[LU] Re: Steve Gillen

2014-02-20 Thread MarkBursa
Paula, Just seen this awful news - stay strong,and please pass on my best wishes to Steve. Get well soon, big fella! Mark On 18 Feb 2014 at 8:10, Steve Gillen wrote: Hello Leeds List, I am not sure how to contact you all so hopefully this will get about. My name is Paula Gillen,

Re: [LU] Max Gradel

2013-12-18 Thread MarkBursa
I don't think that the stadium should be a place for car salesman or Jehovah's Witness conferences, as per Bates and his 'diversified income stream' shit. OK, so just leave that massive bricks-and-mortar asset standing unused for 340 days of the year. Who cares if car dealers or crazy

Re: [LU] Max Gradel

2013-12-17 Thread MarkBursa
say, to scum (like Smith - who many Unfathomably still laud). It's pretty fathomable if you look at the facts at the time. M ___ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email

Re: [LU] Max Gradel

2013-12-17 Thread MarkBursa
OK, run through the alternatives to selling Smith to the only club that tabled an offer that got him off the payroll and helped bail out the sinking ship with £7m? M In a message dated 17/12/2013 13:22:56 GMT Standard Time, ianjamesmur...@hotmail.com writes: Facts as stated by

Re: [LU] Max Gradel

2013-12-17 Thread MarkBursa
It's what happened at the time. No other teams were in for him with £7m. No other teams were in for him without expecting us to contribute to his wages. It was not his decision to go. The club sold him. He was entitled to a loyalty bonus, which he waived. Do you seriously expect

Re: [LU] Max Gradel

2013-12-17 Thread MarkBursa
But there was no option for Smith to stay. ManU offered £7m for him. Under what circumstances would the management of a failing business have refused that? What Smith said was irrelevant. He had no option to stay, even playing for nothing. I have a pretty good idea about the deal. What

Re: [LU] Max Gradel

2013-12-17 Thread MarkBursa
Ian, why do you assume I simply get information from reading the papers? How do you know I don't have better sources? I remain a supporter of developing the stadium. It's pretty grim in many places compared to state-of-the-art premiership grounds. Don't you think we shouldn't have a decent

Re: [LU] Grampa Sykes

2013-12-02 Thread markbursa
Very sad news. Is not the good doctor older than you? Sent from my iPhone On 2 Dec 2013, at 21:32, j...@boocock.net wrote: Very sad news about Grampa Sykes. I've taken the liberty of changing the list footers to mark John's passing. I know I will miss his contributions and our off list

Re: [LU] John Sykes

2013-12-02 Thread markbursa
So sorry to hear that. He was much liked and respected on this list. My condolences to you. Mark Sent from my iPhone On 2 Dec 2013, at 18:57, JOHN SYKES jsy...@shaw.ca wrote: Hello, We are sorry to announce the passing of our father, John Sykes, on Nov. 12th. It was unexpected and quick.

Re: [LU] Leeds chairman's ambitions

2013-10-02 Thread MarkBursa
I'd rather have someone with realistic ambitions than someone who sets wild targets and sacks the manager as soon as the team falls short. Lack of bullshit is refreshing after what we've had to endure for a decade. In a message dated 02/10/2013 15:23:44 GMT Daylight Time,

Re: [LU] Millwall 2 Leeds 0

2013-09-30 Thread markbursa
Chelsea, not Arsenal! Sent from my iPhone On 30 Sep 2013, at 09:44, John Boocock j...@boocock.net wrote: I go away for a few days and come back to yet more bickering between Mike and Rob. Can you two please take this somewhere else. As any competent schoolteacher or parent could tell you

Re: [LU] Luciano!

