Dave, It does actually beg the question, what is hidden in the financial murk at the centre of Leeds United that no respectable businessman wants to take a punt on the club,
All the things listed below indicate the club would be a great investment even for a "Mile Astley" type to spend a few quid getting us up and then running the club on a break even in the middle of the Premiership - like Newcastle you'd get a steady 40k a week and unlike the Toon at least for a few seasons nothing but praise and gratitude. Something is very rotten in the state of Denmark and my bet is that the main stench is still Malignant Stoat. Sarge -----Original Message----- From: nattan <[email protected]> To: leeds list <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, 2 May 2015 20:43 Subject: [LU] Rotherham Wow nearly 32k fans turned up to watch this end of season dead rubber, the vastmajority buying tickets knowing that there would be nothing riding on this game.Potential buyers , what are you waiting for ? We average over 20k but have thepotential just under the surface of getting 30k every week if we are top of theLeague. We still (just) have a global fan base and 'brand name'. We are a onecity club and that is a city that is quite rich. Well done the Russian who hasbought Bournemouth and got them into the Prem with the £120m that is worth BUThowever long you are there and however well you do they will always just beBournemouth, WE can be up there with the top teams if someone can come and sortus out. The anti Cellino stuff never really happened. I did not see a singelperson wearing purple in the pubs beforehand. There were a few "Massimo, time togo" chants and a number of purple beach balls were thrown around the stands.Instead there were a lot of pro Redfearn songs and even a couple in support ofThompson but to what avail i am not sure.The game itself was once again prettyforgettable - the team was the same as last week with Berardi being the only exItalian based player on the pitch (Bamba has played in England before) Despitethe fact that we were at home against a team that has spent all season fightingrelegation and probably the last week on the piss, we still just had Morison onhis own up front. I do think Redders has done well in impossible circumstancesthis season but I really cannot see him as the man to take us up. Rotherham had2 great chances in the first half - a missed header from 5 yds out and anothershot that missed when it was easier to score. A few other times they seemed tocarve us open to no effect. At the other end a 'goal' when the flag for offsidehad gone up ages before by Morison and a back header right to the keeper ouronly opportunites. Taylor showed why he is a defender when he dallied when heshould have scored. So 0 0 at half time and pretty average fare.Then came theonly 10minutes of the game worth re-watching. About 5 minutes into the secondhalf and we turned up the heat and the tempo - we should and nearly did score-one great move involving Mowatt and Morison was great. Sharp came to help andhe added to the pressure etc -for a 10minutes spell we batttered them but couldnot get the breakthrough and that was that. A few chances came and went to bothteams and right to the end it was on a knife-edge insomuch as one goal eitherway could have won it - but it was not great. So the game and the seasonpetered out - we cannot score enough and do not attack enough at home, the crowdreally got behind the team at times and showed how things could be if things onthe pitch were right, but overall it was yet another poor game to add to manythis seasonNot sure where we go from here - I posted my ST renewal yesterday ,glad that it was free and not £445- but without some major changes things willnot get better99 days till the start of nextseasonDave_______________________________________________Leedslist mailinglistInfo and options:http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslistTo unsubscribe, [email protected] ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER
