please log in to view this image Burnley v Leeds Utd Saturday 9th April 2016 12.45pm Kick off Streaming links to follow Good Morning Everyone, Leeds make the short distance over the Pennines for a lunch time clash against top of the table Burnley. The Championship pacesetters have only lost five times all season, and are currently unbeaten in 2016 in the league. Enter Leeds Utd... Evans does not really have a lot of options at his disposal. He could bring in Bamba or Wootton to replace error prone Bellusci, but they are no better. Berardi is preferred to Coyle and less said about the Leeds Utd defence the better. They could bring Sloth in, he hasn't played for a while please log in to view this image (Sloth waiting for a game) Wood will play up front. Evans has the option to bring Antenucci to support him if needed.
please log in to view this image I was abused and tortured in Dubai jail, says ex-Leeds United boss Haigh Former Leeds United managing director David Haigh has today told of the abuse and torture he suffered at the hands of police in Dubai during the two years he spent in the Arab city’s notorious penal system. The 38-year-old has spoken publicly for the first time about his time in custody since returning to the UK last month from Dubai, where he was convicted of taking more than £3 million from his former employers Gulf Finance House (GFH). Mr Haigh was arrested and thrown into a police detention centre in May 2014 after travelling to the United Arab Emirates to meet with officials from GFH, the former owners of Leeds United. He spent 18 months in “revolting” conditions at the temporary holding site at Bur Dubai police station, where British tourist Lee Brown died in 2011 following an alleged beating by local police. His time in custody was extended by several months after GFH claimed he had abused them on Twitter, though he was ultimately cleared of cyber-slander, a criminal offence in Dubai. Though he says he could not reveal the mistreatment he suffered at the time for fear it would harm his legal case, Mr Haigh, who was in charge of the day-to-day running at Leeds United following GFH’s 2012 take-over of the club, now says he was abused “quite badly”. At various points he said he was punched, tasered and hit with a broom handle, as well as being tortured by police in one incident a few weeks after he arrived. He said: “They came and got me in the middle of the night, they took me outside to the car park, then moved me into a room, and then I was quite seriously physically abused, tasered, whacked in the face, made to stand in strange positions, and told repeatedly ‘where is the money’. “I was told if I confessed I could go home. I said I wouldn’t confess, I didn’t do it, you can carry on torturing me.” Mr Haigh has filed a complaint with the British Embassy in the hope that the matter will be taken up with Dubai authorities, and called on the UK Government to issue clearer warnings to people intending to travel to the UAE. After travelling to Dubai to discuss what he thought was an employment opportunity with Bahrain-based GFH he was initially quizzed by police over a bounced cheque, an offence in Dubai, only to be later accused of fraud and embezzlement. While imprisoned in the overcrowded 32-bed police block, he said he was initially only allowed to see his lawyer for two minutes at a time and was not allowed access to any legal documents so he could defend himself. He was convicted in 2015 of using false invoices and diverting GFH funds into accounts controlled by him. He continues to deny the claim and plans to appeal against the conviction and the freezing of his worldwide assets. He told the YEP: “I want the British Embassy to make a travel warning, to people, tourists and businessmen who go to Dubai, that you need to be aware of the law on social media, you can end up in jail. “You need to be aware of the law on cheques, the law on all these things. Don’t paint the picture that it is 100 per cent rosy. “Yes it is a nice place to visit, but if there is an issue, or if you fall foul of a vindictive person, and they are everywhere, then you have got to be careful, I don’t think most British people, going from Leeds, or wherever, if they go on a boys trip or a girls trip to Dubai, they don’t think of this. “They see the towers, the nightclubs, they think it is all fine. But if you hold hands with your girlfriend you are breaking the law, if you kiss them you are breaking the law.” A Foreign and Commonwealth Office spokesman said it took Mr Haigh’s allegations of mistreatment “extremely seriously” and were “setting out our concerns to the UAE authorities”. He said: “We only raise allegations of mistreatment when we have the individual’s consent to do so.” He added: “Our travel advice makes clear that UAE laws and customs are very different to those in the UK and travellers are strongly advised to familiarise themselves with them. “The advice also says there may be serious penalties for doing something that might not be illegal in the UK.”
Morning Elland. Just what we need, another bloody game. I'm curious, how many are genuinely excited at the prospects of watching that? Feel sorry for Haighs ordeal but I guess thats what you get when you mix with the likes of GFH, even if large chunks of Leeds supporters still dont seem to have any problem with them. Sadly, I think anyone believing hes somehow going to blow the lid on their dealings at the club will likely be disappointed. Likely to be the usual "cant say more due to ongoing legal issues".
A very good morning to you Eire, Got a feeling we could cause an upset on Saturday. I've got the day off work. Gonna watch the game with a few beers, and a large bag of cheesy puff's
How can you feel sorry for Haigh?. He had his nose in the trough as did the rest from Bates down. There can't be many people who think they were in it for the benefit of Leeds United.
I'd have to respectfully disagree with you Eire, I think it was last year that warrants were issued for Patel and someone elses arrest if and when they come back to UK, not one of'em has set foot on UK soil since. I just got a funny feeling GFH used Haigh as a scapegoat to cover up their own misdealings, it was said that GFH used customers/clients money to buy and fund Leeds United. Should Haigh be given immunity from prosecution, I think he'll spill the beans on Patel and Co, personally, I hope he does, it may be a way of getting rid of'em.
Haigh has nothing to say and a 3-part story means nothing spread out thinly. Yes he was tricked and mistreated but no smoke without fire. He managed to find over £1m to try and buy the club along with Flowers. He never had that cash before he got the Leeds gig, he also leant the club a lot of money, where did that come from? He had a house down south and a rented one near Leeds, he's managed to put his family in dire straights through his involvement with GFH. I feel sorry for them but until he can prove otherwise (What better time than now) he gets no sympathy from me. Nose in trough like all the previous coonts and probably Cellino too
Morning all Gotta agree with Eire, last thing we need is another game of disappointment however we've got a glut of games from now till the end of the season on May 2nd. They really need to sort out this fixture congestion at the start and the end of each season. Honestly regarding Haigh, I really couldn't be bothered about what happened to him
United boss Steve Evans has been nominated for March's Sky Bet Championship Manager of the Month award. Evans led his side to an impressive three wins from four games last month, with the victories over Bolton Wanderers, Cardiff City and Blackburn Rovers all coming in the space of a week. Striker Mirco Antenucci netted four goals from those three wins, and the Italian is among the nominees for March's Sky Bet Championship Player of the Month award.
Current Leeds United head coach Steve Evans is the joint-favourite (Bet Victor) to be in charge of Nottingham Forest for the first game of next season. He joins Burton Albion manager and former player Nigel Clough at the top of the betting.
Neither of those names should be anywhere near a club the size of Forest, and yes I obviously see the Clough link! If Evans gets it, I bet within the first week he says its a much bigger club than Leeds. Afternoon all
I agree with LL. Afternoon fella. Haigh got greedy and went to Dubai thinking he could make some easy money. I think Haigh got used to making easy money, and was obviously niave, and didn't mind taking short cuts
Well you know my thoughts Eire regarding Leeds Utd matches. I'll be out with my lads in some pub watching it, I can't wait, beer and Leeds Utd a deadly combination...
Be very careful Shaks, West Ham v Arsenal on tv at same time and 99% of pubs will be showing that. Youll be lucky to find a hole in the wall with the Leeds game on
