Re: STEWART DOWNING - Official Thread
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damjan193 » Thu Jun 20, 2013 12:03 am wrote:Kenny Kan » Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:44 pm wrote:
thats the exception to the rule though, in footy you generally have to pay for quality, hence all the rich clubs are at the top of the game.
spending £10m on two starting XI wingers isnt exactly a statement of intent is it? how the mighty have fallen
We spent 35 million on a striker, that was a massive statement - how did that work out again?
When was the last time a 5 million signing worked out?
Spending no more than 10 million on a player isn't the way forward. I don't mind buying players like that but big money must be spent. Wisely of course, not on Carrolls and the like.
Well, I can tell you the last time an 8 million pound signing worked out.
Would you say Downing at 20 million has worked out? I'd say we didn't get value for money there (a slight understatement), would that be a reasonable assessment?
I'm not necessarily saying we shouldn't spend big on players and I bet Rodgers would prefer he had more money to go out and sign more big signings, unfortunately he's not in control of the purse strings and has a budget to work within. I think the owners after the Comolli/Dalglish saga are quite reluctant to part with big monies 'once bitten twice shy' and all that and this isn't Rodgers' fault, this is the result he has to work with and now we've got new scouts I'd trust these guys to get more value for money than we have in the past. This club has made some costly f.ucking signings in it's time (Keane, Aquillani, Downing, Carroll etc etc) and yes we've made some great ones like Torres, Masha, Suarez etc etc, yet the difference when we make a f.uck up is much more detrimental to this club than say the likes of Citeh, Chelsea, ManU and Madrid.
I'm not into stamping me feet up and down like an ungrateful kid in a sweet shop who can't buy what all his richer mates can - I'd prefer to get on with it and wait to see the outcome before judging who is a failure and who isn't solely on their price, to me, it's rather superficial.