Can somebody actually say something about Max Gradel in this thread? I keep clicking on it only to find an endlessly boring argument. Thanks Jeremy
> From: ianjamesmur...@hotmail.com > Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 23:37:16 +0800 > To: markbu...@aol.com > CC: leedslist@gn.apc.org > Subject: Re: [LU] Max Gradel > > I really cba getting into this with you any further. We disagree, and I don't > want to get into a flame war with you. > > It's boring - like you. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 18 Dec 2013, at 23:33, markbu...@aol.com wrote: > > > > >>I don't think that the stadium should be a place for car salesman or > > >>Jehovah's Witness conferences, as per Bates and his 'diversified income > > >>stream' shit.<< > > > > > > OK, so just leave that massive bricks-and-mortar asset standing unused for > > 340 days of the year. Who cares if car dealers or crazy cult corner pays > > the club money to use a conference room on a wet Tuesday in February when > > we're not playing? It's a good source of revenue. Can't you see that? > > > > >>My Bates comment is completely accurate - you supported most of the > > >>projects he ran whilst sucking money out of the football club. You can't > > >>just change sides now he's gone. It's just the way that things work, I'm > > >>afraid.<< > > > > > > No, your Bates comment is not accurate. My comments were as relevant to > > GFH, Risible or Manny Cussins. I was talking about the BUSINESS of running > > a Football Club. Using a skill set called "Objectiivity", which is clearly > > beyond you. > > > > Irrelevant who's in charge. At the time we were stuck with Bates as > > chairman. Nothing much we could do about that, was there. Though I do > > recall you coming up with one idea. Just as well it was on this list, not > > Twitter or Facebook, as the finest lawyers in Monaco would have found > > another source of revenue - you. > > > > > > > > >>I'm sure that there are other sources of funding available to build > > >>conference centres and loss making radio stations and restaurants.That > > >>funding still needs to be paid back out if the one main source of income > > >>for the club - match going fans and player sales. See the last ten years. > > >>Perhaps you should support Vodaphone, Virgin or Sainsbury's?<< > > > > > > > > Are you just being wilfully dim? If you borrowed money to build a > > conference centre, you should be working to a business plan, where the > > revenue from the conference centre would pay off the money you borrowed > > over a set period. After that you're generating profits to plough back into > > the core business. > > > > Can't you grasp this? It's nothing to do with the personalities involved. > > Just strategies for running a business. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > John 'Grampa' Sykes > Rest In Peace old lad > 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 > MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org John 'Grampa' Sykes Rest In Peace old lad 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 MARCHING ON TOGETHER
