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Venables? Say it ain't so?

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,825 ✭✭✭Mikeyt086


    event wrote: »
    im a leeds fan and i can tell you that is 100% false, at least get statements right

    Its just what ive been told from 4 of my Leeds supporting mates.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,303 ✭✭✭✭event


    OPENROAD wrote: »
    How do Leeds fans feel about O'Leary.

    me personally, i dont blame him really

    yeah he spent all the money, but he was given it and told i was alright.
    ridsdale is the main culprit, blame lies squarely wit him


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,692 ✭✭✭✭OPENROAD


    event wrote: »
    me personally, i dont blame him really

    yeah he spent all the money, but he was given it and told i was alright.
    ridsdale is the main culprit, blame lies squarely wit him


    His book did not go down to well.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 426 ✭✭DaveH


    Mikeyt086 wrote: »
    Its just what ive been told from 4 of my Leeds supporting mates.

    Well they dont know what there talking about. Rot had well and truly set in before El Tel took over. Ferdinand was sold before he started. Robbie Keane wanted out before el tel was appointed. Woodgate was sold by the chairman.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,430 ✭✭✭Sizzler


    Big Sam as his assistant :D


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  • Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,402 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    The problem with Venables at Leeds was that he was brought in to stop the rot and things went from bad to worse while he was there. He had a reputation as a top quality manager but he left the club in greater disarray than when he found it, and while not all of this was his fault, he does have to take his share of the blame. It was clear that he was only in it for the money, a fact borne out when he refused to defer the money the club owed him after he left, despite them being in a dire financial situation. Having said all that, his record was significantly better than Peter Reid who succeeded him.


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