Dozing off in the small hours last night I was rudely awoken by an interview with Gordon Hill - ex rag , during which he informed us that the reason the scum ( my word not his) have to spend so much money, is to try and keep up with clubs like City , who are "bankrolled by rich businessmen" Interviewer ( Mike Graham I think ) keeps agreeing with him.
Who was bankrolling us when they bought Rooney , or Vidic , or Veron , or Wio , or Evra , or any other hugely expensive purchase.
There is never a thought that other clubs had to overspend to try to keep with them during the nineties and noughties.
That , of course , was the natural order of things - which we were all just supposed to accept.
None of this was questioned by the limp wristed , obsequious Graham who just kept saying " absolutely right "