If he had made a signing any more leftfield than Cantona, Leeds would have had Saint or Greavsie up front.

Robertson's regarded as more leftfield than Foster, but you're still talking about guys whose coaching experience is limited to this country.

Over the coming week, Ben Oakley from the Open University external-link looks at some of the more leftfield factors that make a champion.

Had you felt that, deep down, your interests might be a little more leftfield, you tended to express this through codified cultural hints.