2013-09-30 Thread markbursa
Yes. And BMD acknowledges he's unlikely to get him now. Sent from my iPhone On 30 Sep 2013, at 14:40, Nicholas Armit arm...@yahoo.com wrote: Didn't Gnabry play on Saturday and score (the 18 year old German)? They won't let him go he started the last two games. Maybe I am confusing the

Re: [LU] Bentley

2013-09-24 Thread markbursa
Austin 1100 crap? Shocking. Issigonis' masterpiece, and Britain's best- selling car of the 1960s. M Sent from my iPhone On 24 Sep 2013, at 16:23, Robert Heath rhe...@asd.edu.qa wrote: Hmmm,.fair point. There,s no doubt Bentley would be a gamble.he could turn out to

[LU] Scumless

2013-09-10 Thread markbursa
Not a single player from the evil empire in the England XI tonight. When was the last time that happened? Sent from my iPhone On 9 Sep 2013, at 10:31, David Brennan d.r.bren...@leeds.ac.uk wrote: -- Message: 7 Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2013 10:10:03 +0100 From: Jim

Re: [LU] Transfer window

2013-09-02 Thread markbursa
That's the most likely scenario. Pretty sensible too. Sent from my iPhone On 2 Sep 2013, at 20:14, Jim Moran j...@jimmoran.co.uk wrote: Rumour has it we sign absolutely no one. Expect a bucketload of loans coming in after the window shuts. -- On 2 Sep 2013, at 19:30, Robert Heath

Re: [LU] Lemmings away

2013-08-29 Thread MarkBursa
He was back alongside miserable Mick McCarthy on the bench at Ipswich. M In a message dated 29/08/2013 16:44:50 GMT Daylight Time, pussaydam...@gmail.com writes: Didn't Terry Connor recently get sacked? Sign him back up just for this match ;) Damian On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 11:24

[LU] Excellent article from the YEP

2013-08-19 Thread MarkBursa
Very optimistic piece on the academy. Really encouraging, and sheds some light on how bad things were under Colin. http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/latest-whites-news/ leeds-united-sorry-neil-but-you-were-wrong-about-the-academy-redfearn-1-5962 711 M

Re: [LU] Non Lu: Becchio watch

2013-08-19 Thread MarkBursa
He's on nothing like £30k. I bet top wage at Norwich is less than half that. And Becchio won't be anywhere near their top wage. He'll be on £8-10k a week tops. M In a message dated 19/08/2013 19:16:45 GMT Daylight Time, richleed...@yahoo.co.uk writes: He did well to make bench in the

Re: [LU] is it April 1st

2013-08-09 Thread markbursa
Yes, but look at Cardiff. Colours, badge, nickname all gone. But they're in the prem, so the fans have rolled over and accepted it. Sent from my iPhone On 9 Aug 2013, at 13:48, Ian Murray ianjamesmur...@hotmail.com wrote: This is the problem with owners not understanding the culture or the

Re: [LU] is everyone dead ?

2013-07-22 Thread markbursa
At least it's not another light blue Coventry Cityalike strip. M Sent from my iPhone On 22 Jul 2013, at 18:32, Nicholas Armit arm...@yahoo.com wrote: It's hideous although I must admit I am starting to like the new home kit. From: Verner Hanna (Jnr)

Re: [LU] Burma

2013-07-20 Thread markbursa
As many of us belived all along, the Spitfires were a myth. A wartime tall tale with no substance. Good positive headlies in the Daily Mail for Dave though. M Sent from my iPhone On 19 Jul 2013, at 16:50, SinisterPicturesDB sinisterpictu...@dogz-bollox.co.uk wrote: Did pan face Camoron dig

Re: [LU] NON LU: EC ruling on world cup and euro champs

2013-07-20 Thread markbursa
ECB wanted the Sky deal as the money it generated allowed central contracts etc. Which is why we are now thrashing the Aussies on a regular basis. put cricket back on free tv and the sport struggles. M Sent from my iPhone On 19 Jul 2013, at 02:28, David Komadina david...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [LU] NON - LU - cricket quiz question (ignore if you listen to Andy Salzman Ashes podcast)

2013-07-10 Thread markbursa
4, run 3, 6 is highly likely at the end of a match when you need 7 off 3 and you cock up the 3! Running seven is something I've never seen at any decent standard of cricket. And as we have two batsmen on 94, we should assume this is not an under-11s 20-over thrash? Have you ever seen anyone run

Re: [LU] NON - LU - cricket quiz question (ignore if you listen to Andy Salzman Ashes podcast)

2013-07-10 Thread markbursa
dunno, looks like a cracking game, whatever happened! Sent from my iPhone On 10 Jul 2013, at 11:31, Jim Moran j...@jimmoran.co.uk wrote: Quite, the last two batsmen both getting a ton to win a tight game - what the hell was the other team's total? They're going to be gutted to lose this!

