Re: [LU] LU: Another poor end of season result.

2017-05-08 Thread {broken-address}
goals, etc? Cheers! Sean -Original Message- From: Nigel Sykes <ni...@sykesonline.com> To: leedslist <leedslist@gn.apc.org> Sent: Sun, May 7, 2017 10:31 am Subject: Re: [LU] LU: Another poor end of season result. It's been a remarkably bad turn of events, in the last few we

Re: [LU] LU: Another poor end of season result.

2017-05-07 Thread Nigel Sykes
Subject: Re: [LU] LU: Another poor end of season result. It's been a remarkably bad turn of events, in the last few weeks. I know that we weren't exactly world-beaters beforehand, and that we had quite a few "how on earth did we win that?" games, but to go from a team with f

Re: [LU] LU: Another poor end of season result.

2017-05-07 Thread Nigel Sykes
as? Nigel (the Dublin one). -Original Message- From: Leedslist [mailto:leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org] On Behalf Of Graham Thirkill Sent: 07 May 2017 15:10 To: leedslist@gn.apc.org Subject: [LU] LU: Another poor end of season result. LU: WTF FFS Whatever has gone so wrong at Elland Road They

[LU] LU: Another poor end of season result.

2017-05-07 Thread Graham Thirkill
LU: WTF FFS Whatever has gone so wrong at Elland Road They can’t even beat a relegated side. It’s to be hoped they hang on to the few good players they have, or next season they will be in the third division. If it hadn’t been for the goal scoring of the lad Chris Wood, they would be with

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2012-06-20 Thread Guy Bonello
Green , Irish international from Derby Central midfielder just back from the Euros br br brSubscribe to GOs all-in one package Home Pack. Benefit from great

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2012-06-20 Thread Andy Clayton
Now that is a good signing. Sent from my iPhone. On 20 Jun 2012, at 16:09, Guy Bonello bone...@maltanet.mt wrote: Green , Irish international from Derby Central midfielder just back from the Euros br br

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2012-06-20 Thread Nicholas Armit
I know nothing about this guy, any info? From: Andy Clayton andyclayto...@gmail.com To: bone...@maltanet.mt bone...@maltanet.mt Cc: Leeds leedslist leedslist@gn.apc.org Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 11:59 AM Subject: Re: [LU] LU - another one in Now

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2012-06-20 Thread Andy Clayton
: Andy Clayton andyclayto...@gmail.com To: bone...@maltanet.mt bone...@maltanet.mt Cc: Leeds leedslist leedslist@gn.apc.org Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 11:59 AM Subject: Re: [LU] LU - another one in Now that is a good signing. Sent from my iPhone. On 20 Jun 2012, at 16:09, Guy

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2012-06-20 Thread Nicholas Armit
Subject: Re: [LU] LU - another one in You might remember him from our final loss to Donny, blonde hair, bossed midfield. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Green_(footballer_born_1983)#section_6 Sent from my iPhone. On 20 Jun 2012, at 18:08, Nicholas Armit arm...@yahoo.com wrote: I know

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2012-06-20 Thread Nicholas Armit
, 2012 2:43 PM Subject: Re: [LU] LU - another one in The losses started too blur together at the end there From: Andy Clayton andyclayto...@gmail.com To: Nicholas Armit arm...@yahoo.com Cc: bone...@maltanet.mt bone...@maltanet.mt; Leeds leedslist leedslist

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2011-07-29 Thread Richard Walker
ianjamesmur...@hotmail.com To: m...@leeds-united.net m...@leeds-united.net Cc: Leeds List leedslist@gn.apc.org Sent: Thu, 28 July, 2011 19:45:00 Subject: Re: [LU] LU: Another Not really a question of his being a Leeds fan, more a question of (a) did we want him anyway and (b) if we did, would we

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2011-07-29 Thread Sean Emmott
The correlation of wages and turnover isn't really relevant. No, but the correlation between wages and success on the pitch is. ___ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe,

