> > Dear Robert. > > You are our captain. You are the player we look to when times are tough, > when we need inspiring, when we can see no way out. Throughout the last few > years those times have come thick and fast, both you and us, the fans, have > faced battle after battle together. > > Like you, we know how it feels to be lied to, to watch our best players > forced out and labelled as the unreasonable ones, as the ones chasing > riches. > > We feel the same disappointment and disillusion that you do, as another > transfer <http://www.footballtransfertavern.com/> window slams shut with > no noticeable replacement. > > We are the same as you, captain. We are Leeds through and through. > > Over time you have shown again and again that you have the club at heart. > You dared to speak up when nobody else would. Leeds legends stood before us > all and would read the script given to them week after week, proclaiming > that there were no issues at the club, that the players leaving really > didn’t want to stay, that we were the ones in the wrong. > > Then you, our captain, tore their web of lies apart. You openly questioned > the ambition of those in charge of the club, you took a risk, and you took > it for us. You gave us hope, you made us see that we were right all along. > > As time has passed, we’ve learnt that hope is a feeling better suppressed, > as it is seldom realised. Unfortunately, at times it is all we have had to > cling to. > > But here we are, hoping once again. This time, we have reason to believe. > We are close to entering a new era at Elland Road and finally banishing the > lies, hurt and destroying the poison that has brought our great club > crashing to its knees. > > We are almost free. > > Now, we turn to you. You have been given the choice of leaving for the > promised land now, or to have one final push with the team you have fought > for throughout. Now is the time to believe, the manager knows what it takes > and he has pinned his hopes firmly on your shoulders. You are the player he > wants to build his team around. You are the player that he wants the rest > to look to when they need to find the extra ounce of energy to push > themselves over the line. You are the flagship for an entire football club. > > You have the choice. > > In a players career, they can play for many clubs and achieve relative > success before becoming a recognised name in the clubs history, but how > many get the chance to truly be remembered for something great? Nobody > doubts that you will have success in future if you leave, but consider this > - > > You have the opportunity as the captain of Leeds > United<http://www.footballfancast.com/team/leeds-united> to > lead them back to the Premier League. > > Now is the time to forget the past, forget the lies, betrayal, the hurt. > This is where we start again, marching on together until the world stops > going round. We need someone to take hold and lead the fight through every > battle the coming season brings, someone who can drag the players to their > feet and push them to their limit to ensure victory, someone to ignite the > roar at Elland Road, and someone to lift in the air when we finally return > to glory. > > ‘’Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we > fall” > > You have the chance to rewrite the wrongs of the those in the past, the > chance to restore a club to it’s former glory. You have the opportunity to > hear the roar at the final whistle of the game that seals our promotion, > knowing that you will forever be known as the captain that returned Leeds > United to the Premier league. > > You were born to do this, captain. Take the lead. >
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