Re: [LU] NON - LU - cricket quiz question (ignore if you listen to Andy Salzman Ashes podcast)

2013-07-09 Thread markbursa
Ok, here goes... First batsman hits a four off the first ball. He then hits three off the second ball but the umpire rules the second run was short. So he gets his century but the batsmen have changed ends and still need one to win. Second batsman hits a six off the last ball to win the match

Re: [LU] NON - LU - cricket quiz question (ignore if you listen to Andy Salzman Ashes podcast)

2013-07-09 Thread markbursa
wouldn't work, read the question. last two batsmen. Run out would end the match Sent from my iPhone On 9 Jul 2013, at 17:17, Ian Murray ianjamesmur...@hotmail.com wrote: How can you be run out off a 6? Sent from my iPhone On 09/07/2013, at 23:13, Ed Morrish edmorr...@gmail.com wrote:

[LU] New boadroom idiocy

2013-06-05 Thread MarkBursa
Saleh Nooruddin seems to be a bloke with his priorities in the right order. Honestly, when will we ever have some competent leadership? http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/latest-whites-news/ leeds-united-ownership-under-spotlight-amid-boardroom-row-1-5738941?utm_medi

Re: [LU] NON LU: Martinez Compensation

2013-05-30 Thread MarkBursa
Won one more trophy than Moyes managed in a decade - with ten times the budget. Martines is a good manager and a good bloke. As for Hughes, a certain LUFC goalkeeper's opinions might be worth hearing! M In a message dated 30/05/2013 21:25:23 GMT Daylight Time, richleed...@yahoo.co.uk

Re: [LU] Leedslist Digest, Vol 35, Issue 21

2013-05-11 Thread MarkBursa
Muse?!? Music for angst-ridden teenagers, surely? M In a message dated 10/05/2013 20:55:16 GMT Daylight Time, wiscole...@hotmail.com writes: Will be seeing Muse at the Austin City Limits 2013 music festival in October. Cheers Wiscoleeds

Re: [LU] Leedslist Digest, Vol 35, Issue 21

2013-05-11 Thread MarkBursa
Were they angst-ridden teenage girls? Anything vaguely proggy seems purpose-designed to repel women! M In a message dated 11/05/2013 16:30:21 GMT Daylight Time, ianjamesmur...@hotmail.com writes: No mate, music for girls. Really, every girl I went out with in the 90s and early 2000s

Re: [LU] a photo of Diouf that led to red card

2013-05-01 Thread MarkBursa
I think you're looking for in jest M In a message dated 01/05/2013 10:51:38 GMT Daylight Time, barl...@gmail.com writes: I dont mind a bit of stereotyping in gist. is the term gist? I think it is. gist = humor? I think u can joke about ANYTHING. I know most people dont but hey.. I ve

Re: [LU] It was 21 years ago today...

2013-04-26 Thread MarkBursa
Not quite. We won the Charity Shield on August 8, 1992. /pedant off M In a message dated 26/04/2013 09:44:55 GMT Daylight Time, ni...@sykesonline.com writes: .that Leeds last won anything. Feeling old now? Nigel (the Dublin one)

Re: [LU] New kit

2013-04-24 Thread MarkBursa
Why on earth can't kit manufacturers just give us a simple, classic white shirt with some tasteful blue and yellow piping down the sleeves and (perhaps) on the collar, with a yellow version for the away kit? Amen. And change kit, not away kit. Only worn when away at a team that also

Re: [LU] non LU - Suarez

2013-04-22 Thread MarkBursa
It's just a shame the horrible little twat didn't bite John Terry instead. On the face, perhaps, with the inevitable result of Terry lamping him one, thus ensuring that the pair of them get massive bans. M ___ Leedslist mailing list Info and

Re: [LU] Optimism alert!

