So it seems we're signing several young, up and coming talents from around the continent, many of whom are either at good clubs or have some big names clamouring for their services. Considering we have an Irish manager who's won nothing, Suarez looking like he's fucking off, a retired Jamie Carragher and a fading Steven Gerrard. Even I find it almost inexplicable the route we're taking, seemingly so successfully.
We played good football last season and I have a tremendous amount of (largely unsubstantiated) faith in big nose, but it seems players have gotten onto this notion that we want to build an exciting, young attacking side.
So is there any real substance to the occasional murmurings that we're a spent force, a mid-table side no one wants to play for and well past our abilities to turn heads?
Seemingly not. I know we're not picking up the £30m latest rising new South American, but who is? And how long do they last before getting the hump anyway? No longer buying over priced British, nor risking big money on bigger name Johnny Foreigners after a last payday, we seem to have found middle ground in buying the up and coming potentially next big names.
So are we really in such a terrible state? Ian Ayre gets flack, as do the owners, but we're spending well, selling reasonably well and putting our name out there to the next big thing.
Remind me where we're fucking up monumentally? It's hardly a bed of roses but at least we seem to have got our shit together. Finally.
We played good football last season and I have a tremendous amount of (largely unsubstantiated) faith in big nose, but it seems players have gotten onto this notion that we want to build an exciting, young attacking side.
So is there any real substance to the occasional murmurings that we're a spent force, a mid-table side no one wants to play for and well past our abilities to turn heads?
Seemingly not. I know we're not picking up the £30m latest rising new South American, but who is? And how long do they last before getting the hump anyway? No longer buying over priced British, nor risking big money on bigger name Johnny Foreigners after a last payday, we seem to have found middle ground in buying the up and coming potentially next big names.
So are we really in such a terrible state? Ian Ayre gets flack, as do the owners, but we're spending well, selling reasonably well and putting our name out there to the next big thing.
Remind me where we're fucking up monumentally? It's hardly a bed of roses but at least we seem to have got our shit together. Finally.