The #LUFC Breakfast Debate (Tue 4th Sept)

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Irishshako said:
Regarding Televised matches. It's great for supporters like myself who live outside of the UK. But I go regardless if the game is on TV or not. FFS I even travelled over for the Paints pot cup when it was televised. I wish the club would do a deal so that we could buy a TV season ticket for home and away games. At least the club would get some income in.<ok>
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Thats a good idea Shacks,surprising what the brain can come up with,when it's not under the influence :emoticon-0175-drunk ;)
 
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So it seems Pontus wants his place back but knows he needs to impress Bielsa, so he's made a start by stopping drinking (Shaks rips his photo off his bedroom wall) so he stopped and has lost 4kg in the process so far. Shaks did that once but it was after a big dump following a dodgy curry

I can recommend the YEP/Inside Leeds Utd podcast, a weekly gig with Phil Hay and Joe Urquart with some good discussion points and some inside news and rumors. A great 45 minutes listen for everything Leeds Utd and I got mine via iTunes but is available from all the usual places. Thing I picked up which was news to me was our loanees as Phil says few will be coming back as they wont fit Bielsas system. Anntonson has scored 4 goals in 3 matches so far, Grot doing well, Ekuban scored but Phil reckons only Ekuban and Grot will be maybes at this stage and would need to be brilliant this season. Ideguchi in Germany doing ok but he sees no way back for him and O'Kane is done at Leeds along with Anita?
 
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Irishshako said:
Regarding Televised matches. It's great for supporters like myself who live outside of the UK. But I go regardless if the game is on TV or not. FFS I even travelled over for the Paints pot cup when it was televised. I wish the club would do a deal so that we could buy a TV season ticket for home and away games. At least the club would get some income in.<ok>
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That might be moving closer than you think. The Tuesday night they showed the Swansea game you could watch any of the other games on the red button. Think they are going to do the same in future so you can possibly switch to a Leeds match. Presuming this will be midweek fixtures only though.
 
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ellandback said:
Jose Mourinho handed one-year suspended prison sentence for tax fraud with Manchester United boss set to pay huge £1.8m fine after deal with Spanish prosecutors
  • Jose Mourinho has reportedly accepted a one-year prison sentence in Spain
  • Manchester United boss entered a plea bargain and will pay a £1.78million fine
  • First-time offenders in Spain do not normally serve terms of two years or less
  • Prosecutors alleged he owed Spanish state almost £2.9m in undeclared revenue


Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has reportedly accepted a one-year prison sentence as part of a plea bargain deal with prosecutors accusing him of a £2.9million (€3.3m) tax fraud.

The Old Trafford manager has accepted a six-month jail sentence for each of the two financial crimes he was accused of after accepting wrongdoing as part of the agreement with prosecutors, respected Spanish newspaper El Mundo said on Tuesday.

The investigating court in Madrid which has led the criminal probe into Mourinho — Pozuelo de Alarcon Court Number four — is expected to be informed about the deal in the coming days.
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Now if this isn't bringing the game into disrepute, what is? He should be sacked by scum +/or hauled up before the FA & dealt with appropriately. Pure & simple dishonesty. Think George Graham or Big Sam!

To think that scum fired Tommy Docherty for shagging the Physio's wife - who he's still married to 30+ years later! Double standards if no action taken.
 
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Whitejock said:
Now if this isn't bringing the game into disrepute, what is? He should be sacked by scum +/or hauled up before the FA & dealt with appropriately. Pure & simple dishonesty. Think George Graham or Big Sam!

To think that scum fired Tommy Docherty for shagging the Physio's wife - who he's still married to 30+ years later! Double standards if no action taken.
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I dont want him sacked. Hes doing a brilliant job
 
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WJ this is par for the course in Spanish football as you will remember messi got the same but fined much more and even messi's dad was threatened with jail as he acted as his agent. Ronaldo did it too with massive fine in fact Spain went through the courts to allow the government to chase tax avoidance, legal tax avoidance!!! Government saw a loophole though just as our HMRC have done the same with the BBC. So not really a criminal mate, a clever tax plan
 
Doc said:
WJ this is par for the course in Spanish football as you will remember messi got the same but fined much more and even messi's dad was threatened with jail as he acted as his agent. Ronaldo did it too with massive fine in fact Spain went through the courts to allow the government to chase tax avoidance, legal tax avoidance!!! Government saw a loophole though just as our HMRC have done the same with the BBC. So not really a criminal mate, a clever tax plan
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No, not legal as I understand it. Undeclared earnings on "image rights". Possibly tax avoidance by the club but not by the individual.
 
Doc said:
WJ this is par for the course in Spanish football as you will remember messi got the same but fined much more and even messi's dad was threatened with jail as he acted as his agent. Ronaldo did it too with massive fine in fact Spain went through the courts to allow the government to chase tax avoidance, legal tax avoidance!!! Government saw a loophole though just as our HMRC have done the same with the BBC. So not really a criminal mate, a clever tax plan
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Isn't that what Cellino claimed, but they couldn't help themselves to pursue him? As far as I'm aware, all Big Sam did was offer advice to get round the system. He wasn't even dishonest, but got nailed. Mourhino is a convicted criminal but seemingly untouchable because he's scum.
 
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Doc said:
Morning all

U23s are doing great and its really factually all down to Victor Orta. Yes controversial but over half of yesterdays team came in last season. Remember Leeds were bottom of the league until Orta started doing deals last Summer, so from finishing bottom we went on to win the league last season, what a turn around. We have now started in a much higher league and are unbeaten. They are also playing the same Bielsaball as the first team because Bielsa wants to be able to bring in a kid when needed and to ask him to do the same role as he does for the kids. Also great to see Aapo Halme make his first start yesterday. Last week you will remember that Orta brought in a Norwegian wonderkid that had been chased by many of the top European giants.

Leeds Utd get no say in which games get covered on TV so stop blaming Radz for being greedy. My problem is that Leeds get more airtime than most Prem clubs like Man Utd, Liverpool, Chelsea, yet only get a fraction of the money the prem teams get. Sky use Leeds more because of the club and the brand and the history but get the same as Rotherham Utd. Lets say that Championship football is popular both here in the UK and around the World, and viewing figures are exactly the same as the prem, then the EFL have sold themselves short and should tell Sky to do one unless the money goes up. The new prem tv money has meant that last season every Prem club could offer free entry and still made more money than the previous season. That they refuse to do that is down to sheer greed. Coming bottom of the prem means you only get £100m. The EFL are shyte and sit and the feet of the Premier League and then the FA hoping for scraps. I expect Radz to have a big say in things later this season and his 11 Sports business will be used.....
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They might as well put Leeds on Sky every game at the start of the season and keep games at 3pm on a Saturday as they know they get the viewing figures. Shame we don't get a better deal for it though
 
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