Originally Posted by
Niall_Quinn
But we didn't improve. Our football at the tail end of last season was the worst I've seen us play for decades. When we really needed that win, when the key moments arrived, we saw the same outcome as usual. £60mill of talent absorbed into a mess. Will it make a difference if Wenger shells £60mill more on a striker who is then not utilised to the full or ends up victim to our tragic injury policy? I know what you mean. From time to time players like Ozil, Alexis can pull out a little extra that makes a difference when the margins are narrow. Rarely, it has to be said, but sometimes. So if you keep adding more of the same eventually you get to a position when they are all pulling rabbits out of the hat. But that's Argentina from the other night, isn't it? No guarantees at all, mainly because the man at the helm doesn't know how to extract the best results regardless of who is on the pitch. The only reason I'd spend big now, and by big I mean lots of money but not enough because that's just us, is to keep the likes of Ozil and Alexis at the club. Give it another go, one more time around. Bring a big(ish) name in and see if we can do something. If that fails then I guess we don't need Ozil or Alexis anyway, aside from the entertainment they provide in our footballing desert.
But then it goes around again. If he won't spend £70, £80mill, which it what it will cost for genuine rather than hyped talent, then what will we get? Morata? Probably not as he'd be almost that much and with silly wages bunged on top. Lukaku then? £70mill - Evertonians on crack. A kid for £15mill? That's why I wanted Vardy for £20mill. He's actually worth the 40 odd mill we'd be prepared to spend. He hits the ground running, hits the ground when he's in the box, and I genuinely think it would be difficult for Wenger to ruin him because he's one dimensional (and so is Vardy). Should have signed him.
