You still continue to miss the point old son. The argument is who thinks Blackwell has 'done what it said on the tin' so far, and therefore deserves a chance to go the final step.
Blackwell said right at the start, and Bates has since said that turning Leeds back into a side to win promotion would take 3 years. That in customer service speak is called 'managing expectations'. Its like being diagnosed with cancer then being told by the consultant that he can make you better, but its not going to be comfortable in the years in between because the treatment isn't pretty. Most of us accepted that diagnosis. Most of us were happy as larry that in fact we weren't told 'sorry, theres no help, you will die'. So for us, though the first season was difficult, losing to Rotherham and stuff, by the end of it we were firstly grateful that we hadn't been relegated, or worse, and second, because what was happening was exactly what we were told would, we were reassured that the recovery was on plan. Last season we were told that this stage in the recovery would see us turn into a top 10 club. Again, it wasn't pretty, it was at times frustrating, but we still never forgot we were alive, and the season finished exactly as we were told it would a year before. Therefore the recovery was still bang on track. Why on earth at that stage, WHEN EVERYTHING HAS GONE TO PLAN, would you not at least give the bloke a fucking chance to finish the job off? Our club was in a unique position 2 years ago, no other fucker would touch us with a barge pole, Blackwell showed faith in us, the fans. Normally I would say sentiment has no place in football, but this time I disagree - he deserves the chance, much like Vinny should have had the chance to play for us in the 1st div after we got promoted. But apart from all that, he gave us a 3 year plan to get us back into the prem, the first 2 years have gone exactly to plan, so it makes logical sense to stick by the bloke. Simple as. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:leedslist- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Walker > Sent: 01 June 2006 10:21 > To: Chris Wright > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LU] He might just have learnt something > > Chris, > > It's not a question about who is winning or losing > it's who rates Blackie and who doesn't. The argument > will come to its logical conclusion next season. > > Pro-Blackwell List > Mark Humphries > Mark Bursa > Chris Wright > Terry Emmott > Sean Emmott > > Anyone else want to add their name to the list. Anyone > not on this list doesn't rate Blackie by default. > > > > --- Chris Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Ignoring the perspectives of the individuals engaged > > in this highly > > entertaining debate, I would say a winning position > > would be the one where a > > well articulated, reasonable argument is put forward > > without effective > > rebuttal. A losing position would be one where faced > > with a reasonable well > > articulated argument the protagonist resorts to > > verbal abuse. > > > > By that definition, I would say that Mark Humphries > > is winning the debate by > > a country mile.... > > > > Chris W > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Nigel Holcroft" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 6:14 PM > > Subject: RE: [LU] He might just have learnt > > something > > > > > > > Winning???? Was there a poll? > > > > > > Oh winning in your opinion... Or, put more > > correctly, agreeing with your > > > view of the situation... > > > > > > Surely, a fairly shallow victory at best! > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > BTW Rich, Mark H is winning this highly > > entertaining contest hands down, > > > for > > > > > > the simple reason that he has his expectations in > > perspective. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and > > the list administrators > > > accept no liability for the personal views and > > opinions of contributors. > > > Leedslist mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > > > http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > > > oh alright then :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and > > the list administrators > > > accept no liability for the personal views and > > opinions of contributors. > > > Leedslist mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > > > http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > > > oh alright then :-) > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and > > the list administrators accept no liability for the > > personal views and opinions of contributors. > > Leedslist mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > > oh alright then :-) > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > The all-new Yahoo! 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