xLiaaamx Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 I assume if Qatar try to buy Leeds that we'll get the same circus we've had for this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloydianMag Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 I wonder how much money this deal is actually worth to the Premier League? Saudi investment into the brand and tv rights etc. I’m guessing it’ll be a lot. Enough that I’d assume they’re looking for reasons to approve it anyway. That’s what I’m pinning my hopes on right now. The last deal Sky paid £6.4bill and BT paid £1.4bill for 3 years rights. Cant find the Bein Sports payment? Said this a while ago. Football is losing money because of COVID, the PL will use this to negotiate with the Saudis and get a better deal than they have with bein for the TV rights. Qatar have very little input outside of the TV deal. They bought the wrong club in the wrong league. It will be interesting to see how Qatar react. Will they turn their back on the Premier League? Or will they go all out and buy Leeds in an attempt to show Saudi Arabia and the UAE that they aren’t going to have the North of England and Premier League to themselves? Leeds are a really attractive club for a money-no-object foreign investor. I was always worried the Saudis might switch to them if Ashley fucked them around too much. Leeds are tiny compared to us in terms of fanbase and they'd need to bulld a brand new stadium for starters. West Ham would be a better bet. I think they'd try for them before Leeds. Leeds were getting 40k attendances in the championship. As Stifler has said, they will also probably tap into a lot of Yorkshire's fan base if they ever hit the big time again as it is the major city in the county, and probably still recognised as a major waypoint in England. Not that I want them to be bought, we have enough competition already through other mega rich clubs, but if I was an investor looking for a club with CL potential and big club appeal, that would be the one I'd go for rather than another London club. It would certainly piss the London clubs off with the potential wealth concentrated in the north Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 I wonder how much money this deal is actually worth to the Premier League? Saudi investment into the brand and tv rights etc. I’m guessing it’ll be a lot. Enough that I’d assume they’re looking for reasons to approve it anyway. That’s what I’m pinning my hopes on right now. The last deal Sky paid £6.4bill and BT paid £1.4bill for 3 years rights. Cant find the Bein Sports payment? Said this a while ago. Football is losing money because of COVID, the PL will use this to negotiate with the Saudis and get a better deal than they have with bein for the TV rights. Qatar have very little input outside of the TV deal. They bought the wrong club in the wrong league. It will be interesting to see how Qatar react. Will they turn their back on the Premier League? Or will they go all out and buy Leeds in an attempt to show Saudi Arabia and the UAE that they aren’t going to have the North of England and Premier League to themselves? Leeds are a really attractive club for a money-no-object foreign investor. I was always worried the Saudis might switch to them if Ashley fucked them around too much. Leeds are tiny compared to us in terms of fanbase and they'd need to bulld a brand new stadium for starters. West Ham would be a better bet. I think they'd try for them before Leeds. Leeds were getting 40k attendances in the championship. As Stifler has said, they will also probably tap into a lot of Yorkshire's fan base if they ever hit the big time again as it is the major city in the county, and probably still recognised as a major waypoint in England. Not that I want them to be bought, we have enough competition already through other mega rich clubs, but if I was an investor looking for a club with CL potential and big club appeal, that would be the one I'd go for rather than another London club. They've never had 40k in the Championship. When we played them 3 years ago the crowd was 36k and that was their biggest league gate for almost a decade. 4 years ago they were getting lots of sub 20k crowds for league games. They have a very fickle following. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest godzilla Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Eat your heart out lads here are all the crowds http://european-football-statistics.co.uk/attnclub/league/leeu.htm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ7 Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 To be fair they've had quite a few seasons of nothingness in the middle of the Championship. Enough to turn anyone off. Even when we won it under Rafa it was brutal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Jesus. Really makes me feel old when I realise how long certain clubs have actually been out of the PL. Leeds still feel like they're traditionally a PL club to me yet they've been out of it for half my life. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Jesus. Really makes me feel old when I realise how long certain clubs have actually been out of the PL. Leeds still feel like they're traditionally a PL club to me yet they've been out of it for half my life. They've been out of the top flight for more than half of their existence as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 They've never had 40k in the Championship. When we played them 3 years ago the crowd was 36k and that was their biggest league gate for almost a decade. 