Terry - you are right about Bates holding the wages purse but its all part
of the budget and I think given the number of players who have decided to
join Leeds over others we must be paying good money. They are all basically
mercenaries and they havent chosen us because of our name/facilities.
If we beat PNE over 2 legs then Blackwell's tactics will be proven right. If
we dont he will unfortunately forever be criticised for handiing them a
psychological advantage. Perhaps more importantly I know plenty of stay away
fans who were planning to go to the play-off game on Friday and changed
their mind after Sunday's performance. We need a full house on Friday and
yet again the club manage to piss off fans when they dont have to.
Regards
Phill
From: "Terry Emmott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Phill Shields"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [LU] Blackwell's spending
Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 14:07:40 +0100
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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