[Devongone]

I agree Pooch, but the players who left surely freed up pay packets. I didn't hear of any queues to sign either Novak, or Martinez, which wouldn't strengthen their bargaining position in negotiations. And Novak's wage is surely regulated by his Birmingham contract anyway , which he negotiated with a crook, so that might be anything. But the truth is that when a club states it has money to spend, it usually means transfer fees not wages.

I'm all for us getting value for money, either wage or fee-wise. That's why weeks ago I was mentioning Frazer Shaw from non-league football ..... well Orient signed him a couple of weeks ago. I'm not much in favour of Championship players on their way down, but Martinez's profile suggests he needs to re-build his career so I'd take a gamble on him and he's got skill .... but Herd who might manage 20 games at best would've been a gamble too far for me. I'd sooner seek out Orrell Mach2. And use our transfer money in other ways.

To be honest Lee Novak doesn't excite me as a signing. He clearly didn't keep Birmingham awake at nights ..... and I didn't feel he was Huddersfield's shining star. It'd be interesting to hear what they thought of him, because I'm usually wrong in life!