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2011-07-29 Thread Ian Murray
Because of what he says in his programme notes and all his interviews. Because we don't sign anyone who's any good and because our players keep walking. Sent from my iPhone On 28 Jul 2011, at 23:33, Matt Anderson m...@leeds-united.net wrote: How do we know he isn't? Snodgrass hasn't gone. He

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2011-07-29 Thread Andy Clayton
Is it really? I would have thought we had one of the bigger wage bills in the championship when we were relegated. Andy C Sent from my iPhone. On 29 Jul 2011, at 08:11, Sean Emmott s...@canofworms.me.uk wrote: The correlation of wages and turnover isn't really relevant. No, but the

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2011-07-29 Thread John Boocock IFA
On 29/07/2011 08:05, Richard Walker wrote: I can produly announce that as I drove past the ground today the windows have gone up in the new Executive Boxes Thank God for that, how many times have I said that until we get some decent executive boxes we'll never be a big club again. East

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2011-07-29 Thread Sean Emmott
[Club's wage bill correlates to success] Is it really? I would have thought we had one of the bigger wage bills in the championship when we were relegated. Andy C Overall, the size of a club's wage bill is the best predictor of success. Obviously there are exceptions, but that doesn't alter

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2011-07-29 Thread Matt Anderson
- From: leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org [mailto:leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org] On Behalf Of Ian Murray Sent: 29 July 2011 08:36 To: markbu...@aol.com Cc: leedslist@gn.apc.org Subject: Re: [LU] LU: Another Ha ha - as if. We're a 'meal ticket' - presumably THAT's why we've had a net loss of first team

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2011-07-29 Thread John Boocock IFA
On 29/07/2011 09:26, Sean Emmott wrote: Overall, the size of a club's wage bill is the best predictor of success. Obviously there are exceptions, but that doesn't alter the fact that there is a correlation Correct Sean, as described in the Gentlemen Prefer Blondes chapter of Why England Lose

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2011-07-29 Thread Matt Anderson
?? -Original Message- From: Ian Murray [mailto:ianjamesmur...@hotmail.com] Sent: 29 July 2011 08:38 To: Matt Anderson Cc: markbu...@aol.com; leedslist@gn.apc.org Subject: Re: [LU] LU: Another Because of what he says in his programme notes and all his interviews. Because we don't sign anyone

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2011-07-29 Thread Matt Anderson
Tell that to Boro, cardiff, Hull, Sheff Utd etc even preston were paying £15k a week to a keeper! On 29 Jul 2011, at 08:11, Sean Emmott s...@canofworms.me.uk wrote: The correlation of wages and turnover isn't really relevant. No, but the correlation between wages and success on the

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2011-07-29 Thread Sean Emmott
Tell that to Boro, cardiff, Hull, Sheff Utd etc even preston were paying £15k a week to a keeper! See Betty's last post. ___ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe,

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2011-07-29 Thread Ian Murray
: leedslist@gn.apc.org Subject: Re: [LU] LU: Another Ha ha - as if. We're a 'meal ticket' - presumably THAT's why we've had a net loss of first team players despite our position as biggest club in the league. I'm presuming it's not your money being trousered? The 'Norwich model' was based

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2011-07-29 Thread Ian Murray
Message- From: Ian Murray [mailto:ianjamesmur...@hotmail.com] Sent: 29 July 2011 08:38 To: Matt Anderson Cc: markbu...@aol.com; leedslist@gn.apc.org Subject: Re: [LU] LU: Another Because of what he says in his programme notes and all his interviews. Because we don't sign anyone who's any

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2011-07-29 Thread Richard Naef
Another fact is that we haven't replaced these players with like or better. In other words, we're going backwards. Killkenny - Nunez? Johnson - Brown? Schmichael - Lonergan? Kisnobby back to fitness, Aidy White looking like he'll be regular, lees in 1st team squad, various unnamed mysterious

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2011-07-29 Thread Ian Murray
Nunez was already at the club. He wasn't rated above the walkees by Grayson or he wouldve played more than the 5 mins he got. Brown like or better than Johnson? Really? I actually think lonergerereran is a decent signing but is he better than schmeical? I don't think any of us know, I'd say

