That is quite a speculative take on the situation (unless you know something specifically, which you often do and we find out later)
I said earlier it was speculative but we've gone from pretty specific Newsapaper descriptions of the import strikers offered deals, to hints about Ward and the U21 signings. Not a huge stretch when that has changed since the change of ownership to get a 'feeling' that we're doing it on the cheap.
As I said, desperately hope I'm wrong but every sauce that was talking up the strikers has clammed up on the subject as though it was never discussed whereas previously they were talking it up as being the key to the season.
That's not a good sign.
I have to say I think this is a very strange take on the situation.
Firstly, there have been a million rumours about players this off season but the one thing we do know is that under Terry we never had the money to pay the players we had. You're trying to set up a companrison between the old regime and the new one based on rumour in a newspaper that you yourself have criticised continually for printing stories that lack substance, but you're ignoring the fact that Terry was made bankrupt less than a week ago.
Secondly, you're criticising implicitly (in other posts) the new owners for not going after a marquee player or equivalent to stimulate interest or whatever. I think it's fairly cheeky to expect guys who have just taken over the club to jump in and spend half a million bucks signing one player when the problems at the club run far deeper than trying to get a big name on the pitch. Surely that money could be used in a far better and more sustainable way to beef up the off field operation, do some decent marketing, or even to subsidise tickets for the season. We never had anyone earning even close to that money under Terry when he was throwing money around so surely it's unfair to create that sort of expectation on the 7 muskateers or whatever we call them now.
If they are doing it on the cheap that's probably because the club doesn't generate enough money - throwing money at a foreign marquee seems a pretty short sighted approach to me to improving that.
We've had decent crowds when the club has been run well and I think we'd be far better off spending money on that rather than enriching some footballer, which could just as easily be a complete failure as you pointed out.
They do have an opportunity to capitalise on the positive feelings around the club but I really don't see chucking money at a big name player as the only way to harness it.
It is also surprising to see people who supported letting Terry muddle on for an entire season are now demanding we sign a marquee player.
The idea that succesful results leads to an increase in crowds doesn't really seem to hold up anyway. Apart from outliers like the finals matches our crowds were best in season 1 when we finished last. It seems to me that the general feeling around the club seems to have more of an effect than the performance of the team. I agree that there isn't a lot of wow factor around the club at the moment but I'm not certain that any realistic signing would change that.
james dean2011-10-05 06:04:18
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