[quote author=monsieurdantes link=topic=39280.msg1069165#msg1069165 date=1268580947]
[quote author=rebel23 link=topic=39280.msg1069159#msg1069159 date=1268580464]
the biggest deficiency for me is no senior second striker of note. if we bought Milito or Negredo when we could of for like £12m, when the Keane money disappeared we would be in a better position
I would also argue Kuyt should be put out to pasture and we need a fast winger who has a good touch and a trick or two
we need to invest in some players to make the squad stronger or get lucky with free's. it's obvious there are financial constraints which shows up in the squad
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hahaha jesus christ. one of the good things the owners ever did was not hand that money back to benitez. benitez has had the chance to try out other strikers like nemeth and pacheco. he chose ngog. he had the chance to give babel more games. he chose to add maxi to the wage bill. he had the chance to try aquilani in the attacking role, he went with lucas.
financial constraints indeed. the problem we have is with the managers mental constraints.
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Nemeth and Pacheco are not senior strikers of international quality, which is what we have needed in the last 18 months. we have actually signed one for next season on a free so hopefully when Torres is injured we will perform better but you just dont know, it's a gamble and i'd much prefer a Negredo or a Milito but that is the financial constraints we operate under so it's no good blaming Benitez for that. He has got to work minor miracles