Intervju med Bates

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Blank_File

Jah... Det var en del nytt for meg som ikke tidligere har lest noe om Bates. Har enda ikke gjort meg opp noen mening om mannen egentlig.

Promotion 2010

Intervju med Bates på Radio Malta i dag!

Brought up state of club when he took over £70m in debt, Ridsdale appalling managment. Mentioned story of Bridges (though didn't name him) the fabled £40k a week deal, when agent was looking for £10k! Said it cost him £1m to get rid!

Mentioned his 20 year spat with David Dean.

Best moments of his career being Chelsea Cup win and being responsible for the extra 10,000 seats at Wembley!

Muttered something about Leeds (missed it due to Mexico goal) and that they never should have been in L1 !

Then was very rude about the poor radio stations facilities and the fact he had to walk up stairs as they didn't have a Stanner installed for his arrival! Said Yorkshire Radio was a proper station hahahaha.

DJ was a Leeds fan but spent the entire interview licking Ken's backside..

TBH nothing very exciting bar the Left Back signing.


Ikke noe spesielt altså, bortsett fra ny venstreback!  :)


Mange tråder om Bates-intervjuer. Vi burde kanskje datert dem.....
Min første Leeds-kamp:
Strømsgodset vs Leeds, 19.september 1973

ToreLA

Har alltid likt Bates egentlig. Kanskje mest fordi jeg er så utrolig anti økonomisk dop i fotball. Tror vi er på rett vei. Ambramovitsj-tiden er snart forbi i fotballen.


Tom S

Quote from: ToreLA on June 11, 2010, 19:00:13
Har alltid likt Bates egentlig. Kanskje mest fordi jeg er så utrolig anti økonomisk dop i fotball. Tror vi er på rett vei. Ambramovitsj-tiden er snart forbi i fotballen.

Har aldri likt Bates, men ellers er eg enig med deg og håper "Abramovich-tiden" ebber ut og at fotballklubber snart kan kjempe om heder og ære uten "økonomisk doping".
COME ON LEEDS !!

newsome

Bates kjørte nesten Chelsea i grøften før han dro derfra.
Russeren reddet trolig klubben fra konkurs!

Så lenge Bates styrer Leeds blir klubben liggende lenge utenfor P.L.
Brukte tre år på å rykke oppfra Leauge One!
Kanske ti år før vi er oppe i P.L. ved Bates som leder.
Tragisk!!

DenHviteYeboah

Quote from: ToreLA on June 11, 2010, 19:00:13
Har alltid likt Bates egentlig. Kanskje mest fordi jeg er så utrolig anti økonomisk dop i fotball. Tror vi er på rett vei. Ambramovitsj-tiden er snart forbi i fotballen.
Litt rart dette Tore. Jo flere intervju jeg leser med Bates, desto mer og mer misliker jeg ham.
Jeg liker heller ikke dette med økonomisk doping i foppalen, men jeg synes det dessverre blir litt for mye ønsktenkning... ;)
Som å tro at Manu,Chelsea og Man City kommende sesong rykker ned.... :)
Men for all del, hvis vi kan rykke opp,stabilisere oss i PL,så kvalifisere oss for CL med Bates som eier og med de transferbudsjett vi har nå så alt i orden :)
Etter min mening en utopi med denne mannen bak spakene ;)

abbe

Quote from: newsome on June 11, 2010, 19:39:00
Bates kjørte nesten Chelsea i grøften før han dro derfra.
Russeren reddet trolig klubben fra konkurs!

Så lenge Bates styrer Leeds blir klubben liggende lenge utenfor P.L.
Brukte tre år på å rykke oppfra Leauge One!
Kanske ti år før vi er oppe i P.L. ved Bates som leder.
Tragisk!!

Så nå er du sint for han ikke setter økonomien i Leeds over styr igjen?

Dennis

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Quote from: DenHviteYeboah on June 11, 2010, 19:55:04
Jeg liker heller ikke dette med økonomisk doping i foppalen, men jeg synes det dessverre blir litt for mye ønsktenkning... ;)
Som å tro at Manu,Chelsea og Man City kommende sesong rykker ned.... :)

Off topic: Rykke ned neste sesong gjør de ikke, men det er likevel ikke ønsketenkning å tro at slik idiotstyring innenfor fotballen vil vedvare i all overskuelig fremtid. UEFA har allerede lansert regelendringer når det gjelder den økonomiske styringen av fotballklubbene som skal få lov til å delta i turneringer som Euro League og ikke minst Champions League.