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2011-07-29 Thread matt
: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:16:04 To: Matt Andersonm...@leeds-united.net Cc: markbu...@aol.commarkbu...@aol.com; leedslist@gn.apc.orgleedslist@gn.apc.org Subject: Re: [LU] LU: Another We had the same though, didn't we? Sent from my iPhone On 29 Jul 2011, at 09:50, Matt Anderson m...@leeds-united.net

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2011-07-29 Thread matt
: Ian Murray ianjamesmur...@hotmail.com Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:20:55 To: Matt Andersonm...@leeds-united.net Cc: markbu...@aol.commarkbu...@aol.com; leedslist@gn.apc.orgleedslist@gn.apc.org Subject: Re: [LU] LU: Another Stop being obtuse. Kilkenny, Johnson and Schmeical were all first team

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2011-07-29 Thread matt
@gn.apc.org Subject: Re: [LU] LU: Another He figured more than Nunez. He brought in short term loanees, of whom only Bannan improved us - and he didn't play. I blame Grayson for that. Kilkenny started loads for us. He was a first team player. Depends on perspective - you see experienced midfield

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2011-07-28 Thread Nicholas Armit
one bites the dust... Leicester City have won the race to sign Manchester City midfielder Michael Johnson. The injury-plagued midfielder has been linked with a handful of clubs in the Npower Championship, but is hoping to rejuvenate his career under Sven Goran-Erikson at the King Power

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2011-07-28 Thread Mark Tuffey
Leicester City have won the race to sign Manchester City midfielder Michael Johnson. The injury-plagued midfielder has been linked with a handful of clubs in the Npower Championship, but is hoping to rejuvenate his career under Sven Goran-Erikson at the King Power Stadium. injured

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2011-07-28 Thread matt
Subject: [LU] LU: Another one bites the dust... Leicester City have won the race to sign Manchester City midfielder Michael Johnson. The injury-plagued midfielder has been linked with a handful of clubs in the Npower Championship, but is hoping to rejuvenate his career under Sven Goran-Erikson

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2011-07-28 Thread Ian Murray
a leeds fan Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -Original Message- From: Nicholas Armit arm...@yahoo.com Sender: leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 08:49:14 To: leedslist@gn.apc.orgleedslist@gn.apc.org Reply-To: Nicholas Armit arm...@yahoo.com Subject: [LU] LU

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2011-07-28 Thread Mark Tuffey
From: ianjamesmur...@hotmail.com Not really a question of his being a Leeds fan, more a question of (a) did we want him anyway and (b) if we did, would we pay enough. If the answer to (a) is yes then the answer to (b) is no. I'm sure we were willing to pay enough within our value of the

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2011-07-28 Thread MarkBursa
I'm sure we were willing to pay enough within our value of the player but not the agent's value of the player. Now, to sort our some of these wages/pay arguments on the list it would be helpful if we had all the facts. If this was an American sport (NFL, NBA, MLB), player wages and total

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2011-07-28 Thread Nicholas Armit
Anyone know why do we find out about the costs of some transfers while others are for an undisclosed fee? From: markbu...@aol.com markbu...@aol.com To: leedslist@gn.apc.org Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 3:14 PM Subject: Re: [LU] LU: Another I'm sure we were

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2011-07-28 Thread Dr. Michael Benjamin.
...@aol.com markbu...@aol.com To: leedslist@gn.apc.org Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 3:14 PM Subject: Re: [LU] LU: Another I'm sure we were willing to pay enough within our value of the player but not the agent's value of the player. Now, to sort our some of these wages/pay arguments

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2011-07-28 Thread MarkBursa
Anyone know why do we find out about the costs of some transfers while others are for an undisclosed fee? Simply because private companies don't have to disclose transaction prices. ___ Leedslist mailing list Info and options:

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2011-07-28 Thread Nicholas Armit
Eh ok so why do they disclose others then? From: markbu...@aol.com markbu...@aol.com To: leedslist@gn.apc.org Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 3:26 PM Subject: Re: [LU] LU: Another Anyone know why do we find out about the costs of some  transfers while others

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2011-07-28 Thread MarkBursa
Eh ok so why do they disclose others then? because they agree to! - they don't have to, but sometimes they choose to go public. Perhapsthe buying club makes public an offer - or the player's agent publishes an offer in a bid to drum up a better one, etc.