4 years ago they were getting lots of sub 20k crowds for league games. They have a very fickle following. I wouldn't want to call them fickle when their club has been run so terribly. Of all sets of fans, we should empathise with that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Can we change the thread title to Leeds United Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 They've never had 40k in the Championship. When we played them 3 years ago the crowd was 36k and that was their biggest league gate for almost a decade. 4 years ago they were getting lots of sub 20k crowds for league games. They have a very fickle following. I wouldn't want to call them fickle when their club has been run so terribly. Of all sets of fans, we should empathise with that. Difference is rightly or wrongly a terribly run NUFC were still getting 45k+. Leeds were getting under 20k for many games. As I say you can't compare the two fanbases. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 They've never had 40k in the Championship. When we played them 3 years ago the crowd was 36k and that was their biggest league gate for almost a decade. 4 years ago they were getting lots of sub 20k crowds for league games. They have a very fickle following. I wouldn't want to call them fickle when their club has been run so terribly. Of all sets of fans, we should empathise with that. Difference is rightly or wrongly a terribly run NUFC were still getting 45k+. Leeds were getting under 20k for many games. As I say you can't compare the two fanbases. Maybe their fans are better for staying away ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ7 Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 They've never had 40k in the Championship. When we played them 3 years ago the crowd was 36k and that was their biggest league gate for almost a decade. 4 years ago they were getting lots of sub 20k crowds for league games. They have a very fickle following. I wouldn't want to call them fickle when their club has been run so terribly. Of all sets of fans, we should empathise with that. Difference is rightly or wrongly a terribly run NUFC were still getting 45k+. Leeds were getting under 20k for many games. As I say you can't compare the two fanbases. We started the Championship season under Hughton with about 36k. If we'd been shite it would have been interesting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 They've never had 40k in the Championship. When we played them 3 years ago the crowd was 36k and that was their biggest league gate for almost a decade. 4 years ago they were getting lots of sub 20k crowds for league games. They have a very fickle following. I wouldn't want to call them fickle when their club has been run so terribly. Of all sets of fans, we should empathise with that. Difference is rightly or wrongly a terribly run NUFC were still getting 45k+. Leeds were getting under 20k for many games. As I say you can't compare the two fanbases. Maybe their fans are better for staying away ? I doubt that's how any potential new owners would look at it. They've got better fans because they won't turn up when things aren't going their way. Nah. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Presumably these are the riveting conversations everyone wants to get back to when they're complaining about the ethics conversation playing out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlito Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaus Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 It's a 'he' Slowly narrowing it down Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheInfiniteOdyssey Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 I would hope with Project Restart now finalised, this will be resolved in any case very soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Facundo Ferreyra Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Who do we reckon it is then? One of the Reubens? Richard Masters? Does he have a direct line to MBS himself? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjb Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 It's a 'he' Slowly narrowing it down If it's a clueless he should be Charnley or Bacon lover. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto2005 Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Reuben's seems most plausible, either them or Fabrice Pancrate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandy Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 It's a 'he' Slowly narrowing it down Yasir Al-Rumayyan maybe? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggys First Goal Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Who do we reckon it is then? One of the Reubens? Richard Masters? Does he have a direct line to MBS himself? He’s previously said the contact is in the Middle East. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Who do we reckon it is then? One of the Reubens? Richard Masters? Does he have a direct line to MBS himself? Must be from the buyers if he is telling the truth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Slowly? It's a 'he' Slowly narrowing it down Slowly? In one fell swoop, he's ruled out 50% of the world population in a single tweet. If he keeps that up, in 32 more tweets time we'll know exactly who it is. Just got to pay attention to the clues now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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