I'm as frustrated as the next man mate, but you want us to pay more for for strikers that "might" fit or are a patch up job, or wait for the deal to be right on all fronts? It seems to me that us breaking our transfer record this month, shows that we're going to invest a bit of cash in order to help take us to where we could be (CL places etc)...
So we didn't do it in Jan, or the Jan before that - but we have backed former managers with players - Harry spent bucketloads on bringing JD and RK back to the club amongst others. Granted using the word "presumably" is not the most secure in the following sentence, but I'll use it anyhow; presumably that cash could have been spent on other strikers. We also paid over and above on wages to secure Ade, whilst at the same time getting a £25m striker for a fifth of the cover charge.
Against the oil rich clubs, and those financed by their CL adventures (you know who I mean) we need to spend clever, not willy nilly.
If we didn't go all guns blazing for Villa, tho I think he was swayed by remaining in Spain more than anything else, or Benteke - it's because we have other options that are considered better than those players. Without a shadow of doubt. In my onion, o'course.
Grey Fox is itk, he says there's a list. We have no reason to disbelieve.
Maybe they aren't as good as they have been, but they've managed to piss on a lot of cornflakes in here tonight!
I'm as frustrated as the next man mate, but you want us to pay more for for strikers that "might" fit or are a patch up job, or wait for the deal to be right on all fronts? It seems to me that us breaking our transfer record this month, shows that we're going to invest a bit of cash in order to help take us to where we could be (CL places etc)...
So we didn't do it in Jan, or the Jan before that - but we have backed former managers with players - Harry spent bucketloads on bringing JD and RK back to the club amongst others. Granted using the word "presumably" is not the most secure in the following sentence, but I'll use it anyhow; presumably that cash could have been spent on other strikers. We also paid over and above on wages to secure Ade, whilst at the same time getting a £25m striker for a fifth of the cover charge.
Against the oil rich clubs, and those financed by their CL adventures (you know who I mean) we need to spend clever, not willy nilly.
If we didn't go all guns blazing for Villa, tho I think he was swayed by remaining in Spain more than anything else, or Benteke - it's because we have other options that are considered better than those players. Without a shadow of doubt. In my onion, o'course.
Grey Fox is itk, he says there's a list. We have no reason to disbelieve.
I just pictured an open top Bus Parade around the streets of Birmingham, with the Villa players holding Benteke aloft like a trophy.
