Re: Spending v not spending
Seems to me the under-spend during the summer was a reaction to the financial problems after our last flirtation with the Premier League - then, there was a massive over-spend; this summer saw a pathetice under-spend.
Bearing in mind the increase in TV revenue and the size of the gates (at least 10K) up on last season, the better strategy would have been a "middle-spend" of £50-60m.
The deficiencies through the spine of the team are obvious. No effective strikers; slow central defenders; ineffective defending midfielders and the poor standard of wingers by Premier League standards.
After last season's miracle promotion, Tan expected more on the same on a shoe-string. Yet another massive and costly mistake.
Re: Spending v not spending
Warnock's isn't the sort to bullshit the owners. He probably told Tan that spending all the money available wouldn't give us a 25% chance of survival, let alone 50%.
It's a legacy of our promotion squad. There were a dozen last season with better players, we just had a tremendous manager who got them playing a way that got results..
Re: Spending v not spending
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A Quiet Monkfish
Warnock's isn't the sort to bullshit the owners. He probably told Tan that spending all the money available wouldn't give us a 25% chance of survival, let alone 50%.
It's a legacy of our promotion squad. There were a dozen last season with better players, we just had a tremendous manager who got them playing a way that got results..
Is the way I see it too. All the noises from the club were about establishing a stronger base rather than surviving. Nothing that has happened this season is a surprise.
Re: Spending v not spending
We've spent averagely, which is annoying. In all likelihood, only Murphy will be a regular this season. Having said that, Assombalonga cost £15m, Kodjia something similar so we'd have to spend more than that to get a "Premier League" striker in. Sam Vokes would be classed as a PL striker by a lot of people, that was his 2nd goal in 30 games. If we were to get a striker in, we'd almost certainly have to take a punt or go abroad. Still, as people have said, we could have bought a new team and in all likelihood we'd still be struggling.