You're saying he's feeding his ego by developing players and not winning.
Weird.
You're saying he's feeding his ego by developing players and not winning.
Weird.
2 points. First - the 'seasoned professionals' are still inferior to the players he's let go - not like for like by any streach of the imagination. Second, they are good - not outstanding - players from foreign leagues - and therefore IMO still punts for the EPL. Yet they replace tried and tested top players in our league.
Putting the laughter back into manslaughter
I'd quite like to buy IBK a beer.
Several, actually.
My reason is that I simply can't understand how a supposed winner would put up with 6 years of players in whom he has invested heart and soul to make into winners would stick around if the sales are his decision.
You can carve it up another way and ask (if he has been forced to sell) why the money hasn't been available. 2 reasons. First - he overpays a glut of mediocre development players that he has brought in. Second - a rigid adherence to a wage parity/over 30's policy which is unique to AW. The common denominator: ego.
Putting the laughter back into manslaughter
When he retires and someone asks him about the lack of trophies, I think he'll probably point to the players he's developed and take pride in that. If he was desperate for more silverware he'd have walked away from the club. He loves developing players and probably explains why he moved to Japan instead of looking for a top job in Europe when he left France. It's more of a challenge and more rewarding.