Quote Originally Posted by fakeyank View Post
I think the point is that Utd is trying or have tried. AW on the other hand is not even trying to sign players. SAF signed the gay, young and jones. Most of them do not look like setting the world on fire atm but SAF brought in players to improve the squad. AW IMO wouldnt have signed Arteta or Mentos, had we not got that tonking at the hands of Utd.
I don't doubt that we're not as good as Utd at getting things done. But then again, I do agree with AW when he says it's difficult to find the right player, for the right price. I would suspect that Fergie isn't overwhelmed by his goalkeeper thus far, and I would point to the furore surrounding us when Almunia was clearly shit. We didn't go and buy someone for the sake of it, and let Ches do his stuff. That's worked out quite nicely.

Like I've said in countless other threads. AW gets some things wrong, but he does get some things right too. The business of running a top footbal club is far more difficult in current times due to the inequality in the market. We've got to push on, no doubt, and we've fucked up big time, but we're clawing our way back, and I'm relatively happy with the balance of the team for the forst time in ages.

Hopefully we'll add to that over coming weeks...that said, Wilshire, and our fullbacks returning will be massive for us.