On Wed, May 31, 2006 12:01 pm, Richard Walker wrote: >> 1) We have spent more money than anyone else in the >> division. On the face of it yes we have paid what would be >> considered reasonable money in this division for 5 or 6 players. But >> these days the transfer fees are only half (or less than half) of the >> equation. None of us really know how much we were/are still paying the >> ex players, how much money Lennon was on and how much we have paid the >> signings and loan players. We don't know how much jiggery pokery Bates >> had to do to keep the club afloat. I expect at least part of the huge >> debt we had is still being paid for in some way, and will be for some >> time. > > Kev, we have spent more money on players that other > teams in the league. That is beyond despute. No other team in that league > could afford 2 million pound + strikers.
I'm not sure any of our players cost much more than £1m (£1.15m for Cresswell?). Blackwell has spent a lot more than most, but I've written before that when you take into account the number of free signings he's made the average price is about £300k per player. he's spent a lot on players because he's had to sign a lot of players. Of course, we could have stuck with Jermaine Wright ... :) I'm not sure that Blackwell regards his players as the best there are, just the best he could get. We moan about Crainey and harding, but he tried to sign Micky Gray, but we couldn't afford his wages. Ditto Speed and Flitcroft. He's tried to sign Michael Brown and Robert Huth on loan, but couldn't. By and large his signings have been good. Not all of them, but the majority. Maybe better players will be available to us this summer after getting to the play off final (better than anyone predicted last August - FACT!). I hope so Rich, but as you told me when you said we'd only finish mid table this season and I said we'd make the play offs: "we'll see". Cheers, Sean _______________________________________________ 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 Hello Andy, most observant of you!
