Luton Outlaws - Independent Message Board for Luton Town FC

Paying way over the odds still would've seen value.

We could've paid £20mil for someone worth £15mil. That £5mil 'loss' would easily have been offset by the improving our chances of premier league survival and increasing the entire value of the squad through adding experience.

Doughty and Ogbene's values increased because of the presence of Barkley. He activated them, and probably added £5mil on to the squad. Barkley himself playing well in front of global cameras in a low pressure environment also bagged us £5mil.

If we'd have had a similar player in defence, we would've been buying a chance to see the same thing happen.

How much money should we realistically have invested in January for a chance of securing £150mil? Could a Lockyer replacement have prevented 5 silly goals from going in? If we held off Bournemouth, we would've been half way to safety. Throw in a win against Newcastle and we're basically there.