----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 5:06 PM Subject: Re: [LU] From Sq Ball re Voting
Bates is a lying bully. So what? You might not like Bates - I suspect nobody here actually does - but what he's doing seems to be the best plan on offer for the future of Leeds United. Rich Walker picking the team? This sort of happy-clappy community stuff is fine if you're Rushden & Diamonds but not if you're one of the top 8 clubs in England (form is temporary, class is permanent). How would LUST get us back into the premiership, and ultimately back into Europe? Bates' plan, based on past experience, appears to be: 1 - Clean up the books once and for all. 2 - Bring in an investor (a la Matthew Harding) 3 - Sell up to Abramovich-style sugar daddy. He likes being involved with Football and as a result is more likely to act in the best interest of the club. He has experience of running a club - and he's carried out a major property development around a ground. We might not like him, but I'm struggling to see any other way out of the mess we're in. A clean balance sheet is a prerequisute to any investor coming in to the club. THIS MAIL IS THE MOST REALISTIC OF ALL I HAVE SEEN POSTED. OF ALL THE INTEREST SHOWN, BATES HAS THE MOST, AND SUCCESSFUL, EXPERIENCE. MY ROMANTIC BEING HOPES FOR A BATES WIN AND A TIE UP WITH REVIE JNR AND (I WISH), THE MAKTHOUMS(sp). I STILL DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE HATRED GENERATED BY BATES. HE HAS DONE THE BEST FOR LU WHATEVER THE OUTCOME. AS MARK SAYS......."A CLEAN SLATE FOR ANYONE COMING IN" OR HIM STAYING. I MUST BE A CLOSET MAN FROM MARS BECAUSE I DO NOT SEE THE PROBLEM. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THE ALLEGED TEARS BEING SHED FOR THE SMALL TRADERS AND ST JOHNS AMB. ARE ANYTHING BUT A SHAM. AS YORKSHIREMEN WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF THE ACUMEN THAT HAS BEEN SHOWED. PERHAPS THAT IS THE PROBLEM ?????? BATES IS NOT A YORKSHIREMAN ????????? REGARDS, MICHAEL (D'SD) _______________________________________________ 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 Join The Leeds United Supporters Trust at www.lufctrust.org
