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@yoonitedLEEDS @Everton @LUFC Has to be.

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Why is it that @Everton always seem to chase whoever @LUFC are chasing. It’s like they don’t have a recruitment team.
Do they just wait for Leeds to show interest in someone and then say, “Oh, yeah, we really want him as well!”
Every year, the same thing.

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Yes!!! So exciting if true AND actually comes to fruition. #LUFC

[Sky Sports News @SkySportsNews]

BREAKING: Leeds United have agreed a deal to sign Harry Wilson on a free transfer.

The Wales forward is set to leave Fulham when his contract expires at the end of the month 🚨

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Hey @WainmanJoe
Just thought I’d check in on you. We don’t know each other, but I’ve watched you for years & love your show. I feel like I know you.
I hope you’re close to fully fit & would love to have you back for the new season.
Best wishes. Keep going. You’re missed. #mot

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29 years as a teacher librarian & everyone asks my fave book - To Kill a Mockingbird.
Almost no one asks my fave author: Daniel Silva (edging out Neil Gaiman). And yes, Gabriel Allon edges out Atticus as my favourite literary character. I want to meet/be him!
@danielsilvabook

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@Brink_Thinker Robert Frost. 👍🏻

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I think Adonis has explained the reason/need for the decision perfectly.

[Adonis Storr @theadelites]

"Whereas Leeds United was fined £200,000 for a similar offence, Southampton has been denied the opportunity to compete in a game worth more than £200 million"

The difference between these two incidents couldn't be more stark - yet they keep being incongruously conflated.

It was Southampton denied Middlesbrough "the opportunity to compete in a game worth more than £200 million" - that is why the punishment fits the crime.

When #LUFC was fined £200,000, that was due to breaking ONLY regulation 3.4 - 127 did not exist then.

Leeds also didn't spy during the play-offs.

The play-offs are considered a separate competition.

The integrity of that competition has been called into question.

A sporting sanction was deemed the only possible penalty that would restore fairness and act as a deterrent - no fine would be large enough to dissuade espionage during the play-offs.

The only sporting sanction in the play-offs is expulsion.

The relevant precedent is not the fine for #LUFC, the relevant precedent is Swindon in the EFL Trophy.

The gravity of what Southampton has done doesn't seem to have hit home and while words of contrition sound nice - only acceptance of the punishment would show that they have really understood what they have done:

namely - cheating Middlesbrough out of a *fair shot* at winning the play-offs.

The integrity of the competition is central to the decision - nothing in this statement has contradicted that.

This statement is effectively saying: it was ok for us to take this £200 million game away from Boro through cheating; but it's not OK for it to be taken away from us by sanction.

This statement is saying - we thought because Leeds got fined £200,000 - that would be the price for our actions too. The implication being that was a factor in deciding whether to cheat or not in the first place.

This statement also comes across as laying the ground work for future litigation should the decision be upheld - by citing other teams punishments erroneously in an ill advised few paragraphs of whataboutism.

Which I do not believe helps Southampton's cause whatsoever as the panel deliberates the appeal.

Incidentally, if further evidence of spying comes to light, then that should also be investigated and - I assume - further points be deducted (as those incident would have occurred during the league, not playoffs.)

I find it very difficult to believe that there was no espionage committed between the admitted incidents that occurred in December and in April.

There are no shortage of clubs who have will feel aggrieved by Southampton's actions, many of whom, I imagine, will feel like they are owed some form of compensation.

And I doubt this statement will have been any comfort to them.

[Beth @bethgabriel_]

I’ve honestly been crying at this for the last 10 minutes 😭😭😭 #lufc #bhafc

[LUFCDATA @LUFCDATA]

Leeds have suffered just five defeats in our last 29 matches across all competitions.

Only Man City (5), Arsenal (5), Bournemouth (7), Man Utd (7) and Aston Villa (11) have suffered fewer Premier League defeats this season than Daniel Farke's Leeds (12).

Seriously impressive.

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#LUFC now guaranteed to be playing in the Premier League next season!!!
Great to see both Sunderland & Leeds stay up.
Spurs or Hammers will be the last relegated team & Leeds will probably be the team to send them down!
#epl #MOT

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@CollinRugg There’s no punishment severe enough for this monster. Heartbreaking fact is that whatever punishment he gets pales to the horror & pain he inflicted on that poor baby and her family. Death isn’t enough.

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@Benjaminbloom Can only be Ipswich or Millwall due to goal difference.

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@JObiedzinski You’re right, 4 probably does it but 6 guarantee it. I’m worried about spurs finding late form and Hammers.
I actually think we might stumble against either Wolves or Burnley. Just a bad feeling.
I want Hammers to drop. Just don’t like them.

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Since the creation of the #EPL in 1992 (34 seasons) Leeds United are the only promoted side to be unbeaten against Chelsea, Liverpool & Man United in the same campaign.

An amazing stat that I don’t see being replicated for some time.

2 more wins keeps us up!

#LUFC

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Daniel Farke:
1. Took us up to #epl with 100 points
2. First #facup semi in 39 years
3. One win away from keeping us up
4. First PL win at the Swamp - ever!

Come on #LUFC fans. It’s time to get behind him. No more Farke Out.
What more does he need to do?

#mot #alaw

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Nothing more frustrating than being a #LUFC supporter. Even if we beat #WHFC we still look like headless chickens. Always panicked. Can’t close a game. WHY????

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Hard to believe that it’s @LCFC, @WBA and @Rovers fighting it out to avoid relegation. Who would have guessed this at the start of the season? #EFL

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@WestHamPlace If they’re confident then they’re not @LUFC fans. If anyone can find a way to f*ck up it’s us. Trust me, I’ve been a tragic fan for 40+ years. It’s always AGONY & ECSTASY. We take nothing for granted!

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Surely that has to instil confidence in the players (and fans) #lufc

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@WainmanJoe Awesome news!