The first few pages are full of this sentiment. I also felt we were going cheap. It just goes to show that our opinions (as fans) are pretty ignorant.
Randomly picked out Freeeki from a host of them .
He was getting massive praise from many pundits who clearly know more than most fans. It's when the knob mob get on a perfectly good players back we have a problem as a club.
You make a good point. You also kind of make my point. Had they got the same two players for less (and remember they tapped up VVD the previous year so had to overpay as Southampton had them bang to rights) then they would still be as good players. If we got the next VVD for 20M people would...
I disagree. It's about buying the players that will be top quality for us and that is why it is subjective. People associate " ready made, top quality " with cost and will say that we haven't done it if we don't spend fortunes. you them look at our historic big money transfers and maybe think...
If I cool give a million agree votes to this I would. We suffered in creativity because him (and kulu) didn't make quicker passes, but he did his actual job fantastically.
Unusual to see us looking good so blunt in attack though.
It's pretty common knowledge that city pay agents and family members loads of money to get players on the books. . Before them, Chelsea were doing it. I believe they got a warning and possibly a fine for it, but when the punishment is a fine, why would they care?
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