Quote from: PeterWithesShin on June 11, 2011, 01:52:46 AMI agree they were good signings Holtenderinthesky, but my point is that GV claimed MoN should be considered as manager again partly because of his signings. Milner was an obvious one we would all have made after his loan spell. So that really leaves only AY as talent spotted and it was obvious he had something at Watford, fair play it was us who stumped up the cash. But the amount we spunked on fees and wages under MoN far outweighs the profit we will make on those 2, or even 3 if we sell Downing. (Milner was an obvious one we would all have made after his loan spell. So that really leaves only AY as talent spotted and it was obvious he had something at Watford, fair play it was us who stumped up the cash.)It was so abvious that other scouts/pundits who may have been watching at the time didnt stick their neck out to sign him. Again the facts are that MON also saw the potential (as with AY) and signed him up before any other club manager. And in the case of AY, remember when the 9 mill transfer fee was mention some on here (inc myself) questioned RL/MON paying such a high fee at the time. Guess who have now been proven to be right?
I agree they were good signings Holtenderinthesky, but my point is that GV claimed MoN should be considered as manager again partly because of his signings. Milner was an obvious one we would all have made after his loan spell. So that really leaves only AY as talent spotted and it was obvious he had something at Watford, fair play it was us who stumped up the cash. But the amount we spunked on fees and wages under MoN far outweighs the profit we will make on those 2, or even 3 if we sell Downing.
It won't happen, but it is a yes for me. Dream world stuff really.But, I'm amazed that everyone still holds MON 100% to blame for his departure and Randy 0%. We dont know the details behind his decision, but what we do know now is that he took the club to arbitration for unfair dismissal and was awarded a sum of money. The matter wouldnt have got to that stage if he didny have a case, which means that Randy/the board did something which he (and an arbitrator) felt he could not continue. We can only speculate what that was, most likely transfer money. For the record, I think he was wrong to walk out, he should have stayed one more year. I just dont get the vitriol levied at him, when Randy gets off scot free in most fans eyes. There will never be agreement about his time here, but some of the stuff posted is ridiculous. The fact is he did spend quite a lot of money, but what people seem to forget that he only spent an amount to try keep up with the big boys, not surpass them, which is what he did. To get to the next level we needed more investment. City have shown us this year the investment needed. We could talk all night about the individual signings and let people be as selective as they wish but the fact of the matter is as a whole his signings improved us greatly and brought us to the brink of Champions League football.
Milner is the only player MON signed who you can say we made a massive profit on. But then if DOL had the money we'd have probably have signed him earlier for half what we paid. Of the rest, Downing looks the only other one. Young, we'll be lucky to make 5m on him. Looking at our squad minus them 3, there's no-one bought in by MON who's a major asset.. Overall if you work out how much Cahill is worth now, then the whole MON period was a massive waste of resources, with nothing much to show a year later than old men, duds, Houllier's buys and our promising youth squad
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