> I committed the cardinal sin of writing to my MP to complain about the > underhand way my beloved club had been ripped asunder.
And just what did that achieve that was in any way positive for the football club or supporters like me who would prefer an old cnut in charge of Leeds United if it means we have a club to support and/or have a chance for promotion this season? Apart from partly assuage your hatred for Bates that is? I believe your direct actions have influenced this whole saga to drag on longer than might otherwise been the case, they certainly haven't shortened the process. That is why I, like others, are fucked off with the whole thing. Bates may be a total tosser, but I don't really expect LUFC owners to be anything other than tossers. I had higher expectations of fellow Leeds United supporters. The only justification for (even risking) dragging out the process is to suffer some pain now for the sake of next season or beyond - ie sacrifice this season's preparations cos after that we will be rid of Bates. That is simply a difference of opinion, given that football owners no matter what scarf they might wear are liable to be in it for the money and/or or their egos, history would tell us that we are just as likely to get incompetents or wankers in charge next time too. In other words, for the sake of clarity on my position, and I believe others too - we don't 'like' Bates, given a clean slate we wouldn't choose him as our owner, however he was/is the owner and in the absence of a clean transference we would be better to just make do with what we have got at the moment (or 'deal with it') and get back to arguing about players and formations. Its a bit like global warming, you might like to think you have some control over it, but ultimately inconveniencing yourself to recycle your pop bottles aint going to make any difference at all whilst India and China build coal fired power stations every day of the week. You wont stop Bates owning the club, you are insignificant in the grand scheme of things, you are powerless. All you can do is collectively delay the inevitable, but by causing that delay you are pissing off people like me who want to just forget about the whole fucking thing and stick to getting depressed about the football on show. _______________________________________________ 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 Join The Leeds United Supporters Trust at www.lufctrust.org
