Leeds Banter Archive June 27 2012

27 Jun 2012 23:33:53
I was wondering if Bates would actually do a deal with someone from middle east...?

As he calls them as 'Sheik rub a dub'

Surely it has to be USA ?

He (Bates) is RUDE about everyone let's not forget he calls the supporters of this great club Morons - He will sell to anyone who matches his price

I hear The Devil has made a decent offer for his soul !!

Actually he just called the fans that were protesting morons

"I hear The Devil has made a decent offer for his soul !"

Probably offered the devil a few peanuts for HIS soul, more like....

27 Jun 2012 22:28:43
Our so called "takeover" is probaly mr bates himself investing, thats why its confidential ;)

Hes probably buying Leeds United with another business of his.

27 Jun 2012 21:59:00
Hi ED are you a Leeds fan( im sure youve said you are before! also where/would you get all you're hot news if you get it! And can we access the same info? Regards wingy Mk
By the way keep up all good work!!! Mot for life {Ed013's Note - Yes mate, been watching them for over 25 years. I know 2 people that work at Elland Road and I speak with an ex player every now and again, but even they don't know whats going on behind the scenes. My other info comes off the net after I have researched it}

Thanks for the reply ed! Makes all the more sense,when you do say something now! Well keep up the good work and hope to hear soon! the words all us Leeds fans want to hear !!! It's done and captain Birdseye has left the building !! {Ed013's Note - Thanks mate}

27 Jun 2012 21:21:48
well i personally would like to say whoever takes over a big big thank you to mr bates and his family for saving my club and good health to him and his family for the future whatever that may be nicky bee

Yep thanks Mr Bates for saving us. You have taken us as far as we can go now Retire and sun it up.

Yeah thanks mr bates for stepping in and doin what the inland revinue would of done anyway. Which is take are hard earned money and tell us its are fault.
Now we know theres someone out there, that does care for are great club.
mot4life

27 Jun 2012 20:38:11
i just hope that we aint all getting carried away too soon , i know that its looking good but im afraid that been a leeds fan all my life and seeing what ive seen leaves me with the nasty thought that it will all go wrong i hope im wrong and that old master bates will be bought out and leave us in peace the parasite is not wanted here and never has been

27 Jun 2012 20:03:08
I (along with every Leeds fan and their dog!) pray that we get a new owner with bottomless pockets, but equally one that is stable, sensible, passionate and not a total puppetmaster that will use our club as a temporary toy to play with. SLC mot

I dont have a dog...

27 Jun 2012 19:00:40
With in the next 5 years I can see Leeds being as big as man city we can only hope :)

Leeds are a MUCH bigger team with massive GLOBAL support in comparison to citeh - FACT

27 Jun 2012 18:51:38
Just wanted to say loved beckford when he was at Leeds and scored the goals that got us out of div one, but at the end of the day it was everton who got best deal as signed him for free and sold him to Leicester ( where he didn't set league alight£ for 4 million why would we want to pay money to get him back at ER

The jyg

Totally agree mate, depends on how much and wages he would want, although to be fair be interesting to see him play for a taskmaster like nw.
Face it, we are linked with a lot of players now, but can imagine how mad it will be rumour wise if we get some money behind us!! SLC mot

If your gonna disagree back it up with a reason, am not saying I'm right is just my opinion

The jyg

I was in agreement with you. SLC mot

Everton and obviously Beckford got a big signing on fee from Everton! wasnt so interested in leeds then was he, well said o.w

If i remember rightly beckford was offered to leeds that same season according to bates.

27 Jun 2012 18:48:24
Alot of people forget, we have already signed 4 players:
- Jason Pearce
- Paul Green
- Adam Drury
- Eoghan Stokes

Eoghan stokes!! who is he? i thought we had only signed pearce, green and drury....

16 year old striker signed from St kevins boys club, some irish team only signed on a scollarship deal.

But we had to pay a fee to get him o.w

27 Jun 2012 18:25:40
i am absolutely delighted with the new development at Elland Road and i am very excited over the prospect...


nice to see a new catering partnership ;)

27 Jun 2012 17:58:51
I fkn love this site.......

The 'eds' should all be on the new board when we are surely taken over!

Paul - Isle of Man white {Ed013's Note - haha id love to be part of the board, but I think I am destined for another season in the North stand, N9!}

27 Jun 2012 16:29:39
Long and short of everything is that no one - not even players/agents will know who is involved in the takeover/investment. So certainly no one posting on here will be in the know.
Hardly likely to be a multi billionaire buying Lufc whether we like to admit it or not. The new owners will have monies granted but they will also want a return on their intended investments.

That is more like it I think.

27 Jun 2012 16:01:14
Whilst im very excited by the prospect of a potential takeover/investment, I must say that some people are getting well ahead of themselves.

I dont suddenly expect we will be splashing out millions on world class players, more likely we will be picking up some decent championship standard players with the odd premiership fringe player.

I certainly dont think we will be "the next man city" as some people are making out.

