invest in players with significant money you don't have in the hopes of achieving a goal to balance the booksFail to make goalForced to sell players to try and balance booksGet relegated because you sold all the good playersStill not able to get the books to balanceEnter administrationTake a 10 point penalty for entering administration and get relegated againBreak more financial rules trying to climb out of the depths and be threatened with being expunged from the entire systemTake another penalty, 15 points this time and hit bottomEverything has been a slow climb back from the bottom. When you #### up as bad as Leeds did, it can take years and years to repair. The real question will be if they learned their lesson or will they say succumb to the same issues again if they get promoted.
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Maybe it was debunked, but I saw rumor Red Bull was interested in buying them. .
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Last I saw was Red Bull denied the interest but who knows what is going on really.

http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/latest-whites-news/leeds-united-red-bull-denies-making-leeds-united-takeover-bid-1-7194024

 
Posted 12 August 2014 - 07:05 PM

1. Chelsea

2. Arsenal

3. Man U

4. Man City

5. Tottenham

6. Liverpool

7. Stoke City

8. Everton
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Before it changes again, this was my start of the season prediction

 
NewlyRetired said:
roadkill1292 said:
While enjoying the Championship very much, help me understand how Leeds got in such deep poop. From their poorly written Wiki page, I gather that the first financial troubles hit when they were in the PL some years back and took out some big loans in anticipation of Champions League money incoming, which they missed out on. What is so hard about steadying themselves, managing the finances conservatively and slowly working their way back up? They've got a pretty big stadium and a loyal fan base, it seems. If somebody wants to answer and add a Blackpool note or two along with it, I'll be appreciative.
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It was a classic snowball effect. I think there is even a saying called "Doing a Leeds" or something like that.

Invest in players with significant money you don't have in the hopes of achieving a goal to balance the books

Fail to make goal

Forced to sell players to try and balance books

Get relegated because you sold all the good players

Still not able to get the books to balance

Enter administration

Take a 10 point penalty for entering administration and get relegated again

Break more financial rules trying to climb out of the depths and be threatened with being expunged from the entire system

Take another penalty, 15 points this time and hit bottom

Everything has been a slow climb back from the bottom. When you #### up as bad as Leeds did, it can take years and years to repair. The real question will be if they learned their lesson or will they say succumb to the same issues again if they get promoted.
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That's what QPR is about to do, right?

 
jonessed said:
Jaysus said:
B Maverick said:
City denied a clear penalty for a handball but Palace fought hard.
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http://gfycat.com/PresentWavyFirecrest
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It was an obvious call. I don't know why it wasn't.
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This ref seems to be in the middle of a lot of bad. He looks lost at times when the camera is on him.

Hes the one that red carded ADM for the shirt pull but not Hart for the headbutt. Kompany also grabbed at him today with nothing (although it may not have been worth a card, its still inconsistent of this ref).

 
DFB Pokal quarterfinals today and tomorrow:

Tuesday

SC Freiburg at VfL Wolfsburg

1899 Hoffenheim at Borussia Dortmund

Wednesday

Borussia Mönchengladbach at Arminia Bielefeld

Bayern München at Bayer Leverkusen

 
:lmao: So, Cellino is still banned from operating the club, though he's still trying to do so under the old "blind trust" scam. His banishment is being overseen by Football League Chief Executive Shaun Harvey, who helped run the same scam when he was at Leeds some years ago.

This is really sad for Leeds supporters but pretty wonderful to watch nonetheless.

VOTE LABOR.

 
I wasn't born into this thing and really can't muster up the gumption to "hate" any other club. Honestly, I would like to have Leeds in the Prem as I always enjoyed having them around. The Ken Bates connection with Chelsea provided some good entertainment, including the dispute with Abramovich and his various quasi-shady wheelings and dealings. After making a nice profit from the sale of Chelsea to Abramovich and then buying Leeds, Bates immediately got into a dispute with them over some players and he called Chelsea's directors "Siberian shysters." In response to accusations his slur was anti-semitic, Kenny issued the famous line, "I haven't laughed so much since Ma caught her #### in the mangle."

 
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