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so, one or two of you in here might actually know what the "mot" and "bates out" mean in my signature. some have even asked.
mot stands for "marching on together". something many Leeds United fans include at the end of posts and whatnot. Bates is Ken bates, an evil bitter old crook who owns leeds.
Leeds united was once one of the biggest football (soccer) teams in the world. then they over invested thinking the success from the next season would pay for all the investments they were making. they sucked that next year. the team was crippled with debt and had to sell off all their solid players for dirt cheap. because of the sell offs the team plummeted all the way from one of the top teams in europe all the was down to the third tier of english football.
it was at this point that ken bates started buying up the club. bates is a shady figure who lives tax free in morocco and has all of his money tied up in offshore banks. in fact it took years for him to finally admit (under oath) that he was behind the many shadow companies that owned leeds. over the years bates has managed to "right the ship" , pulling them out of a free fall. however over the years he has continued to sell off millions of dollars worth of star players, and pocketing all the money while investing little or nothing back into the team.
many fans started to wonder why all their best players were still being sold, ticket prices were still going way up, yet the team was not being improved. many people started demanding that bates sell the club to someone who would invest back into the club.
earlier this year, it was announced that Leeds was being sold. then it came out that it was being sold to a middle easterner with deep pockets, and people started to shit themselves dreaming of becoming the next Manchester city. then the takeover didn't happen, and we waited. then they announced the deal was still on and moving along. there was a lot of he said she said bull shit and back and forth between the two sides leading to fan boycotts of Leeds home games. through it all ken bates was a total dick hole calling leeds fans morons and idiots.
so today after 7 months of the takeover drama, it was announced that the takeover is finally a done deal and that as of december 21st, the new owners will take over 100% of the club. and Leeds fans world wide rejoiced
HOWEVER
it was also announced that the Evil crook Ken bates would stay on until the end of the year as the chairman of the club. after that time he would take over as the president of the club
WTF????????????????????
the whole driving force behind the fans demanding and supporting a takeover was to get ken bates the fuck out of Leeds. but now he's staying around
to put this in perspective for non UK soccer fans. this is like, the UN deciding that hitler should be the president of the jews
absolute bullocks
mot stands for "marching on together". something many Leeds United fans include at the end of posts and whatnot. Bates is Ken bates, an evil bitter old crook who owns leeds.
Leeds united was once one of the biggest football (soccer) teams in the world. then they over invested thinking the success from the next season would pay for all the investments they were making. they sucked that next year. the team was crippled with debt and had to sell off all their solid players for dirt cheap. because of the sell offs the team plummeted all the way from one of the top teams in europe all the was down to the third tier of english football.
it was at this point that ken bates started buying up the club. bates is a shady figure who lives tax free in morocco and has all of his money tied up in offshore banks. in fact it took years for him to finally admit (under oath) that he was behind the many shadow companies that owned leeds. over the years bates has managed to "right the ship" , pulling them out of a free fall. however over the years he has continued to sell off millions of dollars worth of star players, and pocketing all the money while investing little or nothing back into the team.
many fans started to wonder why all their best players were still being sold, ticket prices were still going way up, yet the team was not being improved. many people started demanding that bates sell the club to someone who would invest back into the club.
earlier this year, it was announced that Leeds was being sold. then it came out that it was being sold to a middle easterner with deep pockets, and people started to shit themselves dreaming of becoming the next Manchester city. then the takeover didn't happen, and we waited. then they announced the deal was still on and moving along. there was a lot of he said she said bull shit and back and forth between the two sides leading to fan boycotts of Leeds home games. through it all ken bates was a total dick hole calling leeds fans morons and idiots.
so today after 7 months of the takeover drama, it was announced that the takeover is finally a done deal and that as of december 21st, the new owners will take over 100% of the club. and Leeds fans world wide rejoiced
HOWEVER
it was also announced that the Evil crook Ken bates would stay on until the end of the year as the chairman of the club. after that time he would take over as the president of the club
WTF????????????????????
the whole driving force behind the fans demanding and supporting a takeover was to get ken bates the fuck out of Leeds. but now he's staying around
to put this in perspective for non UK soccer fans. this is like, the UN deciding that hitler should be the president of the jews
absolute bullocks
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