Først og fremst skal klubber med enorm gjeld trues med utestengelse og andre regler skal hindre rike eiere å dekke massive driftsunderskudd; klubbene skal i løpet av en siste treårsperiode drives i pluss. Enkelte positive aspekter (ny stadion blant annet) skal ikke telle med; klubbene skal ha lov til å bygge for fremtiden.

Artig forresten hvordan du i hvert eneste innlegg forsvarer med at vi aldri vil kvalifisere oss til CL med dagens budsjett. Finnes det et menneske på planeten som påstår noe annet? Tror du ikke også at lønnsbudsjett vil justeres opp i forhold til i fjor, slik det vil bli også ved et eventuelt PL-opprykk? Har -selvsagt- fått med meg at du ikke tror på noen økning i transferbudsjettet, det har du jo bestemt allerede før vinduet åpner, men tror du ikke Leeds må drive i forhold til inntektene, slik andre klubber må/burde?
Marching on together!

DenHviteYeboah

Quote from: abbe on June 11, 2010, 20:03:47
Quote from: newsome on June 11, 2010, 19:39:00
Bates kjørte nesten Chelsea i grøften før han dro derfra.
Russeren reddet trolig klubben fra konkurs!

Så lenge Bates styrer Leeds blir klubben liggende lenge utenfor P.L.
Brukte tre år på å rykke oppfra Leauge One!
Kanske ti år før vi er oppe i P.L. ved Bates som leder.
Tragisk!!

Så nå er du sint for han ikke setter økonomien i Leeds over styr igjen?
lurt spørsmål...

DenHviteYeboah

Quote from: Mr Kaizer on June 11, 2010, 20:16:22
Quote from: DenHviteYeboah on June 11, 2010, 19:55:04
Jeg liker heller ikke dette med økonomisk doping i foppalen, men jeg synes det dessverre blir litt for mye ønsktenkning... ;)
Som å tro at Manu,Chelsea og Man City kommende sesong rykker ned.... :)

Off topic: Rykke ned neste sesong gjør de ikke, men det er likevel ikke ønsketenkning å tro at slik idiotstyring innenfor fotballen vil vedvare i all overskuelig fremtid. UEFA har allerede lansert regelendringer når det gjelder den økonomiske styringen av fotballklubbene som skal få lov til å delta i turneringer som Euro League og ikke minst Champions League.

Først og fremst skal klubber med enorm gjeld trues med utestengelse og andre regler skal hindre rike eiere å dekke massive driftsunderskudd; klubbene skal i løpet av en siste treårsperiode drives i pluss. Enkelte positive aspekter (ny stadion blant annet) skal ikke telle med; klubbene skal ha lov til å bygge for fremtiden.

Artig forresten hvordan du i hvert eneste innlegg forsvarer med at vi aldri vil kvalifisere oss til CL med dagens budsjett. Finnes det et menneske på planeten som påstår noe annet? Tror du ikke også at lønnsbudsjett vil justeres opp i forhold til i fjor, slik det vil bli også ved et eventuelt PL-opprykk? Har -selvsagt- fått med meg at du ikke tror på noen økning i transferbudsjettet, det har du jo bestemt allerede før vinduet åpner, men tror du ikke Leeds må drive i forhold til inntektene, slik andre klubber må/burde?

Hvis du leser emnet"so far so good" tror jeg du finner en del innlegg som sier at vi kan havne i CL med forsiktig pengebruk, og at penger trenger man ikke for å oppnå suksess...Problemet med denne debatten er at hvis man etterlyser å satse økonomisk blir man gang på gang møtt med Ridsdale argumentet,klubben over styr osv.Ingen mellomting.Jeg og noen andre mener at vi har midler utifra omsetning, men at dette blir fryst.Vi vet heller ikke hvem som eier klubben....
Skal bli spennende å se hva som skjer med "tenforken"....

Dennis

Quote from: DenHviteYeboah on June 11, 2010, 20:49:56
Skal bli spennende å se hva som skjer med "tenforken"....