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2011-07-28 Thread Ian Murray
I think it's surprising that the US has tight regulations like that. I think if similar regs were put in place with football, it would solve a lot of problems we have with liars like Bates. Sent from my iPhone On 28 Jul 2011, at 20:03, Mark Tuffey wiscole...@hotmail.com wrote: From:

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2011-07-28 Thread MarkBursa
I think it's surprising that the US has tight regulations like that. I think if similar regs were put in place with football, it would solve a lot of problems we have with liars like Bates. How? By making him disclose how much money he hasn't spent? It would stop imbeciles like

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2011-07-28 Thread Ian Murray
It would show how much our wage structure is holding us back, and reign in Ridsdale esque spenders in the league. Do you think it would be a bad thing then? Sent from my iPhone On 28 Jul 2011, at 21:03, markbu...@aol.com wrote: I think it's surprising that the US has tight regulations

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2011-07-28 Thread MarkBursa
It would show how much our wage structure is holding us back, and reign in Ridsdale esque spenders in the league. Do you think it would be a bad thing then? No, it would be excellent. But I don't see how it would affect Bates. He's not breaking the bank on transfers or wages.

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2011-07-28 Thread Mark Tuffey
There's still enough areas of revenue that aren't public...such as TV contracts, local radio, merchandise, ticket sales, etc but at least we'd know where we stand with player wages. Cheers Mark El Presidente Wisconsin Whites Leeds United Chicago Fire

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2011-07-28 Thread Ian Murray
It would put pressure on him to pay the going rate. Sent from my iPhone On 28 Jul 2011, at 21:18, markbu...@aol.com wrote: It would show how much our wage structure is holding us back, and reign in Ridsdale esque spenders in the league. Do you think it would be a bad thing then?

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2011-07-28 Thread MarkBursa
It would put pressure on him to pay the going rate. Define the going rate. Leicester City's current going rate, or Norwich's going rate last season? I'm sure Ridsdale thought he was paying the going rate for Seth Johnson. I'm just trying to get my head round how you view a

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2011-07-28 Thread Ian Murray
Obviously if it were shown that we were paying conspicuously less than clubs smaller and with smaller turnover, then he would feel pressured to bridge the gap. I'm talking at least the middle of the bell curve. He could convincingly justify not over spending in those circumstances. Not too

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2011-07-28 Thread MarkBursa
Obviously if it were shown that we were paying conspicuously less than clubs smaller and with smaller turnover, then he would feel pressured to bridge the gap. I'm talking at least the middle of the bell curve. He could convincingly justify not over spending in those circumstances. Not too

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2011-07-28 Thread Ian Murray
The main thrust of my argument was that it would force us to pay going rate, ie towards the middle if the bell curve. Sent from my iPhone On 28 Jul 2011, at 22:39, markbu...@aol.com wrote: Obviously if it were shown that we were paying conspicuously less than clubs smaller and with

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2011-07-28 Thread Matt Anderson
How do we know he isn't? Snodgrass hasn't gone. He was the most saleable asset Sent from my iPhone On 28 Jul 2011, at 21:30, Ian Murray ianjamesmur...@hotmail.com wrote: It would put pressure on him to pay the going rate. Sent from my iPhone On 28 Jul 2011, at 21:18, markbu...@aol.com

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2011-07-28 Thread Matt Anderson
Do we not pay this?? Must have been one if the highest in league one. First season in championship did well. Other than frees and offloads players seem ok. Not a disaster. Missed out on a few high profile signings but got a £15k a week keeper in the end. Sent from my iPhone On 28 Jul

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2011-07-28 Thread MarkBursa
The main thrust of my argument was that it would force us to pay going rate, ie towards the middle if the bell curve. Do you not believe we are already there? It's clear that footballers' agents see Leeds as a meal ticket for their journeyman clients. Biggest club in the division,