OK, I've just talked to JR.......

[RobTheRover]

Drover wrote:

Im not questioning why they can afford more what im saying is,its not due to silly offers its due to us not been big enough(has your sums show) in this league to compete for most of the better players.When we was in league one and signed 4 players in one week you never heard the other teams interested shouting Rovers have offered SILLY MONEY did you?Oldham fans got pretty annoyed at one point as we beat them to a couple of signings at one point but they never moaned we offered silly money.

I think the silly money quote is about relative worth.  Take Kennedy for instance.  He is unproven at L1 let alone Championship, and the money that Leicester have offered him is ridiculous in that context.  If Kennedy had stayed at Rochdale, taken L1 by storm and moved on that sort of a deal in January you could probably make a half-decent case for the move, but not just yet.  He'll either be seen now as a good bit of business or an expensive flop, but its in his hands.