Leeds Banter Archive September 03 2012

03 Sep 2012 22:12:18
Here is the plus or minus whichever way you look at it.
Plus.......the deal goes through take over complete Bates GETS OUT OF OUR CLUB as we have been politely asking him to do for a long time.
Minus deal doesn't go through and by january we will be in admin lose ten points but because Warnock gets us as many points as possible we finish mid table.
Different Plus the potential buyers who have been waiting in the wings and having poored over the books know everything they need to pick up LUFC for a song they invest heavily and Neil decides to stay and we get into the prem in two years. Bates get investigated and is banned from being a director and receives not one penny from LUFC
If there is a god of football Mr Bates will get his just deserts.

Good luck with that. No-one is going to imprison a near 90 year old who resides out of the jurisdiction. Best we can hope for is the takeover otherwise we are doomed for another decade.

What is the obsession with us going back into administration? I know we dont appear to have money to spend, but we do turn a small profit each year (financial fair play), administration is not feasible .

THE BOOKS ARE BALANCED BY SALE OF PLAYERS e.g. Delph, Snodgrass they were assets, we have no assets left to sell we are going to run out of money as the weeks go by the money go's on wages, Bates is fast running out of options, he now owes the potential new owners millions, he will not spend his own cash we are f***ed if he won't sell, on the plus side so is he.
He is bad for not only LEEDS but football in general, if it's true about Pompy I pity them they are in for years of misery if the old B*****d won't drop dead and leave us all alone

03 Sep 2012 19:53:55
Sadly I didn't make the game sat, just a question to those that went, did Robinson get a good welcome back?

Hi, so what if he did, so what if he did not? He is a splitter who plays for Blackburn.

Yes he did mate and you could see that it meant a lot to him

Yes a standing ovation and he clapped all the fans back then they sang your Leeds and you know you are and he laughed.

Before and after the game he received a tremendous, and I must add, fully deserved, ovation.

It was actually a privilege to be a part of - as genuine a case of mutual admiration between a player and fans of a former club as you are ever likely to see.

Took me back to being 13 again seeing him play. I think he felt like he was home :) Legend.

To the first replier cant believe you put that can tell you didnt go to game or you would have a lot more respect for him. He loves Leeds he left cause we needed money and didnt mess us about with money like Kewell etc.. also the first thing he did when he came out was ran to kop and did the Leeds salute.

03 Sep 2012 19:17:21
Ed what's the funniest genuine rumour you've seen sent in to this site ? {Ed003's Note - If you mean ones that seem ridiculous but end up being true,the latest one was last week on the main site regarding J bullard to MK Dons, I was laughing it off and within hours he signed for them lol}

My favourite was a rumour that said that he went to the same synchronised swimming club as Neil Warnock, Billy Davies and Ken Bates! And that Lionel Messi was to sign for his boyhood club... Forest Green

The Andy Gray rumour was straight out of left field and turned out true.

03 Sep 2012 15:48:07
He spent the closing stages of August watching clubs crawl over players he coveted as Ipswich Town bid for George Boyd, Norwich City moved for Craig Mackail-Smith and Cardiff City agreed a fee for Nicky Maynard. All while, Leeds fought to tie Diouf to a deal worth £5,000 a week.
oh dear struggling to raise 5k a week for a class player
bainesyboy

03 Sep 2012 15:43:50
It might be that there is some subliminal message behind all this; a way of GFH Capital making its continuing presence known without breaching its commitment to confidentiality. As hard as it is to believe, the planned buy-out of Leeds is still drawing breath and soldiering on, though the present picture shows two entrenched sides sitting tight and waiting for the other to concede crucial ground. You'd be tempted to think that someone, somewhere will lose patience soon were it not for the fact that neither party saw it necessary to draw a line in the sand while the transfer window was open. In terms of public awareness, this takeover is into its 95th day.
source afternoon post ;)

according to them its still on and its in the 95th day OMG get it sorted soon batesy
bainesyboy

03 Sep 2012 15:18:17
We've got a trialist called Peter poloskei. Anybody know anything about him?

03 Sep 2012 13:53:07
If the price tag of £50 million for our club is correct, assuming we do get taken over, what are the new owners to be getting for their money? We don't own TA, we don't own ER, our next two years season ticket funds are going towards the new stand, so basically that leaves the players. I find it hard to believe we are worth £50 million in our current state. If it is for the pure love of the game and our club, then good on em.

Shhhhh are you trying to put the buyers off ? lol

I have never been a Bates hater (i just cant be bothered) but i do believe he owns ER and TA (by guile) even if it was not from when he first took over, so that is why the club could be worth £50M.

03 Sep 2012 13:32:28
Dom Poleon in the Leeds U21 game. Superb goal (absolute class). Looks good enough for the bench to me. Watch the tape Neil :)

Any other players impressing? keep hearing a lot about the Turners and Lenighan, but none have been given a run out.

