Taling about it at the pub Friday night:
Everything is part of Bates' masterplan. - not wanting to win the play-off final last year - renewing Blackwell's contract, knowing full well he was a crap manager - releasing stories of dressing room unrest - selling Killa and Hulse - ignoring the coaching staff pre-season report warning that we could be relegated if we did not buy new players - spending cash on Billy's Bar, nappy-changing facilities, etc instead of squad strengthening - delaying the appointment of a new manager until we were up sh*it creek - charging premiership season ticket prices knowing full well this would cause a drop in attendances and still budgeting for 24000 average attendance - charging lower prices for "big must-win" matches which would normally have drawn extra fans to the game If Wise was also involved, you can also add (although slightly more far-fetched than above): - Mole-gate and Nicholls-gate - getting rid of the senior pros - preferring Heath to Rui - getting the team to sit back every time they went ahead. Bates now has his wish and can get a better price for the club ----- Original Message ----- From: "rich m" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2007 8:42 PM Subject: [LU] quick theory > 35 million in debt. Hhhmm. > > Blackwell almost got us back into the prem. 35mil debt is more than > manageable for a prem team. But as we have been told before, a swift > return > to the prem would have triggered further payments to creditors who kept > the > club alive under krasner and co. bates, I'm sure, did not like this idea. > > We failed at Wembley at the last hurdle last year and I still believe to > this day it was orchestrated. At this stage bates is just 12 months away > from the footballing debts of the risdale era being wiped clean. THEN we > could go for the prem. But hold on. how do you explain this to the team? > What about the players such as gregan, butler, derry etc who were probably > thinking "this is my last chance at playing in the prem and the ONLY > reason > I joined the club? Result... player revolt and Blackwell's meeting in > pre-season where he stated to the board he felt a relegation fight was a > real possibility. > > Bates' Solution? Get rid of Blackwell who talks too much and didn't like > to > do as he was told and bring in notsowise, who will say all the right > things > and try and divert the fans attention by moaning every week about refs > decisions and creating fake moles etc. > > Now. bates might be finally getting what he wanted all along. A debt free > leeds united and his very own puppet for a manager. > > Just a theory and I don't think it's too extreme. > > My main worry is this. we will still need investment if we want to get > back > to the prem in the next 5 years and it seems nobody wants to touch leeds > whilst bates is around. > > What say you? > > Rich > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! > http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > 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 > The Leeds List - "where never is heard a discouraging word..." _______________________________________________ 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 The Leeds List - "where never is heard a discouraging word..."
