Leeds Need Reality Check

With Leeds United due at Edgar Street in just ten days time, an article, written by Chris Travers, has appeared in the Stoke Sentinel which sums up their present predicamemt and reminds them that they are playing in the same League as Hereford United.

A WAVE of giggles rippled around the country on Sunday when Gary McAllister was sacked as Leeds United manager.
Now that is no reflection on McAllister, who was an excellent player, but it highlights yet another sorry tale in Leeds’ recent history.
A decade on from Champions League football, trips to Milan have been replaced by journeys to MK Dons, who inflicted a fifth successive defeat on Leeds to leave them five points off the League One play-offs.
The management and behind-the-scenes staff are, no doubt, working hard to move the club through the divisions (in the right direction), but the reason Leeds are disliked around the country is their fans.
For some reason, they are that deluded they believe they have a divine right to be in the Premier League.
Well, years of mismanagement put paid to that I’m afraid.
They also claim to be the biggest club in Yorkshire... although it is quite easy to reel off names of teams who supersede the Elland Road club.
The fans must see the true picture and accept that they are a League One club for a reason... although new manager Simon Grayson has the pedigree to take them forward.
After festive fixtures against Leicester and Stockport, Leeds open up 2009 with a trip to Hereford.
Edgar Street is certainly not the Emirates Stadium, and may just convince Leeds fans of their present standing in the game.

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