You don't necessarily have to spend a lot of money though.

But any transfer is a gamble, really. My point was more that a manager with an adventurous transfer policy (I'm thinking particularly of Sam Allardyce, and Redknapp at West Ham and Portsmouth) will put together a decent global scouting network that finds good players cheaply.

OK, in the position we're in we wouldn't be signing a Hierro, a Djorkaeff, an Okocha or a Nakata, but a Jaidi or a Gera or a Kinkladze or another Safri would be perfectly possible if we had a system in place to find them, and a manager prepared to look.

Posted By: Ottosson Foxtrot on August 24th 2005 at 02:57:59

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Time to wake up people (NCFC) - Roberts Jelly Jism, Aug 24, 02:02:59
- Ihave to disagree (NCFC) - Clare, Aug 24, 09:27:38
  - My God (NCFC) - ncfcdubai, Aug 24, 10:42:43
  - There is no way on God's green earth that Fleming is better than Doherty (n/m) (NCFC) - Brom, Aug 24, 10:13:14
  - Sorry but that is typical of most people on this board... (NCFC) - Ben, Aug 24, 09:35:40
    - I love point 10 too (NCFC) - pants, Aug 24, 10:26:49
    - I wouldn't say all of them are valid... (NCFC) - Delveg, Aug 24, 09:49:28
- Can't disagree with any of that (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve, Aug 24, 02:13:33
- Did you give Ben your password? (n/m) (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Aug 24, 02:05:12
  - no (NCFC) - Roberts Jelly Jism, Aug 24, 02:07:49
    - I'm coming to feel that he's taken us as far as he can ... (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Aug 24, 02:11:07
      - who fucking knows Otto... (NCFC) - Roberts Jelly Jism, Aug 24, 02:14:42
        
        Oh dear Lord, I'd forgotten about that. (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Aug 24, 02:18:40
        
        Too right (NCFC) - Roberts Jelly Jism, Aug 24, 02:20:37
        
        The frustrating thing is, we're so close to having a good side. (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Aug 24, 02:23:38
        
        big risks in signing foreign players who have not played in english football before (NCFC) - oh arr, Aug 24, 02:52:19
        
        You don't necessarily have to spend a lot of money though. (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Aug 24, 02:57:59
        
        Redknapp has signed more... (NCFC) - Delveg, Aug 24, 09:52:12
        
        Precisely (NCFC) - Roberts Jelly Jism, Aug 24, 02:26:21
        
        I'm reserving judgement until the transfer window closes. (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Aug 24, 02:28:41
        
        and if we don't? (NCFC) - Roberts Jelly Jism, Aug 24, 02:32:23
        
        I just want to see him describe a performance as "unacceptable". (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Aug 24, 02:35:40
        
        yep - predictable predictable (NCFC) - Roberts Jelly Jism, Aug 24, 02:40:02
        
        Don't forget Letchworth PK! (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Aug 24, 02:41:56
        
        Letchworth PK was an unpreditable sole acted out by.... (NCFC) - PK_Canary, Aug 24, 02:59:52
        
        If "young passionate Tory" is how you want to describe Stoopish, then yes. (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Aug 24, 03:04:02
        
        He is a tory.... (NCFC) - PK_Canary, Aug 24, 03:29:02

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