For all the good it will do, I sent this to the EFL tonight: Gentlemen, I just wanted to contact you directly to express the disgust that many Leeds supporters feel at your Spygate update today. It said nothing except that you were unnecessarily prolonging the investigation, which we, the media, and supporters of other clubs recognise to be nothing more or less than a bid to distract from and an attempt to derail the promotion of Leeds United to the Premier League. What are the charges you are considering, as no laws have been broken? If you have any evidence of trespass using wirecutters or just jumping over a fence, produce it. If you have any proof of bribery or other serious breaches of the law, produce it. If all you have to consider is a breach of EFL 3.4, it happens and is ignored every time a player dives (a real blot on our game), or one of our players is headbutted on video - twice this season so far, both examples ignored by you. If you insist on any draconian punishment against a club which has committed no crime, against a manager who is regarded the world over as honest to a fault, I hope the club fights your decision at every level through the courts, the European courts and the European Court of Arbitration for Sport. I’m sure they will be able to refer to many, many scenarios where worse cases of breaching you internal rules have been left unpunished. I look forward to any response you may have to an unapologetic criticism of your apparently biased attitude to Leeds United and how you generally administer the game I love. I’m not holding my breath, Likelihood of a response is negligible, but I've been so pissed of it made me feel better. I'll let you know if I hear back.
Brilliant Davy If you do not get any response, which, I doubt you will, it will just confirm what corrupt biased ****s the EFL really are
Well said Davy, I suspect the EFL have so far looked at the Derby incident and are concerned only so far as they can't see any reason why Leeds are not raising a concern about Derby bringing the game into disrepute. Then there are the items raised by the other clubs in their letter to the EFL, such as bribery etc. I suspect again that these concerns will be unfounded. The EFL is then in a dilemma, and this is why I think they are taking their time. These false accusations could amount to liable and the EFL's main concern could well be how to avoid becoming embroiled in any subsequent court actions that may ensue to address the false accusations of criminal activities.
I have sent a copy of the same to: Rob Meaden Senior Media Manager Email: [email protected] Tel: 01772 325971 Mob: 07890 561448
Amazingly I have just got a reply.......................................... Thank you for your email. I am currently away from the office with limited access to email. For urgent media queries, please email [email protected] and an on call member of the EFL media team will respond. Alternatively, you can contact Scarlett Smith on 07964 905654. So have forwarded it on to them.