We are still at least several weeks away from anything being finalised, so I expect there to be a million rumours about who is behind the deal, aslong as we end up with steady financial backing ( it does'nt have to be tens of millions) and honourable owners I will be more than happy, I would hate to end up in the hands of a group like the Venkys for example or the chancers that have pretty much destroyed Portsmouth.

Hopefully over the next few weeks we will hear some good news regarding all this.

Gandalf white.

I really hope we dont go the way of Man City and buy massive. I, personally, find it a lot less interesting than fighting the good fightt. We are dirty and we battle - that is the true nature of LUFC and the leeds fan. I would seriously question the nature of the 'supporter' who wants us to spend big to ensure success.

Thats all we want,a chance to compete properly and not lose our players.once we are back in prem then we need to fork out.
we dont need world class now just good championship class....shrew leeds

27 Jun 2012 15:27:52
That compass partnership better not be the "investment"!

27 Jun 2012 15:07:44
how much of a d**k tease is the OS, i look just after 3pm for any news and its shows a partneship for a catering company for matchdays but headline is partnership. buggers!

deakko7

27 Jun 2012 13:18:34
Who else reckons that this latest statement is just to get fans off there back and theres no investment just another tactic so bates can get away with spending no money and making leeds a mid table team hope im wrong but cant see it

leeds 12

Seriously?
You are officially nuts.
As much as it hurts you not to moan, accept it, we re getting at worst a pretty good investment, at best a full takeover.
Try smiling and being happy.
Ed, can we fine 1 pound fine for every moan? We d be able to take over the club ourselves by the end of the week.
Jonny H {Ed013's Note - Either that or a good p**s up!}

Dont you just get fed up with all these negative posts!

Its a 'takeover' and its great news!

27 Jun 2012 12:59:57
Re: Takeover

So much gossip, speculation - as we all know lack of communication or information leads to distrust and suspicion and convinces us of the evil of Master Bates, over the years it brought out quotes such as 20 odd yeats ago he will kot rest until we are kicked out of football etc - and the policy under Grayson of say nowt about owt again breeded speculation, hatred even towards Ken Bates - get the Chelsea out of Leeds etc etc etc - at my worst I hated the scumbag for year after year us getting no-one - he's creaming us, fleecing us, lining his greedy pockets etc etc - but my friends - this should be the moment to look at the facts and afterwards at last all of us be UNITED.

Facts: We were well and truly f**ked and a double admin like Portsmouth or even worse liquidation as per Glasgow Rangers - Outspoken loudmouth Ken came in - we were riddled with debt, in a absolutely hopeless situation - we didn't moan and complain when his dodgy, clever business methods saved us millions of debt did we ?
The same man has not invested in the team for years - not because he is tight, but because we haven't had any money ! Money's gone into the stadium, casino etc - but it must have allways been Ken's notion to save, rebuild, market a great club and facilities and structure and sell it on, its not just for the money - he is a businessman yes, but like any other human, what a buzz of a challenge to anyone to be big and bold and clever enough to save a famous club from extinction, build it up, sell it on to someone who can afford to fund the transfers and wages - he is 80 and ancient - making millions is no real use to him now, when we beat Chelsea in a couple of Seasons, I can guarantee you old Papa Smurf will have a smile on his face - he will still be proud of his achievements in life, and his thirst for business and a mighty challenge saved Leeds in the first place - I never believed I would end up writing something like this but I genuinely mean it - Thank you Ken - oh we the unpatient - he's allways known what he is doing and probably explains the morons quote - true, unfair to call Leeds fans morons, a choice of better words is all that was required from him - like 'with the greatest respect to the complainers, it is a very complicated job running a football club, and i am doing the best i can with the money i have got to build a long term future' From Leeds' top brass' own words, they seem to have rejected many an investor cos they haven't lived up to the high requirements set out for a viable investor/owner - just selling up or accepting investment to any old tom, dick and harry could have left us like Pompey or Rangers, so thank you top brass for riding the very long unpopularity storm in order to get us the best outcome - lessons have been massively learned from the Ridsdale era and proven - I am a very happy Leeds fan and we are on the way back and what joy it will be for us all

MOT

Very very well said.. Agree with every single word posted here.

AntW

Outstanding post my friend, KB don't like the man, but I will always respect him for the job he has done. Macca72

Great post pal

27 Jun 2012 11:26:56
putting 2 + 2 together then on latest news we can only speculate that ...

Mr Revie has found allies and investment and is in league with a Multi National ( Arab / American or even French Money ) several countries represented - which could be the arab and french ? all sounds promising

27 Jun 2012 10:45:46
Ed would you agree that if a hell of a lot of rangers players are leaving on free transfers, NW should try and snap a few up? {Ed013's Note - They do have some good players, but the likes of Everton, Sunderland are interested. Worth a try though}

27 Jun 2012 10:13:03
so according to people on here we are been taken over by 7 diff people.so really who know the truth.i dont and 99.9% of people on here dont.we arnt even sure if investment or takeover,new chairman or old chairman.its a great read on here but lets face it we will only know when its on o/s or bates appears again on york radio.
i just hope the excitement alot of us feel does bear fruition and its not just an bit of money pumped in to do things other than buy quality players.
id love someone on here to know the truth and tell us a good source.anyone?....shrew leeds

A very close relatives company sponsers matches and was talking this morning regards sponsing . the conversation was deffo a takeover and thinks would a great deal better than under bates. that was from very very near to topman

27 Jun 2012 09:44:25
It's reported on LUFC website TODAY that due "diligence with 'Investor' is taking place and there will be no further updates in the near future". Take that as you will, but it makes no mention whatsoever about a takeover. Now all you scare mongorers with secret sources can button up and concentrate on making up rumours about transfers - lol

27 Jun 2012 09:15:50
After reading everyones thoughts and comments over the last 24hours I have started to get the feeling that "MAYBE" it could be Richard Branson taking over our fantastic club which would be AMAZING!!

