I'm glad those stats were published because it does peeve me when Rich, amongst others, goes on about the money KB has spent this season. I suspected that CPal had spent more than us..
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:leedslist- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Terry Emmott > Sent: 03 May 2006 14:08 > To: Phill Shields; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LU] Blackwell's spending > > > Terry - its not clear from your brief note but if we are talking about > > transfer fees alone I think thats misleading. I'm pretty sure that Leeds > > are good payers and some of the players who have chosen us may have held > > their existing clubs to ransom so they could join us. We have a big > squad > > and I'll bet our wage bill is amongst the biggest in this league. > > I was talking just transfer fees as that was what the article was talking > about. I also thought that was what other people meant when they talked > about Blackwell's spending. There has been talk from the club about our > "wage structure" so it sounds as if we are trying to live within our means > now (your best friend Gary and Mr. Bakke not included of course). > I don't think it's necessarily fair to include the wage bill in > Blackwell's > spending as I'm sure Mr. Bates will be handling that side of things and > I'm > sure any player trying it on would be given a quick "Fuck off" from him. > > > We saw on Sunday how good the squad is didnt we. Very disappointed with > > KB's team selection for the Preston game. > > > > It did indeed show us how poor our "second string" are, but I wasn't too > disappointed with the selections. I'd rather he did it that way and have > the > team he wanted available and rested for Friday. > There is, of course, the argument about handing them a psychological > advantage but I'm not sure how valid that is. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators > accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. > Leedslist mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist
