The clamour to sign a lot of players probably won't be as big this summer, we were desperate just for bodies last year because the squad was so thin. I think we have a settled squad now, although that could be all undone if RVP legs it. 2-3 good quality players with strong credentials and I'll be happy.
By credentials I mean German, of course.
Last edited by Marc Overmars; 10-05-2012 at 12:53 PM.
Quality over quantity this time round then. . .
End of season will pretty much complete another lap back to the same place. Extra quality needed, lots of players to get rid of, a manager who needs to admit he's got a lot wrong and a board that needs to eat shit and die. Which probably means ticket prices will increase.
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Pretty much.Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
Agreed. We will either simply have trodden water or we will have regressed come Monday next week. If, and only if RVP stays and we sign the likes of M'villato go with Podolski we will have a platform to reverse the trend of the last 6 years. If RVP goes, then I'm afraid that we will continue our inexorable drift away from the top - because we ain't going to see 'bigger' signings than the level of last Summer.
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Id say Pododski coming in as put an end to that theory, he is better then anything we got last summer.
Qualitatively the Podolski signing feels different because of a) his profile b) his age c) the timing.
But quantitatively, a reported fee of 10.9m and what for wages? 80-90k? At a guess? Those figures aren't out of line with the rest of the first team signings we've made in the last few years.
Mozilla, a defensive mid for 22 million burros? Now that would be more of a sea change.
'Inexorable drift' isn't the way I would describe it though IBK, 'Holding pattern' is the phrase that always pops into my head.
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