>>I understand your point, but I believe you're selling Bates short. While
I agree that administration was not due to Bates' incompetence I do believe
-- indeed I'm convinced -- that it was part of his plan (whether initially or
not). <<
Yes, I agree with that. I don't know the reasons but I suspect there were
more financial timebombs left in the aftermath of Ridsdale/Prof/Krasner....
which could only be erased by receivership.
>>Does he desire to damage Leeds United? I don't know. But that's not the
point -- indeed speaking of it in those terms obscures the point. Rather, I
believe that the point is this: he couldn't care less whether or not he's
damaging Leeds United.<<
He's a businessman. He's committed his money (and that of his backers) to
turning round Leeds United. He's motivated by ego, and money, and he'll reap
the rewards only if he's successful. So by that yardstick, of course he cares.
Not in the way we do, of course, but he's astute enough to realise that
damaging Leeds damages Ken Bates.
Mark
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