1/ Relegation to the third division. 2/ An administration process so twisted it cost us 25 points, and during which he said he rarther see Leeds fold than himself lose control of the club. 3/ Loss of ties with the local community and a number of petty feuds with local businessmen, sometimes ending up in court, with hefty legal bills to be paid. 4/ How can it be Bates that saved us when he doesn't have any shares in the company that owns us? (Forward Sports Fund) 5/ Failure to buy back Thorp Arch
According to his programme notes prior to May 2007 the club was breaking even, and the budget is based on not needing money from player sales or cup runs. So, the money from cup runs and player sales should be profit and available to invest in the club and in players. Lets look at what we've made in the past 3 years then: Delph £7.5m Compensation for Poyet & Wise £0.5m Compensation for the two kids Chelsea poached £4.0m Play off final ? £1m 2x play off semis £0.8m Liverpool, Spurs, Man U cup games £2m That's over £15m at conservative estimates. players we've paid money for in the past 3 years: Gradel: 250,000 Bromby: undisc er... ...that's it... ...even though I renewed my ST early so to plump up "simon's warchest". I'm not suggesting we can necessarily complete with the £800,000 that the mighty Southampton spent on Ricky Lambert, but I was surprised we were reduced to haggling over £25,000 for Gary Hooper. Still, there will be a £90m hotel on the spot where Billy Bremner's statue stands, so that's all right then. The club will be making a fortune from all those people who have only been deterred from taking their holidays in Beeston by the fact that the nearest Travel Lodge is half a mile away. I don't usually buy a programme these days, but when I do, I'm always keen to read the chairman's column so I find out about his vision for takin LUFC forward. the last time I did this I read about Live Aid and how we shouldn't give money to Africa, the scandal of the Global Warming "con", some stuff about legal cases and then, in the last paragraoh, something about Leeds. As for there not being anyone else coming forward to take over, I once spoke to one of the more respected list members who told me that the night Bates took over, Norman Stubbs was sitting in his solicitor's office waiting to sign the documents to finalise the deal... Krasner and his mates never turned up because they had a new best friend in Kenneth William, who has, lest we forget, saved us three times now. Even though he hasn't put any of his own money in. And even though he has no shares in FSF. And even though he takes no salary for being the UK representative of said FSF (even though he doesn't know who does own FSF). Yes, such is his love for LUFC that he works for nothing for people he doesn't know whose plans for LUFC we are not privvy to. I find that tremendously reassuring, don't you? - Sean _______________________________________________ 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 and the hardest time in a sailor's day is to watch the sun as it sails away
