15 minutes I don't think so NormNorm wrote: ↑Sat Jul 21, 2018 2:52 am ...but those fans didn't give the new owners 15 minutes before they were saying 'xxx out' in every case, before it was justified, in other words no fair chance was given. 'Us fans' decided immediately that we knew better than anyone else.
I agree KB was a bit of a sh*t, but he did bring a certain stability to the place (ask your mate Riot). GFH were absolutely excrement, Cellino was way better than we deserved at the time, and Radz is still in court to be judged.
On all fronts, faaip is correct as to the impression other potential takers-over may have judged us.
Cjay's excellent summation of our inability to attract a new billionaire owner was well-presented, and I have to agree with him, but the real reasons as to why the biggest club outside the Premiership could not attract a bid from such a magnate may be closer to the fanbase than you think. The Leeds boo-boys are way too vociferous and know-it-all and, I'm sorry to say, may have had a hand in ensuring that Leeds go forward without such a really rich benefactor.
Bates was at Leeds for nearly seven years, he promised us premiership once saying :
"If you want premiership football you pay premiership prices" as he trampled all over our fanbase charging them £550 to £700 for season tickets & the highest priced match day tickets more than the majority of the premiership clubs were charging at the time. For that we endured our first stint ever in League One plus knocked out of the FA Cup by a non-league team for the first time in our history.
Bates always insisted he would only sell the club to a group of businessmen who had the clubs interest at heart, so what does he do.....he sells to GFH, the less said the better about that bunch of sharks who almost drove us into bankruptcy for the second time in less than ten years.
Massimo was at Leeds for three years, he spent much of his time dealing with court cases which tarnished our clubs name somewhat.
After saying that I didn't mind Cellino even though he was a fruitcake, he had to strip-bare the clubs resources in an effort to get us back on an even keel again
Now we have Radz who gave the impression everything was going to be much improved.
He purchased the ground as it was a personal investment & that venture drew the fans on his side. Like our previous owners he employed rookie coaches to go with all the other average managers who have run our club.
Tbf to the man he did admit that he got the player recruitment all wrong last season. He has since employed possibly the best coach we've seen at ER in a long time however what matters to fans is what they see on the pitch. Where are the quality players that are desperately required if LUFC wishes to progress?
Then there is LUTV, fans are moaning how poor the streaming is of late & rightly so if they are paying good money to watch Leeds United, pretty poor bearing in mind he specialises in sports media, oh & the badge what a fiasco that was....
I could go on & write pages on the demise of Leeds United over the last fifteen years.
One common denominator is poor owners, poor managers & poor recruitment of players
There is no way anyone can blame our fans who have given full their support to our beloved club in all the adversity, such loyalty deserves rewarding big-time
We'll wait & see, as I say que sera sera !