Leeds Banter Archive November 17 2012

17 Nov 2012 22:29:20
warnock just been seen outside elland road , with steve mcmanaman , wonder if hes are new rm ?

He must have legged it back up the A1 from Peteborough then

17 Nov 2012 19:39:16
makes me laugh the hypocricy of some of our fans, you want bates out, someone comes in to buy the club, they get slagged off, you wanted Warnock in, few bad results you say Warnock out, and a few times ive seen say drop Kenny when you all wanted him above Lonergan

MAKE YOUR MINDS UP!!

We want results on and off the pitch and if we don't get them those responsible need changing

Spot on OP ,if it takes time so be it, 6 days or 6 months, makes no difference if we get the right outcome, 2nd poster , you cant keep changing things just because a few results go against us

Some of us never wanted Warnock and his dreadful hoof ball in the first place. I'm not a hypocrite, I've been calling for him to go since the day he arrived.

We (the fans) should make a plee for a grayson return! Leeds supporter( even refered to Leeds as "we" on sky today!), top manager; proof is in how much better we were with him last season compared to Warnock! With backing he would get us promoted sooner rather than later! #there's only one Simon grayson!

Did anyone hear nw say i bet simons in the studio rubbing his hands together ? Well neil I think you might be right there.

17 Nov 2012 20:08:00
Really depressed right now. Can someone please post one of them "Take over to be completed within the next 72 hours" rumours to make me feel all nice again. btw Millwall are s**t and if we can't come away with 3 points tomorrow we are heading straight for div 1.

17 Nov 2012 17:14:09
Haigh isn't even a Leeds fan, he started following football and saying he supported Leeds on twitter in July. GFH are doing this to make profit, to give it back to the investors. Buy the club, ground and any other facilities, get us to the prem the cheapest way they can and sell us or 100m. They'll be gone in three seasons. {Ed013's Note - He was born in Leeds and then moved to Cornwall. Does it really matter if they sanction the moves for decent players in Jan and buy back ER/TA}

Check gfh-capital website check ceo which is david haigh then look at his profile he is indeed a leeds supporter!
so there lol
irish leeds fan!

Good point Ed13, so GFH want to buy us and return us to the Prem League, then possibly sell to someone who can afford to buy a Prem League club for £100mil +, remind me again why this would be a problem?

"Good point Ed13, so GFH want to buy us and return us to the Prem League, then possibly sell to someone who can afford to buy a Prem League club for £100mil +, remind me again why this would be a problem"

Because basically we need the mone spending on the team, not putting in GFH's pocket or haven't you been watching what Bates has done for the last few years?

I have to ask myself why Bates won't spend 10 million to give us automatic promotion and then take the 100 million plus that would come from getting us there?

More to this than meets the eye/pocket?

Yes but in order to return Leeds to Prem League, they would have to invest in players in order to achieve this. I don't really have a love for GFH, we need investment now, not in six months, but now, this afternoon would be good.

17 Nov 2012 15:48:03
Can some body put me straight on who owms eland rd and thorp arch am totally confused. Money from delph was never used to get thorp arch back. So suddernly bates ownes it now and the ground. No wonder takeover is so complicated there seems to be only one person who knows. Wats going on

Not so simple sadly. Property ownership must be registered with the Land Registry in the UK so in theory we know but because it's owned by an opaque offshore company, in practice we don't really know anything useful.

The ground and TA are owned by a company called the Teak Trading Corporation. The problem is that the company is registered in the British Virgin Isles where, unlike here, there is no requirement for the company to publish the names of its directors or shareholders. Therefore, the true ownership of ER & TA is not in the public domain.

I seem to remember reading, but could be wrong, that Harvey stated under oath in the Levi trial that Bates didn't have any involvement in Teak Trading. I doubt that Harvey would perjure himself since it's a guaranteed prison sentence if you get found out. Therefore it seems probable that Bates is telling the truth for once and doesn't have anything to do with it.

17 Nov 2012 13:58:23
i understand people are really pi**** about GFH but atleast wait untill you know more details till you start slating them. It could be so many reasons its taken so long and bates im sure will have played a massive part in that. if and when it happens and they are useless then i will be the first to have a rant. be positive get behind the team aandd hope for the best! LIAM MOT

I can understand what u say mate but due to the time its takin its affectin the team and our ability to bring people in that we need. gfh must b able to see that. if its not resolved quickly we will b facin a relegation battle and we wont b able to get any quality in. players wont come with all the uncertainty... would u?

Whats affecting the team, is people boycotting due to supporters trusts like LUST opening their mouths when it isnt needed

17 Nov 2012 12:17:41
I think GFH should hang their heads in shame. There pathetic and cumbersome takeover attempt has slowly strangled the life out of the team. I seriously doubt that they have the funds or the 'know-how' to drive LUFC forwards. Make no mistake, Leeds are heading into a relegation battle, promotionis a million miles away. In my opinion GFH should step aside and allow buyers with more capital and who move faster than a snail with gout. GFH seem almost too scared to complete, is the resposibility and high profile of LUFC too much for them ?

It has taken to long but they have nearly completed now. Lets see if your still saying the same when we go up.

You have had 8y of Bates and yet you still think its GFH that is delaying the takeover unbelievable. GFH that have everything to loos and Ken Bates that as turned our club it to a rotting corpse and as **** all to loos I know who my money is on

When we go up haha haven't laughed like that since Grayson was manager.

17 Nov 2012 08:45:07
All you ever see when you come on thirstiest s moan moan moan.
Yes it's annoying its taking so long and yes gfh-c and bates have gone about this sale wrong and the longer it takes the more rumours and dirt slinging that's happening.

Firstly do you think bates would sell to someone who has no money?
Secondly if they have no moneybhow will they pass the football league fit and proper test.
Thirdly you all or get they are an investment so it will be a investor or a group of investors who will be buying leeds through gfh.
Fourthly there dealing with bates so he will have dodgy accounts all over the place which will take months to sort out plus sorting out ppl who own eland road and thorpevarch and then leeds council.

It will happen as stated all over and gfh will have a lot of bridges to build with the fans but they will.

So stop moaning and support the team and give the new owners a chance .

People have a right to moan, it's gone on way to long! If you are happy then that's fine but most fans are not!

Well said poster, i've never stopped believing , leeds thru and thru for 46 years, we will be back very soon, starting with a win at millwall MOT

I would say most ppl are ok about the take over only ppl like you moaning on. I'm sure if tomorrow we got bought out by a multi trillion wire you would still be moaning about it.

Ofcourse nobody would moan if we were bought by a multi trillionare, but the simple fact is, it is not happening 2morow it's taking half a bloody year and still going! If your fine with how long it's taking with our team slipping down the table then more fool you. I am not happy having to wait this long for someone to buy our football club with no good media info into their finances!