2013-04-20 Thread markbursa
If all results go our way today, we could be three points off the playoffs with two games to play. Highly unlikely, but BMcD has pulled something like this off before. M Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange -Original Message- From: Dr Michael Benjamin m...@myray.com Sender:

Re: [LU] FW: Relegation

2013-04-06 Thread markbursa
He certainly isn't. MES is a Citeh fan! Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange -Original Message- From: Matt Anderson m...@leeds-united.net Sender: leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2013 22:53:23 To: Richard Walkerrichleed...@yahoo.co.uk Cc:

Re: [LU] Scummer

2013-04-04 Thread MarkBursa
Apparently, at QPR his very first action as manager was to commission a new sign for his car parking space: Mark Hughes MBE, Manager Wanker. M In a message dated 04/04/2013 09:37:24 GMT Daylight Time, swin...@yahoo.co.uk writes: Hughes emerges as frontrunner for Leeds United job -

Re: [LU] LU - from our own Mr Whelan.

2013-04-04 Thread MarkBursa
My own theory is that Paolo thought he was being offered the job of managing Sudetenland, not Sunderland. Coat etc. In a message dated 04/04/2013 16:45:13 GMT Daylight Time, tim.whe...@talk21.com writes: I thought I'd leave it for others to judge how amusing my little comic piece

Re: [LU] How many points for safety?

2013-03-30 Thread markbursa
No team relegated with more than 52pts. Generally 50 is ok Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange -Original Message- From: Matt Anderson m...@leeds-united.net Sender: leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 20:40:30 To: mmarkpill...@gmail.com Cc:

Re: [LU] Gentlemen, start your engines...

2013-03-12 Thread MarkBursa
50 points is considered safe in the Championship. So yes, we're safe. In a message dated 12/03/2013 14:46:19 GMT Standard Time, dsm...@dsmail.plus.com writes: Same old story then if it holds any truth, us selling our prize assets to buy has beens and securing Championship (or lower

Re: [LU] Gentlemen, start your engines...

2013-03-12 Thread MarkBursa
Further stats... The highest points total for a relegated team from the championship is 52. Average point to guarantee survival is 48. 50 points is considered safe in the Championship. So yes, we're safe. In a message dated 12/03/2013 14:46:19 GMT Standard Time,

Re: [LU] do you wish to rephrase this

2013-02-26 Thread MarkBursa
Thatcher fought for it, won the rebate, defeated communism, gave half the population of Leeds their council house and turned us into a share owning democracy. So wrong in so many ways! Throw the corpse on the council tip. M ___ Leedslist

Re: [LU] Clough

2013-02-25 Thread markbursa
IF ONLY... The game in May 72 v Wolves had been played two days later. We would have won the double, and Clough would not have won the league with Derby. Would have changed a lot of things. Clough's skill was moulding teams out of unknown players. He patently could not handle established star

Re: [LU] do you wish to rephrase this

2013-02-25 Thread MarkBursa
So, she was prime minister for a decade or so, oversaw some shitty policies and waged a minor war. Why does that justify the sort of ceremonial burial only reserved for senior royals? Last commoner to get a state funeral was Churchill. Thatcher's achievements are in no way comparable to

Re: [LU] Bayern

2013-02-20 Thread MarkBursa
Bygones can rest in peace especially when anyone associated with the club in that year may possible be staring at wall paper and dribbling these days if not departed the land of the living Beckenbauer is club president, isn't he? Still remember him moaning at the linesman, getting

Re: [LU] Hope on the horizon ???

2013-02-08 Thread markbursa
All the best people are from Wakey Mark (born in Wakey, exiled in Surrey) -Original Message- From: Ian Murray ianjamesmur...@hotmail.com To: nigel ni...@sykesonline.com CC: leedslist leedslist@gn.apc.org Sent: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 14:07 Subject: Re: [LU] Hope on the horizon ???

