I was getting sick and tired of the misplaced sympathy being dished out to Leeds at the beginning of the season over their 15 point deduction.

Football always has this tendency to look after its own – even when they have proved themselves unworthy and Leeds are just a case in point.

What that fifteen point deduction did was just engender a “siege mentality” which enabled them to go on that long winning run at the start of the season. What it meant, in terms of a punishment, was precisely nothing.

You see, what you have in Yorkshire at the moment are a lot of small to medium sized businesses who have received a paltry sum in recompense for what they were owed, while football looks after itself, by making sure that football debts are honoured in full.

So, what happens as soon as the January transfer window opens? This football club, despite that fact that, in its previous incarnation, it still owes millions to people who can ill afford to lose the money, goes out and acquires or makes bids for no fewer than six players in the first six days of the month. They are:

Peter Sweeney, Daniel Fox, Hull defender Damien Delaney, Finnish winger Sebastian Sorsa, Birmingham midfielder Neil Kilkenny and Northampton midfielder Bradley Johnson.

When Leicester City managed to get promotion after going into administration, the ten point deduction was introduced, supposedly to stop it happening again. It’s obvious now that the strategy is something of a busted flush, which leaves only one option as far as I’m concerned. The League should either act now to change the rules to immediate relegation for teams in this position, or end the bias in favour of footballing debts.

I suppose the one consolation from all of this is that Leed’s form since Gus Poyet has left suggests that they might not go up yet!

STOP PRESS: Make that seven as Luton Town forward Dean Morgan has announced he’s signed a deal with Leeds, after scoring twice as a loanee for Southend on Saturday.

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