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[Simon21-LUFC]

We are all "united" in wanting the best for Leeds United FC.

As with any business and any football club, there are many ways of doing that and many opinions on what is the best way forward.

LUST are representatives of a large number of fans, and they may say something at times that an element of their membership don't agree with. What should we expect from a group that covers 7500 people?

No-one is likely to agree with every little thing they do (I certainly don't, and there are elements ofthe vision statement I don't like), but they have got off their backsides and actually done something. They have mobilised instead of doing nothing, they have many high level people on their side, and they have applied pressure on Bates, and introduced the possibility of new owners.

Whether it eventually fails is not something that they should be ridiculed for. They should be applauded for having done what they have done, being a catalyst for eventual change and bringing realistic hope.

To me, anyone against LUST is against change at LUFC, or just jealous, or is pro-Bates, picking up on pedantic little issues instead of seeing the possibilities and doors they have opened on our behalf. The anti-LUST people are actively pitting themselves against the largest group of LUFC supporters, showing their own disunity while claiming the same.

Exactly.

 

[2020VisionofLeeds]

We are all "united" in wanting the best for Leeds United FC.

As with any business and any football club, there are many ways of doing that and many opinions on what is the best way forward.

LUST are representatives of a large number of fans, and they may say something at times that an element of their membership don't agree with. What should we expect from a group that covers 7500 people?

No-one is likely to agree with every little thing they do (I certainly don't, and there are elements ofthe vision statement I don't like), but they have got off their backsides and actually done something. They have mobilised instead of doing nothing, they have many high level people on their side, and they have applied pressure on Bates, and introduced the possibility of new owners.

Whether it eventually fails is not something that they should be ridiculed for. They should be applauded for having done what they have done, being a catalyst for eventual change and bringing realistic hope.

To me, anyone against LUST is against change at LUFC, or just jealous, or is pro-Bates, picking up on pedantic little issues instead of seeing the possibilities and doors they have opened on our behalf. The anti-LUST people are actively pitting themselves against the largest group of LUFC supporters, showing their own disunity while claiming the same.

agree with a lot of that. I would add:
the evidence for me that they have not been pointless is Bates has singled them out for advesre comment. If they were having no effect he would have ignored them.

and those that criticise them tend to point out how little they have achieved or how little they may or may not know about what is going on..... those criticisms fail to understand what realistically an organisation like LUST can be expected to achieve.

 

[Whitejock]

First time poster so please bear with me.
On the LUST debate I am sure that they are all Leeds Utd fans and mean well,but they certainly dont help themselves.They profess to have contact with the supposed buyers but Garry Cooper as come out on numerous occasions and said the takeover is imminent,it will be done by the end of the month,it will be done before the transfer window closes,and so on.This as really not helped,it gets the fans hopes up, and then only to be knocked down again.I do think Lust, as I said mean well, but I do think that they have played right into Bates hands who we all know hates them with a vengance.I think Bates is that evil that if he thought LUST had got the date of a deal being done right, he would put that date off just to prove them wrong.LUST should now keep quite and let the powers that be get on with it.In my oppinion LUST have not helped anyone in all this,they have only got fans argueing with each other and to me that is a crying shame as we all should be UTD.

Hi California, welcome to the board.

Interesting point that I hadn't considered. Bates clearly hates LUST & you're right - there's every chance that whatever horizon they offer, Bates will do his best to undermine them by extending beyond whatever horizon they offer. Might explain a lot.

 

[Whitejock]

Turned out to be a load of crap eh

Sure did, but it wasn't the first & it won't be the last. Gawd knows what lies before us now ....

 

[JonnyLosAngeles]

Keep it going lads - no need for me to wind you lot up when you can do it yourselves

So what is it like to feel redundant?

 

[JonnyLosAngeles]

First time poster so please bear with me.

Welcome, are you in California? Where specifically if so?

On the LUST debate I am sure that they are all Leeds Utd fans and mean well,but they certainly dont help themselves.They profess to have contact with the supposed buyers but Garry Cooper as come out on numerous occasions and said the takeover is imminent,it will be done by the end of the month,it will be done before the transfer window closes,and so on.This as really not helped,it gets the fans hopes up, and then only to be knocked down again.I do think Lust, as I said mean well, but I do think that they have played right into Bates hands who we all know hates them with a vengance.I think Bates is that evil that if he thought LUST had got the date of a deal being done right, he would put that date off just to prove them wrong.LUST should now keep quite and let the powers that be get on with it.

We can never know what effect LUST's actions have had but I firmly believe they have acted on behalf of all of us as best they could.

In my oppinion LUST have not helped anyone in all this,they have only got fans argueing with each other and to me that is a crying shame as we all should be UTD.

Fans were arguing over Bates for years before LUST was formed. Bates is the divisive factor here not LUST.

 

[Whitejock]

We can never know what effect LUST's actions have had but I firmly believe they have acted on behalf of all of us as best they could.

Fans were arguing over Bates for years before LUST was formed. Bates is the divisive factor here not LUST.

Agree 100%, Jonny.