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	<title>Comments on: VIEW FROM THE ENEMY: Leeds Fan On Being Hated, Alan Smith and Munich</title>
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		<title>By: Johnny L</title>
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		<dc:creator>Johnny L</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 13:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have the Beckford goal on my iphone and can&#039;t get through the day without watching it at least several hundred times. Beautiful.
Thankyou</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have the Beckford goal on my iphone and can&#8217;t get through the day without watching it at least several hundred times. Beautiful.<br />
Thankyou</p>
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		<title>By: loyallufc</title>
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		<dc:creator>loyallufc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Fair enough Costas that was harsh! What a result! I&#039;m in LUFC heaven! Who&#039;d have thought we could match you and no fair minded fan can deny we deserved to win. With decent finishing it could have been 3 at least. People slag Beckford but he knows where net is and is always taking slack for Becchio,who flatters t we did it!o deceive. Brilliant match and welll we did it! I shouldn&#039;t gloat but all you ****s who said rape the sheepshaggers can kiss my backside! LOLOL.

Told you i&#039;d show up win or lose huh? Best moment(besides the sublime finish) was our ironic chants of &quot;We&#039;re not famous anymore!&quot;. Classic! Warned you lot didn&#039;t i? We ain&#039;t mugs no more we had today what you lacked,real hunger to win.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fair enough Costas that was harsh! What a result! I&#8217;m in LUFC heaven! Who&#8217;d have thought we could match you and no fair minded fan can deny we deserved to win. With decent finishing it could have been 3 at least. People slag Beckford but he knows where net is and is always taking slack for Becchio,who flatters t we did it!o deceive. Brilliant match and welll we did it! I shouldn&#8217;t gloat but all you ****s who said rape the sheepshaggers can kiss my backside! LOLOL.</p>
<p>Told you i&#8217;d show up win or lose huh? Best moment(besides the sublime finish) was our ironic chants of &#8220;We&#8217;re not famous anymore!&#8221;. Classic! Warned you lot didn&#8217;t i? We ain&#8217;t mugs no more we had today what you lacked,real hunger to win.</p>
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		<title>By: Costas</title>
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		<dc:creator>Costas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah, he is probably a greasy ****, but he is(or was) our greasy ****, lol. The team is doing ok without him, but it&#039;s hard to get over his special qualities as a player.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, he is probably a greasy ****, but he is(or was) our greasy ****, lol. The team is doing ok without him, but it&#8217;s hard to get over his special qualities as a player.</p>
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		<title>By: loyallufc</title>
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		<dc:creator>loyallufc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>No-one expects us to win. If we do egg on faces boys! And Ronaldo is a greasy ****! You are well rid. He should have been an olympic diver.</description>
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		<title>By: Costas</title>
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		<dc:creator>Costas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@loyallufc:

I honestly don&#039;t know how things work in England every weekend. How many of our fans could be travelling from other cities or even other countries. Last August I went to Old Trafford for a friendly(I am like your friend, I can&#039;t be there more often) and I didn&#039;t realise how big the area was. So if I had to guess, I would say that Mancunians on their own fill it.

But I think it&#039;s something that happens in other countries too you know? People living in Rome and suppoting Juve or Milan, Spaniards living outside Madrid and supporting Real and others. I don&#039;t know if we are bigger than Real or Barca. It depends on how you measure it I guess? Global support? Local suppot?

As for Beckham, I liked him a lot as a player, but I don&#039;t think he could be of any use to United anymore. Times move forward. If we were talking about Ronaldo and while he was still at the top of his game, that would be a different story. Many &quot;ifs&quot; for that one though...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@loyallufc:</p>
<p>I honestly don&#8217;t know how things work in England every weekend. How many of our fans could be travelling from other cities or even other countries. Last August I went to Old Trafford for a friendly(I am like your friend, I can&#8217;t be there more often) and I didn&#8217;t realise how big the area was. So if I had to guess, I would say that Mancunians on their own fill it.</p>
<p>But I think it&#8217;s something that happens in other countries too you know? People living in Rome and suppoting Juve or Milan, Spaniards living outside Madrid and supporting Real and others. I don&#8217;t know if we are bigger than Real or Barca. It depends on how you measure it I guess? Global support? Local suppot?</p>
<p>As for Beckham, I liked him a lot as a player, but I don&#8217;t think he could be of any use to United anymore. Times move forward. If we were talking about Ronaldo and while he was still at the top of his game, that would be a different story. Many &#8220;ifs&#8221; for that one though&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: loyallufc</title>
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		<dc:creator>loyallufc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bates is a con man and i wish he&#039;d **** off! And that oaf Ridsdale i met him what a tosspot! One of reasons O&#039;Leary is so well liked here is he respected the fans. I remember him ordering Hasselbaink off the coach after the misery did not bother signing anything when asked. If Beckham wanted a swansong would you take him back?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bates is a con man and i wish he&#8217;d **** off! And that oaf Ridsdale i met him what a tosspot! One of reasons O&#8217;Leary is so well liked here is he respected the fans. I remember him ordering Hasselbaink off the coach after the misery did not bother signing anything when asked. If Beckham wanted a swansong would you take him back?</p>
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		<title>By: loyallufc</title>
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		<dc:creator>loyallufc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Fair comments Costas i have two good mates who support Man U. It never came between us i don&#039;t have the intense hatred some feel it&#039;s only a game lol. Wasn&#039;t it in early 70s you relegated Man City? Denis Law? If it had been your team gone down the loyal fans would still have flocked like we do to ours.

