Bless! LUST just don't understand what's involved in this take over business do they? With Captain Snakeinthegrass slithering off to the fens of Norfolk and an army of nobodies recruited by Warnock despite the oil money supposedly about to pump through the pipe lines, LUST have woken up from their complacent torpor and demanded information.
The statement, however, betrays a complete lack of understanding of who they are dealing with. If the club is, indeed, being bought by Bahrainis, there is going to be nothing but contempt for appeals to be kept in the loop.
The naivity of the final paragraph is incredible as LUST whine: "By not responding to calls from the fans for information, the new owners are not beginning this key relationship in a positive way. Our members want to support a transparent and open Leeds United and being kept in the dark about who currently owns or runs their football club does nothing to achieve this."
Do these guys have any sense of how things are done in Bahrain? Do they not watch the news? Did they not see the pictures of peaceful protestors being shot in the street? If LUST want a transparent and democratic club, the last thing they need is Middle Eastern owners.
And here is the rub. What sort of Leeds United do these shallow fans want to support? Do they have no sense of moral decency? The new owners may pass the FA's fit and proper person test, but the World Cup is heading for Qatar where homosexuality is a criminal offence and where women are treated as second class citizens, so it is clear that wider issues are ignored when it comes to football.
I would hate it if Arabs bought out West Ham and I would personally back an England boycott of the World Cup in Qatar to prove that morality matters more than money. What's Bahrain's position on Syria I wonder? How much of the hoped for money is blood money exactly?
IF the take over ever happens, perhaps Leeds should change their kit: all white with a blood red stain across the chest!
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ReplyDeleteShouldn't you just change your name to LeedsHater as you post more vitriol about Leeds than you ever post in support of West Ham.
ReplyDeleteHow dare you use this picture of my uncle who was nearly kill when suicide bomber blow off his ass! I come look for you, you dirty bubble blow bastid, my camel shit all over you ,I think your words not good words, you bad man indeed-hope the Leeds support slap your bum big time you big punk man!...........MOT ( Leeds Arab Supporters Trust)
ReplyDeleteDays the guy who's team is owned by pornographers
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ReplyDeleteI'd rather be owned by Arabs than a porn mogul.. You are an absolute twerp! Even your own fans have turned against you and demand that you write about your own club for a change.. Stop posting comments to get hits you sad pathetic loser..
You article started of very well, I have alot of respect for LUST but this outburst wont achieve anything. If these new supposed owners where to open the mouths I wouldnt be surprised if it was down the lines of "yeah high lust we have the money so shut up". Going on to call us shallow is funny coming from a hammers fan who only ever talks about the mighty Leeds, when will you come out of the closet mate
ReplyDeleteWhy don't you jump off a bridge sad sack
ReplyDeleteSo now you're accusing Leeds of supporting genocide and terrorism?
ReplyDeleteWhat happens in Qatar,Bahrain or any middle eastern country should be none of our business,given that these countries are still honouring tradition that has been there for thousands of years. Whether we agree with it or not is a different matter,but i'm sure the opinion of a closet Leeds fan will surely change the views of said people.
Congratulations, a good piece of journo for a change instead of the usual wind up routine. i for one am not in favour of any totally middle eastern takeover purely because of the atrocities perpetrated by the ruling classes in whatever country you care to name.
ReplyDeleteHowever from what can be gathered, this sheik wotsit is a front and at least some of the investors are european, although with our luck likely from that well known pocket of tranquility, Chetnya.
anyway pot calling kettle a bit, subjugation of women? isn't that exactly how Gold and Sullivan made their money to buy your lot?
you are owned by porn barons, so hardly in a position to take the moral high ground
ReplyDeleteHave you heard yourself? What has sport got to do with the political stance of a country? The sheikh that is in line to buy leeds utd is doing so as part of a consortium and the purchase has nothing to do with the Bahraini government so linking it with the issues currently ongoing in the country is a tenuous one at best. Furthermore are you totally informed as to the situation in Bahrain or are you just regurgitating what you have heard on Channel 4 news?
ReplyDeleteWhy are you so bothered about us,
ReplyDeleteNo matter how much you take the micheal, the fact is we are still the second biggest club in the country, we will be back!!!!
As we climb back up this year, you will take our place in the second tier, unfortunately your Gold reserves can`t compete with our forthcomming Black Gold!