One guy made the point that Branson is good friends with the QPR guy Fernandez. It could be possible that Branson has seen what he has done with QPR and wants in on the football game... with the right club (which we are) there is a serious chance of making a fortune and also with him being a football fan he would thrive on been a club owner.

Another post said "what I can't understand is why did Bates bring in Neil Warnock last season if he knew he was selling up in the summer?" My thoughts behind that are that again "MAYBE" Branson saw the impact Warnock had with QPR in getting them out of the Championship at his first attempt and requested (knowing that he would be buying Leeds) that Ken Bates did what ever it took to bring Warnock in before he signed for another club and he lost his man.

Looking into it even further, I am following Richard Branson on Twitter and have messaged him on several occasions over the past 2 months asking if he would be interested in saving our club, or asking if rumours of him taking over were true to which I have had no reply in any way shape or form... looking at his twitter account he replies to ALOT of people who message him so thinking he hasnt replied as he can't talk about it if he is involved in taking over our club.

Richard Branson would NOT just invest, he would want the club 100% his... Hope I'm right as imagine where we could be in 5 years time?? Name me one player who would turn down Leeds knowing that Branson was the owner??

Imagine the New Leeds shirt when we get promoted next season... Virgin across the front of the shirt and having someone like Adidas or Nike making the shirt.

(right need to calm down now before I have an accident in my trousers lol)

And maybe blue and White hoops, you seem to be trying to take everything qpr had. Good luck anyway.

27 Jun 2012 04:59:20
Just a word warning guys, I'm not trying to P*** on camp fire here but lets take step back here! Right its took a month from the first statement on OS to get to this stage and even now nothing is set in stone, you can speculate who the investor (investor or buyer who knows) is but none of us know, your sources don't know. We may end up in a worse position than know, who says investment will be on the field!
Any one else think the "no further announcement in the near future" on OS is concerning?

Then why ARE you pi$$ing on it?

We are all very aware that nothing is set in stone yet, but for f**k sake why can't you try and be positive about this, like the rest of us want to be?

We don't need any party poopers, we need believers.

You can have your glory if this all falls though and you can come back and gloat, but hopefully that won't happen.

Leeds4alongtime MOT'ing!

Whille you are right mate, if there is one thing we can be greatfull to KB for is that he will have done his own Due diligence.
As he as said many times before he wants the RIGHT investment for LUFC.

I for one will be glad to see the back of bates - but if this all goes through i will be the first to say thank you to Bates firstly saving our club and then turning it around to make it a viable investment for the new owner/investor.

Sir Phillip.

27 Jun 2012 01:11:15
well people you wanted some clarification, now youve got it, lets see what happens and now can we shut up moaning and get behind the lads ready for next season!

27 Jun 2012 00:26:42
To me the investor is taking over, i cant see bates staying on at his age...maybe im just hopeful. But im 90% sure we will get new owners. If so i would like to thank Mr Bates for saving our club. This was his plan all along to build our reputation back up and then sell it on. He may have his enemies and he may be corrupt (imo of course) but hes a smart business man, good job for us. Even if we hit the playoffs i will be pleased next season as long as we dont play as bad as last season. Better times ahead, MOT. Vinny.

26 Jun 2012 23:57:30
I refer back to my original post
18-06-12 about the time it will take
for due diligence and the discussion
I had with my mate who is involved
with business acquisitions (Though
again I stress NOT lufc).
Given that the OS has announced an
exclusivity agreement and stated
clearly that due diligence will now
take place i state for the record we
WILL not be spending any significant
sums of money on transfers until the
January window.
That said from the wording of the OS
my mate agrees with a lot of posters
on here as do I that this is a buyout
of a controlling share in our club NOT
an "investment"

StuW

26 Jun 2012 23:48:50
Only thing I don't understand is why did bates employ Colin if he was planning on selling the club?

Hi, please do not call Mr Warnock Colin

tRip

Would you have invested in the club the way it was going under Grayson, then?

Warnock has PROVEN success in the promotion game, he is a total asset to our club.

Same reason folk do repairs to their houses just before putting them on the market .....to make it a more attactive option for someone to buy

Probably hoped he could push promotion with what players we had at the squad which had we reached the prem league he would be selling for double what hes havig to sell for now

Maybe the new investor has been in talks with Mr Bates for some time and wanted NW in charge for negotiations to continue. Just a hunch.MOT RON