It was @laticsandengland and myself. We didn't see anything like that level of detail though, that's what the Trust was fighting to get in the latter Corney days, although he wasn't keen
It confuses it comparing individual and team sports I think. There might be 1000 higher ranked footballers but they're top 50 in team terms. I bet the 50th ranked golfist in the world ranking earns a fair bit.
Bolton were the same when they were doing well with Fat Sam, made out that they were on a shoestring because they never spent much on buying players but had one of the higher wage bills. We'll see shortly how that worked out
Recently I've taken to talking about them as what they are, a second tier Premiership club. "It will be hard for player X to resist if club Y come calling." "Decent point away to a club who were Champions season before last." If done well it really upsets them.
I don't disagree, but it's useful to remember when people are saying Sylla is the worst player ever in his first few games out of the French 6th division