Five games in 15 days coming up so good chance they make the bench and get some game time then.

Both Turners looked very steady. I was impresssed with the strength and skill of Ntelmi. Lenighan (A big lad) was excellent, even off his game. Rabchuka played extremely well and pulled off some very good saves. Paddy Kisnorbo looked past his best I'm afraid :)

Oh and Zac Thompson. Good range of passing and a quality goal :)

03 Sep 2012 10:39:07
Logic - quickest way to the championship is 30,000+ every home game - new squad not flapping in front of big crowd - so just turn up till Christmas pleeeease, please don't destroy the team - they need us....

I totally agree, People need to stop crying about bates and lining his pockets, Accounts have to be availble to public so I cant see how he could be pocketing it.
I cant get to many games but will try and go to as many as I can I was at the Blackburn game and was disappointed with the number of empty seats I could see but even after we didn't quite take the 3 points it was a fantastic game and well worth the £150+ it cost me and my GF to go up for the weekend. She is a Necastle fan so the next callange is to try and fit 2 games in one weekend! I know we all cant afford to go to every game but if we all try and make the extra effort to go to a couple more games a season it will make all the differance.
KarlT

Come on Bates, haven't you got bigger things to think about, then trying to blag us into coming back to support your retirement fund. NO THANKS!
Ill come back when i'm good and ready. That reminds me of someone, are thats it, you. Sign and ill be back with the rest of them, DEAL!
BATES OUT, BATES OUT!!
mot4life

03 Sep 2012 09:11:39
Every body keeps saying wait till the prem teams name there 25 for the season, theres some right players we can get. NEWS FLASH!!
Where is this money goin to come from? A magic pot that fell from the sky. People are just not getting it. We have no money and the tin pot that runs are club will not invest 1p in the team. Now for some people thats ok because we are winning some games at the moment but we are 2 injuries away from a desaster season.
People say its Bates's club to do with as he see's fit. I say there would be no club, without the loyal fans paying top dollar. So fact is we are the club and without us there would be no LUFC. So you would exspect to person running the buisness to look at what would put bums on seats. The answear is clear to see, put a little in to get alot out and change the buisness into a success. The only problem is Mr Bates doesn't care anothe about the name LUFC, to want to put a little in. He just wants to rape all the assetts, from under are noses.
If you owned a sweet shop and people were not coming to buy sweets. You would think, people are not coming because i'm not selling the right kind if sweets. So you you change the sweets and opt for a better quality of sweet. What you don't do is change the decor, When there was nothing wrong with it in the first place.
I just want to see my club be successfull again. The money we pay to see are beloved club is really high for this league. So i don't think it's to much to ask. Bates hes taken as far as he can without putting his own money. So i say its time to pass over the mantle. The only way he will do this is when it starts to hurt him in the pocket. I know support the team no matter what. For me the only thing i think im supporting now is Bates retirement fund, that i can not do. Once this man has gone, i will be the first fly down and get my ticket because i know where that money is going.
So when do we all come togeather and say anothe is anothe, today, tomorrow, league 1, league 2. If we don't do whats right for are club before there is no assetts to call a squad. Then this man is going to be laughing at us, all the way to the bank.
So ill finish with, BATES OUT, BATES OUT!!
mot4life

The funds could come from the millions that bates has pocketed or the profit of last year? Doubt it but there is money there and if you want to sell a football team you will want it to look worth investing in a

02 Sep 2012 22:50:19
it's time to get real people , at best we are looking at investment with pappa smurf still at the helm , (in every press release he has rubbished any talk of a takeover)i know we need to dream to end this nightmare , but it,s not going to happen , i know we have a paper thin squad but if anybody can get the best out of of these boys NW is our man , expect some ordinary loan signings when the window opens to boost numbers , but nothing more , i for one prey to all the gods of football i am wrong , but i very much doubt it , it,s time to realize that 28000 ardent leeds fans cheering on our boys is the best signing of the season , lets make ER a fortress and show this division just how big a club this is ....... leeds forever M.O.T

This is what bates wants, i for one will not get in line and zip up. The man has had 7 yrs of everyone getting in line and hopeing this might be the season.
I want change, i want a new plan of action, i want some new players that can play, i want a chairmen that gives a s==t. Until all this happens, they are not getting my hard earned money. I understand a few people will not be struggleing or out of work. If i'm going to use money that otherwise could be used on doin something with my kids. Then i'm sorry but the ships captain has to go first.
BATES OUT, BATES OUT!!
mot4life

How would investment take this long? If your investing in a club would only take weeks not months.

It is a takeover but as bates is involved its that complicated its taking for ever.its well documented bates wont sign forms.

At what point has he done a press conference on the subject he has referred to it as takeover/investment or said nothing at all also if its just investment you dont need a broker 'GFH Capital' do you you just do it one on one with Bates you dont need a middle man..