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Goes to show. A talented scouting network can pick up players for next to nothing, whilst others end up paying large sums of money. I can't understand the rhetoric concerning the need to spend vast sums on a forward. We just need to look deep and far for the right player, who will often come for...

I would have thought that Colunga, who has scored goals at La Liga level, would be more than Baldock's equal. I'm not sure that the club needs to go throwing seven figures in Bristol City's direction.

If we spend more than 2-3m on any player at this level I would begin to question our recruitment credentials. There is a whole world of players out there. A club should be able to recruit players of a very high standard without spending more than that. And countless have proved it.

I think the sticking point could be a potential misinterpretation of the 'couple of juicy melons'..

The thing that annoyed me was the marrows. If that was a deal clincher then a visit to the Open Market could have resolved our shortcomings. I'm sure a couple of juicy melons would have been a head turner. But we may have been in breach of FFP (Fair Fruit Portions)

I'd like to think so, but the source, and the rumoured fee, don't suggest that we can have any assurance that it will happen.

He was due to sign today, but the move was hijacked by Cheadle Market III XI who offered £30 and a bunch of marrows.