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Forgive me but doesn't this article violate WP:NAD? The article doesn't appear to be about the demise of Leeds United even though it does discuss this (if that is what it is intended to be about then it should be retitled and restructured). It seems to be essentially just discussing the etymology of an expression.
-- Mcorazao ( talk) 06:11, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
Shouldn't the term be 'doing a Manchester City', a Sheffield Wednesday or a Notts Forest. Leeds were not the first top flight team in recent years to find themselves in the third division. Mtaylor848 ( talk) 10:56, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
Sunderland are a bigger club than Leeds in nearly any conceivable way; more titles, more FA Cups, bigger stadium, higher attendances, far grander history.............so to argue that Newcastle were the biggest club since Leeds to get relegated is a bit strange to say the least. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.43.227.18 ( talk) 06:12, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
No, no, they're not. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.99.96.146 ( talk) 20:25, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
Someone has added them to the clubs "guilty of doing a Leeds". Honestly I don't see that they have, there are several differences:
As well as Portsmouth (who have undoubtedly done a Leeds) there are two other clubs that spring to mind more readily than Bolton: Birmingham City and Wigan Athletic. Both have fallen further than Bolton, and experienced financial problems since relegation. Also both won a trophy while in the top flight, unlike Bolton. Looking over a longer time span, what about Coventry City? They were an established top-flight side for decades, owned their own ground which was used for Cup semi-finals, won the FA Cup in 1987, were still in the Premiership at the turn of the millennium. By 2014 they were borrowing Northampton Town's pitch to play in the third tier. That's a decline. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Walshie79 ( talk • contribs) 23:49, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
Some of the teams here do not appear to be at all similar to the rapid decline of Leeds. Carlisle had a single season in the top division, whereas Leeds had never previously been out of the top two tiers. The decline of Notts County from top division to non-league was almost thirty years, Leyton Orient 50 years, Grimsby 60 years, and Ipswich went 17 seasons between relegations, none of these seem particularly rapid. Are there any sources that describe these teams as "doing a Leeds" because they don't seem to match the definition. EdwardUK ( talk) 15:27, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
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Forgive me but doesn't this article violate WP:NAD? The article doesn't appear to be about the demise of Leeds United even though it does discuss this (if that is what it is intended to be about then it should be retitled and restructured). It seems to be essentially just discussing the etymology of an expression.
-- Mcorazao ( talk) 06:11, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
Shouldn't the term be 'doing a Manchester City', a Sheffield Wednesday or a Notts Forest. Leeds were not the first top flight team in recent years to find themselves in the third division. Mtaylor848 ( talk) 10:56, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
Sunderland are a bigger club than Leeds in nearly any conceivable way; more titles, more FA Cups, bigger stadium, higher attendances, far grander history.............so to argue that Newcastle were the biggest club since Leeds to get relegated is a bit strange to say the least. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.43.227.18 ( talk) 06:12, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
No, no, they're not. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.99.96.146 ( talk) 20:25, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
Someone has added them to the clubs "guilty of doing a Leeds". Honestly I don't see that they have, there are several differences:
As well as Portsmouth (who have undoubtedly done a Leeds) there are two other clubs that spring to mind more readily than Bolton: Birmingham City and Wigan Athletic. Both have fallen further than Bolton, and experienced financial problems since relegation. Also both won a trophy while in the top flight, unlike Bolton. Looking over a longer time span, what about Coventry City? They were an established top-flight side for decades, owned their own ground which was used for Cup semi-finals, won the FA Cup in 1987, were still in the Premiership at the turn of the millennium. By 2014 they were borrowing Northampton Town's pitch to play in the third tier. That's a decline. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Walshie79 ( talk • contribs) 23:49, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
Some of the teams here do not appear to be at all similar to the rapid decline of Leeds. Carlisle had a single season in the top division, whereas Leeds had never previously been out of the top two tiers. The decline of Notts County from top division to non-league was almost thirty years, Leyton Orient 50 years, Grimsby 60 years, and Ipswich went 17 seasons between relegations, none of these seem particularly rapid. Are there any sources that describe these teams as "doing a Leeds" because they don't seem to match the definition. EdwardUK ( talk) 15:27, 18 July 2020 (UTC)