Come on baldie get a grip. What do you run your P reg Scobby on? Oil money is behind your pension fund (if you have managed to keep your shelf filing job) and runs most of the profitable parts of London - Ok - so you don't see that in the East End. But you may be understand the point.
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How you can still call this a WH blog is beyond me. Bored now. Off to find something West Hame related to read about. You know, the reason people actually visit a WH blog.
Yeah...you are probably right. I would rather have my club owned and run by some reputable folks..you know...like the ones at Wet Spam, who have made their money by pure morality.
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ReplyDeleteEvery business that Ken Bates has had anything to do with has shared one characteristic... A mystery behind who actually owns and finances the enterprise.As far back as the 70's he was busy covering the tracks of his multifarious enterprises in various off shore accounts. He is and has always been a front man for who knows who. This was true of his various building and hotel concerns way back as it was of Chelsea. He was synonymous with the club but he never owned it. Something called swan management did plus a shoal of offshore companies who held a stake just below the percentage where the owner had to be identified in the relevant companies house documents. Needless to say the people behind swan were and remain a mystery.It'll be the same with Leeds. Maybe it was Bahraini money all along and now the alleged take over is merely a case of the Master stepping down and taking his fee back to Monaco with him- may be not. I truly hope that there are genuine buyers because the club and it's supporters deserve better and for all the abuse directed at HF here, he like me, sees a strong Leeds as a desirable component in the national game and the last thing you need is another shadowy owner. Onthe upside If Bates really is off then good; he really is a malign force in our game. To mildly misquote one historians assessment of King John; he may have the abilities of a great ruler but he is cursed with the inclinations of a petty tyrant and bully.
I'd normally call you a Tool, but I have to say, this is the best article you've produced
ReplyDeleteYou don't know anything about Syria mate....keep believing what you're told by the BBC. You're losing it.
ReplyDeleteYou realise libel is a crime right?
Cock ......and wet spam should av a picture of a dildo on your rag of a kit .
ReplyDeletehere is a comment, I notice you get little or no comment from your NON Leeds related posts,
ReplyDeleteWest Ham posts seem to get no interest whatsover
You other drivvle also gets little or no response.....
Why not try writing the same post about each club and see how many comments you get for each, this might help you acertain which as the largest most active supporter base....
On average
Leeds Posts = 50 comments
West Ham Posts - 2 comments
Leeds Fans = 25 times better than your average bubble chimp
Most of Roman Abramovich's millions could be described as blood money. As you are such a moral person please feel free to go and annoy the Chelsea fans with your inane rants.
ReplyDeleteI remember when this was a West Ham blog [sigh]
ReplyDelete11.52, that is purely because WH fans have got bored of HF's obsession with clubs that are in no way linked to our own. Most have stopped looking in on this blog now and I think the last few, myself included, are running out of patience.
ReplyDelete10-37.. 10-38.. 10-39 X 3.. 10-58.. 11-01.. 11-10.. 11-19.. 11-20.. 11-21..11-32.. 11-41.. 11-52.. Well said...
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West Ham Posts - 2 comments
Most of the Leeds comments are just anonymous uneducated abuse. Hardly a fair comparison.
Not quite enough claret on your shirt
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ReplyDeleteMost of the Leeds comments are just anonymous uneducated abuse. Hardly a fair comparison.
ReplyDeleteHits are hits. Certainly in the eyes of this blogger. If your aim is to antagonise then you are gonna get abuse, especially if you permit anonymous postings. You have just done it yourself with your "uneducated" remark.
FWIW and just for the record I've got a BEng Hons degree and I've "abused" him as you put it. If you post pictures of bleeding men to associate a whole set of fans I for one can understand why you might be called a tosser or a nob (sic).
HF certainly writes in a style that would suggest he has some level of "education" but he also writes in an abusive manner and under an anonymous pseudonym.
Count it how you like he still gets more hits from Leeds fans than WHU.
what the f..k are you talking about. your off your head son. go on back to your market stall.TOSSER.
ReplyDeleteAt least the Arabs have money. Nobody buys porn anymore.
ReplyDeleteI'd rather Leeds stay forever in the Championship than we get money off people who are friends with a torturers and killers regime who treat democracy and equal rights for different communities like a joke. Leeds should try another way, wait for something better.
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