I would imagine that comes down to the wages nthey command as well as transfer fees.

Look at the lower end of the SPL they have a fair amount of Europeans, I would wager the majority are from Eastern Europe too.

I'm not quite sure about that. The margins involved must be small, even for a lower league club. I just cannot imagine that there is a significant gulf between the wages paid to a homegrown player andthose paid to someone who comes fromn overseas. It's not as if many of these overseas players are any good. I have seen the equivalent and better playing in semi-pro.

Which brings me on to another issue:
5Live - always seem to have stupid debates and calls from the hand-wringing and guilt-ridden when I am cooking - are seemingly trying to encourage top-flight footballers and clubs to put their hands in their pockets to pay-off the debts of those lower league clubs close to financial ruin. Is it just me who has no sympathy for those clubs facing financial ruin?

The fans yes, the club no.

I'd go with:-

VDS
O'Shea
Rio
Vidic
Evra
Ronaldo
Scholes
Carrick
Park
Rooney
Tevez

The front two looked great on Saturday and should start together although I think SAF will leave Tevez on the bench and look to being him on if we are stuggling to break them down.

I think it was last Thursday. Pretty much the same thing though. I actually quite like the football programmes on 5Live, especially when they have the more intelligent guests - Graham Taylor and Gab Marcotti. But you're right, there is a lot of nonsense spouted. I cannot listen to the programmes when Ian McGarry is a guest. To refer to him as my "least favourite journalist" would be flattering.

Saggers annoys me. He's a terrible interviewer. He interviewed Rodney Marsh at the time when we were linked to Kaka. His style of questioning and bias was a disgrace to journalism.




I'm with you and Keith. It's only the fans I sympathise with, although it wouldn't apply to Leeds.

Agree on both counts.