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Amongst all the frothing over in recent weeks (which I certainly agree sith before the backlash starts). I think any sort of nuance to the whole debate has just disappeared.
Speakman wants to buy strikers, Mowbray has confirmed that we have made several bids for strikers in January and again this summer. It's not exactly Speakmans fault if the funding it takes to get these over the line simply isn't there from the powers that be. He comes out and makes excuses because what can he say without putting the blame on his boss?
Speakman spoke about wanting simms back in january and we were linked this summer but when the fee gets more than a couple of million, he doesn't have the money to bring these players in. We can't even keep our top striker because the club can't agree a deal with him financially for the last 12 months.
The funding is going to have to increase at some point if they're serious about getting promotion and the wage bill needs to align eventually with the top 10 of the league I reckon to have a real go.