Quote: Gazwire "Things change from maurice lindsey in the late 80's to early 90's and then to mcmanaus and the chap at leeds who ever since iv'e watched rl has tried to
buy leeds the title, even signing doug laughton and ellery hanley to no effect. saints have always had good backing and a strong foot in the transfer
market especially in the sl era. '"
I think you maybe getting a bit confused, Gary Hetherington wasnt at Leeds in the days of Laughton, Hanley, Gregory etc and Saints were run pretty poorly pre McManus , sure we had a brief boost just pre Superleague when Howes was at the club but that from what I gather was a bit of a 'wigan' i.e unsustainable. Some of the great players we've had have either come through the ranks or been picked up cheap, Longy for instance wasnt a bank buster.