- Dec 20, 2004
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If you try to look back at the players we bought before - with no director in charge of transfers - like Arnesen and Comolli.
We did so many bad buys in the past, and did not think about the future of the Club. We only bought mostly overpriced players with no special attributes. We did sign players like Austin, Perry, Thatcher, Richards, Ferdinand, Sherwood, etc... All players was overpriced.
Were you happy with those signings? Did you think that those players would make us a top 4 side?
Think about that for a while.....
What is wrong with suggestions like Romaric, Taiwo, Makoun, Cheikh, Mensah, etc......
Compared to the players mentioned that we actually have signed in the past, those players that I recommend are far better deals.
Just think about it. It is a point.
when we signed those players we were in a completely different position than we are now, to compare the 2 periods is basically looking a musicians back catalogue the stuff they wrote when they were 5 was obviously worse than the stuff they wrote when they were 25. that is a very basic way of looking at things, but explaining things to you needs to be simplified as much as possible, 5 or 6 years ago we were shit, now we are sometimes shit, but at least we are on the right course
the signings of sherwood, sir les and richards were important at the time, yes they had no resale value, but at the time we were struggling to break into the top half of the table. now we are looking for players that will push us into the top 4. the aforementioned players helped us out and to be honest a couple of them would have done a hjob for us now
recommending a player isnt the all singing and dancing hope that you hope it will be, for a player to sign there are many things that you need to think about, language barriers, fees, wages, some players might not even fancy a move to london, and especially spurs. yes some of the players you have recommended are decent players, but a passenger on the sunshine bus could run out a list of players that would improve the team, admitasdley not all of them will be of african descent who will leave us screwed when the acn or a home grown player limit comes through.
and finally not that you will reply but seriously how do you get your information, you'll probably claim that you dont want to share youre secrets but all your posts smack of players who turn into decent players in football manager, i just cant believe a kid in norway can see as much of the french league as is needed to base a valid view on a players performance