Aye all transfers are a gamble.
But signing a player who has struggled once before in the league is not quite the same. You can argue this lad was in a relegation fight that season sure, but that then falls back into the Steve walsh way of doing transfers which has filled out squad full of crap and put us in this position to begin with.
Whereas our best performers this season and for a good while now have all been from club's who haven't played in relegation battles, in fact ones that have played at the highest level.
That's the difference in transfers.
True, but then when one failed in the league once before and the other is struggling to break into his current team then you have to ask why, if they are so good to begin with?
Lewen for example is exactly the same as them and isn't good enough to play up front for us due to ability or lack of experience. Point being, why gamble on players you know are struggling at this level on the hope they come good here? At least gamble on a striker who is doing well