Re: [LU] LU: Stand up for GFH

2013-01-29 Thread MarkBursa
A lot depends on what happens at QPR. Before 'arry took over, we were in for several of Colin's old lags - Mackie, Hill and Derry. But Redknapp seems to be using these players to put some backbone into QPR, and he'll only sell if he can bring in better players. That depends on who Spurs

Re: [LU] Worst player

2013-01-25 Thread MarkBursa
In among this fest of fantasy self-flagellation, we've managed to dump Danny Pugh on Sheffield Wednesday, and we're being linked with Richard Chaplow, who looked a good prospect a few years ago (we nearly signed him once before). Carry on. Can't believe nobody's mentioned Kevin Nicholls

Re: [LU] Worst player

2013-01-25 Thread MarkBursa
McGovern and O'Hare. _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qv1DhdPAS8_ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qv1DhdPAS8) In a message dated 26/01/2013 00:49:27 GMT Standard Time, ws.callag...@live.co.uk writes: The 2 Muppets that Clough brought to Leeds were shite too, though it's that long ago

Re: [LU] Was Brum - Now 2013

2013-01-08 Thread MarkBursa
and drove a Ford Triumph! a what?!?! ___ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate

Re: [LU] ER buyback option (was Was Brum - Now 2013)

2013-01-08 Thread MarkBursa
My father comes from Lvov/Lviv Rick, you and I have similar roots - my father came from Tarnopol - like Lvov, Polish then, Ukrainian now. Very entertaining post, BTW! Mark ___ Leedslist mailing list Info and options:

Re: [LU] Brum

2013-01-06 Thread markbursa
Sensible post of the day award! --Original Message-- From: Nigel Sykes Sender: leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org To: leedslist@gn.apc.org Subject: Re: [LU] Brum Sent: 6 Jan 2013 18:22 There's a surprising amount of anti-new-owners stuff coming out - I'm never one to support 'The Man', but

Re: [LU] clough revie... again

2012-12-30 Thread MarkBursa
Clough's skill was building a ground-up team out of journeymen. He was out of his depth with the world-class players at Leeds. Wrong man for the job. M In a message dated 30/12/2012 04:35:16 GMT Standard Time, ianjamesmur...@hotmail.com writes: Just think if we had have kept

Re: [LU] Fwd: Leeds United Supporters Trust - Message from the Chairman

2012-12-19 Thread MarkBursa
Seriously, take this to the Press Complaints Council. It might be toothless and discredited, but in the current climate, it might just act. M In a message dated 19/12/2012 18:18:18 GMT Standard Time, j...@jimmoran.co.uk writes: Dignity. And people still back Bates? I wouldn't even

Re: [LU] Takeover

2012-12-18 Thread MarkBursa
He hasn't got enough money to be an investor. He's one of the poorest club chairmen in the championship In every sense of the word! M In a message dated 18/12/2012 15:22:27 GMT Standard Time, richleed...@yahoo.co.uk writes: of course he is ! From:

Re: [LU] Takeover

2012-12-18 Thread MarkBursa
Not sure what you're basing that claim on. But I assume you've read that somewhere, based on some reported wealth that'll be based on company results and tax records. In which case, you haven't been paying attention! All these shell companies in the Caribbean are designed solely to hide

Re: [LU] Becchio, Grayson and Hotshot.

2012-11-29 Thread MarkBursa
Perhaps he was worried that Luciano would take his all-time scoring record! Wonder whether HotShot thought Becchio was crap OR there was interest from other teams. ___ Leedslist mailing list Info and options:

Re: [LU] Takeover done !!!

2012-11-21 Thread MarkBursa
Look at the history of Bates and Chelsea. This is the Matthew Harding stage. Hopefully it'll bring about enough money to get us competitive with the Leicesters and Cardiffs and out of this league by the end of next season. It's still just possible (if unlikely) this season if the money is

Re: [LU] Watford report

2012-11-11 Thread MarkBursa
His selection and decisions during the game beggar belief. Playing Green in defence with Lees on the bench? His eye injury is quite serious (damaged retina - it does heal quickly but he shouldn't play for a couple of weeks at least) and could become much worse if he took another blow.

Re: [LU] non LU - 'racist ref'

2012-11-05 Thread markbursa
This is precisely the theory I put forward the other day to Mrs B straight after it happened: cut out the monkey business, or something like that. Far too ridiculous... Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange -Original Message- From: Verner Hanna errand.fivef...@talk21.com Sender:

Re: [LU] Jerome Cameron anyone?