Det sier jeg meg helt enig i.  De fortjener absolutt et saklig svar, ettersom de fremstår på en ryddig og saklig måte (i motsetning til 'Die Bates' o.l.) - av hva jeg har fått med meg i det minste. Blant annet stoppet de planer om 40.000 flygeblader grunnet et ønske om full sportslig fokus mot Bristol Rovers.

Frykter derimot at denne kampanjen vil ignoreres fra klubbens (les: eiernes) side.
Marching on together!

Karl Hot Shot

Quote from: Blank_File on January 06, 2010, 03:12:57
Jah... Det var en del nytt for meg som ikke tidligere har lest noe om Bates. Har enda ikke gjort meg opp noen mening om mannen egentlig.

Jeg tror faktisk du er den eneste som jeg vet om, som ikke har gjort seg opp en mening om Kenneth Bates. Ære være deg for ditt rene og troskyldige sinn.
 

euphor9

Quote from: DenHviteYeboah on June 11, 2010, 20:49:56
Quote from: Mr Kaizer on June 11, 2010, 20:16:22
Quote from: DenHviteYeboah on June 11, 2010, 19:55:04
Jeg liker heller ikke dette med økonomisk doping i foppalen, men jeg synes det dessverre blir litt for mye ønsktenkning... ;)
Som å tro at Manu,Chelsea og Man City kommende sesong rykker ned.... :)

Off topic: Rykke ned neste sesong gjør de ikke, men det er likevel ikke ønsketenkning å tro at slik idiotstyring innenfor fotballen vil vedvare i all overskuelig fremtid. UEFA har allerede lansert regelendringer når det gjelder den økonomiske styringen av fotballklubbene som skal få lov til å delta i turneringer som Euro League og ikke minst Champions League.

Først og fremst skal klubber med enorm gjeld trues med utestengelse og andre regler skal hindre rike eiere å dekke massive driftsunderskudd; klubbene skal i løpet av en siste treårsperiode drives i pluss. Enkelte positive aspekter (ny stadion blant annet) skal ikke telle med; klubbene skal ha lov til å bygge for fremtiden.

Artig forresten hvordan du i hvert eneste innlegg forsvarer med at vi aldri vil kvalifisere oss til CL med dagens budsjett. Finnes det et menneske på planeten som påstår noe annet? Tror du ikke også at lønnsbudsjett vil justeres opp i forhold til i fjor, slik det vil bli også ved et eventuelt PL-opprykk? Har -selvsagt- fått med meg at du ikke tror på noen økning i transferbudsjettet, det har du jo bestemt allerede før vinduet åpner, men tror du ikke Leeds må drive i forhold til inntektene, slik andre klubber må/burde?

Hvis du leser emnet"so far so good" tror jeg du finner en del innlegg som sier at vi kan havne i CL med forsiktig pengebruk, og at penger trenger man ikke for å oppnå suksess...Problemet med denne debatten er at hvis man etterlyser å satse økonomisk blir man gang på gang møtt med Ridsdale argumentet,klubben over styr osv.Ingen mellomting.Jeg og noen andre mener at vi har midler utifra omsetning, men at dette blir fryst.Vi vet heller ikke hvem som eier klubben....
Skal bli spennende å se hva som skjer med "tenforken"....


Dette er jeg helt enig med DHY.                 

Bates er en diktator!   utestenger journalister fra Elland Road?   

Første tegn på at ett land er for korrupt er når journalister blir drept (ala Mexico,Russland)
Kanskje en dårlig sammenligning,men poenget mitt er at jeg håpe vi blir drevet som Arsenal en dag.    Med fullt innsyn i regnskap på klubbens hjemmesider,og en sunn økonomi.

Nå skal jeg ikke dømme Bates før vi ser hva som skjer videre i sommer/høst.

Men jeg liker IKKE at fansen ikke får vite noe som helst om hva som egentlig skjer i alle sakene som angår fansen.


newsome

Quote from: abbe on June 11, 2010, 20:03:47
Quote from: newsome on June 11, 2010, 19:39:00
Bates kjørte nesten Chelsea i grøften før han dro derfra.
Russeren reddet trolig klubben fra konkurs!

Så lenge Bates styrer Leeds blir klubben liggende lenge utenfor P.L.
Brukte tre år på å rykke oppfra Leauge One!
Kanske ti år før vi er oppe i P.L. ved Bates som leder.
Tragisk!!

