Morning Pete, Go and check the analogy again as the two just don't match up. If Leeds were to play Manure again both teams would start out with the same number of players and have the same rules and have an impartial referee, if a manure player got sent off, yes, that would be to Leeds' advantage but it wouldn't have been the fault of the either the referee or Leeds.
Now lets substitute Bates for Manure (some may say appropriate), Leeds for any other Bidder and Astor for Referee, as a theory Astor (like the referee) should be impartial after all the are owed money and generally if you are owed then it doesn't matter who pays it back just as long as you get it back. However, in this instance the two team captains are talking to the referee in the centre circle and the referee says he only wants Manure to win and as a consequence to make sure that manure win he is going to give them a tactical advantage. Now back to the real world. The only way another bid was going to win this was to come up with enough money to pay the creditors more than Bates AND come up with the cash to pay off the major creditor given that Astor said that they would ONLY let bates off of paying them back. Given the terms of the bidding it would be like expecting a 5-a-side team to beat Brazil in the World Cup final. BTW I never said it wasn't legal, I just said a bit fishy Cheers Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: thecasses To: chris briggs ; 'LUList' Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 7:40 AM Subject: Re: [LU] Update on Progress and comments on other bids from YP Chris - Whoever said it had to be a level playing field?? If we play ManU and they get a player sent off (obviously not at OT) would you want Leeds to volunteer a man to go off from our side too??? Of course not - if you have an advantage, you use it 100% legal - I just wish folks would get over this (not so much you personally) _______________________________________________ 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
