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That's what they take you there for is it,to see the fish eat food.glad little things make you feel happy and special.

 

what you and rabid get up to TC is your own business,and I don't want to know to be honest.

 

I actually liked bruce although rash at times he always gave hundred percent but he would be our fifth choice centre back at the minute Tate Pearce Lees Peltier are all better.

Ur 5 man midfield would enable Aluko to "skip past Austin" u were good but not in the top 5 for teams to visit elland road already this year

 

Admit it? Is that the same one I mentioned earlier in either this thread or the other one? You lot really are strangers to truth. You seem to live in an alternative reality.

The irony of the one I altered was that the alternative was to delete it. It was a post amongst a number of others were some daft lads had visited us on a wind up and got shirty when they were made to look daft and the posts got more ridiculous. I tweaked one to make it more acceptable on the board.

It was looked into by the main mods and they were more than happy with what had happened, in fact they criticised the people complaining in the end for not accepting their opinion and for posting copies of the PM's on the board.

Frankly, Leeds fans showed themselves up with the initial post, the immediate reaction and the constant blubbing about it.

 

.the whole worlds lying only rabid dog tells the truth

 

Only if you're so small that you think three or four posters on here are the whole world.

Did you wash your hands after ****ing at the attention before?

 

****s sake Dutch. Could you not see with the way that was written it was a bit in jest? Is there really any requirement to respond in such an offensive manor.

Perhaps if you were to tone it down a bit then it might turn into banter.

 

Seems odd considering you've conceded 32 to our 25 but whatever you say. Leeds fans call him a 'tank' and the like. That night, Faye looked a tank, Austin offered little (if any) resistance and never seemed to cleanly disposes any of our players to start a Leeds attack. Just felt a little underwhelmed after some of the hype he'd recieved. That's okay with me, we won and we're in the top 5 in the league.

 

Surely hull fans should realise not to get carried away until the end if the season we all know around Xmas time ur always in the play offs it's at the end when u **** up

 

I'm certainly not getting caried away. That was far from the case in 07/08, it was Christmas time that we started winning games and by March we were flying.

 

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LEEDS UTDS ACHIEVEMENTS

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Hulls achievements

 

Stop lying you slavering ****, its embarrassing

 

In the 90's whilst we were beating the likes of Valencia, AC Milan and Balcelona, lets see what wikipedia have to say about hull.....



[h=2]Striving to survive: 1990s[/h]Hull finished 14th in the Third Division in 1991–92, meaning that they would be competing in the new Football League Division Two. In their first season in the rebranded division, Hull narrowly avoided another relegation but the board kept faith in Dolan and over the next two seasons they achieved secure mid table finishes. But terrible form in 1995–96 condemned Hull to relegation to Division Three.
Dolan was fired by new chairman David Lloyd after Hull failed to get anywhere near the top of Division Three in 1996–97, with former England international Mark Hateley taking over the manager's job. By this stage, financial problems were taking their toll on the Tigers and it was starting to look as though the club would go out of business before long. And Hull's league form was steadily deteriorating to the point that relegation to the Conference was looking a real possibility – which surely would have meant the death of the club. The 1997–98 season would prove to be arguably the worst in the club's history, with the club earning just 41 points; any other season this would almost certainly have seen Hull relegated to the Football Conference, but Brighton and Hove Albion and Doncaster Rovers both had unbelievably poor campaigns, and instead it was Doncaster who were relegated, with Hull recording their lowest ever finish in 22nd place. Lloyd stepped down as chairman that summer and was replaced by Nick Buchanan, while Hateley departed in November 1998 to be replaced by 34-year-old veteran player Warren Joyce, who steered the club to safety after being anchored to the foot of the table – Hull City fans refer to this season as "The Great Escape". After this feat, Joyce was perhaps unlucky to be replaced in April 2000 by the experienced Brian Little.
Little breathed new life into Hull and managed to get good results out of the players, despite briefly being locked out of Boothferry Park by the bailiffs and with liquidation looking a real possibility. Hull qualified for the Division Three playoffs in 2000–01, and lost in the semi finals. But things could have been much worse – at least the Hull City fans still had a football club to support. A boardroom takeover had eased the club's precarious financial situation and all fears of closure were banished – had the club been relegated to the Conference the previous season, it is extremely unlikely that this takeover would have taken place.

 

Whilst Hull climbed up the table in the last 10 years, let's see what wiki has to say about Leeds:

2001–2007: Financial implosion and Relegation

O'Leary's Leeds never finished outside of the top five, but following their defeat in the UEFA Champions League 2001 semi-final against Valencia their fortunes began to change. Under chairman Peter Ridsdale, Leeds had taken out large loans against the prospect of the share of the TV rights and sponsorship revenues that come with UEFA Champions League qualification and any subsequent progress in the competition. Leeds signed Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler and Seth Johnson for large fees and big wages. However, Leeds narrowly failed to qualify for the Champions League losing out to 4th place to Newcastle United, and as a consequence did not receive enough income to repay the loans. The first indication that the club was in financial trouble was the sale of Rio Ferdinand to Manchester United for approximately £30 million. Ridsdale and O'Leary publicly fell out over the sale, and O'Leary was sacked and replaced by former England manager Terry Venables. Leeds performed badly under Venables, and other players were sold to repay the loans, including Jonathan Woodgate, who Ridsdale had promised Venables would not be sold. Other star players such as Lee Bowyer, Nigel Martyn, Robbie Fowler, Robbie Keane and Harry Kewell were also sold over time, with Kewell's departure under rather acrimonious circumstances.