2012-10-24 Thread markbursa
Cameron Jerome would be better! Also heard us linked with Kenwyne Jones... --Original Message-- From: Jeremy Adams Sender: leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org To: Leeds List Subject: [LU] Jerome Cameron anyone? Sent: 24 Oct 2012 19:11 Teamtalk has us rumoured to be in for Jerome Cameron on

Re: [LU] utter shite

2012-10-23 Thread markbursa
Despite being shite, we have moved up two places. Still thereabouts... --Original Message-- From: Andy Pyzer Sender: leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org To: swin...@yahoo.co.uk To: leedslist@gn.apc.org Subject: Re: [LU] utter shite Sent: 23 Oct 2012 21:48 we were lucky with a draw by the sounds

Re: [LU] Friday night knobhead.

2012-10-22 Thread MarkBursa
Pathetic. Should have got at least 12 months, and a life ban from all football. Tagged till the day he dies and forbidden from travelling when Leeds are playing. The law, I'm afraid, is an ass. M In a message dated 22/10/2012 13:31:36 GMT Daylight Time, seanscr...@aol.com writes:

Re: [LU] Friday night knobhead.

2012-10-22 Thread MarkBursa
It was a very very minor assault and does not warrant 4 months in the big house, IMHO of course. True if it had been outside a pub, but it was on a football field, against a player, during a game. In my book, that's crossing a line that should not be crossed, and as a result, the

Re: [LU] Yesterday...

2012-10-20 Thread MarkBursa
Why the fuck wasn't he arrested at the end of the game? When I left the lads at the pub yesterday, I said the incident will be on Youtube allready... I was right, and allthough YEP still says that police will try to find this man, there were names, pictures, phone numbers all over the

Re: [LU] Dozy bollocks

2012-10-19 Thread markbursa
1-1 Tonge screamer Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange -Original Message- From: Matt Anderson m...@leeds-united.net Sender: leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 21:10:55 To: Richard Walkerrichleed...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: leedslist@gn.apc.orgleedslist@gn.apc.org Subject: Re: [LU]

Re: [LU] Poor

2012-10-19 Thread markbursa
He should listen to his own fans. Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange -Original Message- From: Richard Walker richleed...@yahoo.co.uk Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 21:56:09 To: Mark Tuffeywiscole...@hotmail.com Cc: markbu...@aol.commarkbu...@aol.com;

Re: [LU] Poor

2012-10-19 Thread markbursa
It does seem to be drilled in to all footballers to hit the deck if punched/slapped. If someone did that to you in the street I doubt you'd fall down. Not excusing it though. That twat needs 12 months in jail, and informing that he'll never see another football match till the day he dies Sent

Re: [LU] Poor

2012-10-19 Thread markbursa
Certainly looks like him. Hopefully he's already been nicked Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange -Original Message- From: Nigel Sykes ni...@sykesonline.com Sender: leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 22:12:31 To: 'Richard Walker'richleed...@yahoo.co.uk; 'Nicholas

Re: [LU] Poor

2012-10-19 Thread markbursa
Twat's a serial offender though - already on a banning order. Courts will make an example of him surely, and he'll also get a life ban. Something's wrong if he doesn't. Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange -Original Message- From: Chris Briggs c_bri...@hotmail.co.uk Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012

Re: [LU] Half time

2012-09-25 Thread markbursa
2-0 Austin Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange ___ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate

Re: [LU] Spending on players

2012-09-14 Thread MarkBursa
Goodness me, common sense on the list! The numbers seem to add up, given the constraints of having Bates in charge. 50% of t/o on player wages, yet only 3% return. LUST proposes upping spending to 60% - which would push us into losses. Not seeing any practical ways to improve things here.

Re: [LU] Spending on players

2012-09-14 Thread MarkBursa
How much money has Bates personally taken out of the club? Do you know? Boxes bring in good revenue. The ground is being refurbed with borrowed money - money that could not be borrowed to spend on players. Can't argue with the litigation - but even if you halved that, it'd not make that

Re: [LU] Spending on players

2012-09-14 Thread MarkBursa
I guess all will be revealed if and when a takeover goes through, and ownership of ER/TA transfers at a price. Rent is £1m a year. In a message dated 14/09/2012 19:28:20 GMT Daylight Time, st...@stevemosley.org writes: If you were the organisation that owned the training ground and

