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Leeds WERE a good squad, but look how that was acheived, by part owning players and paying silly wages.
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Sorry Jon, but that shows severe lack of knowledge.
When David O'Learly took over, he played a shitload of youngsters, not Robbie Fowler or over paid used to be quality players, these came later. O'Leary had the balls to play the youngsters, Graham didn't dare and it paid off.
That was the basis of the Leeds team, players like Woodgate, Kewell, Gary Kelly, Ian Harte, Alan Smith and Lee Bowyer, amongst others.
The trouble started when Peter Ridsdale started spending too much money and relying on us finishing 4th for CL. We didn't and it has sent us spiralling out of control.
Leeds will of course be back, but how long is another story. The amount of billionaires getting involved in football, will see teams like Leeds and Forest get back eventually imo.