Quote Originally Posted by Letters View Post
IMO a top striker and we'd have walked the league this season. I don't think we're in that bad shape.
And because we are owned by an absolute cunt who has no intention of taking the club forward, and managed by a guy who appears to be more focused on filling the owner's pocket rather than doing what is necessary to win - we are short a top striker and so haven't walked the league this year.

You're right. A striker who could have converted just a few more of those chances Ozil keeps serving up with all the garnish would see us on any more points, possibly top of the league and maybe on course for a title. Our failure to convert those many chances and our failure to be hot on the heels of the title favourites sure made their job a lot easier.

The money is in the bank instead of on the pitch. There doesn't seem to be much prospect of this changing. The club have jumped in early to manage down expectations for the coming summer window. Our "war chest" (or war thimble by comparison to our major rivals) has already been pegged back. The focus remains on what is prudent and sensible and conducive to growth. Growth for what? I think we know.

The very fact the club will not invest to win at least suggests we are in dire shape. If you aren't in football to win it then you are nowhere.