Not to mention the small issue of us having to build a team (any team) from scratch, and then trying to build a team that could compete on the top of that.

I often wonder if the events of the past couple of years were all a dream and they didn't really happen as far as other people are concerned.

BTW - don't forget your scarves on Friday!

Cheers,

Andy C

On 03/05/06, Mark Humphries < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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.
>
>
>
>
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