It really is funny how people can totally misunderstand a club's stature in the game. Leeds most certainly aren't a TOP club right now, but BIG club...well, yes. You see, Leeds have a proud history with three League Championships to their name, a couple of European trophies, FA Cup and League Cup. The club has also made it to a European Cup Final (in the days when it really was for Champions) and the semi-finals of the modern-day Champions League. Just because the club was ruined by some charlatans posing as football men doesn't mean you suddenly ignore what has happened in it's illustrious past.
Leeds also supplied many great International players over the years, and still have a proud tradition of developing excellent young footballers from their internationally renowned Academy. There are very few clubs that can boast a history similar to that of Leeds United. Now here is the thing, what makes a club big is not the money they get thrown at them for "playing" in the Premiership, but rather their supporters, and this is where Leeds are second to none. The club is recognised and has followers world wide, and the famous white shirt can be seen in many places across the globe.
So, you see Cardiff fans, our proud history is something that you can never take away from us, and just because we appreciate what great players have achieved in the white shirt does not mean we live in the past. At least we have a history to celebrate. The truth is, and you all know this, Leeds will eventually return to the top flight where they belong, and our time in League One and the Championship will be remembered as a sobering reality check that made us appreciate our great club even more, and then we will be a TOP club once again. After all Cardiff fans, would you really say Wigan are a BIGGER club than you just because they are in the Prem? Oh, and what about Swansea? So please don't get BIG and TOP confused again.
right, i hate to break it to you but we have finished above you for god knows how many years. what goes on now is the history of the future, and yours currently is a legacy of being in the championship and lower for a number of years, now. i'm not denying that leeds were, in the past, a big club, a club that was winning trophies, but thats the past. football, and indeed the world, moves on, and you dont seem to understand it. its not hard to get to the top, but to stay there is the key thing, and the league table doesnt lie, leeds deserve to be where they are. they deserved to get relegated to the championship, they deserved to get relegated to league 1, and finally they deserved to get promoted to the championship.
you then proceed to talk about leeds producing 'many great international footballers'. this does not make you a big club. we have produced, in the past 10 years alone, far, far better players than you have, and in greater quantity too. i cant be bothered to name them all, you can use google if you wish.
you then say that you have a history that we 'can never take away from us'. well no one here has, all we're doing is acknowledging that it is just that, history. some people are interested in history, me being one of them, however, its what has happened in the past. what most people are interested in is what is going on at this present time, ever wondered why if you go on bbc tables it doesnt show the league table in 1978 or whenever when you last one the league? its because you're only as good as your last league performance, and at this moment in time you are a run of the mill championship club, and there is no getting away from that, however you dress it up.
you talk about 'returning' to the top flight as if its some sort of divine right, i hate to break it to you but being a 'big club' does not get you promoted, you have to earn it through league positions, which you havent done. its the hardest league to get promoted from, as we have found out, and you will find out if you believe you will 'return' to the top league. football on a saturday afternoon does not care about what happened 20 or 30 years ago, more so what is happening on the pitch in front of you, and based on that, leeds are no better than any team around them in terms of league positions.
sir alex ferguson does not marvel at his achievements from 10-15 years ago, all he cares about is where is the next league title going to be, when will the next champions league be won? thats the sort of attitude that keeps you at the top level, not gloating about past achievements, and turning your noses up at teams like wigan and bolton and saying they have no right to be taking your 'rightful' place in the league.
finally how did newcastle, a club which i rank far higher than leeds in terms of greatness, get promoted from the championship? by rolling up their sleeves and fighting for the right to be back where they believe they belong, not by moaning that you have a divine right to be in the PL like you are doing here.
He may not be able to read a map................but at least he understands how the league tables work.