Så nå er du sint for han ikke setter økonomien i Leeds over styr igjen?
Ikke sint!!!!!!

Vil bare ha en eier som Leeds fortjener!En som vil satse og lenge penger på bordet slik at vi kommer fortest mulig der vi hører hjemme.Tilbake i P.L.

ToreLA

Quote from: DenHviteYeboah on June 11, 2010, 19:55:04
Quote from: ToreLA on June 11, 2010, 19:00:13
Har alltid likt Bates egentlig. Kanskje mest fordi jeg er så utrolig anti økonomisk dop i fotball. Tror vi er på rett vei. Ambramovitsj-tiden er snart forbi i fotballen.
Litt rart dette Tore. Jo flere intervju jeg leser med Bates, desto mer og mer misliker jeg ham.
Jeg liker heller ikke dette med økonomisk doping i foppalen, men jeg synes det dessverre blir litt for mye ønsktenkning... ;)
Som å tro at Manu,Chelsea og Man City kommende sesong rykker ned.... :)
Men for all del, hvis vi kan rykke opp,stabilisere oss i PL,så kvalifisere oss for CL med Bates som eier og med de transferbudsjett vi har nå så alt i orden :)
Etter min mening en utopi med denne mannen bak spakene ;)

Litt av grunnen til at jeg liker Bates er fordi han er ærlig og kompromissløs. Jeg er ikke i posisjon for å mislike han for Chelseafortiden eller noe annet. Han har selvsagt gjort upopulære avgjørelser i sin tid i Leeds, men jeg tror det kun har ført til at vi om noen år, mye takket være UEFA, igjen kan kjempe om heder og ære, uten en sjeik fra Dubai.


Same

Quote from: ToreLA on June 12, 2010, 00:07:05
Quote from: DenHviteYeboah on June 11, 2010, 19:55:04
Quote from: ToreLA on June 11, 2010, 19:00:13
Har alltid likt Bates egentlig. Kanskje mest fordi jeg er så utrolig anti økonomisk dop i fotball. Tror vi er på rett vei. Ambramovitsj-tiden er snart forbi i fotballen.
Litt rart dette Tore. Jo flere intervju jeg leser med Bates, desto mer og mer misliker jeg ham.
Jeg liker heller ikke dette med økonomisk doping i foppalen, men jeg synes det dessverre blir litt for mye ønsktenkning... ;)
Som å tro at Manu,Chelsea og Man City kommende sesong rykker ned.... :)
Men for all del, hvis vi kan rykke opp,stabilisere oss i PL,så kvalifisere oss for CL med Bates som eier og med de transferbudsjett vi har nå så alt i orden :)
Etter min mening en utopi med denne mannen bak spakene ;)

Litt av grunnen til at jeg liker Bates er fordi han er ærlig og kompromissløs. Jeg er ikke i posisjon for å mislike han for Chelseafortiden eller noe annet. Han har selvsagt gjort upopulære avgjørelser i sin tid i Leeds, men jeg tror det kun har ført til at vi om noen år, mye takket være UEFA, igjen kan kjempe om heder og ære, uten en sjeik fra Dubai.
Skal gi deg kompromissløs.  :D

Selv har jeg ikke mye imot Bates, selvfølgelig ikke en perfekt chairman. Men det finnes værre der ute, og synes han har en sunn transfer politikk.

DenHviteYeboah

Quote from: ToreLA on June 12, 2010, 00:07:05
Quote from: DenHviteYeboah on June 11, 2010, 19:55:04
Quote from: ToreLA on June 11, 2010, 19:00:13
Har alltid likt Bates egentlig. Kanskje mest fordi jeg er så utrolig anti økonomisk dop i fotball. Tror vi er på rett vei. Ambramovitsj-tiden er snart forbi i fotballen.
Litt rart dette Tore. Jo flere intervju jeg leser med Bates, desto mer og mer misliker jeg ham.
Jeg liker heller ikke dette med økonomisk doping i foppalen, men jeg synes det dessverre blir litt for mye ønsktenkning... ;)
Som å tro at Manu,Chelsea og Man City kommende sesong rykker ned.... :)
Men for all del, hvis vi kan rykke opp,stabilisere oss i PL,så kvalifisere oss for CL med Bates som eier og med de transferbudsjett vi har nå så alt i orden :)
Etter min mening en utopi med denne mannen bak spakene ;)

