[LU] Jim White in the Telegraph

2012-01-26 Thread John Boocock
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ Clive Tyldesley made a wise observation about modern football this week. And it was nothing to do with that night in Istanbul. Chairing a debate on 20 years of the Premier League organised by the universities of Brighton and Coventry, the ITV commentator summed thin

Re: [LU] Jim White in the Telegraph

2012-01-26 Thread Tim Leslie
Brilliantly put. 100% agree with him, even though he writes for the Telegraph! > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ > > Article ... ___ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email lee

Re: [LU] Jim White in the Telegraph

2012-01-26 Thread Richard Naef
>Clive Tyldesley made a wise observation about modern football this week. >And it was nothing to do with that night in Istanbul. Chairing a debate >on 20 years of the Premier League organised by the universities of >Brighton and Coventry, the ITV commentator summed things up by asking >his audience

Re: [LU] Jim White in the Telegraph

2012-01-26 Thread Nigel Sykes
Although I pretty much agree with the conclusion (as I read it, I was thinking "it's all about money - how much they get paid and how much we have to pay these days"), the constantly quoted "20 years ago" is horse-sh*t. I've been going to football games for way longer than 20 years and all the thin

Re: [LU] Jim White in the Telegraph

2012-01-26 Thread McWilliams, Brendan, VF-Group (bmcwill)
ist-boun...@gn.apc.org [mailto:leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org] On Behalf Of Nigel Sykes Sent: jueves, 26 de enero de 2012 11:00 To: leedslist@gn.apc.org Subject: Re: [LU] Jim White in the Telegraph Confidencialidad Este correo electrónico y, en su caso, cualquier fichero anexo al mismo, co

Re: [LU] Jim White in the Telegraph

2012-01-26 Thread Ian Murray
Some of them should get paid in bananas. Sent from my iPhone > > - the multi billion TV contracts divided out to the clubs is largely > squandered by weak Chairmen or not even enough to pay the bananas wages > of the players. ___ Leedslist mailing list

Re: [LU] Jim White in the Telegraph

2012-01-26 Thread Ed Morrish
> Clive Tyldesley made a wise observation about modern football this week. And it was nothing to do with that night in Istanbul. Here, clearly, speaks a Man Utd fan upset that Tydesley has stopped talking about "that night in Barcelona"... Ed. ___ Leeds

Re: [LU] Jim White in the Telegraph

2012-01-26 Thread Ian Murray
Tyldesley is a Man United fan Sent from my iPhone On 26 Jan 2012, at 11:53, Ed Morrish wrote: >> Clive Tyldesley made a wise observation about modern football this week. > And it was nothing to do with that night in Istanbul. > > Here, clearly, speaks a Man Utd fan upset that Tydesley has stop

Re: [LU] Jim White in the Telegraph

2012-01-26 Thread Tim Leslie
> hang on a rose coloured glass moment, was this the good old days when > thousands of young men went to football purely with the intention of a > ruck, quite happy to batter an innocent bystander just cos they might > belong to a different tribe? Hold on a minute Richard. That's classic word twi

Re: [LU] Jim White in the Telegraph

2012-01-26 Thread Richard Naef
>Hold on a minute Richard. That's classic word twisting. > WHAT! me twist wrdos??? OK, so you were one of the lucky 1% who met their heroes on the bus, down the pub or in a panto - I'm dead jealous - I do mean that I'm not being sarcastic. However for the rest of us, there was virtually no conne