There was a big cheer on the (soaking wet) bus yesterday afternoon as he draw was made. Must admit i wasn't convinced.
More worried about the fact that i think it may distract the players over the important Xmas period and it now means going to Tranmere on a Tuesday night at some point. Not sure watching us lose to Scum reserves and making a bit of cash (that Bates will keep) outweighs that. Matt --- On Mon, 30/11/09, Nigel Barber <[email protected]> wrote: From: Nigel Barber <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LU] Am I the only one? To: "Tim Leslie" <[email protected]> Cc: "LEEDS LIST" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, 30 November, 2009, 12:23 If your fear of losing outweighs your excitement at playing a top team then it's time to switch to crown green bowling. Nigel. 2009/11/30 Tim Leslie <[email protected]> > Who, obviously Replay results dependant, is less than ecstatic about the > 3rd round draw? > I mean, the eternal optimist inside me says "When we win it'll be the best > feeling in YEARS" but the realist in me is racked with doubt as to whether > or not I can stomach; > A). Man U fans taunting us for 2 hours about our current position, their > trophy haul etc. What's our comeback? > B). The media fawning all over them and yet again regurgitating the bl**dy > "Champions League Semi Finalist and now look at them" angle. > C). They'll field a second string so we're in a no win situation anyway, > lose and it'll just add fuel to their taunting fire! Win and they've got a > ready made excuse. > D). And probably the most contentious (Dunno but would be interested to > see), it only re-ignites this small club mentality of many Leeds fans > which we pour scorn on when it is turned against us. I mean, take a look > at message board everywhere and there'll be Bradford, Huddersfield and > Sheffield fans all making derogitory comments about L**ds (They can't > stand to spell it out they find it just too repugnant) and I think to > myself "You sad tossers" but then you take a step back and think "Well > hang on, there's a bloody big majority of Leeds fans who have exactly the > same attitude to Man U and I ask myself WHY? Why are we so fixated with > this club? Is it jealousy? Is it inter city rivalry fuelled by inter > county rivalry? What exactly is it that creates this? In years gone by > I've watched us get all gee'ed up for "Playing the Scum" and seen the fans > and team get whipped into frenzy and celebrate like we've never celebrated > before if we manage a win. The next week we'll lose pathetically to the > likes of Boro or Villa and no-one will bat an eyelid because it's all OK > "We beat the Scum". > It's a monkey on our back we need to get rid off. We need to treat every > single team with exactly the same levels of dislike/respect to regain a > position at 'the top table'. > > IMHO of course!!! > > StigOfTheDump _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist Volame vsechny Cechy