With tensions mounted between Ridsdale and Venables, as the team was still underachieving given the quality of players remaining and star player that had left. Venables chose to release the likes of Leeds' star players Olivier Dacourt and David Batty in the years prior. After a string of poor results and being in the bottom half of the table, Venables was sacked and replaced by Peter Reid. During this time Ridsdale had resigned from the Leeds board, and was replaced by existing non-executive director Professor John McKenzie. At this time Leeds were in danger of relegation, but managed to avoid the drop in the penultimate game of the season.

Reid was given a permanent contract at Leeds the following summer. Due to still being in financial torment players were sales and lack of funds meant they failed to land targets Paolo Di Canio, Patrik Berger and Kléberson. However, Reid brought in 8 players on loan which was not a success, with players such as Roque Júnior failing to live up to their reputations. An unsuccessful start to the 2003–04 season saw Peter Reid dismissed. Leeds were in turmoil after poor performances and restlessness from the club, Eddie Gray took over as caretaker manager until the end of the season. An insolvency specialist, Gerald Krasner, led a consortium of local businessmen which took over Leeds and under his chairmanship oversaw the sale of the clubs' assets, including senior and emerging youth players of any value. As the majority of the squad was sold, despite Gray's efforts as he was largely perceived blameless for Leeds' performance and relegation during the 2003–04 season, meaning their first out of the top flight after 14 years.

Following relegation, Gray's reign as caretaker manager was ended, and the then assistant manager Kevin Blackwell was appointed manager, his first managerial job in football. A mass exodus ensued as most of the remaining players were sold or released on free transfers to further reduce the high wage bill. Key players such as Mark Viduka, Dominic Matteo, Paul Robinson, Alan Smith and James Milner were all sold for relatively reduced fees. Blackwell was forced to rebuild almost the entire squad through free transfers. Leeds were eventually forced to sell both their training ground for £4.2 million, and their stadium in the autumn of 2004.[18][19]

The board finally sold the club to Ken Bates for £10 million.[20] Blackwell stabilised the team by signing players on free transfers and low wages with Leeds finishing the 2004–05 season mid-table in the Championship. At the end of that season defender Lucas Radebe retired after a series of injuries and promising young player Aaron Lennon joined Tottenham Hotspur. In the 2005–06 season Leeds finished in the top 6 and made the play-off final, after being in the top 3 for most of the season with Leeds' form drastically dipped in the last quarter of the season.

The 2006–07 season started badly with Leeds conceding late goals in several matches, and in September 2006, Blackwell's contract as manager of Leeds United was terminated. Leeds hired John Carver as caretaker manager but his spell was not a success and he was relieved of his duties with Dennis Wise being eventually installed as his replacement after a month without a permanent manager. Defender Matt Kilgallon left in January to join Sheffield United, and Wise was unable to lift the team out of the relegation zone for much of the season, despite bringing a number of experienced loan players and free transfers on short term deals into the squad. With relegation virtually assured, Leeds entered a Company Voluntary Arrangement (administration) on 4 May 2007, thus incurring a league imposed 10-point deduction which officially relegated the club to the third tier of English football.[21][22]

The relegation was the lowest point in the club's history, as Leeds United had never played any lower than the second tier of English football. The summer saw players such as David Healy and Robbie Blake leave, whilst long serving Gary Kelly retired after the relegation. Leeds, as they had after Premiership relegation three years previously, were forced to build a squad almost totally from scratch; with the future of the club uncertain Leeds could not sign any players until a few days before the opening game of the season against Tranmere Rovers.

2007–2010: Third tier for the first time

The CVA was due to end on 3 July 2007, which would have allowed Bates to regain full control of the club. However HM Revenue & Customs challenged the CVA, a decision which could ultimately have resulted in the liquidation of the club.[23] Under league rules, if the club were still in administration at the start of the next season, Leeds would have been prevented from starting their campaign by the Football League.[24][25] Following the challenge by HMRC, the club was put up for sale by KPMG,[26] and once again Ken Bates' bid was accepted.[27] The league eventually sanctioned this under the "exceptional circumstances rule" but imposed a 15-point deduction due to the club not following football league rules on clubs entering administration.[28] On 31 August 2007 HMRC decided not to pursue their legal challenge any further.[29] Wise and his assistant Gus Poyet guided Leeds to a play-off place at the start of 2008, despite the 15-point deduction, which seemed to galvanise the Leeds players and fans and helped Leeds maintain an unbeaten start in the first quarter of the season. Assistant Manager Gus Poyet left to join Tottenham, and he was replaced by Dave Bassett. Wise controversially quit as manager on 28 January to take up a position in Kevin Keegan's new set-up at Newcastle United.[30]

The following day former club captain Gary McAllister was appointed as manager of the club with Steve Staunton brought in as his assistant.[31] In spite of this mid-season managerial change and a spell of poor form before Wise departed, plus the well-publicised 15-point deduction, Leeds went on to secure a play-off place with one game to spare. McAllister's loan signing Dougie Freedman had been instrumental in helping Leeds into the playoffs. They were however beaten 1–0 in the final by Doncaster Rovers in their first appearance at the new Wembley Stadium. Leeds had been favourites for the match but underperformed, with many of their players failing to play to their usual standards.

 

Hull fans have been taking the mickey out of Leeds for going into the third tier of English football (for the first time, whilst 5-10 years before Hull should (according to wiki) have been playing conference football.....

 

Please don't forget that your most successful period in your entire history is matched just about perfectly by the lowest point in our history. About the same amount of time in the same divisions over a period of 10 years.

 

Extremely well put. I forgot just how crap hull were/are. After out poorest start for sometime, hull are 5 points ahead of us. I understand Hull are bringing out a DVD to celebrate

 

Your trophy cabinet must be ****ing chocker after those 10 glorious years at the top.