of course its not a big deal.. its a stop gap player for a few years.. nothing more... while the £100,000 would seem to be excessive.. i really couldn't care less.

We are close to the start of the season now and we have a HB down, so its no surprise we will have to pay over the odds for an in contract player.

I'm glad we have opted for someone like Brown, rather than taking a risk on someone unproven.

They finished above us and got into the play-offs which we didn't

Fair comment but our fortunes subsequently reversed

Oh indeed. They were only better that very next season

Could it be that our payments to the lower clubs is the only proven example of the capitalist theory of wealth trickling down from the top?

I didn't say that it didn't happen it was the "more often" part of RD's theory that I needed to be convinced of and I'm sorry but I haven't spotted a trend