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But surely that is a serious failing on the person who has constantly beat the drum about us driving down costs, so that we will confirm to FFP limits. So are we going to see that we failed that target?

I accept that any deal outside the framework, you would have to seek the go ahead from the people who set that framework. I am struggling to think amongst this summers signings who that could be, other than possibly Baldock, for maybe his fee and wages.

Do we know he has to rubber stamp all deals? When I was working and I was given a budget to run my department, I never had to keep running to the boss to rubber stamp every purchase and I don't think I could have handled that if I had. Surely a player budget and guidelines are set and someone...

Or can we trust Barber, the champion of FFP who is constantly telling us we can't afford to pay the wages other clubs are paying and soon through FFP players wages will take a dive! And here we are paying the highest salaries in our history, WTF?

If we are paying this squad more, is that another black mark against our recruitment team, are agents now seeing Burke and team as a soft touch? Also, has our policy of waiting to the end of the window now back fired on us, have agents now realised this is what we do and as we get closer to the...

Where have you seen them display that talent, certainly not with us?

And according to the chairman today all within a player budget less than our current mob

Well it puts to bed the argument that Gus had a bigger playing budget than Oscar or Sami, doesn't it. And were we not supposed to have rid ourselves of all our high earners?

Well the chairman says it is, so who are we to question him on anything he believes and a lot of posters in the past have stated this on many occasions