Oh absolutely. I've been in that camp for a long time.

There is no such thing as established in the prem as even Everton and Leicester are trying to prove this year. And if if you are, then its crap anyway most of the time.

On Brentford...I was having a curious nose at their signings few days ago and they had an absolute belting window in the summer of the season before they went up, the season they lost in the playoffs. That season they picked up Mbeumbo (6m) Jannson (6m) Jensen (3.8m), Nörgaard (3.5m), Raya (3.35m!) and Pinnock (3.35m) plus a few others. They still spent 35m in total but this was matched with sales (Maupey etc) and many of those players made the step up to the prem and were part of a settled side that got promoted.

The following season they signed Toney and got promoted with a settled side. In the prem they signed 3 10M type players but unlike hours they've all settled into the prem fairly well: Ajer, Wissa and Onyeka.

Posted By: Knitted Jesus, Apr 20, 12:43:13