Ok heres the letter i sent...
Dear sir/madam,
My Name is Joe Henson and I have been a Leeds United supporter all my life. I have been through the extasy of being in the Champions League Final, and the heartache of relegation from the Premierhip, and with that the sale of our best players. These players being homegrown players, and Leeds United fans such as Alan Smith, Johnathon Woodgate, Paul Robinson, and many more.
I am aware that the sale of these particular players was needed for the club to survive, and i appreciate that. But recently Leeds United has been on the up again, being in the play off final last season proved this. Us fans were also told by the manager that the club was financially stable again, and that we 'were not a selling club' obviously the fans were extatic to hear these words.
But even more recently we were shocked to find that Rob Hulse, our leading goal scorer from last season had been sold to our Yorkshire rivals, Sheffield United. Now we got double what we paid for Rob, which was a good piece of business, fair enough, but to achieve promotion, we need to keep our best players at this club.
But the main point of me writing this letter is that there are very strong rumours that Matthew Kilgallon is to be sold. When i heard about these rumours, and they are pretty solid rumours, i was mortified. Why on earth would you sell our best player at the moment? Not only is he a very very good defender, who without, our defence would be a shambles, but he is a young man who has also been a lifelong Leeds United fan, who only signed a new contract last year.
Kevin Blackwell and Ken Bates stated at the beginning of the 1st Cahmpionship season that Leeds United aim to achieve promotion back to the premiership in 3 years, this is the third year, and thus our year to give it a real go at getting promoted. How are we supposed to do this if we sell our top players? And for what? A few million to spend on 'ground improvements to increase revenue'? It seems that again, its all about greedy people getting more and more money. All fans know that Killa is one of/our best player at this club, hes already stated that he doesnt want to move, so why force him!? Even if we did sell him for £3-4million , we'd just end up buying some 30+ year old journeyman defender, and we already have two of those in Butler and Gregan, we cant have anymore. Kilgallon has often drawn comparisons with Leeds favourite Johnathon Woodgate, which i feel are warranted, he is a very similar player, with just as much potential and skill. He is the future of this club, and i personally couldnt cope with us selling ANOTHER home grown talent to go with the list of robbo, smith, woody, walton, kewell. And i know that a lot of other fans agree with this, if you sell him, you will undoubtidly witness a backlash from these loyal supporters, who would once again become dis-illusioned as to where this club is heading, and fans asking if managers and directors of this club actually WANT us to go back up!
As this letter draws to a close i cannot say much more to you, you probably wont even have read this far, and this letter has just ended up in the bin, but i plead with you not to sell Matthew Kilgallon, the future of Leeds United, but as well as this, to reassure the fans just what state this club is in, and to appreciate and act on our views rather than that of the money grabbing directors.
Yours Sincerely,
J Henson
Please dont be critical of spelling / punctuation