Ken Bates wants to buy Plymouth Argyle, according to reports

“Plymouth sign new keeper Ivor Dewdney, they won't get past eeeeee . . . .”

“markymamrk1967, thanks for info ,so if this is true , why hasnt the football ass done any investigations in to the legarities of the running of leeds utd, mind boggles”

“Speakng as a Leeds supporter, please please please, do not let this man anywhere near your club, we have endured 8 years of hell with this bearded monster on board, never liked him when he was a Chelsea, but thought when he came to Leeds he might turn our fortunes around. How wrong we were, he put us in admin incurring a 25 point deduction, getting us relegated to the 3rd tier for the 1st time in our history, hiked up admission prices, (to premiership prices in league 1) disbanded our supporters clubs and made fans join his "members club" (for a fee) sold all of our best players, (where the miliions we made in player sales went is anyones guess, but probably his bank account in Monaco) He has also put us back in debt by spending money on corporate facilties paid for with the next two years season ticket money. Google Ken Bates and he has a very checkered history, bankruptcy, fraud allegations, and even taking a bank down in Ireland, the man is a crook, no doubt and should not be allowed to run any business, never mind a football club”

“funny how this has come about , when if bates buys argyle then brings in neil warnock as manager , as we know warnock only lives down the road in cornwalll mmm , would it be a good thing ? yes in away new stand , new manager . and new players decent ones at that he cant do any worse than we are in at the moment , but then aain you have to look at his track record , watch this space and we shall see”

“Davidoflancas : shooting from the hip, taking no prisoners and telling it like it is.....and 4 people found it within themselves to give him a negative mark down !!! Look deep into your souls you shameful people”

“Friendly advice. Have nothing to do with this crooked parasite who has bled Leeds United dry whilst attempting to destroy a united fan base. He truly is the devil who is driven by the need for power and corrupt greed. I despise the man.”

“If there is a more obnoxious character in football than Peter Ridsdale, (and I doubt there is), it would be Ken Bates. That is of course betting without Ferguson. Bates has a dreadful PR profile and runs his clubs in an aggressive and bullying style. Do we really want someone like that in our community football club, whatever league we're in. That's really selling our soul to the devil! Do we attract these people because we're hard up?!! Forget the sleeping giant nonsense; we're so asleep we're very nearly comatose, but we're not a giant. We haven't commanded crowds that would support an average Championship side for years, and we have nowhere near the potential for the Premier League, so what would Bates want with us? We're a wholehearted family and community based club with a loyal exiled following which gives us impressive support away from home for our league status, but our home crowds are disappointing in number and rarely generate much of an intimidating atmosphere. We probably have the potential to be a solid League 1 (division 3) club, that has occasional forays in to the Championship, (Division 2), but we can't usually sustain that for long. Go look elsewhere Mr Bates. After the Japanese and Ridsdale I'm not sure I could stomach Mr Bates!”

“Let's not all be cynical, this could take place. The HERALD has only reported, what has been been rumoured in the "nationals". Who are we to "rubbish" these rumours?

Unlike some of idiotic contributors on this site, I want Plymouth Argyle to survive.”

“I would think that Ken Bate's is worth more than Peter Ridsdale..... Are we to conclude that Brent wants to get rid ? Ken has always courted controversy but even at his advance age he knows more about how a football club should be run than anyone currently employed at HP..... And as someone said, bring in Warnock and we could be going up sooner rather than later.... Either way it keeps Argyle in the news and furthermore on the map”

“ho bought chelsea for a quid.so should get some change from 50 p for that rubbish”