Perfect. Just perfect. You lot finally get rid of Tony Blair and now you've got Ken Bates singing George W. Bush's tune: "Any time the going get's tough just raise the terror level." I always assumed Bush had naked pictures of Blair with a donkey that he hauled out any time Blair said something sensible about Iraq (in private)....what pictures does Bush have of Bates doing what to whom (or what)? Michael Gardiner San Diego Whites In a message dated 5/30/2007 2:45:30 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 10:45:01 +0100 From: John Boocock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [LU] From This Morning's YP To: LEEDS LIST <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed So that's it then if you don't vote for Good Old Batesy your football club will disappear. What absolute desperate tosh. Just on what does he base this statement? If the CVA fails the club is handed back to the administrators who either try to sell it to someone else who has a proposal agreeable to the creditors to take it out of recievership or he sells off its assets. Given that there are (to the public's knowledge) already two other interested parties and God only knows how many others lurking in the background, this will not happen. What Bates is failing to say is that his proposal includes a derisory offer to creditors - plus if he was transparent about his two biggest lenders he might get somewhere. It's like trying to get a small child to take cough linctus. Bates' people will not stop the Bates proposal, sensible creditors will. That's why Bates has been ringing round every bugger on the list all last week plus anyone who he thinks might try to influence the decision................. I'm off for a mint julip on the lawn this one just makes me howl with laughter. Betty Bates issues stark warning By Richard Sutcliffe KEN BATES has warned Leeds United fans it is "unlikely" the club will survive if creditors vote against his bid to buy back the club on Friday. Leeds went into administration on May 4 amid debts of ?35m before almost immediately being sold by the appointed administrators, KPMG, to a new company headed by Bates. The deal has to be approved at Friday's creditors' meeting when a Company Voluntary Agreement will be voted on. Leeds businessman Simon Morris has submitted plans for a ?10m takeover but Bates remains hopeful the creditors will back his bid. He said: "If they want a football club in Leeds they should make sure they vote the right way. Otherwise, if the CVA fails, I can assure the fans it is unlikely there will be a Leeds United Football Club. Remember Accrington took 45 years to get back to League status from when they went out. "Hopefully, we can move forward and put the tribulations of the last five to six years behind us and start again with an open and even playing field so we can start getting the club back to where it belongs." Lawrie Sanchez is expected to step up his attempts to sign striker David Healy after being promised "significant funds" to spend this summer by Fulham chairman Mohamed Al Fayed. The 27-year-old has just 12 months remaining on his contract but any deal cannot go through until after Friday's creditors' meeting. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist The Leeds List - "where never is heard a discouraging word..."
