Why do people have this naive idea that money is the only way to spend to get better.
Big hint, if Arsenal hadn't spent a ridiculously long time paying Walcott to do an impression of a headless chicken, we'd have that much more to spend on new players.
How much was Gibson on, how much is Park on, you refuse to use Berbatov, how much is Rooney on.
The quality of football has NOTHING at all, in any way to do with money, the lack of quality is PURELY down to WASTE. That is it, every player who simply shouldn't be near a top 6 team and some who shouldn't be near premierleague teams........ don't have to be. Years of mistakes on top of mistakes, refusing to admit mistakes and sticking by mistakes.
Hell, Bruce to O'neill, lack of good managers hurts as well. Lack of teams playing 4-4-2.
Jesus, Newcastle haven't fluked where they are and they are a prime example of everything I'm saying. They are reducing the budget, and improving drastically by getting rid of the wrong players and bringing in the right ones. None of them have cost a bomb, most have been insanely good value. Problem is, their best performances have put teams that cost both 3 times as much to run in wages, and cost 10 times as much to put together.... have pretty much put them to shame.
Not to pick on Utd, but Newcastle played truly excellently in that game. Simple stuff, good manager, right players, not being drawn into peeing fights over wages(Utd should have told Rooney to do one).
If Utd didn't have the debt they'd be able to outspend basically everyone, every year, well within FFP rules.
How much can you blame spending issues, when Arsenal have spunked away, 6mil a year on Diaby to not play and Walcott who most of us wish wouldn't play? 5 years, 30million quid? For guys who would look out of place in the Wigan team for being too crap?
