I'm feeling lucky so I've bought an extra euro millions ticket tonight, so who wants a job on the board when I win and who fancies a stab at getting those overpaid lazy buggers to pass the ball to a team mate, defend with a semblance of confidence and to knock the ball into the net...
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 May 2007 16:56 To: [email protected] Subject: [LU] Morris Bid -- the Downside is the Upside Some will question the Morris bid. Some will do so because of his involvement in the Kransortium. Others will criticize it because they will see it (correctly) as a real estate play. Some, riffing on the later, will suggest the bid is not in line with the best interests of the supporters. But we have to remember how we got here and we must be realistic about what it will take to get us out. Barring an Russian billionaire looking for a plaything -- and if one of those were out there and interested we would already be his plaything -- the future of Leeds United must be built on sound business principles. What we have to offer a purchaser is two things: (1) Leeds is the largest one-club city in Europe with a tremendous installed fan-base that merely needs to be wooed back, most of whom are merely looking for the slightest excuse, and (2) the Club would seem to be one hell of a real estate play. In the hands of a good businessman, point (2) can be used to provide some return while funding a serious and business-driven attempt to exploit point (1). That, to me, seems to be what Morris' bid constitutes. Can he be criticized for not being a fan who will buy back Elland Road and Thorpe Arch and maintain them inviolate? Errrrm. Well, its true...but the thought that anyone would seriously do that went walkabout for want of anyone to play the part. Its fantasy land. Its the type of thing that got us in this mess in the first place. It is precisely what we cannot afford. I'll take a real, serious business foundation to build upon -- even if it means losing ER or TA -- instead. Michael Gardiner San Diego Whites ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. _______________________________________________ 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..."
