damjan193 » Sun Sep 15, 2013 3:03 pm wrote:I think the point is that you can't stick good, expensive individuals into a squad and expect to automatically create a good team. It doesn't work like that. Looking at City vs Stoke yesterday is a good example. I saw a replay of the game expecting to see Begovic making impossible saves to keep the game at 0-0 but it was actually the opposite. Hart had to work really hard to win a point for City.
Some things are just more important than spending a lot of money on expensive individuals. Team spirit, chemistry and tactics that suit the players (players that suit the tactic) are also important. Balancing this with spending big if necessary is the way to success. Man Utd (Ferguson) managed that and that's why they were on top for so long.
Money doesn't guarantee success.
Neither does hard work.
You need quality. Without quality, over 38 games you will be found out. Absolute, cast iron fact.
The final league table never lies. Never has, never will.