Summed up well! Ian
Sent from my iPhone On 5 Apr 2012, at 17:07, "Peter Hudson" <[email protected]> wrote: > I was talking to an Arsenal-supporting friend about Bates and he sent me the > following, which I thought summed it up pretty well: > > ". . . . . . it never ceases to surprise me that people expect Bates to > behave like a normal person. It has always struck me that he despises all > football fans and that he would take no interest in the game unless he was > making a profit - from those very people whom he despises. His first > involvement with a club - Oldham? - was when he was still active in building > and property development. He presumably saw Oldham as a piece of real estate > from which he could profit but soon saw bigger opportunities at Chelsea which > he bought for a £1 and sold for £140 million when it was £80 million in debt. > His treatment of Matthew Harding was at best vindictive - even after the > man's death. > His involvement in the FA was solely to gain power and make money. His > building company owned the car park at Wembley as far as I remember. > And so to Leeds where his financial skullduggery was quite breathtaking. At > one stage you almost had to admire him for his barefaced cheek. > The man is crude and without style or class, but also a grandiose > narcissistic bully who will brook no interference with his megalomaniacal > plans. > > Good luck with him - but don't expect him to behave normally or to be treated > by him with anything other than disrespect." > > Nice to see the admiration with which our chairman is viewed throughout the > football world. > > Peace, > Pete H > (on the list since about 1994, but mainly lurking these days) > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate
