Barry & Downing

[MaBigTip]

Torres, Mascherano, Dossena(flop or not), Keane(flop or not), Babel, Lucas(flop or not) all say otherwise. They were all expensive, and two of those were big money on young unproven players.

 

[Frogfish]

[quote author=FoxForceFive link=topic=33992.msg883131#msg883131 date=1244229781]
I see a back up striker, capable of playing on his own upfront, both holding the ball up & contributing some goals, as priority.

Had we had a backup striker capable of replacing Torres (or at least playing in his position, as you cant replace him) we may well have turned some of those draws into wins.
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Which is exactly what I said at the beginning of last season and why I was excited by the signing of Keane. We need to do better this Summer.

 

[Frogfish]

[quote author=nando link=topic=33992.msg883164#msg883164 date=1244233765]
The things is the yanks don't give a shit about winning the premier league, so they wont spend huge money, they are here to make money, all they care about is the profit and loss sheets.
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And of course winning the PL has no effect on that .... oh.

 

[FoxForceFive]

[quote author=nando link=topic=33992.msg883164#msg883164 date=1244233765]
The things is the yanks don't give a shit about winning the premier league, so they wont spend huge money, they are here to make money, all they care about is the profit and loss sheets.
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Bar an Arab sheik or a Russian billionaire no-one spends huge amounts. Rafa's been backed as well as any other manager in recent years.

 

[Molbystwin]

Buying Tuncay and distin is fine by me tbh....

ONLY buying Tuncay and Distin is a fucking nightmare.

... a nightmare which could only be compounded by buying in Downing.