Litt av grunnen til at jeg liker Bates er fordi han er ærlig og kompromissløs. Jeg er ikke i posisjon for å mislike han for Chelseafortiden eller noe annet. Han har selvsagt gjort upopulære avgjørelser i sin tid i Leeds, men jeg tror det kun har ført til at vi om noen år, mye takket være UEFA, igjen kan kjempe om heder og ære, uten en sjeik fra Dubai.
Hva i all verden hadde vært galt med en sjeik fra Dubai som passivt spydde ut pund til klubben vår????
Som å si at det er synd at Norge tjener så mange penger på olje....skal man ha dårlig samvittighet for at man har god råd i forhold til andre?
Uansett håper jeg at uefa med Platini i spissen får til dette med at klubber må ha positivt resultat og ikke megagjeld for å delta i CL!

ToreLA

Positivt resultat innebærer jo at det ikke er en sjeik i Dubai som sørger for det. Meget selvmotsigende uttalelse. Økonomisk doping har allerede ødelagt fotballen. Nå må vi ikke kaste oss på når UEFA er iferd med å hindre at det skal skje videre.


DenHviteYeboah

Quote from: ToreLA on June 12, 2010, 09:37:40
Positivt resultat innebærer jo at det ikke er en sjeik i Dubai som sørger for det. Meget selvmotsigende uttalelse. Økonomisk doping har allerede ødelagt fotballen. Nå må vi ikke kaste oss på når UEFA er iferd med å hindre at det skal skje videre.
nja blir vel ikke selvmotsigende hvis sjeiken investerer i utbygging av stadion,akademiet osv?å spy inn penger som subsidier i driften er jeg enig i, men hva er da forskjellen på en draktsponsor og en sjeik som gir bidrag til enkeltprosjekter?

ToreLA

#20
Quote from: DenHviteYeboah on June 12, 2010, 09:59:09
Quote from: ToreLA on June 12, 2010, 09:37:40
Positivt resultat innebærer jo at det ikke er en sjeik i Dubai som sørger for det. Meget selvmotsigende uttalelse. Økonomisk doping har allerede ødelagt fotballen. Nå må vi ikke kaste oss på når UEFA er iferd med å hindre at det skal skje videre.
nja blir vel ikke selvmotsigende hvis sjeiken investerer i utbygging av stadion,akademiet osv?å spy inn penger som subsidier i driften er jeg enig i, men hva er da forskjellen på en draktsponsor og en sjeik som gir bidrag til enkeltprosjekter?

Greit nok. Men vis meg den Ambramovitsjen som er interessert i langsiktige investeringer....


Promotion 2010

#21
Et nytt intervju fra i går, 30.juni 2010:

Right, everything about Leeds is in black, everything not about Leeds is in blue, just to make it easier for those who don't want to read about Ken's thoughts on the FA, WAGs etc. It's very long, as you will see, but it's in full because people seem to like reading these write-ups for bits of information that you don't get on the official site because it is censored for craziness. Enjoy...

Ben Fry: I'm sat here in the Yorkshire Radio studios while the centenary pavilion is being built around me and we are seeing steel structures go up in the last few days. How are the guys getting on, are they on target and is everything going to plan?

Ken Bates: I'm very impressed with the progress to date, well you can tell us better than me. Of course the whole demolition has taken place now, the structural steel frame I understand is now complete and they're starting to do the infill ready for the cladding. You've courageously and manfully worked around all the noise and disruptions taking place during that time. You phoned me last night and said what's good about builders is it's five past five are they are still working. You tell me and the rest of the world how you think it is going.

BF: It seems to be moving at a pace chairman, the earth is still moving for us and the steel structure gives you an idea of how big the building is going to be. You could say it's starting to take shape.

