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Human intuition has also made thousands of bad transfers over the years.We lost to Norwich and QPR late in the season which you think is entirely the Managers fault.
Arsenal, who pipped us by one point, lost to QPR and Wigan.
It's not really two schools is it. Mixing younger talent with old heads is common sense and something Man Utd did so well in the nineties.
If Arsene Wenger has been basing his acquisitions on analytical reports it would explain why his squad has been out of balance for about 10 years.
They are useful for highlighting information that the eye can't see but they are insignificant against the power of the force...I mean human intuition.
I could tell you Soldado would struggle in the Premier League through common sense. He's not powerful enough.
We did benefit from some of the Comolli purchases but it didn't help us build a balanced squad. Only a manager can do that.
Robbie Keane, like Soldado, had no power or real pace, yet he scored 100 goals in the PL. So I don't think you can boil down all of Soldado's problems to that.