Come on let's be honest here. There should be no need for any team at our level to have to spend a transfer fee on a player. I was quite taken aback by Stalybridge paying £5000 on a player from Frickley recently (until I remembered the money they obviously got for Jennings). Now, wages and inducements are quite a separate issue and I would honestly hope that given the attendance we get at matches that we'd be able to compete with 6 or 7 other teams in the league for desirable out-of-contract players, but we seem to struggle to even do that, which I don't understand. Are there just a lot of teams in our league with sugar daddies at the moment, or are their management teams just better at recruiting and motivating players?