useless Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 If someone asked me who was the biggest club between Blackburn and Leeds my initial reaction would be to think Leeds, but to be fair looking at it, Blackburn have spent considerably more seasons in the top flight than Leeds, including more seasons in the Premier league and have won more trophies as well, they've both won the league three times, and the league cup once, but Blackburn have won the FA cup six times, whereas Leeds have only won it once. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted February 11, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted February 11, 2020 7 hours ago, villa4europe said: yep, leeds are now 51 seasons out and 49 seasons in the top flight, big in the 70s and with gobby fans with typical Yorkshire men mentality doesn't make them a big club This x1000 Come on Brentford! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stevo985 Posted February 11, 2020 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2020 8 hours ago, villalad21 said: Hope Leeds win today. Not good for English football to have the big clubs out of the top division. Dunno how English football has coped for the past 16 years without Leeds in the top division. Or for 87 of it's 132 year history without Leeds in the top flight. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCollins29 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Would love to see leeds bottle it again. Will cripple them financially, best players will leave, bielsa will go hahaha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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villalad21 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 14 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: Dunno how English football has coped for the past 16 years without Leeds in the top division. Or for 87 of it's 132 year history without Leeds in the top flight. Just my opinion. I'd prefer clubs like Leeds, Nott Forest and Derby being in Premier League while tin pot clubs like Burnley, Bournemouth and Brighton going down a tier. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 21 minutes ago, villalad21 said: Just my opinion. I'd prefer clubs like Leeds, Nott Forest and Derby being in Premier League while tin pot clubs like Burnley, Bournemouth and Brighton going down a tier. what makes Leeds special and Burnley and Brighton tinpot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elton Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 2 minutes ago, Zatman said: what makes Leeds special and Burnley and Brighton tinpot Fan base size and atmosphere at grounds for me. When they were flying high years/decades ago, Elland Road was an intimidating away fixture, like a lot of the traditional bigger clubs. The likes of Burnley, Bournemouth, Watford don’t really generate much atmosphere or interest. Although I obviously prefer Leeds to stay down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 11, 2020 Moderator Share Posted February 11, 2020 I'm torn on Burnley. They're a very historical club with honours so their stature warrants Premier League more than many other clubs, but the way they currently play the game is a stain on football and for that reason they'd be one of the 3 I'd want going down, but I'd never regard them as tinpot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 1 hour ago, lapal_fan said: As with everything football related, it depends on the metric you're using. Until he clears it up, nothing is ridiculous because you dunno what you're comparing. Well I thought it was pretty clear he was comparing leeds and blackburn, claiming the latter to be the bigger club. Leeds were getting bigger attendances in league 1 than Blackburn were getting in the PL. Blackburn won the league once, 25 years ago because they had the richest owner in England briefly and it was long before FFP reared its ugly head. They are not even remotely comparable in size and stature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Only thing that Leeds have over Blackburn is bigger attendances, going by that criteria Sunderland and Newcastle are bigger clubs than VIlla. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Speaking of Blackburn they've just somehow managed to score three goals in four minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 11, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted February 11, 2020 Could be out of the automatic places this time tomorrow night... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 58 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: Could be out of the automatic places this time tomorrow night... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 (edited) Half their league games this season they've failed to score more than one goal. That's some going considering they have 60% possesion in majority of games. Tonight they had 67%. If they had Mitrovic upfront they'd win the league. How on earth did Kiko Casila get signed by Real Madrid btw, he is dismal. Edited February 11, 2020 by VillaChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 4 hours ago, alreadyexists said: Just keep them away from the kids. Eew, this chewing gum tastes awful, but oh, what great bubbles. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Interesting Leeds fans turning on Bielsa, if he didn't have his madeup bullshit reputation he be sacked already. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 22 hours ago, useless said: If someone asked me who was the biggest club between Blackburn and Leeds my initial reaction would be to think Leeds, but to be fair looking at it, Blackburn have spent considerably more seasons in the top flight than Leeds, including more seasons in the Premier league and have won more trophies as well, they've both won the league three times, and the league cup once, but Blackburn have won the FA cup six times, whereas Leeds have only won it once. Blackburn are a weird one. Basically outside the top flight since 1965/66 and then got very lucky with the timing of having a rich owner come on board right before the Premier League came about. Pretty sure they were fighting relegation before Walker took over mid season and they bought their way to survival then chucked money at getting promoted. Scraped through Playoffs then destroyed the British transfer record like three times or something - rest is history. Pre-1994/95, their last major honour was in 1927/28. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Before Bielsa came in Leeds had finishd, 7th, 14th, 13th, 15th, 15th, 13th, 7th, 13th, in the championship since getting promoted from league one. Without him they wouldn't even be anywhere near the automatic places, their squad really isn't very good. The trouble is that for all his good work he does with them, he undoes it himself with his own stubborness, such as refusing to drop players when out of form, falling out with players, this apparently happened last season and was why Jansson was left out of the play-off semi finals, that decision in itself probably cost them a place in the final, and maybe promotion. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 (edited) It's actually turning out to be a good week for them, Brentford, Fulham, and Forest all failing to capitalize on a good chance to knock them out of the top two. All Forest had to do was beat one of Small Heath or Charlton and they'd be second now. I suppose the less good news for them is that because Bristol City have won and Preston look like winning, there's now only three points seperating second and seventh place. Edited February 12, 2020 by useless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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