Perhaps if your club hadn't been so arrogant over the years, snatched up other club's up and coming stars, twisted the RFL round your grubby little fingers, and lorded it over all other clubs as though no one else in Super League existed, we might be a little more sympathetic with your current plight. Printer. I recall in the Sixties or early Seventies That for some reason or other Leeds were precluded from the Yorkshire Cup, and lo and behold the following season Leeds played and won the YC final ON THEIR OWN GROUND, (against us unfortunately). That's why the rest of the Rugby League's fans hate your lot so much. We're all just waiting to see how they change the relegation rules should Leeds finish bottom.

You don’t like us because of the success we’ve had over the years, simple as. Sports fans hate teams that pick up silverware because they’re jealous it’s not their club.

You were good now your crap, we were crap now we are fairly decent, is that so hard to accept. If knowing the above makes us ‘cocky’ then I can only apologise for us Wakey plebs not knowing our place

Personally, I think you're wrong here.
Any team that wins anything does so - 99% of the time - on merit. I think your problem is that as supporters of a said winning team, you couldn't help youurselves giving it large to us at Wakey - and other fans.
You do reap what you sow, so you have to accept a bit of stick coming your way now.
You are only as good as your [inext[/i game.
If you turn up with the attitude and play like you did yesterday, that game - and subsequent ones are going to be difficult.

LOL. I think you misunderstand. We are not cocky. We are just happy to ridicule a team's fans that has perennially looked down on us, sometimes unfairly. You won't find many if any threads on here where we think we'll easily beat any team.

Fun as this banter is, it isn't really what the thread is about so I think it's time to finish.

Not so, personally speaking, Printer. I didn't like Leeds RLFC back in the 50s, er when you were "whipping boys".

Is that why the "other" Leeds team are so hated?

RL & football, the rest of the country dislike Leeds. As a football fan & Wakefield watcher I've always thought that Leeds supporters of both sports are unbearably arrogant.

I'm told that it's a very nice city, but I've no desire to ever visit due to my perception of Leeds fans!

Funny that because Leeds United’s fans come from all over West Yorkshire/Yorkshire especially the Wakefield and Castleford areas which is always funny to see fans say the hate Leeds on a Friday night but then are supporting Leeds on a Saturday afternoon.

got naff all to do with your success, you haven't a fecking clue what its like to be a wakey fan but as usual your just guessing, I'm going to leave at that as I can see your heading for another melt down, take a week off as I will be, basking in the lovely sunshine knowing were through to the next round and your not

Leeds fans crying on Wakefield forum wanting attention. Giving them grief because we're jealous? No. Giving you grief because some snide, arrogant merchant bankers have been knocked off their perch and and can't handle it? Absolutely.

Give over pretending as if being a Wakefield fan is some sort of unique experience in sport. Only have to look at the constant dramas, struggles and kicks in the teeth Leeds United have had to see how silly that argument is. Every team sport where one or two teams dominate for a while you get rival fans who love it when they stop....rugby league is zero different in that regard.

A very pointless and increasingly silly and unpleasant debate going on here. I'm a Wakefield Trinity and Leeds United supporter. Am I arrogant and overbearing or nice and well adjusted depending on who I'm supporting that day?As a club Trinity are developing links with Leeds United that may be very helpful. There are a lot of Trinity fans who support Leeds United, so you are on a sticky wicket here.
I have or have had a number of issues with Leeds RL but don't hate them and do wish them well. Said issues; using the Leeds United song, their wretched drum and trumpet band and, more so the past, nicking or trying to nick our best players. And as a Leeds United fan, I can assure you, mine and most Leeds fans have had their expectations well adjusted over the last 15 years. The hatred you spout is just a convenient outlet to spout prejudice.

Its the same with Leeds United fans.
Giving it billy big you know whats with every other teams' fans in Yorkshire - proclaiming to be the "biggest team" and yet havent won anything [ior [/ibeen in the Prem for years.
And dont say that "this is their year" as they aren't there yet.
It boils down to - It must be a Leeds thing......

Personally I think mods should close this down now. It's a rugby league forum.