Recent seasons have seen the team being made up of four or more players not qualified for England and, with the exception of Darren Lehmann and Jacques Rudolph, these have been mediocre performers or those well past their best looking to supplement their pension fund.

Promising players have either left the county (Matthew Wood, Richard Dawson) and others seem to have gone backwards in their development (Joe Sayers, Mark Lawson, Nick Thornicroft)

Even the shining light of Adil Rashid has not made the progress expected of him this season as his batting is poor and the potency of his spin has not developed as it should have done.

Whether the present team management headed by Mr Moxon is good enough is a debatable point, but I would like to see at least nine English qualified players turning out for the county and an extensive scouting network employed to bring in the very best talent.

If we cannot find players in Yorkshire where can we find them?

This policy may be painful to endure in the short term, but ultimately will pay dividends and is the way forward because at the moment, in the words of the late lamented Fred Trueman, "I just don't know what's going on out there."

MICHAEL WOOLMAN, Leeds, via email

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WITH rain curtailing my first love of local league cricket last Saturday I decided to see what BBC Radio Leeds were able to offer after Ken Bates had them kicked out of commentating on United's games – something they have done and which I personally have enjoyed for some 40 or so years.

What a big disappointment the coverage of Scunthorpe v United turned out to be!

Unable to do an actual commentary, poor Adam Pope and Andy Ritchie (what's happened to Eddie Gray?), the coverage amounted to a 30 seconds on-the-ground sort of summary of what was happening, made every 10 minutes, with the rest of the programme filled up with text messages, phone-ins and much meaningless football chat, most of which we've all heard a hundred times before.

It's Ken Bates' fault of course, not the hard-working lot at Radio Leeds who made the best of a bad job I suppose, but, surely, this sort of insipid presentation can't go on every Saturday for the next nine months?

And if Ken Bates, pictured, suggests we old timers tune into 'his' radio station to listen to United commentaries, and all the advertising that goes with them, then he's less acquainted with good public relations than even I thought he was!

ERIC VEVERS, Leeds 17
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IF ever a game is trying to bring itself into disrepute, it's rugby league!

It's okay going to other areas trying to spread the game but to KO a team like Widnes, and others with Super League experience such as Halifax,well! There is room for a 16-team league, the NRL is proof of that and it's not doing too bad.

Individual executives at certain teams also have a lot to say about the game in general. If Leeds are not getting their own way they revert to becoming the Leeds Whinos, and boy do they whine!

Sorry, Leeds if you don't get your own way all the time, let someone else have a say.

TONY ARMSTRONG, Hunslet

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THERE needs to be some drastic measures taking place at Leeds Rhinos. The coach, Brian McClennan, will have to be a hard man, and be brave. The team hasn't been performing like it should for a while now.

Everybody can have an off day, whatever their profession, but there are six players who played against Warrington that should be dropping. Big name players.

They should be replaced until they get hungry again for the sport. The reserves who come in can't play any worse.

Be careful Leeds or the slide could continue. I give praise to Jamie Peacock and Kylie Leuluai only.

The rest of the forwards play like centre backs. I can't see anyone going on tour to Australia apart from Peacock.

B BARTLE, Rothwell