I'm not disagreeing with any of that, if theres a player whos already proven himself as a standout at our level then we will be willing to spend money on them, Swanson being a prime example, the fact we offered Sandaza and then May contracts to apparently be our highest ever earners also stands up to that.
Gormley wasnt that though, it would be absolutely mental to spend over £100k on a striker who's never played full time football in his life, especially as that sort of transfer would result in us not being able to sign anyone else. As much as the whole idea of him sounded tremendous, it would completely **** us to spend that much on him if he completely flopped, which is more than possible.