Bridges career cruelly limited by injury & leeds financially mis-managed. The potential for another great era for Leeds was destroyed by hapless directorship
He was a fantastic talent. Great passer, fantastic with his back to goal, and got himself into some wonderful positions. The improvisation for that goal against Everton ... truly special
Ferdinand was a great signing, they even sold him for a huge profit (very weird of Man Utd to pay that, they must have been unaware of the Leeds finances). Keane was a good signing too. Was young, quality and had resale value. Fowler was completely unnecessary. They already had Viduka, Smith, Keane and Kewell. And then there was 7 mil on Seth Johnson lol. A terrible buy and a terrible player.
@@cockoffgewgle4993 I'd say Huckerby was an unnecessary purchase too. At one point it seemed like Leeds were buying players simply because they became available.
@@CB-xr1eg Well, Huckerby was signed early on. Apparently signed for 6mil and sold for 3.4mil. I guess signing players who played well against you is a bad idea. I remember we signed Seth Johnson partly based on one good game he had against us. And Huckerby used to destroy us for Coventry. Huckerby was a good player though.
That Leeds squad including Ferdinand, Keane, Viduka and Paul Robinson would of eventually won everything including the champions league but for Peter Ridsdale’s dream antics including buying players we didn’t need for silly money and giving them ridiculous salaries. Thus putting the club financially in the red. Lots of respect for Robbie Fowler but in all honesty, with the squad Leeds had at the time, they didn’t really need him. Seth Johnson from Derby. What was all that about?! It was the court cases over the two years involving some of our silly young star players which mentally cost us winning those European trophies and cost Leeds qualification of further champions league runs. Risdale, club director and a life long Leeds fan, I suppose was living the dream and doing what most of us Leeds fans might of done in his position -in trying to cement Leeds’ position as a Galactico world force again. Peter Risdale was unlucky where others globally had done the same and succeeded. The deaths of the 2 Leeds supporters in Turkey, the Woodgate, Bowyer trial, the remortgaging the club, banks calling in the loans! Very few clubs would have survived all of those fundamental incidents. The fact that Leeds are still a solvent functioning club is beyond belief.. But what really still hurts is an incredible generation of Leeds United stars (many of them world class) were lost to the supporters of the club. And that includes many younger talented players still at the time in the academy that the club were forced to sell to pay off the banks….
Hansen said Leeds could only get better and better as they had so many young players. But Alan, didn't someone famously say " you can't win anything with kids "?
I don’t get why a billionaire hasn’t bought Leeds yet. The clubs there buying like Man City. Leeds have actually got a brilliant fan base, a foundation and legacy and a rich history.
What a team that was!
Damn I used to love Leeds youngsters especially Kewell, Bakke, Bridges and Smith and later on Dacourte and Viduka
What a team.
Alan Shearer proving he was a shocking pundit, before he was a pundit!
Bridges career cruelly limited by injury & leeds financially mis-managed. The potential for another great era for Leeds was destroyed by hapless directorship
Very true on both counts.
He was a fantastic talent. Great passer, fantastic with his back to goal, and got himself into some wonderful positions.
The improvisation for that goal against Everton ... truly special
Ferdinand was a great signing, they even sold him for a huge profit (very weird of Man Utd to pay that, they must have been unaware of the Leeds finances). Keane was a good signing too. Was young, quality and had resale value. Fowler was completely unnecessary. They already had Viduka, Smith, Keane and Kewell. And then there was 7 mil on Seth Johnson lol. A terrible buy and a terrible player.
@@cockoffgewgle4993 I'd say Huckerby was an unnecessary purchase too.
At one point it seemed like Leeds were buying players simply because they became available.
@@CB-xr1eg Well, Huckerby was signed early on. Apparently signed for 6mil and sold for 3.4mil.
I guess signing players who played well against you is a bad idea. I remember we signed Seth Johnson partly based on one good game he had against us. And Huckerby used to destroy us for Coventry. Huckerby was a good player though.
That Leeds squad including Ferdinand, Keane, Viduka and Paul Robinson would of eventually won everything including the champions league but for Peter Ridsdale’s dream antics including buying players we didn’t need for silly money and giving them ridiculous salaries. Thus putting the club financially in the red.
Lots of respect for Robbie Fowler but in all honesty, with the squad Leeds had at the time, they didn’t really need him. Seth Johnson from Derby. What was all that about?!
It was the court cases over the two years involving some of our silly young star players which mentally cost us winning those European trophies and cost Leeds qualification of further champions league runs.
Risdale, club director and a life long Leeds fan, I suppose was living the dream and doing what most of us Leeds fans might of done in his position -in trying to cement Leeds’ position as a Galactico world force again. Peter Risdale was unlucky where others globally had done the same and succeeded.
The deaths of the 2 Leeds supporters in Turkey, the Woodgate, Bowyer trial, the remortgaging the club, banks calling in the loans! Very few clubs would have survived all of those fundamental incidents. The fact that Leeds are still a solvent functioning club is beyond belief..
But what really still hurts is an incredible generation of Leeds United stars (many of them world class) were lost to the supporters of the club. And that includes many younger talented players still at the time in the academy that the club were forced to sell to pay off the banks….
9 months after this game Erling Haaland was born....
His mum n dad at it in the dressing room during this game..
Alan Shearer " played Leeds off the park " haha!
Can we have another Michael Bridges for 2022-23 please?
Hansen said Leeds could only get better and better as they had so many young players.
But Alan, didn't someone famously say " you can't win anything with kids "?
Love my team 🟡🔵⚪️
I don’t get why a billionaire hasn’t bought Leeds yet. The clubs there buying like Man City. Leeds have actually got a brilliant fan base, a foundation and legacy and a rich history.
At least Bowyer and Dyer managed not to have a fight!
Nah they waited till they both played for the bar codes before fighting.
Clive Bindley when was the last Leeds beat us?
@@robbo9854 December 2020.