KB: Good because that's part of our plan to generate more money outside the pitch. I know some people say why do you want to waste money on that, well I just want to remind them that if they ever want Leeds to be as great as they were, at least on the pitch, it need continuous money and not a one-off borrow basis and of course we have a long way to go yet. Even Liverpool, with their troubles, they are hitting £100m a year in commercial income and Manchester United have just exceeded £200m a year in commercial income so Paul Bell (commercial director brought in from Portsmouth) is doing a great job in his first six months of his reign and I think we have something big to announce shortly, we still have a long way to go to be up with them. The pavilion is part of the things that will give us that off-field income. Apart from that, it will also double up the capacity for fans somewhere when it is raining. Last season if had around 1400 fans in the conference and exhibitions centre. Next season will be around 2700 people. It is scheduled to be handed over on 17th of September and they are on schedule at the moment, which is good.

BF: Chairman, back to squad matters and the players are back in pre-season this Thursday. From a club point of view, do you see Thursday as the start of the season and getting down to the serious business?

KB: When they get back on Thursday it's basically clocking in and doing and audit of them, if you like and their performance over the summer. They will have blood tests, they will be weighed, test their fat and get a good idea of fitness and they will be introduced to what our schedule if for next season and what we do and how we're going to plan it, what the training routine is going to be, any new staff will be introduced. It's primarily to get them ready for getting down to business on Friday. It's important to get off to a good start and that's why it's important to sign new players as soon as possible because they then have time to get in and make friends with existing members of the squad and adapt to Simon's way of thinking. We already have five new players as you know. They will be welcomed but they've all been to Thorp Arch before because we insist they take the medical so we can show them what great facilities we have. Now that the World Cup fiasco is over, we can get down to proper business and Simon, Gwyn, and Shaun are working very hard in getting additions to the squad but they're not going to do very much while the World Cup has been on and also because of holidays because a lot of agents, a lot of club officials and a lot of players have gone on holiday. It's frustrating but Shaun is going to the League meeting today in Milton Keynes and no doubt some discussion will be taking place and finalising matters which have been in the negotiations stage for a long time.

BF: Chairman, a lot of people say you can read too much into pre-season games and performances but last year the club were unbeaten and carried that into the start of the season so surely winning in pre-season has to be better than putting in some indifferent displays?

KB: Of course it does and often at pre-season you can put trialists in and give people an opportunity to show how good they are but it doesn't necessarily mean they are bedded into the team so while we want to do well, it's more important how we play and the impact of the new players we bring in to settling into the team. But the real test will be when we play Wolves on 31st of July because they're a Premiership club but they play the kind of football we've got to beat in the Championship. That's why Simon chose Wolves as the last pre-season game.



Og endel som ikke er om Leeds:
BF: Chairman, you mentioned the World Cup, let's move to England. Abject displays, well below par, where did it all go wrong?

KB: First of all, we've got a knee-jerk reaction about Capello. If you go back, the papers were all about what a genius he was and blah blah blah. Then there was John Terry's extraordinary press conference followed by Steven Gerrard's, all of a sudden a decent goal is disallowed when it could have been 2-2, players lose their shape and we lose 4-1 and Capello's useless. I don't subscribe to that theory. I think he should have learnt to speak better English than he does now. The most important thing is the attitude of the players. So many excuses were put out… they players are tired…tired?… well Leeds United played 60 games last season and they weren't too tired to come back from behind with 10 men and beat Bristol Rover and get promoted. So I think tiredness is an excuse. Maybe if they cut down their playboy lifestyle that would help to give them better rest. Then let's look at three of the players who have played in the World Cup. First of them is Cashley Cole, who once described £85,000 a week as an insult. We've got Joe Cole who is on a free transfer because despite an indifferent season with injuries, he is demanding £100,000 a week. We've got Shaun Wright-Phillips who wasn't a success at Chelsea but went back to Manchester City and hasn't made any great impact int the World Cup and is demanding £100,000-£110,000. I mean which planet are these players living on? More importantly let's look at the age. I read somewhere the average age of our squad is 28.7 years which is the oldest in the World Cup. I think we should forget 2012 European Champinships and get on with 2014. In four years time the average of that team will be 32.7 so what I think needs to happen now is a really dramatic clear out, start again. We don't want to see Beckham any more around the England camp, God knows what he was doing there anyway. We want to bring the kids in and it should start when we play Hungary on August 11. I mean David James, who I thought was brilliant in the games he played, but he's 40 so you got to bring youngsters. Johnson had an indifferent game, Upson scored a goal someone said he was like a bird - good in the air, no good on the ground. John Terry I thought had a disastrous game. He hasn't been his usually impressive self throughout the compeition. Why we brought Heskey on I do not know. I think we've got to have a fresh start and lets get the younger kids and if we take a few good hidings between now and 2011 and 2012 so be it but let's start building our international team around 23/24 year olds who will be 27/28 year olds in 2014 and please God we'll have a great team for 2018 because what don't want is to be terrible on our own doorstep. We need a clean sheet of paper, nothing written on it, nobody is sacred and nobody is ruled out from the start. We've got lots of good youngsters, it's a pity the Premiership doesn't get them playing more, we've got to concentrate on that. That means a rethink by the FA and more importantly the Premiership. The Premier League has started, they have now introduced the seven home grown players rule, it's not much but it's a start. The other encouraging thing is that the big spenders are clamping down now. It's nice to see that Mr Abramovich has now drawn a line in the sand and said no, we're not going to pay Joe Cole £100,000 a week, he can go and same with Ballack and maybe now we will see if clubs use more appropriate wage restraints. You have to respect Arsenal who have theirs, other clubs should follow suit and if that means that the so called great players don't come to England then so be it, we didn't have many foreign players in England when we won the World Cup in 1966 so it's back to being English with a sprinkling of foreign players bar the 172, 176 foreign players in England who went to the World Cup in South Africa from other countries.

