[Albion] Things the suits don't tell you during a job interview............

We've got a good striker, but he'll soon be drawing his pension. Other than that, we've got some strikers in the development squad who wouldn't get a run in a championship side. Most of them are still being Breast fed. There's no way we'll sanction the expenditure for a proven striker at the highest level. You and your coaching staff might as well put your wives in our forward line. Oh and by the way, we're looking for a top ten finish within the next few years.

It wasn’t next few years - was a long term plan.

Also ‘we will give you money to sign one of the top strikers from Brentford last season, sign a champions league winger who arsenal were monitoring recently. Give you £20M on a centre back to sign Duffy replacement who we know won’t fit your style..... etc ‘