This column will be very....
I’m Jimmy O’Rourke, Beeston born and dragged. If bad language and straight talk offends you don’t read this.
The Infamy
Notice the similarity in these names… Bates & Harvey, and Burke & Hare… one pair is notorious for robbing graves while the other allegedly likes to cream off the barely living. (The barely living being our football club, in case it wasn’t clear). Actually, it’s not true, Burke & Hare were not grave robbers, they were murderers who stole from their victims and then sold the cadavers over for surgical research. At least they weren’t alleged swindlers or shysters, hey! Not that I’m trying to imply that Bates & Harvey are trying to kill Leeds United, I wouldn’t be so crass. Indeed, some people really do believe that the mangle-admirer Bates saved the club and that no one else in the country was able to take over, other than him. Anyway, even if he DID save the club, he ain’t fucking saving us now is he?! Incidentally, I was going to include the names of that other lovable couple, Brady & Hindley, but not even Wicked Uncle Albert could sink that low. He’s still an proven libeller who’s more contemptuous of the lifeblood of the club than we are of him but fair dos, he’s not a child murderer.
The Bollocks
‘GET OUT OF OUR CLUB, GET OUT OF OUR CLUB, YOU CHELSEA BASTARD, GET OUT OF OUR CLUB.’
‘ALL YOU DO, ALL YOU DO, ALL YOU DO IS FUCKING LIE, ALL YOU DO IS FUC-KING LIE!’
‘WHERE’S ALL OUR MONEY GONE? WHERE’S ALL OUR MONEY GONE?’
‘No more dough for Monaco.’
‘Seven years of fucking shit.’
Just some of the songs aimed at the Leeds United chairman and whoever else he’s got in his pockets, sung before the Ipswich game. Lots of Bates Out chants too of course, even though he might well be holidaying in South Africa at the time. If true I hope he got sun-burnt. I was lucky enough to be in the vicinity of it all on Lowfields Road last Saturday, and it was comparable to the game itself in terms of entertainment. ‘Lucky’ could describe the team too, seeing as the victory came courtesy of an Ipswich team that had been coasting until their collective arse fell out and they gifted us three brilliantly daft goals. I really hope no one was fooled by the win, we’d been treated to yet another insipid, uninspiring and generally unacceptable performance from the team and it will be a minor miracle if we qualify for the play-offs, never bloody mind go near automatic promotion. Who to blame? Well, all of them of course, but when it’s clear a chairman gives more backing to a football club’s stadium & facilities than he does the team’s manager, I personally believe that the man at the top is mainly culpable.
The Utter Wankstain
Personally, I have great respect for all Leeds supporters who, dissatisfied with Bates’ antics and how the club is being run, are trying to bring about change for the good of our team. One of the main problems though, from my point of view at least, is that there are too many factions, there needs to be much tighter unity for it to work. It’s hardly a new joke but when there are so many groups and they struggle to agree on even minor matters, Monty Python’s Life Of Brian does spring to mind. What I’m saying is that until Leeds fans can genuinely unite in their opposition to the current regime, then the despot will be laughing all the way to his unknown, unnamed bank. Fuck it, what do I know really? Well, sod all, but I do see the present spate of protests as progress, so that’s an improvement. What I’d really like to see is the various groups, forums, fanzines and so on, agreeing on a nominated leader. Ideally, in my opinion anyway, that man would be a well-known Leeds fan, a popular one whose opinion the majority of supporters trust and admire. Such a ‘name voice’ for the campaign for a better-run and more transparent ownership of the club would gain much more credence and support and maybe even RESPECT from the present powers that be. There are quite a few journalists, presenters and rather famous Leeds fans who could fit the bill, it’s about time somebody got on to them. No bullshit, send me your (serious, civil suggestions) with addresses please – and I’ll bloody do it, I’ll get the ball rolling, I’m not after anything but positive change.
All the best, Jimmy.
Colin Montgomerie, Nasser Hussain? Oh wait…
Ex players? Dom Matteo, Lucas, Big Nige?
Media bods? James Brown? He’s a big mate of Adam Pearson so the cash could be found for a buyout
Jeremy Paxman?
I would also like to see him interview Bates about his 7 years of lies!
“Notice the similarity in these names… Bates & Harvey, and Burke & Hare”
You could’ve stopped there, had me sold!
I agree we need to be unified, but Dom Matteo trotting out Bates’ line has shown plenty of men we think we can respect seem to be under his influence.
Short of someone completely removed (like Radders) I don’t think we could get an ex-player figurehead realistically?
Though Deano is on Twitter and he was clear on BBC the other day in his backing of Grayson and saying getting rid of players was a mistake.
Nige and Radders are both likeable and would give us a positive face, but I don’t know why either would want the hassle?
On Nige – he’s honourary Chairman of LUST isn’t he? LUST seems like it’s going in the right direction so if he could be persuaded to dedicate some time to the cause for press-releases etc?
But with these former-players they’re only going to be interesting in happy smiley bits.
I doubt an ex-player would be what’s needed until after the present incumbents have gone. Radebe is a true ambassador in probably every sense of the word, at least in world football. Is there any proof that Paxman actually is a Leeds fan? I know of at least two journos who definitely are LU fans, Mark Lawson possibly being the best-known. And there are radio reporters too, 5 Live and the like. And what the hell are Russell Crowe and Stefan Edberg doing these days??
I am with you Jimmy, I am so fucking angry and not only with the lying ,thieving bastards in charge of our club, principally the bastard foursome, bates,harvey,williams and grayson I could easily explode but also with the fans who say we have to support the lads, what a lot of shit, they are supporting bates cashcow is all and it is time to stop.