BF: Chairman, you mention that clean slate and starting again. Does that involved Fabio Capello or has his position become untenable?

KB: Well it's a good job people around good football clubs don't take action immediately. Right up to the Germany game Capello was OK, he was a great guy, he was the lord of the rags and the shags and he was a great guy doing it properly. We lose to Germany and he useless, chuck him out, get rid of him, we've got to replace him, for two or three days, now all of a sudden calmer voices are coming out and hang on that's the only game Capello has lost since he took over. Yeah we lost but this is the same Capello that beat Germany in a friendly not so long ago in Germany. I think we have, in my opinion, indiscipline in the dressing room. Capello was also a bit unlucky with some of his injuries particularly at the back but I think now Capello should do a Ferguson. Once you think you're bigger than the team, you're finished, you're out. I think Capello should be given a chance. Also be given English lessons. What did you see, the first thing you saw when the plane landed at Heathrow, all the players, the kids. I mean do you bring your wife to work? Of course you don't. Do other people bring their wives to work? Do you know any other employer provides them first class accommodation and chauffeurs them back and forth all over the place? No. Why the hell should footballers do it? Why should English footballers do it? This is madness, oh the poor players, they can't be without their wives and their children. Oh what about the poor buggers in Afganistan? Are they flying out to Afganistan with their families and put up in luxury accommodation and given first class flights back? Of course not. Half the trouble is that England back in the good old days were that England were a battling bulldog, rough and tough because that's what we've been like for 1000s of years. All of a sudden they all mollycoddled little do das. A clean sweep from top to bottom.

BF: Chairman, after a World Cup exit the FA's handling of the game always comes into question. Obviously they have had their own issues with Lord Triesman leaving, where do you see the FA's role in all of this? Can they walk away and say we did the best and provided everything we could?

KB: They can't walk away. They should set up the internal committee of inquiries to look at the way other international… I personally had a brief stage on the international committee back in the 80s and I came off it because I thought it was a shambles and obviously it's not a lot better now. I think we've got to examine everything and not just the international team, we got to see how the Premiership handle it and they have to be courageous enough to see how the Premiership manages its own affairs and it has to look at it's own back room organisation. How many PR people and managers and communications officers does the FA need? Perhaps we should take a lesson from Mr Osbourne in downsizing and largely, the English team negotiate their own commercial deals with the FA that should be torn up straight away. It show go out of the window to give all the old, overaged, over hyped players to start again. It should be an honour to play for England. They shouldn't be negotiating deals on the back of the fact they are playing for their countries. One very last thing, and I said this 10 years ago but Eriksson was too bloody weak to do anything about it. International caps should only be awarded for when we play competitive matches and you should only get a cap if you start the game. If you come on as a sub up to and at half time you should get a semi cap but after that nothing. You do realise that Shaun Wright-Phillips and Heskey both get another cap for their cameo appearances against Germany. It's bloody ridiculous. It demeans the value of an England cap. Once it used to be an honour and now it's handed out with the rations.

