Whilst thats true and we cant afford it, its worth bearing in mind that Peterborough didnt always have big bucks when they started out on their strategy of trolling lower leagues and Scotland and threw the dice a bit and also got quite good at it, enabling to fund bigger prizes
Ron as we know turned his face against this approach in large measure for a time and went through his long spell of preferring an aged name. Hence whilst we were bringing in the likes of Ridgewell, Ferdinand, Turner, Milligan, Ranger, Hyam, Kiernan Fortune , Cox etc, Peterborough were bringing around 25 players from the lower leagues, many on frees, and many bought at not high cost from the likes of Newport, Crewe, Barnet, Nuneaton, Dover, Stockport Luton, Mansfield, Blackpool, Stevenage, Lincoln, Ross County, Grimsby Crawley, Hamilton, Kings Lynn and Cheltenham to name just a few. They love lots of loans too !
They like to bring em in , in numbers as well , averaging around 10 a season, especially under the dreaded Steve Evans who still likes the volume idea at Gillingham and then toss em out if not up to it