I hope we get a winger. I think we need one, as I am really unsure on Chapman. I am not convinced the manager is.
And I find it so frustrating that Gallagher keeps getting dumped out there, it's not fair on the lad.
But this is too big of a fee.
We need to start finding players who are Championship ready now, not potential who may or may not develop in 2-3 seasons. I feel we have an £8M a year academy who should be rolling these players out. And quite a few of our signings, are buying future potential.
I keep going back to Brentford, and what they are doing as a club. They don't believe there is any potential in the under 23's. They play their reserve team matches in a leagye where they play other men.
Under 23's is young boys, playing other young lads. It isn't getting good enough results.
We paid £300k for Bell. While he is no world beater, he is still better than anything we have created. I feel we can find the likes of Lenihan, Nyambe and Travis quite easily, for much less than running an academy for £8m a year. All 3 of those, would not have cost us £8m. And they are the only ones coming through.
Brentford sold Maupay last season, and brought through the next lad, nobody had ever heard of. He is now top scorer in the Champ.
If we had sold Dack last summer, and had to replace him from someone from our own Under23's, we would probably be sat in the bottom 3 now staring at relegation.
What Brentford are doing as a club, is brave and refreshing. But it doesn't fall into this modern academy pathway. It gets positive results, season on season, and they are clearly heading in the right direction. Without spending stupid money they don't have.
Because of the long list of bad signings in the last few years, sadly we are not in a position to spend anything now. We just have to sit and see if a few of these lads we have spent over £12m on actually come good at some point. If we keep throwing good money away, then we risk our future even more. Racking this huge debt up with Venkys is going to come back and bite us so hard one day. I feel it will be goodbye Blackburn Rovers personally.
he may have to use what he has, and utilise the £8m a year academy.