BF: Chairman, you mentioned giving Capello another chance but do you question the wisdom of the FA to remove the get-out clause in his contract before we had actually seen what he can do in a major tournament?

Yes, I think that was knee-jerk reaction to newspaper stories. Team England, which I think is headed by the board have got to sit down and look at him and not just in the narrow. They have got to examine everything and not just themselves.

BF: Chairman, one more issue to come from the game and it's an old favourite, goal-line technology. Everybody would agree that the Lampard goal should have stood and could have changed the outcome of the game, where does FIFA go now on goal-line technology?

KB: Well, Mr Blatter has done a U-turn, he's said he's going to consider it urgently. I don't remain convinced actually. We didn't need technology to know when the ball was over the line. We all saw it was over and the goalkeeper admitted it. The German goalkeeper admitted he cheated, he admitted it. But i've seen it in the Premiership. One of the great things about football is referees get it wrong. Wrong decisions are made people are given offside when they are not, penalties are given when they are not, it's all part of the fun. The trouble now is that there's so much money in the game that it's all gone out of proportion. I've still got an open mind.


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BF: Finally chairman, let's move it back to Leeds United. With the players back on Thursday, do you feel the pace is going to pick and the excitement around the city is going to start to build towards this new Championship challenge?

KB: Well I have to say and I've said before that we're not there to make up the numbers, we're going to make a challenge. We're going to do it in a considered way, with regards to looking after our finances and living within our means. So from that point of view, what's really encouraging is that as of last night we had sold 720 more season tickets than last year, that's 12113 and our total membership renewals are already over 26,000 against our total of 38,000 last year. And everything is doing well. Our boxes, we just have one box in the East Stand out of 22, we have sold all the big suites at the end of the East Stand boxes, which we've never sold before, our South Stand boxes are doing well and our corporate hospitality packages are well up on last year and we've already sold eight match sponsorships with seven more under discussion so it is looking very well. Don't forget this is the summer season as well, lots of people are on holiday, lots of people are away making other plans and so on and so forth, we didn't get a decision, so I'm very encouraged by the progress to date and it's a great compliment to our commercial team and our advertising which is really looking up, also under the supervision of Paul Bell. Our advertising, which has underachieved over the last few years, is now looking very good. All in all, we're in good financial health, we intend to stay that way. It's an expensive club to run is Leeds, we're working accordingly. There's one last thing that fans might like to know, in contingent payments, add-ons, bonuses and performances we will over the next five or six weeks be paying out no less than £1.3million. This will be paid to third-party clubs who lent us their players, players and staff, bonuses for getting the club up into the Championship, well deserved, well earned and not begrudged.
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Strømsgodset vs Leeds, 19.september 1973

bwirum

Haha, Cashley Cole! Artig :)

En kan mene hva en vil om Ken Bates, men han er en relativt reflektert mann, dog med et litt for brått temperament til tider...

Veldig enig med han faktisk, ang krav til hjemmespillere i England. Så det veldig tydelig under WC nå at de lider under alt for mange utenlandske spillere i ligaen. Nesten 180! spillere fra engelske ligaer i WC sier jo sitt.
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Quote from: Promotion 2010 on July 01, 2010, 09:30:33have time to get in and make friends with existing members of the squad and adapt to Simon's way of thinking. We already have five new players as you know. They will be welcomed but they've all been to Thorp Arch before because we insist they

Five? Eh, noe jeg ikke har fått med meg? Schmeichel, Paynter, Connoly, Bessone og .... ???
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Quote from: DenHviteYeboah on August 18, 2009, 23:07:40
min attr søt kaff på min atamaskin- virkr ikk bra- rfr han jg ikk skrvt så my i t sist

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Promotion 2010

Quote from: bwirum on July 01, 2010, 12:51:30
Quote from: Promotion 2010 on July 01, 2010, 09:30:33have time to get in and make friends with existing members of the squad and adapt to Simon's way of thinking. We already have five new players as you know. They will be welcomed but they've all been to Thorp Arch before because we insist they

Five? Eh, noe jeg ikke har fått med meg? Schmeichel, Paynter, Connoly, Bessone og .... ???

Det var en skrivefeil av han som skrev artikkelen. Ingen nye inn ennå!  ;)
Min første Leeds-kamp:
Strømsgodset vs Leeds, 19.september 1973