>-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Subject: Re: [LU] FW: From Sq Ball re Voting
>Now it appears RickD is suggesting that it wasn't the winding up order that >pushed Bates into administration. I suspect he meant that we would have >probably gone into admin anyway without the winding up order, but once it >was served Bates had absolutely no option but to do it, and just imagine the >furore if he hadn't put us into admin and allowed the future of the club to >lay in the hands of the HMRC. ..... Well if Bates is to be believed, the 6/7 million owed to the Taxman was only the tip of the iceberg... It was not so much that the winding up order that forced administration rather that it produced the news of 35 million pounds of debt that just, mysteriously appeared, in a timely fashion and from equally mysterious major creditors who for some reason, known to themselves still wanted only Bates to own the club.... Bates could have reached into his own back pocket and written a personal cheque for the taxes, he'd, apparently "misappropriated/stolen." In that way he'd have bought the club for an honest sum of 6 to 7 million, plus the 5 or so that he'd originally put down. With his other major creditors, apparently willing to forgo all debts He'd be in charge of an almost debt free club and able to work out a payment schedule to the small guys and I don't think anyone could be the slightest pissed off with the situation, regardless of whether he, subsequently decided to run the club and make it a force to be reckoned with or if he sold it, at a tidy profit to the highest bidder. But no! He decided to dodge his responsibilities, rip off all and sundry and pull threats and stunts to force things through under a shroud of intrigue, which leaves no one feeling good about it except himself, his cronies and a couple of folk, on this list who cannot see further than their, "I'm alright, Jack" mentality.. That being the case, who, in his /their right mind, would ever invest money in the club (without ownership status), while this man is in power? Follow that with his own assertions that the club is in desperate need of outside investment and where are we, logically heading under his continued control? I am a loyal supporter and lover of this once mighty club and I do want to see what is best for it.; however, I cannot see this sort of stink being best for the club whether short or long term.. _______________________________________________ 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
