Bye Bye Tres and Thank Heavens For the Tabloids

There were a couple of newsworthy developments leading up to the Scunthorpe game worth mentioning.

KANDOL TO MILWALL

From a personal perspective, a good move for all. The message boards have broadly divided in their opinion on Kandol, which surprises me considering what an awful footballer he is. The focus in the "for" camp seems limited to two goals - against Tranmere (a) and Forest (a) and, whilst they were important goals, for me (and the "against" club) the more poignant and frequent memories are the mis-controls, the terrible shooting, the misplaced passing which were continuously but permanently burned onto my memory by bad performance after bad performance.

I don't dispute that those goals mentioned were important so we can be grateful for the contribution, but it is time to be realistic. He was not, is not, nor ever will be good enough for Leeds.

I know it is a loan but his days must be numbered at Elland Road. Please.

Still, we wish him well!


"NO ONE LIKES US, WE DON'T CARE"

Despite the fact that, as we are so often reminded, we are certainly not famous anymore, The Sun found it most certainly newsworthy to tell everyone as loudly as possible that despite this we are actually the most hated club in the country.

In a poll administered by Sandler Training. Despite the fact that there is no further information on the poll, for example why it was carried out, how many people were canvassed etc The Sun has gleefully latched onto the story, printing with it the obligatory unwelcoming photo of Papa Smurf outside Elland Road which any rag happily trots out any time there is a remotely negative piece of news about Leeds.

Thankfully, The Mirror also found a little time for us in their busy schedule to mention this story. Phew.

Moving along. If you find yourself bewildered as to the reason that Leeds aren't popular, we are indeed all blessed that The Sun not only can spot a humdinger of a story, but more significantly that they have a team of specialists to help the uninformed reader get to the bottom of these unsolvable riddles:-

"Football experts believe the club has been unable to get rid of the ‘Dirty Leeds’ tag that the team acquired in the Don Revie era of the 1970s because of their tough tackling and “win nasty” style."

Unfortunately, the football experts the Sun so fortunately had to hand at just the right time were not named. Shame, really, how nice it would have been to have heard more.

Also, in a remarkably brilliant insight into the minds of all football fans up and down the country, Shaun Thomson of Sandler Training, who appears to have been heavily involved in this critical piece of research, confirms that:-

"...fans look at Leeds and immediately think they are arrogant and big-headed. To change the perception of other fans, Leeds must stop living up to the negative image that’s been created around the club and start doing things differently. Maybe that’s what Morecambe have achieved — they are new to the league, have new ideas and positive appeal.”

One can only hope that representatives of the club were on hand to read the breaking news before it's too late. At least, if nothing else, we can be confident in the accuracy of a set of results which confirms what we all knew; the most popular club in the country is League 2 Morecambe.

A huge thanks to the tabloids and not forgetting Sandler Training for helping everyone out on a very, very slow news day.