http://www.offthepost.info/wp-content/uploads/leeds-united-norway.png If you are not a fan of excruciatingly embarrassing attempted football club spin, you might not want to read the rest of this article. Norway might be in a state of mourning after last weekâs horrific double terror attack, but they had better pull themselves together sharpish because Leeds United are in town. They used to be a bit of a big deal. Under the headline âThe Show Must Go Onâ, the Championship side have provided a masterclass in poor public relations in a website news update reporting that a pre-season trip to the Scandinavian country is going ahead. Pinning the grossly misjudged sentiments on boss Simon Grayson, the story reads: âUnited manager Simon Grayson is hoping Tuesdayâs game in Norway will go some way to putting a smile on the faces of people who are still reeling from the terrible events in Oslo last Friday.â With the Elland Road PR team having dug a very nice hole for him, Grayson added: âFootball canât replace anything, but after the terrible shock theyâve had, I hope our visit can provide some relief and a change of focus.â Thatâs right, Simon. Almost 100 people lost their lives and countless other Norwegians have been directly and indirectly affected by the atrocities, but the sight of Billy Paynter lumbering around their country is bound to get them smiling.
Perhaps the teams can come onto the pitch to the strains of Queen's big hit. It will be like nothing ever happened.
The people of leeds are used to this but dont Understand this is pretty unheard of in Norway........... .......... And so is the Leeds utd football team
They'll be off to Somalia next. "To take their mind off being hungry, we've donated some training tops and footballs."
You do realize the 'inbred' joke is meant to apply to small towns where people run out of options and have to go for their own families, right? Like County Durham and that. And that Leeds is England's third biggest city? Just saying, y'know.
Leeds have thousands of Norwegian fans, our friendly was the first sporting event following the massacre and the respectful behaviour of the team and travelling fans was well rec'd, stop commenting on things you have no knowledge of
LEEDS 18 are you drunk or under the influence of prescription medication ? why drag this up now ? tonight especially
Just searched Leeds in the GC search box to see what it would bring up and this was there. Can't stand the 'inbred' jibe when used inaccurately. It should be saved for the right moment, like when describing people from Cork.....
