My thoughts exactly. Do we really want to be doing a Man City and lose ALL identity and become just another fantasy football team?
Or perhaps do a Notts County? Or even a Cardiff? Ignoring the Ridsdale connection, they've been in the process of rescue by Malaysian businessmen since may and are now under a transfer embargo. As much as it leaves a bitter taste in the mouth, I'd rather have the status quo. Andy C On 13 July 2010 13:19, Damian Walsh <[email protected]> wrote: > With the exceptions of Ridsdale's honeymoon and some retrospective respect > for Silver (indetectable at the time), we have always hated/ feared/ > despised/ loathed LUs owners. Why would some other billionaire be > different? > Why would the club be any better? And if it was who would want to be > Chelsea > anyway? > > I must admit I chuckled at the idea of Billy O'Naire - and I wondered if > perhaps he was a cousin of Michael Knighton ;) > > Unfortunately, as we put up with the "football as a business" concept we > have to put up with exactly the "owners" that we've always had. We could > have an awful lot worse than Bates, and there's no guarantee we'd ever get > better, however much money he had. > > Cheers, Damian > > On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 1:27 PM, John Lee <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > dunno whether this is true or not, but has the situation 'had' to change > > because of the requirements around declaration of ownership? Maybe this > guy > > was one of the previous shareholders, or not? Who knows? > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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