Re: [LU] Spending on players

2012-09-14 Thread MarkBursa
Boxes bring in sod all money compared to the 1 fans we've lost. £3 a season for each one, for 10 people. _http://www.leedsunitedvenue.com/index.php?id=57_ (http://www.leedsunitedvenue.com/index.php?id=57) 50 ST holders paying £600 a season bring in the same revenue in tickets

Re: [LU] TOMA

2012-09-04 Thread MarkBursa
I'd guess Warnock is looking to the emergency window, which will open once the Prem clubs have submitted their 25-man squads and we'll see who's available. As I understand it, the takeover is still on, but negotiations are a bit fraught. Buyers want Ken to sign an indemnity against any

Re: [LU] Mark Noble

2012-08-31 Thread MarkBursa
Can't understand why a manager like Grayson doesn't put a bid in for Becchio. He would get him for a million and much lower wages than Beckford ? Wrong on both counts. Becchio's on a long contract, so he'd cost a large fee - £2-3m at least. Beckford is on Prem wages - Leicester

Re: [LU] Takeover

2012-08-30 Thread markbursa
Just in time to miss the transfer window... --Original Message-- From: Ian Murray Sender: leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org To: leedslist@gn.apc.org Subject: [LU] Takeover Sent: 30 Aug 2012 13:37 Sun reporting Bates has less than 60 hours of being our overlord. The Arabs are going to install

Re: [LU] 2 up

2012-08-26 Thread MarkBursa
They were not tap-ins. The first was a firm shot from 12 yards which the keeper fumbled. The other was a well-directed header from about 8 yards. He might be limited, but he does what he does. And defenders absolutely hate playing against him. M Apparently the goals were tap-ins,

Re: [LU] from itv - pen4ken

2012-08-24 Thread MarkBursa
And that's just the sort of thing to make the cantankerous old git pull the plug on the takeover deal. I'll teach those Yorkshire bastards to send me pens, etc... Keep your head down, be nice, and he might be gone before the transfer window shuts... Whilst I can see the joke in all

Re: [LU] from itv - pen4ken

2012-08-24 Thread MarkBursa
What an unsavoury image. Does Dr Mike's desire to see the back of old Stoaty extend to administering the rimming, on condition that Kenneth sells the club upon completion of the deed and never shows his face again with 100 miles of Leeds? Would the Good Doctor be prepared to, erm, take

Re: [LU] What's the frequency, Kenneth?

2012-08-22 Thread MarkBursa
Fascinating stuff Rick - but this is the bit that bothers me. When KB subsequently engineered the administration (he had supposedly saved us from), the vast bulk of the debt at that time was debt which did not exist at the time that he took over from Krasner. The debt that KB shed was

Re: [LU] Wlves

2012-08-18 Thread MarkBursa
Totally agree, Dave. I really enjoyed that performance - there's nobody in that team who looks like an accident waiting to happen. We looked like the sort of one for all team that does well in this division - Blackpool, Norwich and Southampton all got promoted with a team like that. Credit

Re: [LU] Le Tour

2012-07-09 Thread markbursa
Yes, We took in the finish in Metz as part of our holiday. Great fun catching all the crap from the promo caravan before the riders come through. The olympic road race goes past the end of my road. M Any listers watching it this year? Oh yes. Been an avid fan for many a year. And have

Re: [LU] Rumour Mill

2012-06-26 Thread markbursa
So you'd rather have idiots like the ones that are shitting all over the Cardiff fans? Destroying the club's history to sell shirts in Kuala Lumpur? Be very careful what you wish for. Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange -Original Message- From: Ian Murray ianjamesmur...@hotmail.com

Re: [LU] Fwd: Re: New levels of indifference

2012-06-26 Thread markbursa
Betis, Sociedad and Mallorca are all Reals, Mike Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange -Original Message- From: Dr Michael Benjamin m...@myray.com Sender: leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 23:05:10 To: Eric Bericmb.2...@gmail.com Reply-To: m...@myray.com Cc:

Re: [LU] Rumour Mill

2012-06-26 Thread markbursa
Oh grow the fuck up, Ian Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange -Original Message- From: Ian Murray ianjamesmur...@hotmail.com Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:49:03 To: markbu...@aol.commarkbu...@aol.com Cc: leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.orgleedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org; Richard

