"What bothers me is Astor Holdings being willing to "write off" £12m of debt. Why would they do this if they had no connection to Bates? There must be some benefit to them of doing this... but what?? Is that where the club goes when Bates dies or retires? I assume Bates has 100% of the club now, having only had 50% before, so this could be the gain for Astor."
********************************************* Sean I think you've hit the nail on the head here - if Bates owns the club 100% (or anything over 50% really) then all he has to do is name Astor in his Will as the new owner of Leeds United and they win all sorts, including the land rights etc - this would certainly explain their somewhat strange stance. ********************************************** "Furthermore Bates, and consequently LUFC has lost the last bit of goodwill we ever had. That's impossible to quantify in hard money, but it's not going to help us." ********************************************** Agree wholeheartedly - we are the lowest of the low in everyone's eyes now - whether in or out of football - and we as fans are tainted with it. It's all well and good saying "everybody hates us we don't care" but I'm sorry - I do. I believe in doing things right and paying my bills, and treating others as I would want to be treated - OK I'm naive to say the least, but I don't like they way we will all now be perceived Steve G _______________________________________________ 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