Giggs it&#039;s not bollocks. I know a lad in Canada who was born in Leeds. He&#039;s still a mad fan and would give anything to be at ER. That&#039;s a true fan! You cannot deny a huge part of your fanbase travels up from the south. Are you really bigger than Real or Barcelona? That&#039;s open to debate. That said if ER held 70000 i know we&#039;d not fill it so yes you have massive support.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fair comments Costas i have two good mates who support Man U. It never came between us i don&#8217;t have the intense hatred some feel it&#8217;s only a game lol. Wasn&#8217;t it in early 70s you relegated Man City? Denis Law? If it had been your team gone down the loyal fans would still have flocked like we do to ours.</p>
<p>Giggs it&#8217;s not bollocks. I know a lad in Canada who was born in Leeds. He&#8217;s still a mad fan and would give anything to be at ER. That&#8217;s a true fan! You cannot deny a huge part of your fanbase travels up from the south. Are you really bigger than Real or Barcelona? That&#8217;s open to debate. That said if ER held 70000 i know we&#8217;d not fill it so yes you have massive support.</p>
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		<title>By: cantona7</title>
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		<dc:creator>cantona7</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>even Leeds fans hate Ken Bates haha.. the worst owner you could have, worse than Newcastle&#039;s..</description>
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		<title>By: giggs11gerrard0</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 13:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@LoyalLufc - All this bollocks you say about supporting your local team is ridiculous! We dont play in local leagues, we are the biggest team in the world mate, like it or not that is just fact! 

I am from Manchester and go all the games but that doesnt make me more of a fan that a lad travelling from elsewhere to watch the team.

Chants like we support are local team are embarrassing, That just meens you think you are shit and clutching at straws- United are an easy target for opposite teams to cast aspurtions as to our support but you want to see us away we are the best away support in the country by a mile! 

We may not all be local but neither is Leeds you clown as a result of your past success. Anyway dont feel like Royston Vase, your not sat in the &quot; Lurpak Stand&quot;  Your in the theartre of dreams!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@LoyalLufc &#8211; All this bollocks you say about supporting your local team is ridiculous! We dont play in local leagues, we are the biggest team in the world mate, like it or not that is just fact! </p>
<p>I am from Manchester and go all the games but that doesnt make me more of a fan that a lad travelling from elsewhere to watch the team.</p>
<p>Chants like we support are local team are embarrassing, That just meens you think you are shit and clutching at straws- United are an easy target for opposite teams to cast aspurtions as to our support but you want to see us away we are the best away support in the country by a mile! </p>
<p>We may not all be local but neither is Leeds you clown as a result of your past success. Anyway dont feel like Royston Vase, your not sat in the &#8221; Lurpak Stand&#8221;  Your in the theartre of dreams!</p>
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		<title>By: Costas</title>
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		<dc:creator>Costas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 12:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@loyallufc:

That&#039;s the problem with how Man. United fans are regarded these days. If you are 25 or below, you are called a glory hunter because you started following United in their glory years. It&#039;s a sad reality that successful teams draw new fans. That doesn&#039;t make them less loyal. If God forbid, Man United suffer the same fate that Leeds did, I think about 90% of us worldwide would still feel passionate about the team. For the record I am 26 and Greek, but I started following United while I lived in England and after they lost a game to IFK Gothenburg.

Anyway, I am buzzing about tomorrow because I see how much it means to both sets of fans. And even though I would love to go back to Elland Road one more time, given our schedule in January I will prefer it if the tie is settled tomorrow.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@loyallufc:</p>
<p>That&#8217;s the problem with how Man. United fans are regarded these days. If you are 25 or below, you are called a glory hunter because you started following United in their glory years. It&#8217;s a sad reality that successful teams draw new fans. That doesn&#8217;t make them less loyal. If God forbid, Man United suffer the same fate that Leeds did, I think about 90% of us worldwide would still feel passionate about the team. For the record I am 26 and Greek, but I started following United while I lived in England and after they lost a game to IFK Gothenburg.</p>
<p>Anyway, I am buzzing about tomorrow because I see how much it means to both sets of fans. And even though I would love to go back to Elland Road one more time, given our schedule in January I will prefer it if the tie is settled tomorrow.</p>
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