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GFH Exposed

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posted on 9/2/14

Wow

posted on 9/2/14

A recent invoice for 2.2m ?????

Shamefull

comment by Stoopo (U4707)

posted on 9/2/14

DM boo locks as usual. Re-hashed garbage!

comment by Stoopo (U4707)

posted on 9/2/14

Then again. Good bye GFH I hope!

We need a Cellino so bad!

posted on 9/2/14

Now imagine what would happen if Flowers or Farnan had become owners.

posted on 9/2/14

I don't see where Farnan nor Flowers fit in here, the funds they had together were not discussed and is an unknown, for all any of us know they may have had more than Cellino.

posted on 9/2/14

Skint Arabs indeed. Couldn't run a pi$$ up in a brewery!
Bates having to lend them £1m - WTF?
Wanting to sack BM at half-time at Hillsborough?
Asking BM to hire Brazilians for no money?
It's so unbelievable it's probably true!

Only now is it coming out just how precarious our position is under these clueless chancers.

posted on 9/2/14

Old news we know most of this and the tabloids are still ramming us with it…they will be frightened now we have money and have a chance to get back to the promise land nothing better to write about.

posted on 9/2/14

Leeds were already leaking 1 million a month under Bates and Harvey, by mortgaging the gate receipts. the problem for GFH has been they have had to resist selling players. Bates managed to keep things ticking over by selling and buying journeymen. GFH could have sold Mccormack and Byram for big money, they didn't. It all goes back to the East Stand which has left the club with no working capital and leaking 10 million a year. Just because people at GFH are clueless about football doesn't mean they have done a universally bad job, considering the club they inherited I think they have done ok

comment by Viduka (U12647)

posted on 9/2/14

You would think they would have known what they were buying. Obviously not. Clueless about football and business it seems

comment by Viduka (U12647)

posted on 9/2/14

So they were borrowing money to pay the bills right from the beginning. Doesnt sound too clever to me. And........how long was this going to go on for and what if Cellino hadnt appeared on the scene. Makes you wonder just how deep in the p... we were going to end up

posted on 9/2/14

viduka
http://www.thesquareball.net/2013/01/07/mortgages-debt-losses-finances-bates/
This is a good overview of the state Leeds were in when GFH took over from Bates/Harvey. They inherited over 19m worth of debt. I think they were led up the garden path by Bates and Harvey, they were deceived to the extent the financial losses the club was experiencing, and they were ignorant of how much expenditure it would be required to run a football club. They themselves were guilty of telling fibs as well though, claiming GFH capital had experience in sport transactions, clearly this was made up, they acted like amateurs, like claiming Warnock was a 'legend' and was the reason they bought the club. But all in all, they have done a decent job, and Leeds is in a better position than when they took over. If things had continued the way they were under Bates, we were only heading for league one.

posted on 9/2/14

Whilst there's no doubt that our woes have been overstated in this latest expose, I'm hoping that those who still believed that GFH has been good for this club are stating to be more realistic.

Terrible owners who have attempted to milk this club from the start.

comment by Viduka (U12647)

posted on 9/2/14

Shambles

What various people have done to our club over the last 10 years angers and infuriates me. Very sad reading indeed

comment by Jonty (U4614)

posted on 9/2/14

Peak I did mention bates lending gfh monies for wages on ja606 last week.

This is main reason why fl wouldn't ratify sc business plan as they knew after purchase money there is no substance moving forwards.

comment by Jonty (U4614)

posted on 9/2/14

Not sure how wage bill is now 2 mill per month after it was 17 mill in last accounts that would be massive rise.

posted on 9/2/14

Quelle surprise it ends on a quote from Flowers...

I wonder who is behind this 'news' report...? Wouldn't be a disgruntled failed bidder would it...?

posted on 9/2/14

Peak I did mention bates lending gfh monies for wages on ja606 last week.

This is main reason why fl wouldn't ratify sc business plan as they knew after purchase money there is no substance moving forwards.

The money was invested whilst Bates was still president.

posted on 9/2/14

Above comment is in reply to Jonty, forgot to cut off his comment and my reply.

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