Re: [LU] New levels of indifference

2012-06-25 Thread MarkBursa
Agreed - but...if he'd been about 1/100th of a second later on contact with that 90th minute overhead, he'd have scored the goal of the tournament and been hailed a national hero. Look at the slo-mo and he toe-ends it. But he was right on line - a fraction later and it'd have come off his

Re: [LU] Pass me the Kiss Me Quick Hat

2012-06-19 Thread MarkBursa
It's a fixture that hardly ever takes place. Before last season, the previous meetings were in 1971 and 1967. The 1967 Blackpool-Leeds game was the first football match I ever saw! Mark I thought that particular fixture was a compulsory freezing cold Tuesday night in January.

Re: [LU] Bugger me, we've made another signing!

2012-06-19 Thread MarkBursa
Who the fcuk do you expect us to sign, Mike? Iniesta? In a message dated 19/06/2012 17:44:02 GMT Daylight Time, m...@myray.com writes: Wow How underwhelming! Real ambition. ___ Leedslist mailing list Info and options:

Re: [LU] Bugger me, we've made another signing!

2012-06-19 Thread MarkBursa
He's played half a season for a mid-table premiership side. He's a left-back, always a problem position for us. 12 months ago he was in the team that won the championship. Looks like a decent signing. Manage your expectations, Mike. In a message dated 19/06/2012 18:55:54 GMT

Re: [LU] Leeds sign Drury

2012-06-19 Thread MarkBursa
I hope we're not all saying what a waste by the end of August ;-) M In a message dated 19/06/2012 22:57:36 GMT Daylight Time, alec...@gmail.com writes: I was thinking exactly the same thought and had exactly the same words in my head. :-) Cheers Alec On 20/06/2012, at 2:46 AM,

Re: [LU] Investment

2012-06-08 Thread MarkBursa
How do you know anything has fallen through? Deals take time to complete. AFAIK talks are ongoing. Calm down and stop reading the f***ing Daily Mirror ;-) M In a message dated 08/06/2012 17:32:22 GMT Daylight Time, jeremyadam...@hotmail.com writes: Since all this investment talk has

Re: [LU] Investment

2012-06-08 Thread MarkBursa
FFS why? There's nothing to say, so they're saying nothing. What's the problem? Maybe the prospective buyer has insisted on media silence? Is that not the professional way to conduct business? Surely that's a good thing? M In a message dated 08/06/2012 17:52:41 GMT Daylight Time,

Re: [LU] Statement from The Supporters Trust re The Players

2012-06-08 Thread MarkBursa
We understand that some of the contract offers the club has been making have offered a miserly increase in weekly wages, OK, so they deserve a massive pay rise - on existing contracts that were good enough when they signed them - for finishing 14th. offers which do not come close to

Re: [LU] Excellent Andy Hughes Interview

2012-06-04 Thread MarkBursa
And this is why Simon Grayson will never be a top-class manager. See also: insensitive treatment of O'Brien; singling out Connolly etc. Sometimes man-management requires a softer touch - giving Hughes a 3 minute run-out in a game we'd already lost would have been a simple and effective

Re: [LU] is it a setup? - video of Leeds fans talking about putative tak...

2012-05-29 Thread MarkBursa
in the Lennon glasses So THAT'S why he's not in the England squad... ___ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org PETE CASS (1962 -

Re: [LU] Breaking News (I hope)

2012-05-28 Thread MarkBursa
In your, and their, dreams. Sorry, but supporter ownership is a great idea for small clubs, but quite how does LUST imagine it'll raise the funds and investment needed to (a) buy out Bates and (b) get us into the premiership? We need a proper, serious, billionaire investor. Bates is a

Re: [LU] Eleven told they can go

2012-05-02 Thread MarkBursa
I suspect the PFA would have strong words if a long-term injured player under contract was let go. I would have let Kisnorbo go aswell. ___ Leedslist mailing list Info and options:

Re: [LU] NON LU: cheats and olympics

2012-04-30 Thread markbursa
Millar's role is to help Mark Cavendish win gold - as he did at last year's world championships. The two-year ban may be inadequate, but the BOA's attitude has been typically pompous and arrogant. Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange -Original Message- From: John Lee

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